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


WILLIAM H. WOLFINGER farmer and undertaker, P.O. Keller's 
Church, is a grandson of Jacob Wolfinger, who was a farmer 
and weaver in Nockamixon township, where he died nearly 
sixty years ago.  His wife, Elizabeth Sassaman, outlived him 
about thirty years.  Their children were:  Jacob, Samuel, 
John, Elizabeth, and Mary, deceased; Henry, living in 
Tinicum township, and Reuben, father of William H.  He was 
born in 1812, and is now in Haycock.  He was a mason and 
farmer, and is now living retired.  He has been an 
industrious man, of good repute, and a member of the 
Reformed church.  His wife was Sarah Diehl, born in 
Springfield township in 1813, and died in September, 1886.  
Their children were:  Louisa Ann, wife of Henry Angeney, of 
Haycock; Franklin, in Rockhill; Jacob, in Hilltown; Sarah, 
wife of Joseph Musselman, of same township; Elizabeth, wife 
of  Franklin Myers, of Haycock; Emeline, wife of Jacob Boas, 
Hilltown; John, in Richland; Catharine, deceased; Edwin, in 
Haycock; and William H., who was the oldest son, and was 
born August 13, 1835.  He followed for many years the trade 
of a carpenter, which he still occasionally works at. 
November 13, 1859, he was married to Lovina, daughter of 
Tobias Crouthamel, of this township.  She was born June 21, 
1837, in the house where they now live, which, with the 
farm, they bought from her father.  To their union seven 
children have been born: Oliver, living in Chicago; Mary J., 
who was the wife of Jacob D. Stover, and died March 20, 
1887; Tillie, Lovina, Elmer, and Alice, who live with their 
parents; and Elmira, who died young.  Beside his farm and 
carpentering, Mr. Wolfinger has for thirty years carried on 
undertaking.  He is a member of the Reformed church of which 
he has been deacon.  His wife is a Lutheran.  His 
fellow-townsmen speak highly of him as a man and neighbor.