History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 130

Author: Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910; Ely, Warren S. (Warren Smedley), b. 1855; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1040

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Charles Garrison Knight, eldest son of Jonathan Knight, was born September 2, 1835, in Southampton township, near the boundary line between Bucks and Mont- gomery counties. He was reared upon the old home farm in that township. and ob- tained his education in the public schools there. He continued to live with his father until twenty-two years of age, when his father purchased for him a farm of one hundred and thirty acres in Northampton township, near Rocksville, to which he then removed. Though now residing in Church- ville he still owns the farm, and has cul- tivated it to the present time, having it now under a very high state of cultivation. In addition to this he owns considerable land in Southampton township. and his property interests yield to him a good financial return. Since his removal to Northampton township Mr. Knight has been continuously and actively interested in Re- publican politics, and has held various pub- lic positions of trust and responsibility, be- ing chosen to both township and county offices. He was school director for eighteen years, justice of the peace for seven years and supervisor for two years, while at the present writing he is serving as county treasurer, his incumbency extending from 1902 to 1905. No public trust reposed in him has been betrayed in the slightest de- gree, and his entire official career has been in harmony with the record of the family. characterized by devotion to the general good at all times, and desirous of the sub-

stantial upbuilding of the county. At the present time he is regarded as the leader in the Republican ranks in his township.

Mr. Knight wedded Elizabeth Cornell, a daughter of James C. Cornell, of Holland, and their children are as follows: Lincoln, who married Clara Tomlinson, and has one child, Charles G .; Emma, the wife of Dr. Markley, of Hatboro, and the mother of five children -- Mary, Eilen, Amelia, Emma and Ella; and Theodore, who wedded Mary E. Parry, a daughter of John Parry, of Langhorne; they have one child, Helen Knight.

WILLIAM D. YOCUM, a -farmer of Hilltown township, Bucks county, was born in Worcester township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, November 28, 1839. His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Yocum, married a Miss Diehl. Their son, Israel Yocum, was also a native of Montgomery county, and throughout his business career followed farming. He held membership with the Mennonite church, and was a Re-

publican in his political views. He mar-

ried Margaret Diehl, and they became the parents of five children, of whom one died in infancy. The others are Mary, who died at the age of fourteen years; William D .; Jonathan, who married Lizzie Clymer ; and Eliza, wife of Henry Nace.

William D. Yocum obtained his educa- tion in the public schools of Montgomery and Bucks counties, and has always fol- lowed farming.' He assisted his father in the labors of the fields through the period of his youth, and thus gained the practical experience which has enabled him to carry forward to successful completion wiratever he has undertaken in the line of agricul- tural pursuits. In 1869 he purchased the faim in Hilltown township upon which he has since resided, and through his unfalter- ing energy and unremitting diligence has placed this under a high state of cultiva- tion. His political views are in accord with the principles of Republicanism. In 1883 he was elected on that ticket to the office of supervisor of Hilltown township, to which position he has since been frequently re- elected, until his incumbency in the office covers altogether fourteen years. He be- longs to the Reformed church.

Mr. Yocum was married January 13, 1866, to Miss Mary Gulick, who was born October 20, 1844, a daughter of Merami and Christinna (Swartz) Gulick. They have seven children, namely: Merami G., born July 31, 1866, and married Ella Yoder, by whom he has one child, Alma ; Maggie . G., born January 13, 1869, and is the wife of Andrew Benner ; Anna Mary, born Septent- ber 25, 1871, and is the wife of Calvin Hunsberger,' and had five children-Grace, Willie, Margaret (deceased), Calvin (de- ceased), and Paul; William G., born No- vember 25, 1873. and married Ida Mor- gan, by whom he has two children, William

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Lloyd and Pearl: Ervin G., born July 28, 1879; John G., born December 24, 1881 ; and Stella G., born September 29, 1885, and now teaching school in Hilltown township.

ROBERT REED, deccased, was a worthy representative of that class of men, born in foreign countries, who after their emi- gration to a new clime become loyal and faithful citizens of the same, aiding to the fullest extent of their power in the pro- motion and development of enterprises calculated to improve the commercial, poli- tical and moral welfare of the community in which they reside. He was born in county Derry, Ireland, in 1827, a son of David and Jane (Hunter) Reed, natives of Ireland, whom he brought from their home to the United States, also his broth- ers George, James and David, and sisters Mary and Sarah, having come here prior to their emigration, accompanied by his sister Katherine, in order to earn the requisite means for this purpose.

