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


   WILLIAM TINSMAN lumber dealer, P.O. Lumberville, was born 
in Warren county, N. J., January 8, 1821, and is a son of 
Daniel and Margaret (Fine) Tinsman, who settled in Durham 
township in 1831. Daniel Tinsman was engaged in farming for 
many years in Durham township, and in the latter part of his 
life conducted the Monroe grist and saw mills in the same 
township. These mills were bought by Daniel Tinsman and 
William Bennett about 1840.  His children were:  John F., 
Sarah (Mrs. William Bennett), William and Philip F.   
William remained in Durham until 1846, when he farmed in New 
Jersey for five years.  He also run a saw-mill for four 
years.  In 1854 he returned to Durham and purchased his 
father's interest in the milling and lumber business, which 
was carried on by Bennett & Tinsman for twelve years. He 
then sold out and was afterward in the lumber business at 
Riegelsville, N. J., two years.  In 1869 he rented the 
Ludens Thomas mills and lumber yards at Lumberville, this 
county, where he has been actively engaged in business 
since, under the firm name of W. Tinsman & Son.  In 1844 he 
married Mary, daughter of John and Phebe (Purcel) Gordon, of 
Riegelsville, N. J.   They have four children:  Emily (Mrs. 
Dr. J. R. Haney), Margaret (Mrs. James S. White), Daniel and 
Sallie A. (Mrs. A. B. Worman).