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


JACOB W. TREFFINGER farmer, P.O. Bedminster, is a native of 
Philadelphia county.  His parents came from Wittemberg, 
Germany, about ten years before his birth.  His father, 
Frederick, was a farmer and in his later years came to 
Hilltown township, this county, where he died in 1875.  He 
was an industrious man, a member of the Hilltown Lutheran 
church, and was much respected in the township.  His wife 
died about eight years before her husband.  One of their 
children died before they came from Germany.  The others are 
all living and are: Frederick, who lives in Hilltown; 
Hannah, wife of Lewis Knoll, also of Hilltown; and Jacob W., 
who was born in Philadelphia county in 1836.  First he 
worked at carpentering, then at bridge building, and after 
that at locomotive building.  He bought the farm he now owns 
in this township in 1881.  In connection with this he 
carries on a mill.  In May, 1887, he was married to Lizzie, 
widow of Joseph Holcomb, and whose maiden name was 
Overholtzer.  He is a member of the Lutheran church and his 
wife of the Second Deep Run Mennonite church.  For honesty 
and straightforward conduct no man in the township stands 
higher than he.