Robert Reed was reared and educated in his native land, remaining there until he was seventeen years of age. His first em- ployment after his arrival in this country was farming for Frank Paul, with whom he remained a number of years. He then went to work for Charles Randall, remaining with him until 1850, the year of his mar- riage, aiter which he rented land for a per- iod of time, thereby accumulating sufficient capital to purchase the old Swift farm. Subsequently he purchased other farms which he cultivated and improved and 111 due course of time became one of the prom- inent landowners- of Bensalem township. his holdings being very extensive and valu- able. The esteem in which he was held by his fellow townsmen was evidenced by the fact that he was elected a director of the school board, and served in the capacity of treasurer of the same for a number of years: He held membership in the Protestant Episcopal church, and is poli- tical affiliations were with the Democratic party.

In 1850 Mr. Reed was united in marriage to Angeline V. Stevens, daughter of John and Sarah (Thatcher) Stevens. Their chil- dren are: William, who married Harriet Berry, and their children are: Lavinia and Elsie. Robert, who married Mary Louisa Dyer, and thier children are Raymond, Will- iam and Robert. Harry, who married Benie Worthington, and they are the parents of four children: Lulu, Joseph, Curtice and Annie. Angeline, who became the wife of John N. Shriner, and one child has been born to them: Mable A. Robert Reed. father these children, was buried on Thanksgiving day, 1896, having died four days before. He was an industrious, honest and honorable man, and his deccase was sincerely mourned by his family and a wide circle of acquaintances.

LENDRUM STOCKTON traces his ancestry back to John and Sarah ( Brear- ley) Stockton, the former of whom was the owner of a large tract of land near Princeton, New Jersey, and was a brother of Richard Stockton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. John Stockton, however, was in sympathy with the English cause, and went to New York, after which his property was confiscated by the American authorities. & His son John, grandfather of Lendrum Stockton, came with his mother to Lower Makefield town- ship, Bucks county, at the close of the war, and they purchased a small tract of land on the eastern end of the farm now owned by Isaiah. V. Stockton. Arriving at years of maturity, John Stockton wedded Mary Vansant, a daughter of Gabriel Vansant, and settled on the farm now owned by Joseph Flowers. Subsequently he removed to the farm which is now the property of Mrs. A. P. Search. He was a noted horse fancier and veterinary surgeon, and was the owner of some of the finest horses seen in eastern Pennsylvania in his day. He had ten children: Nancy, Joseph, Sarah, Eliza, Mary, John, Charity, Ellen, Elijah and Isaiah V.

Isaiah V. Stockton, youngest son of John and Mary (Vansant) Stockton, was born in Lower Makefield township, September I, * 1817, and became the owner and occupant of a part of his father's homestead, includ- ing all of the tract which his grandmother had purchased when she removed from New Jersey with her son John and sought a home in Bucks county. Isaiah Stockton married Sarah Thackery, a daughter of Amos and Nancy (Carson) Thackery, of Lower Makefield township, and they had two sons, Lendrum and John B.

Lendrum Stockton was born February 26, 1844, in Lower Makefield township, on a farm adjoining that upon which he now resides, and which is a part of his grand- father's original tract of land. He obtained his early education in the common schools, and continued his studies in the Carvers- ville Seminary. During his youth he as- sisted in the operation of his father's land, remaining upon the home farm until his marriage, when he began farming on his own account on a tract of land adjoining the home place. After his mother's death he purchased in 1890 the old homestead farm, and has since given his entire atten- tion to its further improvement and de- velopment. He has here a splendid prop- erty, and the rich and productive soil an- nually yields an excellent harvest. In his political views Mr. Stockton is a Repub- lican, and while never an aspirant for office, he has served as school director of Lower Makefield township for twenty-four ycars; the cause of education finding in him a warm friend, whose efforts in behalf of the schools have been practical and bene- ficial. He belongs to Lodge No. 159. A. O.

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On the 17th of December, 1868, Lendrum Stockton married Miss Abbie White, and they have three children: Charles, who married Miss Frances Balderston, a resi- dent farmer of Lower Makefield township; Anna, at home; and Sarah T., the wife of William Buckman, a son of Henry Buck- man, of Wrightstown, Pennsylvania.

PETER HOGELAND MORRIS. The family of which Peter Hogeland Morris, of Newtown, is a representative, is of Welsh origin, and has been resident in Bucks and Montgomery counties since a very early period, and in these counties the name of Morris is very frequently met with. The founders of the family were Baptists. William Morris settled in Plumstead town- ship about 1790. He was a shoemaker by trade, and in 1798 purchased a tract of twenty acres on the Durham road above Gardenville, where he followed his trade and trained his sons to cultivate the soil. In 1805 he removed to a tract of two and a half acres which he purchased of Jona- than Smith, on the Ferry road between Gardenville and Point Pleasant. He subse- quently acquired thirty acres of land in the same neighborhood. He married Han- nah , by whom he was the father of the following children : Elizabeth ; Zebulon ; Alice; Enos; Catharine; Elias; William ; Theodore, mentioned at length hereinafter ; Mary; and Sarah Ann. Mr. Morris died on his farm in November, 1835.

