Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Scheetz, Grier
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Rockhill Township


   GRIER SCHEETZ merchant, P.O. Perkasie, was born February 
13, 1855, at Red Hill, Tinicum township, Bucks county.  The 
first of the family in this country were three brothers - 
Philip, Jacob and Conrad, who came from Germany.  The first 
name settled in Montgomery county, the second in Berks, and 
Conrad (who was the great-grandfather of Grier) settled in 
Philadelphia. Conrad had eight children:  Sarah, Eliza and 
Mary; and Samuel, Jacob, William, Charles and George.  The 
grandfather of Grier, named George, was born in Germantown, 
December 12, 1785; he was a hatter by trade. When quite a 
young man he came to Bucks county, and was for forty-five 
years a resident at Keller's Church.  He was a well-educated 
man and taught school for a great many years.  March 20, 
1812, he was married to Hester, daughter of Jacob Fluck, of 
Richland township.  She was born March 6, 1792, and died 
April 7, 1875.  George Scheetz died September 17, 1863.  He 
had nine children, all of whom are living at the present 
time:  Eliza, William, Francis, Reuben, Edwin, Jacob, 
Albert, Samuel and Charles, the latter the father of our 
subject.  {His history is given under his own name in 
Bedminster township.}  Grier Scheetz, at the age of 14, 
began clerking for his father, and under his supervision the 
business increased to such an extent that in 1881 a large 
store was built opposite the old stand.  In 1880 Grier 
purchased of his father the good-will and fixtures of the 
business, the latter retiring from mercantile life.  The 
business was conducted by Grier for three years, when he 
sold out to his brother George, and in February, 1883, moved 
to Perkasie and undertook what was then considered death to 
his own interests, namely - the opening of the largest store 
in Bucks county and instituting the cash system.  The store 
had 12,000 feet of floor space.  Mr. Scheetz may justly be 
considered the pioneer of the cash system in this county.  
After a three years' trail of the system, the building then 
occupied not being adapted to the requirements of the 
business a large and commodious store was built near the 
depot.  Mr. Scheetz was married, October 16, 1880, to Mamie 
A., only child of Peter F. and Elizabeth Nicholas.  Two 
children have been born to them - Herbert and George, the 
latter deceased.  Mr. Scheetz is a democrat.  He is one of 
the first consistory of St. Stephen's Reformed church, and 
one of the founders of the missionary society and the 
cemetery.  He is secretary of the school board.  September 
7, 1885, he was appointed postmaster at Perkasie.  He is a 
member of the Masonic fraternity, the Red Men and the 
American Mechanics.