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


   WILLIAM STAUFFER farmer, P.O. Milford Square, is a native 
of this township, and was born in 1844.  John Stauffer, 
father of our subject, married Elizabeth Yodder, of Lehigh 
county.  They were the parents of but one child, William.  
John Stauffer died in 1873, and his wife in 1877.  William 
Stauffer received a common-school education, and was reared 
a farmer.  He has now the pleasure of owning a fine farm, on 
which he lives.  On December 25, 1866, he married Marie, 
daughter of Henry and Anna Moyer, of Springfield township. 
They have five children:  Emma, John, Howard, Oliver, and 
Clarence.  Mr. Stauffer has owned his present farm since his 
marriage, it being the homestead.  He is a member of the 
Mennonite church, and is a republican politically.