Theodore Morris, son of William and Hannah Morris, was born in 1814 in Plum- stead township, and received such meagre education as the time and place afforded to lads who were expected to contribute their share of labor toward the support of a large family. In 1833, on the occasion of his marriage, he moved to Gwynedd, Montgomery county, and in the autumn of 1835 purchased his father's thirty-acre farm in Plumstead. On the death of his father in November of the same year he took up his abode on the homestead, and the re- mainder of his life was spent in that vicin- ity. He married in 1832 Hannah Layman, of New Britain township, and they were the parents of the following children : Evan J., who lives in Doylestown; Mary, who became the wife of Andrew Jackson Case; William T., mentioned at length herein- after; Mathias. deceased; Charles, who is a resident of Philadelphia ; Catharine, who is the wife of Edward Smith, of Doylestown ; John A., who lives in Plumstead ; Jemima, who is the widow of George hultz; and Belle Martin. Mr. Morris, the father, died April 19, 1896.

William T. Morris, son of Theodore and Hannah (Layman) Morris, was born in 1841, in Plumstead township. He was twice married, his first wife being Elizabeth,

daughter of Peter Hogeland, of Upper Makefield ; a descendant of Dirk Hogeland, who emigrated from Holland to Staten Island in 1653. Mr. and Mrs. Morris were the parents of a son, Peter Hogeland, men- tioned at length hereinafter. After the death of his wife Mr. Morris married Nellie Dimmick, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

Peter Hogeland Morris, son of William T. and Elizabeth (Hogeland) Morris, was born March 1, 1868, in Plumstead town- ship, and at the age of thirteen entered the service of Charles M. Shaw, of Lahaska, at the same time attending the Buckingham Friends' School, obtaining a thorough edu- cation. At seventeen he became a clerk in the general store of Frank L. Worthing- ton, at Doylestown, and in 1886, when Mr. Worthington opened a clothing store, Mr. Morris was transferred to that department. In 1887 he entered the employ of Wilmer W. Carr, at Ivyland and in 1892 under the firm name of Carr & Morris, opened a gen- eral store at Richboro, which he conducted for three years. In 1895, in partnership with his former employer, Frank L. Worth- ington, he opened a clothing and furnish- ing store at the corner of State street and Washington avenue, in Newtown, Penn- sylvania. Five years later he purchased his partner's interest therein, and has since con- ducted the business in his own name. By industry and thrift and a careful attention to business principles he has built up a flourishing trade. In 1904 he bought of Henry M. Pownall a lot on the east side of State street, and has erected thereon a fine three-story store and dwelling. Mr. Morris married, March 3, 1892, Lillian, daughter of William and Anna (Coon) Hampton, of Solebury. Mr. and Mrs. Mor- ris have no children.

C. HOWARD MAGILL, express agent, Doylestown, was born in Doylestown, May 27, 1844, a son of Alfred and Jane S. (Mann) Magill, both natives of Doylestown township, and of Scotch-Irish descent. Robert Magill, the great-grandfather of C. Howard Magill, came from the north of Ireland about 1760 with his brothers Henry, William and James, and settled near Doyles- town. Robert and Henry engaged in the mercantile business at Doylestown, at the corner of State and Main streets, where Reichel's bakery now stands, as early as 1767, on land purchased of Archibald Craw- ford, comprising twelve and one-half acres. In 1773 they purchased of William Doyle, the pioneer innkeeper of the town, the seventeen acres lying between State, Main, Court and Broad streets, and in 1770 the farm now the property of John Hart. Henry removed to Bedminster in 1776 and deeded his interest in the farm and the Crawford lots to Robert. Henry died in Bedminster in 1799, leaving a widow Doro- thy, a son Henry, whose whereabouts he

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did not know, and a daughter Letitia. What became of the other two brothers, James and William, is not known; both are mentioned in the will of Kobert in 1781 as indebted to him, and with Jane, daughter of William, are named as residuary legatees in the event of the deathi of William, the minor son of Robert. Robert died on his farm in Doylestown township (then Warwick) in April, 1782. He married October 7, 1774, Martha, daugh- ter of William and Martha Doyle, who sur- vived him and married Jacob Troxel. Robert Magill also had sisters Letitia and Margaret, who are mentioned in his will.

