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John Leister, son of Jacob and Elizabeth was born and reared in Rockhill, and fol- lowed the trade of a mason in that neigh- borhood until about 1812, when, on the death of his wife Mary, he married Eliza- beth, widow of John Getman, of Milford township, and purchased the farm formerly belonging to Getman in Milford. This farm he conveyed to his son Michael in 1820, but continued to reside in Milford until his death. Hc had sons-Philip, Jacob, George, Michael and Jonas; the two former settled
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in Montgomery county, where they have left numerous descendants.
Jolinas Leister, youngest son of John and Mary Leister, was born in Rockhill town- ship, Bucks county, February II, 1805. Like his father and grandfather and several of his uncles he was a mason by trade, and followed that occupation in Hilltown and Rockhill during the active years of his life. He married February 8, 1829, Catha- rine Harr, widow of John Harr, whose maiden name was Ruth, and lived for some years in Hilltown township, returning in 1845, to Rockhill, near Schlictersville, where he died May 26, 1897. Jonas and Catharine Leister were the parents of five children, viz .: Elias, born November 16, 1831, married Lavinia Treichler, and has five children; Thomas R., born May 23, 183; Henry, born August 19, 1841, mar- ried Susan Snovel, and had two children ; Mary Ann, died young; Catharine, born July 3, 1837, married Josiah Hoover; died February 12, 1874.
Thomas R. Leister was reared in Hill- town and Rockhill, and was educated at the Ridge Road School. Early in life he learned the cigar making and cigar packing busi- ness, which he followed for many years, but for the last thirty years has been employed as a cigar packer. In 1889 he purchased a residence in Perkasie borough, and three years later greatly improved it and now lives a retired life. In religion he belongs to the sect known as the River Brethren, and in politics is a Republican.
He has been three times married; in 1861 to Susanna, daughter of Elias Althouse, who died in 1862; second, on June 17, 1870, to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Freed; and third, on May 22, 1886, to Salome K. Bergy, daughter of Abraham Bergy. He has no children. He and his wife reside in their pleasant home in Perkasie borough, enjoying the fruits of a life of industry and frugality.
JOSEPH S. RUTH, of Line Lexington, New Britain township, was born in that township April 24, 1848, and is a son of Henry and Magdalena (Swartley) Ruth. Rev. David Ruth, the great-grandfather ot Joseph S., was a minster of the Mennonite faith, and resided for many years in Hat- field township, Dontgomery county, re- moving in 1801 to New Britain township with wife Catharine and their eight chil- dren-four sons: Michael, David, Jacob, and Joseph; and four daughters: Mary, who married Isaac Derstein, of Rockhill township; Sophia, born August 23, 1787, married Christian Swartz, and removed to Upper Canada about 1808; Catharine, who married Jacob Ruth of Hilltown ; and Mag- dalene. who married Andrew Ruth, of New Britain. David Ruth died in 1820. Michael, the eldest son, settled in Buckingham, Bucks county ; David and Joseph remained in
New Britain; Jacob, the third son, settled in Tinicum. The land purchased by David Sr., was located on the banks of the Ne- shaminy, and remained in the family for several generations. Joseph Ruth, young- est son of Rev. David and Catharine Ruth, was born in Hatfield, Montgomery county, and came to New Britain township with his parents when a child. On arriving at man- hood he married Ann Price, and, purchas- ing the greater part of the old homestead, made his home thereon during life, devoting his energies to the tilling of the soil.
