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


   JOSEPH STACKHOUSE farmer, P.O. Langhorne, was born in 
Middletown township, September 25, 1816, and is a son of 
Jonathan and Sarah (Simmons) Stackhouse, natives of Bucks 
county.  His ancestors came from England and settled in this 
county in 1682.  The male members of the family have usually 
followed farming.  Jonathan Stackhouse was reared on a farm, 
and followed that occupation all his life in Middletown 
township, where he died in 1868.  He had two children, 
Joseph and Elizabeth, who is married and lives in Langhorne 
borough.  Joseph Stackhouse was reared on a farm, attending 
school in Attleboro and Abington, subsequently going to 
boarding school at Westchester.  He chose farming as his 
business, and is now ranked among the wealthiest men in 
Langhorne, where he now resides.  He is a man of marked will 
power.  He has been economical and industrious, and by 
prudent management and careful investment has succeeded well 
in life.  In 1858 he married Mary Ann, daughter of Samuel 
and Mary (Croasdale) Brigg, natives of Bucks county and of 
English descent.  Her father was a farmer.  She is a member 
of the Hicksite meeting.  Mr. Stackhouse is a republican, 
but has never held any office except township auditor.