William Magill, only child of Robert and Martha, was born in Warwick town- ship (now Doylestown) in 1775. His father dying when he was but seven years old, directed that he should be educated and apprenticed to a trade, and he was ap- prenticed to a clockmaker and followed that trade for some years. He spent his boyhood days with his mother and stepfather, and received his tuition from itinerant school- masters of the day and from local teachers, among whom were John Furness, Joseph Meredith, Abraham Chapman, Joshua Jones, Naylor Childs, George Burgess, Robert Sterner and George Burgess. He followed his trade in Doylestown, and later kept a hotel at the corner of State and Main streets, a noted hostelry of the day. He was a captain in the war of 1812, of the company known as the Bucks County Rangers, and an officer of militia until his death in 1824. His wife was Mary, daugh- ter of Benjamin Morris, who survived him. His children were: Louisa C., William D., Robert M., Benjamin, and Alfred, the father of the subject of this sketch.

ALFRED MAGILL, was born in Doyles- town and always resided there. He was a school teacher in early life, and later had a marble yard in Doylestown. He died in September, 1854. His wife was Jane S., daughter of John and Martha (Grier) Mann, of Doylestown township. His chil- dren were: Laura, Theodore, Edwardine, Eugene, Charles Howard and Alfreda.

C. Howard Magill, the subject of this sketch, was born and reared in. Doylestown. He attended school until eighteen years of age, when he entered the express office of Heston and Co. and managed their office until 1879, when he accepted the position of express agent for the P. &. R. Express Company, and has filled that position ever since under that company and its suc- cessors. He is a member of Doylestown Lodge, No. 245, F. and A. M., and of Gen- eral Robert L. Bodine Post. G. A. R. In June, 1864, he enlisted in Company E. One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Regiment, Penn- sylvania Volunteers, under Captain C. K. Frankenfield and was at Chicago guarding Confederate prisoners, and later at Fort Delaware. He married in 1873 Anna J. Shemire, of Philadelphia, but has no chil- dren. In politics he is an ardent Republican.

MICHAEL MARTIN. The farmers of Bucks county find in Michael Martin, of Chalfont, a worthy representative. Mr Martin is of German descent, his father, George Martin, having been a native of Wurtemberg, where he was born September 14, 1820. He came as a young man to the United States and settled in Reading. Dur- ing the civil war he fought bravely in the ranks of the Union army.

Michael Martin, son of George Martin, was born December 31, 1851, at Cross Keys, Doylestown township, where he obtained his education in the public schools. For some time he followed the carpenter's trade, and for five years was employed in the New Britain gristmill. In 1873 he purchased the Messinger farm, in New Britain township, and has since been engaged in general farm- ing. The success which has attended his endeavors is the result of long experience, a thorough and practical knowledge of the requirements of his calling, sound judg- ment, and a large amount of executive abil- ity. The confidence reposed in him by his fellow-citizens needs no other proof than is furnished ,by the fact that for two years he served as supervisor of the township. Mr. Martin married, December 16, 1871, Annie Howland, and their family consists of the following children : Emeline T., who was born June 9, 1873; George W., born November 19, 1874; William H., born Jan- uary 31, 1877; Amanda, born September 30, 1881; Ethel, born September 23, 1883; Luther, born October 3, 1888; and Stan- ley, born January 6, 1893.

Mrs. Martin is a daughter of William H. and Emeline (Zearfoss) Howland, who were the parents of the following chil- dren : Annie, who became the wife of Michael Martin, as mentioned above; Eu- gene M .; Euphemia; Mary Jane; and Bertha.

CHARLES MOON was a descendant of two of the oldest families of Pennsylvania. His ancestry in the paternal line can be traced back to James (1) and Joan (Bur- gess) Moon, who resided near Bristol, England, until with their six children they emigrated to America, settling in Falls township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, this being a very early epoch in the develop- ment of the state. Pioneer conditions existed and James Moon bore his share in the substantial improvement and upbuild- ing of his locality. Their son Roger Moon (2) married Ann Nutt, and continued to re- side in Bucks county. James Moon (3) son of Roger and Ann (Nutt) Moon, also a farmer of Bucks county, married Ann Watson, nee Satcher. Moses Moon (4) son of James and Ann Moon, was the grand- father of Charles Moon. He married Rachel Burgess.