Henry P. Ruth, son of Joseph and Ann (Price) Ruth, was born in New Britain township. In 1853 he purchased of his fa- ther a portion of the old homestead and settled thereon. Like his ancestors, he was a consistent member of the Mennonite church. In politics he was a Republican, and was active in local politics and filled several positions of trust. He died April 7, 1903, and is interred at the old Mennonite burying ground at Line Lexington. His wife, Magdalena Swartley, was born in New Britain township, September 28, 1824, and died April 7, 1893. They were married in 1844. Magdalena was a daughter of John and Mary ( Moyer) Swartley of New Britain, the former of whom was born in New Britain, June 8, 1792, and died there March 14, 1856; and the latter was born in Springfield township, Bucks county, Oc- tober 9, 1795, and died in New Britain, April 10, 1872. Philip Scwardley, the fa- ther of John, and the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Eppingen, Germany, October 28, 1764, and died in New Britain township September 23, 1840. His wife, Sarah Rosenberger, was born in Franconia township, Mont- gomery county, Pennsylvania, and died in New Britain, April 6, 1849. The children of Henry and Magdalena (Swartley) Ruth, were. John S. residing at Lansdale; Jo- seph S., and one who died in infancy.
JOSEPH S. RUTH was born and reared on the old homestead, and was educated at the public schools of New Britain town- ship, supplemented by one year at College- ville. He was reared to the life of a farmer, and on his marriage to Sarah Leidy took charge of the Jonas Leidy farm, which he operated for four years. He then removed to the old Swartley homestead in New Brit- ain, which he managed for over twenty years. In 1904 he removed to the village of Line Lexington, where he lıas since resided. His wife is
a native of Hilltown, where her ancestors have been prominent farmers and business men for several generations. They are the parents of seven children; I. Elmer, married, De- cember, 1900, Anna Mary Bergey, daughter of Jones Bergey, of Hilltown, and they have three children-Grace, Joseph, Ear- nest. 2. Leidy. 3. Flora, married June, ICO2, Harvard D. Sampey, and they have one child, Ruth C. 4. Stella. 5. Dora. 6.
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Maggie. 7. Lizzie. The four last named died in infancy. Mr. Ruth takes an active in- terest in local politics and all that pertains to the best interest of the community. He is the owner of three large farms, one of which was the home of his maternal an- cestors, the Swartleys. While Mr. Ruth does not personally conduct his farms he devotes much of his time to their care and supervision. He takes an active part in church work and is one of the leading men in the community in which he lives.
HARVEY H. GILLAM, of Langhorne, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, was born in Philadelphia, July 23, 1846, and is a son of Harvey and Hannah H. (Hunt) Gillam. His paternal ancestor, Lucas Gillam, son of Lucas and Lydia Gillam, was born in Bristol township about the year 1715. His father and mother both dying when he was a small child, he was, according to the cus- tom of that time, bound out by direction of the orphans' court of Bucks county and learned the trade of a cooper, which he fol- lowed in early life in Middletown township. He was also a farmer, having purchased in 175I one hundred acres Middletown township. He married 6 mo. 18, 1748, Ann Dungan, daughter and only child of Jere- miah Dungan, who was a grandson of Rev. Thomas Dungan, who came from Rhode Island to Bucks county in 1684 and estab- lished the first Baptist church in the county at Cold Spring in Falls township. Lucas and Ann Dungan Gillam were the parents of ten children: Susannah, wife of Jona- than Linton, of Northampton; Jeremiah; Lucas Jr .; Simon; Joseph; John; Sarah, wife of Euclides Longshore; Joshua, James and Thomas Gillam.
Simon Gillam, third son and fifth child of Lucas and Ann (Dungan) Gillam, mar- ried 12 mio. 11, 1783. Anna Paxson, by whom he had four children: Mary, born 10 mo. 22, 1784; William, born 10 mo. I, 1786, died 12 mo. 31, 1842; Isaac, born 4 mo. 13, 1788; and Anna, born 10 110. 30, 1794. died 2 mo. 8, 1798. Simon Gilliam was a prominent man in the community and a preacher among Friends. He was the owner of four hundred acres of land in Middle- town, and lived to a ripe old age.
