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The subject of this sketch was born in Solebury, but at the age of nine went to live with 'Squire . Edward Pool, in Upper Makefield. Two years later he went to John Murfit's, in the same township, with whose family he lived until 1870, with the exception of one year (his nineteenth) in which he made a trip to the west. In 1870 he rented the Merrick farm in Make- field (Washington's Headquarters in 1777) where he lived for one year, and then re- moved to the Anderson farm in Bucking- ham, where he lived for ten years. The next twelve years he lived on the D. W. McNair and Joseph Shelly farms in Buck- ingham. Mr. Groom has been a farmer in Buckingham continuously since 1871. In 1893 he purchased his present farm, and has resided thereon since that time. In politics he is a Democrat. In 1890 he was elected county commissioner and served a term of three years. Mr. Groom was mar- ried in 1858 to Elizabeth Wark, of Phila- delphia, by whom he has four children : Henrietta D., and Jennie, residing at home ; Georgianna, wife of Harry Hallowell, of Philadelphia; and John M., residing at home. Both Mr. Groom and his son are members of Aquetong Lodge, No. 193, I. O. O. F., of Doylestown.
MAHLON KELLER, merchant and jus- tice of the peace, Perkasie, Bueks county, was born in Plumstead township, Bucks county, November 4, 1864, and is a son of Abraham and Judith (Myers) Keller, and a lineal descendant of Heinrich and Juliann ( Kleindinst) Keller, both natives of Weier- bach, Baden, Germany, who came to Amer- iea in 1738 and settled in Bedminster, near Kellers' Church, of which Heinrich was one of the organizers and for whom it was named.
Christopher (or Stophell) Keller, tenth child of Heinrich and Juliann, born in Bueks county, December, 1751, was ensign of a company in the Flying Camp in 1776, and served his country through the disas- trous campaign in New York and on Long Island. Returning to Bucks county he set- tled in Haycock township, where he was a considerable landowner and a man of prom- inence in the community. He died July 8,
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1820. On February 17, 1778, he married Margaret Trauch, of Bedminster, who was born in 1759 and died February 11, IS11, an 1 they reared a family of nine children, wil ) have left numerous descendants.
Joseph Keller, the seventh child of Chris- topher and Margaret, born in Haycock, No- vember 10, 1794, died there February 14, 1877, was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He was a blacksmith and farmer, and lived all his life in Haycock township, and was an elder of Kellers' Lutheran church. His wife was Mary Afflerbach, daughter of George and Dorothy (Steinbach) Afflerbach, and a grand- daughter of Heinrich and Dorothy ( Keller) Steinbach, the latter being a daughter of Heinrich and Juliann Keller, above men- tioned. Mrs. Mary ( Afflerbach) Keller's pa- ternal grandfather, Daniel Afflerbach, came from Germany about the time of the Amer- ican Revolution, and settled in Haycock.
Abraham Keller, second child of Joseph and Mary (Afflerbach) Keller, was the fa- ther of the subject of this sketch. He was born in Haycock township, September 16, 1823, and died in Bedminster township. He was a farmer in Plumstead for a number of years after his marriage, and later in Bedminster. In 1870 he entered into part- nership with his cousin, Captain John H. Afflerbach, in the general merchandise busi- ness at Bedminsterville, under the firm name of J. H. Afflerbach & Co., and three years later purchased Mr. Afflerbach's in- terest in the firm, and took into partner- ship his son Lewis, the present proprietor of the store, and later another son Joseph was admitted to the firm, and Mr. Keller retired from the firm, purchasing the hotel at Bedminsterville, which he conducted for ten years, after which he conducted a feed store and looked after his farm and other property until his death in 1880. He was twice married; first October 10, 1847, to Judith Myers, who was the mother of his ten children; and second, December 26, 1881, to Susanna, widow of Franklin Stauf- fer. Judith (Myers) Keller was born Feb- ruary 3, 1829, and died December 23, 1880; Abraham and Judith ( Myers) Keller were the parents of ten children, six of whom survive, viz. : Mary, wife of H. S. Deaterly, of Bedminster; Lewis, the Bedminsterville merchant; Joseph, of Philadelphia; Abra- ham M., of Doylestown; Catharine, wife of Clinton Lerch, of Tinicum ; and Mahlon.