James Moon (5) son of Moses and Rachel (Burgess) Moon, wedded Jane Haines, who comes of equally remote an- cestry, the line of descent being traced

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down from Richard Haines, who left Eng- land with his family but died while on the ocean on his way to America. His widow continued on the voyage to this country and here reared her family, including Richard Haines, who wedded Mary Car- lisle. Their son, Abram Haines, married Grace Hollingshead, and their son, Benja- min Haines, became the great-grandfather of Charles Moon. He married Elizabeth Roberts, and their son, Job Haines, wedded Sarah Carr. They were parents of Jane Haines, who became the wife of James Moon.

Charles Moon (6) son of James and Jane (Haines) Moon, was born November 19, 1820, and pursued his education in the Friends' school at Westtown, Chester coun- ty. On laying aside his text books he as- sisted in the operation of his father's farm in a very efficient manner, thus continuing his labor until 1855, when he became the owner of a fine farm in Middletown known as the Woodburn farm. His business af- fairs were capably conducted, and in each transition stage of his career he found opportunity for further advancement. In 1876 he established a coal and lumber yard at Woodburn Station, on the New York branch of the Philadelphia & Read- ing Railroad, this station at the time of the building of the railroad having been laid out upon his farm. There Mr. Moon was continuously occupied with his business in- terests up to the time of his death, which occurred on the 23d of May, 1888. He was for many years a director in the Farmers' National Bank of Bristol. Pennsylvania, and his business investments were judiciously made, bringing to him a reason- able measure of success. He was also in- strumental in having the postoffice estab- lished in Woodburn, and did all in his power to promote the welfare and upbuild- ing of his community.

On the 21st of October. 1863. Charles Moon was married to Miss Mary Cadwalla- der Eastburn, of Newtown, Pennsylvania. She, too, was a representative of one of the oldest families of the Keystone state, trac- ing her ancestry in the maternal line back to John and Mary (Castle) Cadwallader, whose son, Jacob Cadwallader (2) mar- ried Magdalene Conard. Jacob Cadwalla- der (3) son of Jacob and Magdelene Cad- wallader, wedded Phoebe Radcliffe and they became the great-grandparents of Mrs. Moon. Cyrus Cadwallader (4) son of Jacob and Phoebe Cadwallader, was mar- ried twice, his second wife being Mary Taylor, and it was their daughter, Sarah, who became the wife of Aaron Eastburn and the mother of Mrs. Moon. In the paternal line Mrs. Moon is descended from Robert and Sarah ( Preston) Eastburn, who came to America in 1713 with their ten children and settled in Philadelphia. Samuel and Elizabeth (Gillingham) East- burn are the representatives of the family in the second generation in America in the line of direct descent. They were pa-

rents of Joseph Eastburn, who wedded Mary Wilson. Amos Eastburn, son of Joseph and Mary (Wilson) Eastburn, married Mary Stackhouse and their son, Aaron Eastburn, became the husband of Sarah Cadwallader.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moon had two children : Anna Jennie, born September 12, 1864; and Charles Henry, born August 15, 1866. The former was educated in the Friends' select school at Philadelphia, and the latter in the Westtown boarding school. The daughter was married August 2, 1893, to Edward Randolph, of Philadelphia, a son of Edward T. and Mary (Sharpless) Randolph. They have one child, Jane Chace, born September 13, 1902. Charles Henry Moon was married March 14, 1895, to Mary Louisa Sharpless, of Chester coun- ty, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah C. Sharpless. They have three children : Emma Walmsley, born March 26, 1897: Sarah Cook, born October 2, 1898; and Marian Jane. born March 31, 1902.

Charles Moon was a Republican in pol- itics, and was for many years an elder in the Society of Friends. He traveled ex- tensively in England and in his own coun- try, and was a very loveable man, of genial, kindly nature. Those who knew him-and he had a wide acquaintance-recognized that he was a true friend and devoted hus- band and father, and thus he commanded the confidence and good will of all with whom he was associated.

MILLARD F. TERRY, a highly re- spected citizen of Travose, Southampton township, where his entire life time has been spent, is a lineal descendant of Will- iam Terry, probably a son of Daniel Terry, who married for his first wife Mary Heil- man, and the issue of this union was three children : Charles, born December 23, 1812; John, born 1810, settled in Illinois ; Nancy, born 1807, became the wife of Thomas Wright, and they settled in Ohio. By his second wife, William Terry had three children: Walter, married Maria Flood; Emily, became the wife of James Wright; Caroline, became the wife of John Knowles.

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History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 130

Author: Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910; Ely, Warren S. (Warren Smedley), b. 1855; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921 Publication date: 1905 Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1040

Author: Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910; Ely, Warren S. (Warren Smedley), b. 1855; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1040