William, son of Simon and Anna (Pax- son) Gillam, was born in Middletown town- ship and died there 12 mo. 31, 1842. He married 12 mo. 16, 1809, Susanna Woolston, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Har- vey) Woolston. who was born II mo. 18, 1787, and died 8 mo. 31, 1860. The Wool- stons were early settlers in Burlington county, New Jersey, From whence Jonathan Woolston, grandfather of the above nanied Jonathan, removed to Middletown and mar- ried Sarah Pearson in 1707. William and Susanna Woolston Gillam were the parents of nine children : Elizabeth, born 9 m10.
17, 1810; Anna, born 8 mo. 12, 1812; Har- vey, born 7 mo. 1, 1814; Jonathan W., born IO mo. 25, 1816; William, born II mo. 15, 1818; Simon, born 11 mo. 24, 1820; Susanna, born 4 110. 18, 1823; Hannah, born 6 mo. 3, 1825; Mary, born 8 mo. 25, 1827.
Harvey Gillam, Sr., was born on the old homestead in Middletown, and on arriving at manhood turned his attention to agri- cultural pursuits, purchasing a farmi two miles east of Langhorne, which he con- ducted for a few years. On account of poor health he sold his farm and engaged in merchandising at Langhorne for a few years, and then purchased a farm of thirty. acres which he conducted a short time, and then removed to Philadelphia, where he en- gaged in the wholesale boot and shoe busi- ness, later becoming a member of the firm of Farrell & Herring, manufacturers of safes, where he remained until his death. He married Hannah Hunt, of Chester county, Pennsylvania, who died in 1857. Harvey and Hannah (Hunt) Gillam were the parents of four children: Mary Wyatt, born 8 mo. 10, 1838, married William Al- bertson, of Philadelphia; William Henry, born I mo. 9, 1841, died in 1871, leaving a daughter, now Mrs. Howard Reifsnyder ; Morris Shallcross, who died in infancy ; and Harvey H., born July 23, 1846. Harvey H. Gillam and his brother William Henry removed from Philadelphia to the home of their ancestors in Middletown, where they purchased farms. William Henry died sud- denly two years later at the age of thirty years.
Harvey H. Gillam was reared in Phila- delphia, and received his education at the Friends' Central School. In 1869 he pur- chased a farm of one hundred and fifty acres in Middletown, which he conducted until 1888, when he rented it and removed to Langhorne, and has since followed the vocation of a real estate and general busi- ness agent. He has been a justice of the peace for fifteen years, and has transacted a large amount of public business, filling many positions of trust in connection with the settlement of estates, etc. He was one of the promoters of the Langhorne, New- town and Bristol Street Railway, and one of its directors for a number of years; and is a director of the Farmers' National Bank of Bucks county of Bristol, and of the Langhorne Building and Loan Association. He is a member of Bristol Lodge No. 25, F. and A. M. Religiously he is a member of the Society of Friends, and politically a Republican. He was married October 2, 1873, to Mary Mitchell, a daughter of Pier- son and Caroline (Burton) Mitchell, of Langhorne.
Pierson Mitchell was a son of John Allen and Tacie (Stackhouse) Mitchell, of Lang- horne, an account of whose carly ancestry is given elsewhere in this work. He was born in Middletown, August 29, 1822. on the old homestead, which he inherited at
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his father's death, and lived thereon for a time, subsequently removing to Langhorne, where he died April 1, 1894. He received a superior education and was a school teacher in Middletown before attaining his majority. He later took up the study of medicine with his uncle, Dr. Gove Mitchell, but abandoned it on account of poor health, and returned to the farm. A few years later he studied and mastered surveying, and took up that business in connection with conveyancing and real estate and gen- eral business agency. He was a justice of the peace for thirty years, and prided him- self in never sending a case to court out of the many suits that were entered before him, being always able to induce the liti- gants to settle their cases out of court. He settled a great number of estates and filled a great number of positions of trust. He was for over thirty years a director of the Farmers' National Bank of Bucks county, and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. He was a member of Middletown Monthly Meeting of Friends. ( See sketch of Allen Robert Mitchell.) He married in 1850 Caroline Burton, daughter of Anthony and Mary (Headly) Burton, representatives of two old and highly re- spected families of lower Bucks. Caroline ( Burton ) Mitchell died May 16, 1890. Their only child was Mrs. Gillam.