Mahlon Keller was the youngest son of Abraham and Judith, and was born in Plumstead township, but was reared and educated in Bedminster. He remained on the farm with his parents until the age of sixteen, when he became a clerk in the Bedminsterville store, where he remained for nine years. In 1892 he purchased the large mercantile establishment of Grier Scheetz, at Perkasie, which he conducted for seven years, and then sold out to Kulp Brothers, the present proprietors, and
opened an establishment for the manufac- ture of clothing at Perkasie. In 1902 he sold out this business and purchased the clothing and gent's furnishing store which he now conducts, of Moyer & George, and is doing a fine business. He was elected justice of the peace in 1895, and was re- elected in 1900, and again in 1905. He has also served as a school director. He is a member of the Lutheran church, and po- litically is a Democrat. He is a past master of McCalla Lodge No. 596, F. and A. M .; a past grand of Plumstead Lodge, I. O. O. F .; and a member of Mont Alto Lodge No. 246, K. of P., at Perkasie. He is also a member of Aquilla Castle, No. 330, Knights of the Golden Eagle. . He married November 15, 1889, Mary Ella Albright, daughter of John and Mary (Bryan) Al- bright, and they are the parents of two children : Paul, born May, 1894, and died August, 1894; and Ralph, born May 27, 1897.
REVEREND JOHN HENRY WAIDE- LICH. who for the past sixteen years has been the pastor of St. Michael's Lutheran Church at Sellersville, and of St. John's Church in Rockhill township, Bucks county, was born at Steinsville, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. March 17, 1860, and is of German parentage.
Michael Frederick Waidelich, father of the subject of this sketch, was the youngest son of Jacob Waidelich by his first wife, nee Hartman, and was born in Bosenfeld, Wurtemberg, Germany, in the year 1831. He came to this country in the year 1846, and learned the trade of a wheelwright with his eldest brother, Christian Waide- lich, through whose influence he had come to America. He married Sallie Follweiler, of a German family whose ancestors had settled in the upper part of Lehigh county about the middle of the eighteenth cen- tury, her mother being a Wanamaker. They were the parents of six children, five of whom were boys, who were at the proper age obliged to learn useful trades; and it fell to the lot of the subject of this sketch to learn the trade of coach painting. He attended the public schools of his native town and a private school for one session, after which he passed a successful examina- tion in the fall of 1877. and, receiving a teacher's certificate, taught school in Berks and Lehigh counties for a period of five years. He then prepared for college at the Keystone State Normal School at Kutz- town, Pennsylvania, and entered Muhlen- berg College at Allentown in September. 1882, graduating with honors in June, 1886, receiving a prize in gold for scholarship in German. During the summer of 1885 he filled the position of principal of Prospect Institute at Steinsville, Lehigh county, Penn- sylvania. Entering the Lutheran Theologi- cal Seminary at Philadelphia, he graduated in June, 1889, and was ordained by the
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Ministerium of Pennsylvania in Salem church, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1889. He was installed as pastor of St. Michael's and St. John's churches June 23, 1889, and is still filling that charge. Dur- ing his pastorate both churches have pros- pered, the latter having erected in 1899 a handsome modern church building. Mr. Waidelich, in addition to his regular par- ish, also served temporarily as pastor of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church at Ridge Road, Rockhill township, and in 1892 organized Trinity congregation at Perkasie. In 1900 these last two churches were by his advice formed into a separate parish.
Mr. Waidelich served as secretary and later as president of the Norristown con- ference of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania and adjacent states, and has served as rep- resentative of his synod at the meeting of the General Council of North America. He was trustee of Muhlenberg College for six years. He has also been secretary of the Lutheran Pastoral Association of Bucks and of a portion of Montgomery county since the fall of 1889. In his home town of Sell- ersville Mr. Waidelich has exerted a wide influence for good among the young people. He has served as a member of the local school board and taken a deep interest in the cause of education.
