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


JOHN R. STACKHOUSE farmer and stock-grower, P.O. Bristol, 
was born in Bristol township, September 15, 1820, and is a 
son of John and Anna (Bowman) Stackhouse.  The pioneers of 
the Stackhouse family were Thomas Stackhouse and two 
nephews, John and Thomas, who came over with William Penn in 
1682.  They settled first at Langhorne, in this county.  
They bought land from Penn and laid out contiguous farms.  
They were all members of the Society of Friends, but some of 
their descendants have become Baptists.  The father of John 
R. was a soldier in the revolution, and was at one time 
overseer of the poor of Bucks county.  He was the father of 
sixteen children, of whom John R. was the youngest.  He was 
reared on the farm, attended school in Emilie, and chose 
farming as a business, in which he has met with success.  In 
1853 he married Mary A., daughter of John and Anna (Booz) 
Subers, who were of German descent.  They had seven 
children:  Edward S., Joseph (deceased), Henry, John and 
William (twins), Thomas, and Anna M.   Mr. Stackhouse is a 
republican and has held most of the township offices.  He 
has served as school-director, and has been justice of the 
peace since 1873.  He is past master of the Masonic 
fraternity.