Harvey H. and Mary (Mitchell) Gillam are the parents of two children; Caroline Mitchell, born July 21, 1874, married Octo- ber II, 1904, Malachi White, of Langhorne, a representative of an old family in that vicinity ; and Mary Wyatt, born March 4, 1879, who resides at home.
GEORGE W. SCHEIP. Among the younger generation of agriculturists, who still retain the land tilled by their ancestors for several generations, is George W. Scheip, of New Britain township. He was born on the farm where he still resides, March II, 1856, and is a son of John L. and Maria (Scholl) Sheip.
George Scheib (as the name was origin- ally spelled), the paternal ancestor of the subject of this sketch, emigrated from Ger- many in the last half of the eighteenth century, and in the year 1770 purchased one hundred acres of land in New Britain, of which the farm occupied by the present George Scheip is a part. In 1792 he pur- chased an additional one hundred acres ad- joining on the southeast side, which he conveyed to his eldest son John four years later. George Scheib died in 1815, leav- ing a widow Elizabeth and five children ; John, Margaret, Elizabeth, Catharine and George, the latter being the grandfather of the late Levi C. Scheip, of Doylestown. Prior to the execution of his will in Feb- ruary, 1803, George Scheib made an agree-
ment with his eldest son John by which he conveyed the homestead to him on condi- tion that John convey to the younger son George the lower farm, and provide for his father and mother during the remainder of their lives.
John Scheib was probably born in Mont- gomery county, where, like nearly all the early German emigrants, his parents made their first American home. He was reared in New Britain, Bucks county, and on ar- riving at manhood, married Catharine Heller, of Montgomery county, and took up his abode on the farm purchased for him by his father, adjoining the homestead. In 1803 he took possession of the homestead farm which was in that year conveyed to him, and lived thereon until his death in August, 1818, purchasing in 1813 twenty- five acres of his former farm of his brother George. His children were George; Eliza- beth, wife of Andrew Bardt; Catharine, Margaret and Joseph.
George Scheib, eldest son of John and Catharine (Heller) Scheib, was born in New Britain township about 1795, and reared to the life of a farmer on the old homestead purchased by his grandfather in 1770, which he inherited at his father's death in 1818, and died there at the age of eighty- nine years. He married about. 1820 Eliza- beth Leidy, daughter of John Leidy, of Hilltown, who bore him six children, five of whom grew to maturity.
John L. Scheip, eldest son of George and Elizabeth (Leidy) Scheip, is the father of the subject of this sketch. He was born and reared on the old New Britain home- stead, and married Maria, daughter of Jacob and Catharine (Leidy) Scholl, who was born in Upper Salford township, Mont- gomery county, May 19, 1825. John L. was born August 9, 1824. Both are still living in New Britain. To them were born two children : Isaiah S., deceased; and George W.
George W. Scheip was born and reared on the old homestead in New Britain which he now owns. He has always followed farming, with its attendant industries of fruit culture and stock and poultry raising, taking especial pride in the production of choice fruits of all kinds. Living a quiet pastoral life, he has dignified the calling of his forefathers. In politics he is a Dem- ocrat, but has never sought or held pub- lic office. He and his family are members of the German Reformed church. He mar- ried in 1876 Lydia, daughter of Henry Al- bright, Esq., also of German ancestry, and this union has been blessed with eleven children, of whom three died in infancy; those who survive are: William F., born May 13, 1877, married Anna Mary Biehn, daughter of Peter, and has one child, Pearl ; Estella, born July 14, 1880, married Evererd R. Ulinstead, and has two children, Mar- tha and Herbert; Martha, born March 2, 1883; Viola, born February 20, 1885; Mary,
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born November 21, 1886; Catharine, born June 8, 1889; Anna, born November 22, 1890; and Titus A., born November 3, 1894.