On July 4, 1889, Mr. Waidelich married Alice S. Keller, daughter of Nathan and Ellamina (Smith) Keller, of Albany, Berks county, Pennsylvania. She had been a teacher in the public schools of that county for five years or more, and had charge of a kindergarten department in the schools of Reading, Pennsylvania, for one year. Rev. and Mrs. Waidelich are the parents of one son, Luther Frederic, who was born at Sellersville, May 24. 1890, and is preparing for a college education.
FRANK L. KNOLL. Among the en- terprising business men of Perkasie is Frank L. Knoll, undertaker and cabinet- maker. He was born in New Britain township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, on January 31, 1862, and is of German descent. being a son of Lewis and Hannah (Tref- finger) Knoll. Lewis Knoll, father of the subject of this sketch, is a son of Charles T. Knoll, and was born in Germany in 1827 and came to America June 1, 1844, at the age of seventeen years. He had learned the trade of a locksmith in Ger- many, and after his arrival in Bucks county learned the blacksmith trade at Newville, New Britain township. He followed the latter trade at Mt. Pleasant, Hilltown town- ship, Bucks county, for about twenty years, and then removed to Lansdale, Montgoni- ery county, where he still resides. He married Hannah, daughter of Frederick Treffinger, also of German descent, she having been born in Germany, February 23, 1830. She died November 4. 1892. Lewis
and Hannah (Treffinger) Knoll were the parents of five children, viz .: Charles, of Perkasie, who married Susan Rickert; Frederick, deceased; Mary, wife of John S. Barndt, of Line Lexington; Amanda, wife of Milton Haines; and Frank L., the subject of this sketch.
Frank L. Knoll was reared and educated in Hilltown township. Early in life he learned the trade of a carpenter and cabinet maker with Francis Sellers, whose daugh- ter he subsequently married. In 1888 he started in the undertaking business at Sil- verdale, and in 1894 removed to Perkasie, where he has since followed that business. He is a member of the Hilltown Reformed church, and politically is a Democrat. He filled the office of chief burgess of Per- kasie for six months, and then resigned the office. He married December 27, 1884, Emeline Sellers, daughter of Francis and Emiline (Frantz) Sellers, and they are the parents of two children: Florence, born October 1, 1889, and Idella, born July I, 1891.
ROBERT M. CROASDALE, one of the well known young business men of New- town, was born in Newtown, May 16, 1864, and is a son of John Wilson and Eliza- beth B. (Parry) Croasdale, and is a de- scendant of the oldest families in Bucks. His paternal ancestor, Ezra Croasdale, was a native of Yorkshire, England, and brouglit a certificate from the Friends' Meeting at Brighouse, Yorkshire, dated I mo. 29, 1683, and settled in Middletown, where he mar- ried 2 mo. 6, 1687, Ann Peacock, also a native of Yorkshire, coming from Kirks- dale, in that county, in 1684, in the ship. "Shield," of Stockton, which arrived in the Delaware river in the latter part of the 8th month, 1684. They were married at the house of Nicholas Waln, under the direction of Neshaminy (now Middletown) Monthly Meeting. Ezra Croasdale died 4 mo. 18, 1740, and his wife Ann 10 mo. 8, 1732. They were the parents of four chil- dren, viz. : Ezra, born 12 mo. 5. 1689, died 4 mo., 1702; William, born 7 mo. 19, 1690, died 9 mo. 19, 1777; Grace, born 2 mo. 6, 1692; and Jeremiah, born 8 mo. 29, 1694.
