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


   ISAAC H. SHELLEY retired, P.O. Pleasant Valley, was born 
April 6, 1830, and is a son of Henry and Esther (High) 
Shelley.  His paternal grandparents were Philip and Mary 
(Bechtel) High.  His father was a son of Michael and 
Elizabeth Shelley.  All were natives of Pennsylvania. Isaac 
H. Shelley spent his early life in Bucks county and attended 
school there.  At the age of 20 he attended boarding school 
at Trappe, Montgomery county, and at the age of 21 entered 
Ursinus college in that county.  After leaving college he 
embarked in the milling business at what is known as 
Landis's mills, in Perkiomen, Montgomery county.  After that 
he ran several other large mills.  In 1861 he went into the 
mercantile business at Vera Cruz, Lehigh county, with good 
success.  In 1870 he returned to Bucks county and located in 
Pleasant Valley, where he carried on the mercantile business 
until 1885, when he retired.  September 20, 1856, he was 
married to Susan Moyer, of Lehigh county.  They have two 
children:  James H. and Daniel W.   Mr. Shelley was 
postmaster for fifteen years and served with credit.  He has 
been for ten years a director of the Quakertown National 
bank.  He stands high in the community, and is respected by 
all who know him.  He is a member of the Mennonite church 
and politically is a republican.