EDWIN C. WALKER, of Southampton township, Bucks county, was born in Hors- ham township, Montgomery county, Penn- sylvania, June 21, 1851, and is a son of Elias and Amanda (Carson) Walker, both of whom were natives of Montgomery county.
Peter Walker was a farmer in Mont- gomery county, and married Sarah Land, who bore him seven children; Elizabeth, who married William McIntyre; Christi- ana, who married Samuel Radcliffe; Han- nah; Lydia; Susan Jane; Elias; and Sam- ucl. Elias, son of Peter and Sarah (Land) Walker, was born near Willow Grove, Montgomery county, in the year 1826, and lived the uneventful life of a well-to-do . farmer in that locality, filling such local positions as the interests of the commun- ity demanded of him. He married Amanda Carson, and they were the parents of four children: Theresa; Edwin C .; Ella, who married Harry McNair, and they had one child, a son, George Russell McNair; and George, who married Emma Force, in 1900.
Edwin C. Walker was reared on a farm in Horsham township, and acquired a good common school education. In 1876 he mar- ried Fannie L. Johnson, daughter of Fred- erick and Harriet Newell (Wait) Johnson, and began life as a farmer, which vocation he has since followed, first in Horsham and later in Southampton township, Bucks county, where he has a fine farm. In poli- tics he is a Republican, but has never held other than local office. He has served in the office of township supervisor for two terms, and filled other local offices. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Walker is of Eng- lish descent, her maternal grandparents be- ing John and Sarah (Kyle) Wait. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are the parents of two chil- dren; Fannie, born in 1877; and Mabel, born in 1884.
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SAMUEL R. LENGEL, of Hilltown township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, was born in Upper Bern, now Tilden township. Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1859, and is of German descent, his ancestors hav- ing been residents of that section for scy- eral generations. The pioneer ancestor of the family, Johannes Lengel, emigrated from Germany in 1737 and settled in Berks county, and his descendants are now widely scattered. Paul Lengel, the direct ancestor of Samuel R., was born in Berks county, and a tract of land was surveyed to him there in 1780. His son, Johan Lengel, was the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch.
Peter Lengel, son of Johan, married Marie Spisher, and they were the parents of the following children: Maria, Susan, Adam, James, Paul, Peter, Eliza, Polly, William and Emanuel. Adam, son of Peter and Marie Lengel, was a farmer in Upper Bern township, where he was born in 1835. He married Angeline Rentschler, and they were the parents of eight children: El- mira, Samuel R., Adam, Catharine, Ma- tilda, Franklin, James, and Wilson. James Lengel married Amelia Mathias.
Samuel R. Lengel was born and reared in Berks county, and worked on the farm for his father until the age of eighteen years, and then came to Hilltown, Bucks county, where he followed butchering and attended the Philadelphia markets. In 1885 he pur- chased a farm of sixty-one acres, where he still resides. He is a member of Souder- ton Lodge, No. 612, I. O. O. F., and of the Golden Eagle Castle at Telford. Politically he is a Democrat, and takes an active in- terest in the councils of his party. He was the party nominee for clerk of the orphans' court in 1899, but was defeated at the polls with the rest of the ticket, the county then being strongly Republican. Mr. Lengel is a member of the Lutheran church. He married Mary Ann Hunsberger, daughter of Isaac and Anna (Bergy) Hunsberger, of Hilltown, where Mrs. Lengel was born. Mr. and Mrs. Lengel are the parents of four children-Isaac H., Gertrude, Melvin, and Adam.
