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


   JEREMIAH WHITSON retired farmer, P. O. Langhorne, was 
born in Chester county, Pa., May 14, 1807, and is a son of 
Thomas and Hannah (Starr) Whitson.  The former was born in 
Bucks county, and the latter in Chester county, both being 
of English descent and members of the Society of Friends.  
Thomas Whitson was a farmer.  He reared a family of eight 
children, of whom Jeremiah was the youngest.  He was reared 
on the farm, attending the schools in his native district 
and also the Friends' school.  He served over three years as 
supervisor of the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad, three 
years as assistant recorder of Lancaster county, and was 
also assistant U. S. internal revenue collector at 
Lancaster, Pa.  He has been twice married; first, in 1832, 
to Miss Ann S. Owens, who was of Welsh origin.  They had 
four children:  Thomas C., who is a dealer in real estate in 
Lancaster, and is also engaged in the insurance business; 
Hannah, who is a physician, is married to Dr. J. Henry 
Lovell, of Philadelphia; Lydia, wife of Henry Wiley; and 
Angelina, at home. Mrs. Whitson died in 1866, and in 1869 he 
married Elizabeth, a daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Simons) 
Stackhouse.  She is a descendant of early English settlers 
of Bucks county, and a sister of Joseph Stackhouse.  At the 
time of her marriage to Mr. Whitson she was the widow of 
William Newbold.  The family are members of the Society of 
Friends.  In 1871 Mr. Whitson retired from business life, 
and came to Langhorne, where he still resides.