Biographical Sketch of William Joseph PUSEY (1904); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ********************************************************* Source: "Historical Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania", Vol. 2, edited by Gilbert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead, published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pp. 383-4. "WILLIAM J. PUSEY. In the township of London Grove, Chester county, Pennsyl- vania, where William J. Pusey was born April 6, 1870, and where his name has long been associated with its agricultural pursuits, has also been the birth- place of his ancestors on the maternal side for many generations, they having been the owners of a productive tract of land known as the Locust Bank farm. "Joseph W. Pusey, grandfather of William J. Pusey, was born on the old home- stead in London Grove township, Chester county, and he acquired a practical education at the Unionville Academy. Throughout the active years of his life he engaged in farming on the ancestral estate, and by dint of thrift and in- dustry was enabled to provide a comfortable home for his wife, Elizabeth (Barnard) Pusey, a native of London Grove township, and their children, among whom was a son, Edwin Pusey. "Edwin Pusey, father of William J. Pusey, was born on the old homestead in the township of West Marlborough, Chester county, in 1841, and his educational advantages were obtained at the Kennett Square Academy. He began the active business of life in the capacity of a farmer, and the care and cultivation which he bestowed upon his fields were rewarded by a plentiful and remunera- tive harvest, which brought him in a sufficient income to allow him to lay aside a competence for his declining years. He is now enjoying the same, having retired some years ago from the activities of a business career. He has always been an earnest advocate of the Republican party, but has never sought or desired the honors of public office. He is a member of the Society of Friends, taking a deep and abiding interest in all the work connected with it. In 1869 he married Elizabeth Hoopes, who was born in 1841, a daughter of Samuel and Hannah Hoopes, residents of London Grove township, where Mr. Hoopes is engaged in agricultural pursuits. Six children have been born of this marriage, namely: William J., born in 1870, unmarried; Amy, born in 1871, wife of Edward Buffington and mother of one child; Samuel H., born in 1873, married Mary Wood, and they are the parents of one child; Susan, born in 1875, unmarried; Helen C., born in 1881, unmarried, and Marion B., born in 1882, also unmarried. Mrs. Pusey, mother of these children, died in the year 1898, after having lived a useful and honorable life of fifty-seven years. "William J. Pusey, eldest son of Edwin and Elizabeth Pusey, first attended the common schools of London Grove township, and later was a student at Ercildoun and Kennett Square Academies, where he obtained a liberal education. He subsequently located on his present farm known as the 'Meadow View Farm,' which consists of one hundred and three acres of highly cultivated farm land, and here he is extensively engaged in general farming operations, having every detail of the business under his personal supervision. In politics he is an Independent Republican, and in religion a birthright member of the Society of Friends, and he holds membership with the Patrons of Husbandry. Mr. Pusey is unmarried."