Jeremiah Croasdale, son of Ezra and Ann, was born and reared in Middletown, and spent his whole life there. He married 7 mo. 22, 1720, Grace Heaton, daughter of Robert and Grace (Pearson) Heaton, of Middletown. Robert Heaton was born in Yorkshire in 1671, and came to Pennsyl- vania with his parents, Robert and Alice Heaton, from Settle, Yorkshire, in the "Welcome," with William Penn, arriving 8 mo. 27. 1682. He was a large landholder in Middletown, and one of the prominent men in the little Quaker colony on the Delaware. Jeremiah and Grace (Heaton) Croasdale were the parents of nine chil- dren: Grace, born 9 mo. 8, 1721, married Jonathan Knight; Mercy, born 12 mo. 28, 1723-4; Ezra, born 5 mo. 12, 1726; Robert,
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born 6 mo. 30, 1728; Ann, born II mo. 15, 1730-I; Eber, born I mo. 28, 1733; and Abijah, born 10 mo. 5. 1735; Macre and Achsah. Jeremiah died in 1748.
Robert Croasdale, son of Jeremiah and Grace, married 9 mo. 15, 1750, Margery Hayhurst, born in Middletown, 2 mo. 15, 1730, daughter of Cuthbert and Deliverance ( Bills) Hayhurst. Cuthbert Hayhurst was a son of William and Rachel ( Radcliffe ) Hayhurst, and a granddaughter of Cuth- bert and Mary Hayhurst, who also came over in the "Welcome" from Settle, York- shire, in 1682. James Radcliffe, the father of Rachel, was an eminent preacher among Friends, and came from Rosendale, Lan- cashire, to Middletown in 1685. Robert Croasdale died 8 mo. 9, 1780, and his widow Margery 6 mo. 29, 1783. They had seven children : Jeremiah, born 6 mo. 20, 1751, frarried Ann Quinby, of New Jersey, and died 9 mo. 27, 1829; Abi, born 7 mo. 16, 1753; Rachel, born 3 mo. 7, 1756; Margery, born 7 mo. 3, 1758; Macre, born 12 mo. 7, 1760, married Samuel Eastburn; and Robert, born 2 mo. 20, 1763.
Robert Croasdale, son of Robert and Mar- gery, married (first) Tacy Knight, and had three children, all of whom died young. Tacie died 5 mo. 30, 1791, and he married IO mo. 25, 1792, Hannah ( Woolston ) Mitchell, daughter of Jeremiah Woolston. who died 9 mo. 14, 1793, leaving a son, Jeremiah W., born 8 mo. 14, 1793. Robert Croasdale married a third time, II mo. II, 1802, Ruth Richardson, daughter of Joshua Richardson, who bore him five children, Mary, born 8 mo. 7, 1803; Joseph H., born I mo. 8, 1806; Rachel, born 1807. died 1815; Tacy, born II mo. 28, 1819; and Robert Morris, born 2 mo. 6, 1812. Robert, the father, died 6 mo. 15. 1821, and his widow Ruth 9 mo. 30, 1854, at the age of eighty-one years.
Jeremiah W. Croasdale, only child of Robert by his second wife Hannah, was born and reared in Middletown township. and spent the active years of his life as a farmer in that township. After the death of his wife in 1866 he removed to Newtown, where he died in 1873. He married 12 mo. 27, 1825, Sarah Wilson, who bore him four children. She was a daughter of Joseph and Mary ( Blakey) Wilson, and was born 7 mo. 9, 1799, and died 7 mo. 1, 1866. The children of Jeremiah W. and Sarah (Wil- son) Croasdale were: Mary W., born 8 mo. 2, 1826, married Moses Paxson : John Wilson, born 5 mno. I, 1829; Hannah, born I mo. 28. 1831, married Charles W. Kirk- bride; and Robert Morris, born 10 mo. 1.4. 1834.
John Wilson Croasdale. the father of the subject of this sketch, was born and reared in Middletown township, and remained on the farm with his parents until 1853, when he removed to Newtown and embarked in the mercantile business, which he followed until his death. I mo. 19. 1804. He married in 1862 Elizabeth B. Parry, daughter of Thomas Fell and Mary (Eastburn) Parry
of Langhorne, whose ancestry is given in another part of this work. Their children are: Robert M., the subject of this sketch; Thomas P., also of Newtown; and Mary E., married R. B. Mckinney, of Philadel- phia; she died February I, 1905.
