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


JACOB SLOTTER farmer, P.O. Bedminster, is a grandson of 
Anthony Slotter, who came from Germany and settled on the 
farm in this township now owned by Jacob and occupied by his 
son-in-law, M. Crouthamel.  He had two children:  a daughter 
and a son, Anthony, who was father of Jacob.  He was born, 
lived, and died on that farm.  He died in 1825.  He was an 
upright man and a respected citizen, and was a member of the 
Tohickon Lutheran church.  His wife, Elizabeth Idem, born 
May 22, 1777, died in 1862, and was 85 years old.  They had 
three children:  John and Mary, deceased, and Jacob, who was 
born October 31, 1815.  He was but 10 years old when his 
father died, and he lived with his mother until his 
marriage, when he began farming and droving for himself.  He 
lived in Haycock for a year, then in Tinicum for two years, 
and afterward in Bedminster along the Tohickon for eight 
years, when he sold out and in 1854 removed to his present 
home, which he bought two years later.  April 7, 1842, he 
was married to Leah, daughter of Ulrich Hockman.  She was 
born August 24, 1823, and died January 9, 1886.  They had 
thirteen children, of whom three are deceased:  Elizabeth 
H., Mary Ann, and John H.  The others are:  William H., 
county superintendent, living in Yardley; Anna Maria, wife 
of Abel Stover, of Buckingham, Leah, wife of Milton 
Crouthamel, on the old home; Jacob Titus, in Michigan; 
Martha H., wife of Lewis Ott, in Rockhill; Anthony H., 
farming his father's place; Aaron H., in Bedminsterville; 
Lincoln H., in Richboro; Barbara Ann, wife of Aaron Landis, 
in Plumstead township; and Reuben H., on a part of the old 
farm.  Mr. Slotter has always been a very industrious, 
upright man, greatly respected by his neighbors.  He is a 
member of the Tohickon Reformed church.