DARIUS SINE, proprietor of the feed and coal establishment at Perkasie, so long conducted by William Renner, is a native of Bedminster township, Bucks county, be- ing a son of Joseph and Leanna (Kline) Sine, of that township, where he was born November 7, 1864. John Sine, the grand- father of the subject of this sketch was of German descent, though his ancestors had been residents of Bucks county for several generations. His wife was a Garis, of an old Pennsylvania German family, and they were the parents of five children, all born in Bedminster township, viz .: John, Joseph, Samuel. Elias and Catharine. Joseph Sine, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Bedminster township, in September. 1821. Early in life he learned the trade of carpet weaver, which he followed for a number of years in Durham, Nockamixon, Tinicum and Bedminster townships. Some time in the sixties he purchased a farm in Bedminster, which he conducted until his death in 1898. He was a school director of Bedminster township, and always took a deep interest in educational matters. He and his family were members of Tohickon Reformed church. His wife was Leanna, daughter of John Kline, and they were the parents of nine children, viz .: Frank K .: Sarah, wife of John M. Gruver; Edwin; Missouri, wife of Levi Roth; Amanda,
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Leanna and Joseph, all deceased; Justina, wife of Peter S. Solliday; and Darius, the subject of this sketch.
Darius Sine was reared and educated in Bedminster township. He taught school in Haycock, Bedminster and Springfield town- ships for six years. In 1887 he entered the employ of William Renner in the feed and coal business at Perkasie, and remained with him until January 4, 1904, when he purchased the business of Mr. Renner and now conducts it. He is a member of St. Stephen's Reformed church at Perkasie, and politically is a Democrat. He is a member of Perkasie Lodge, No. 671, I. O. O. F., Mont Alto Lodge, No. 246, K. of P .; the Modern Workman; and the Ridgely Pro- tective Association. Mr. Sine has been twice married, first in December, 1885, to Annie, daughter of Jacob Dimmig, who died in April, 1888, leaving him one child, Harry, born March 1, 1887. He married (second) in 1889, Sarah J., daughter of Benjamin Fellman, who has borne him two children : William Renner, born July 12, 1890; and Paul Revere, born September 13, 1899.
EZEKIEL A. GROOM, of Buckingham, was born in Solebury township, Bucks county, October 29, 1834, being a son of Jonathan A. and Rebecca ( Pidcock) Groom. The Groome family is an old one in Bucks county, the first settlers here be- ing Peter and Thomas Groome, brothers. Peter purchased two hundred acres of land of Penn in Southampton in 1683, but sold it in 1690 and removed to New Jersey. Thomas Groome in 1704 purchased 550 acres on the Delaware, in Bristol township, which he sold four years later, and set- tled in Byberry, Philadelphia county. Will- iam Groome, supposed to be the son of Thomas, settled in Southampton in 1718 on 112 acres purchased that year. upon which he later erected a grist mill. He died there in 1736, leaving a widow Margaret and seven children, four of whom grew to maturity, viz. : Thomas : Mary ; Anne, who married Garret Vansant in 1739; and Will- iam, who married Rachel Walton in 1747.
Thomas, the eldest son of William and Margaret Groome, at the death of his broth- er William in 1760 purchased the interest of the other heirs in the mill property and settled thereon. Part of the land was sold by the sheriff in 1788, but was purchased by his son Thomas. Thomas and Lydia Groom, had three sons-Thomas, above referred to, William and John. Thomas remained on the old homestead, and Will- iam and John removed to Upper Make- field about 1800. John Groom, third son of Thomas and Lydia, purchased of John Beaumont a small lot in Upper Makefield, and died thereon in 1810, leaving four chil- dren: Thomas; Phoebe, wife of John Hagerman; Mary, wife of Amos Bennett : and John. Thomas Groome, eldest son of
John, was a farmer in Upper Makefield, where his son Jonathan was born in 1808. Jonathan Groom married Rebecca Pid- cock, and had six children : Mary E. Cook, of Trenton, New Jersey; Joseph P., of Buckingham, a member of the One Hun- dred and Seventy-fourth Regiment Penn- sylvania Volunteers, during the Civil war; Ezekiel A .; Ramsey C., a member of Com- pany A, One Hundred and Fourth Regi- ment Pennsylvania Volunteers, during the war; Sarah, wife of Israel Worthington, of Buckingham; and Anna Rebecca, wife of Rudolph B. Cotter, of Wycombe, Penn- sylvania.
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