Robert M. Croasdale was born and reared in Newtown, and received his education at the local schools, and at an early age be- came a clerk in his father's store, where he was employed until thirty years of age. After his father's death he was clerk in different stores in Newtown until 1903. On July 1, 1903, he was appointed United States revenue collector for the first district of Pennsylvania, which position he still fills. Mr. Croasdale is an ardent Republi- can, and has always taken an active in- terest in the councils of his party, serving for several years as a member of the county committee. He has served as chief bur- gess of Newtown for three years, as borough auditor for seven years; and is the present president of the town council. He married, October 9, 1902, Helen Cast- ner, of New Jersey.
ARMITAGE B. QUICK, of Northamp- ton township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, was born in Hunterdon county, New Jer- sey, on June 10, 1848, and is a son of Joseph G. and Cornelia (Blackwell) Quick, both of whom are representatives of the oldest families in Hunterdon, that have been prominent in the affairs of that county since its first settlement. Tunis Quick, the ancestor of all of the name in America, was of Holland descent, and probably a native of the Low Countries. In 1713 he and his widowed mother, Romora Quick, purchased a very large tract of land in Hunterdon county, where he has left num- erous descendants. He married, October 30. 1689, Vroutje Haring, born March 3, 1663, daughter of Jan Petersen Haring, who was born in Holland. December 26, 1633, and married Grietje Cosyn in 1662,
Ezekiel Quick, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born and reared in the county of Hunterdon, where he followed farming all his life, in con- nection with the distilling of apple whiskey. a common industry among the farmers of Hunterdon county two generations ago.
Ezekiel Quick, son of the above, was also born in Hunterdon county, and was like- wise a farmer and distiller, residing on a farm about six miles front Flemington. He was the father of four children as follows . Charles, Ezekiel, Richard, Joseph G.
Joseph G. Quick, fourth son of Ezekiel (2), was born on the old homestead in Hunterdon, and on arriving at manhood de- voted his attention exclusively to the cul- tivation of the soil, and followed that voca- tion during life. He was one of the earliest peach growers of Hunterdon county, and an extensive and successful fruit grower for many years. He was an active mem-
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. ber of the Presbyterian church at Larri- son's Corners, and in politics was a Demo- crat. He was active in the local affairs of his locality, and filled the office of school director for several years. He married Cornelia Blackwell, and was the father of seven children, as follows: William B., a farmer of that locality; Elizabeth, who married William B. Praul; Elijah, de- ceased ; Jane Ann; Randal; Mattie V .; and Armitage B., the subject of this sketch.
Armitage B. Quick was born and reared on the farm in New Jersey, and at the age of twenty-two years began farming for him- self. In 1873 he removed to Lansdale. Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, and took charge of a farm belonging to Charles Jenkins, where he remained for four years. He then returned to the old homestead in Hunterdon county, which he conducted for his father for two years, after which he purchased a portion of the homestead and farmed it for a number of years. In 1892 he removed to his present farm in Northampton township, Bucks county, where he has since resided, giving his en- tire attention to agricultural pursuits.
Mr. Quick married Syndonia Martindell, daughter of Charles
and Margaret (Newell) Martindell, whose ancestors have been residents of Bucks county and vicin- ity for many generations, being descendants of John Martindell, born 8 mo. 24, 1676, who married Mary Bridgman, daughter of Walter and Blanche (Constable) Bridgman, both of whom came from England in 1684, Mr. and Mrs. Quick have been the parents of five children : Charles G., born April 15. 1872, married Lida A. Fetter, who died January 28, 1889; Alfreda M., born April 19, 1874, married Harry Shorday; Susan M., born August 21, 1878, married Edgar Huff ; Charity B., born April 4, 1881; and Armitage B., Jr., born June 10, 1887.
VICTOR HUGO FELTY, a successful young farmer of Buckingham township, Bucks county, son of William and Mar- garet Felty, was born in Buckingham, Jan- uary 5, 1881. William Felty, the father, was born in Buckingham in 1844. and died July, 1899. He was a veteran of the civil war, serving in a New Jersey regiment dur- ing nearly the whole war. After the war he entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and became one of their most trusted and efficient engineers, running their fast express on the Belvidere division for a number of years. The strain and re- sponsibility of his position preyed upon his health, and in 1877 he abandoned the rail- road and purchased a small farm in Buck- ingham, at Bean's Corner, where he spent his remaining days, respected by all who knew him. In politics he was a Republican. His widow and two children survive him. Ida, married Walter Wiley, and lives on the homestead.
Victor H. Felty was reared on the farm, and received his education at the public
schools. On arriving at manhood he took charge of the farm on which he now lives, then recently purchased by his father, and has remained there ever since, his widowed mother residing with him. He was mar- ried, July, 1900, to Mary Ann Carver, an adopted daughter of S. Carey Gordon, of Solebury, and they are the parents of one child, Walter Leon. In politics Mr. Felty is a Republican. He is a member of St. Tammany Castle, Knights of the Golden Eagle.
WILFORD L. SCOTT, of Buckingham, farmer, was born in Upper Makefield town- ship, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, May 17, 1858, son of Joseph M. and Mary A. (Tor- bert) Scott. John Scott, the great-grand- father of the subject of this sketch, was a prominent farmer in Newtown township, where his son Joseph Scott was born. Jo- seph Scott was also a prominent farmer in Newtown. He married Sarah Mathews, and lived and died in Newtown township. Joseph M. Scott, son of Joseph and Sarah (Mathews) Scott, born in Newtown, in 1825, was reared on a farm in Newtown township, received a good education, and was a school teacher for a number of years in Bucks county. He later purchased a farm in Upper Makefield township, where he made his home until 1895, since which time he has resided with his daughter at Rich- boro. He was for several years engaged in the lumber business, owning a large planing and saw mill at Portland, North- ampton county, Pennsylvania. In 1876 his mills and lumber yard were consumed by fire, and, his insurance having expired, he was financially ruined. In politics he is a Democrat, and has always taken an active interest in the councils of his party. He was for several years a justice of the peace in Upper Makefield. He married Mary A., daughter of James M. and Mary W. (Simpson) Torbert, whose great-grand- father, Samuel Torbert, came from Car- rickfergus, county Antrim, Ireland, in 1726, and settled in Newtown, where he was a tanner for many years, settling later in Makefield township. The children of Jo- seph M. and Mary A. (Torbert) Scott were seven in number, six of whom sur- vive, viz .: Frank, a hardware merchant of Trenton, New Jersey, residing in Yardley, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; Sallie, wife of Harry Luff, of Richboro; George, engaged in the creamery business at Frenchtown, New Jersey; Joseph, of Trenton, in busi- ness with his brother Frank; Belle, wife of Watson Hunter, of Montgomery county ; and Wilford L. the subject of this sketch.
The subject of this sketch was born in Upper Makefield, and reared on the farm, acquiring his education at the public schools and at Newtown Academy. On arriving at manhood he took charge of his father's farm, conducting it in partnership with his father. He married November 17, 1892, S. Jennie Williams, daughter of John and
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Martha Williams, of Dolington, and pur- chasing his present form of 125 acres in Buckingham, removed thereon the fol- lowing spring. In politics Mr. Scott is a Democrat, and in religion a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. and Mrs. Scott are the parents of six children : Char- lotte, Martha, Mary, Sarah, Emma, and Laura.
DR. ISAAC NEALL WOODMAN, of Morrisville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, was born in Buckingham township, Bucks county, 8 mo. - , 1869, and is a son of Henry and Margaret M. (Neall) Wood- man, and grandson of Henry and Mary (Smith) Woodman, who settled in Buck- ingham in 1828.
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