History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 131

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 B. Terry, youngest son of Will- iam and Mary (Heilman) Terry, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, December 23. 1812. He was united in marriage to Margaret Worthington, and their children were as follows: William, born August 26, 1839, married Margaret LaRue, and their children are William and Blanche. Amanda, born September 30, 1841. died February 25, ISSI; she was the wife of William LaRue, and mother of one daugh- ter, Ada T. Elizabeth W., born August 31, 1843, became the wife of Marmaduke Van- degrift, and one child was the issue of this union, Maggie. Mary H., born May 31, 1845. married (first) Edmund Wells, issue; one daughter, Lizzie Alma; she married (second) William Ashton, no issue. Win-

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field Scott, born August 11, 1847, married Mary States, and their family consists of four children: Harry, Ella, Herbert and Laura. Adaline R., born September 7, 1849, married Hogeland B. Stevens, and they are the parents of one daughter, Har- riet H. Ellen G., born October 14, 1851. Charles B., Jr., born April 6, 1854. Millard Fillmore, born December 9, 1857, mentioned hereinafter. Edward E., born January 1, 1863, married Anna Kilmer, who bore his three children: Howard K., born Novem- ber II, 1891; Charles Winfield, born July 20, 1897; and Russell Everett, born March 3, 1900.

Millard Fillmore Terry, fourth son of Charles B. and Margaret (Worthington) Terry, was born on the old homestead at Trevose, Southampton township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1857. Upon the completion of his studies he learned the trade of blacksmith, which he has successfully followed in his native town ever since. He married Mary Wor- rell, daughter of William and Eliza Wor- rell, and their children are: Clifford F., born June 28, 1892; and Margaret, born March II, 1900.

ALGERNON S. CADWALLADER. From the time of the establishment of the colony of Pennsylvania down to the present (more than two centuries) the Cadwallader family has figured in public affairs that have moulded the history of the state, and the life record of Algernon S. Cadwallader is in harmony with that of his honorable and distinguished ancestry. He has left the impress of his individuality upon the business and political history of his county and state, and pre-eminently a man of affairs, he has wielded a wide influence. His birth occurred in Lower Makefield township, Bucks county, in 1828, and he resides in the village of Yardley in the all- cestral home, which was built by his mater- nal great-great-grandfather, Thomas Yard- ley, who came to America in 1704. He is descended in the paternal line from the Cadwalladers and Taylors, prominent fam- ilies for many years in the history of the state, and in the maternal line his ancestors were Yardleys and Staplers. These fami- lies were cotemporaries of William Penn in the early settlement of the colony, and were members of the Society of Friends. Thomas Yardley, in December, 1706, was married to Ann, daughter of William Biles, of Bucks county, and they became the par- ents of ten children: Mary, born August 4, 1707; Jane, November 20, 1709; Rebecca, July 27, 1710; Sarah, July 30, 1712; Joyce, October 3, 1714; William, March 25, 1716; Hannah, November 13, 1717; Thomas, No- vember 1, 1720; Samuel (1). April 16, 1723; Samuel (2), July 13. 1729.

(H) William Yardley, son of Thomas Yardley, the progenitor, married Ann Budd, of New Jersey, and their children

were: Ann, born April 10, 1749; Sarah, February 17, 1751; and Margaretta, De- cember 6, 1752. On the 31st of March, 1756, William Yardley was married a sec- ond time to Sarah Kirkbride, a daughter of Mahlon and Mary Kirkbride. There were nine children of this union: Mary, born January 27, 1757 ; Hannah, October 3, 1758; Achsah, February 17, 1760; Letitia, July 12, 1762; Thomas, October 2, 1763; Mahlon, July 17, 1765; Samuel, February 28, 1767; William, June 22, 1769; and Joseph, March 19, 1771.

(III) Achsah Yardley, daughter of Will- iam Yardley, became the wife of Thomas Stapler, April 24, 1794. They had two children: Letitia, born October 9, 1795; and Susanna, July 2, 1797.

(IV) Susanna Stapler, daughter of Thomas and Achsah (Yardley) Stapler, was married, October 19, 1819, to William Cadwallader, son of Jacob and Ann Cad- wallader, and the children of this marriage were: Thomas S., born October 3, 1820; Elizabeth, February 16, 1822; Achsah Ann, October 29, 1823; Letitia S., September I, 1825; Sarah Y., March 2, 1827; Algernon S., August 27, 1828; William, February 20, 1836; David Willis, March 11, 1837; and Jacob Augustus, December II, 1838.

(V) Algernon S. Cadwallader began his education in the public schools, which he attended until sixteen years of age, when he was sent to a boarding school in Ches- ter county under the care of Benjamin Price. He remained in that institution for some time, and completed his education in the Attleboro Academy under the direction of James Anderson. He remained upon his father's farm until he attained his majority, and then, removing to the village of Yardley, was identified with its com- mercial interests as a general merchant for several years.

Though the control of his business inter- ests has claimed much of his time and at- tention, he has, nevertheless, found oppor- tunity to devote to the careful consideration of the great questions and issues which have confronted the country during the long period that has elapsed since he attained his majority and which have left their impress upon our national life. When quite a young man he was an ardent admirer of Henry Clay, stanchly supported the Whig party, and endorsed the principles of protection to American industries. Year by year his faith in this policy of the government has strengthened, and he now considers it the most important issue with which the people today have to deal. Following the disso- lution of the Whig party he became an active Republican, and was a long recog- nized leader in the party ranks in Bucks county. His public-spirited citizenship, combined with his natural ability, lcd to his selection by his party for the nomi- nation of state senator in 186t. and, al- though the county at that time was largely Democratic, he was defeated by a very small vote. This was the only clection that

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has occurred in his neighborhood since he attained his majority at which he has not cast his ballot, but, from the time of his nomination until after the vote was re- corded, he was confined at his home by a serious illness. He received the appoint- ment of collector of internal revenue for the fifth district of Pennsylvania in 1865, and was again honored by his party in 1878 by being made its candidate for the congressional nomination for the sixth district of Pennsylvania, comprising Bucks and Montgomery counties. He had a ma- jority in his own county, but was defeated in Montgomery county. In 1886, at the earnest solicitation of many members of his party in Bucks county, he was again a candidate for nomination, and had a plu- rality of delegates from the home county on the first ballot, but after that he with- drew his nomination as a candidate. In 1862, at the request of Governor Curtin, he superintended the enrollment of the Bucks county militia, and was a most earnest and helpful advocate of the Union cause throughout the period of hostilities. In 1864 he represented the fifth district of Pennsylvania in the national convention which re-nominated Abraham Lincoln for the presidency, and he was also a delegate to the national convention of 1868, when General U. S. Grant was made its standard bearer. He has frequently been chosen as a delegate to the state convention, and his opinions have carried weight in the coun- cils of his. party. In recent years he has largely retired from business and political activities, and, in the enjoyment of a well- earned rest, occupies the old Yardley man- sion, which since 1728 has been one of the landmarks in Lower Makefield township. His interest in the welfare of his county, state and nation has been deep and sincere, and few men outside of office have exerted a stronger or more beneficial influence in political circles in the state than has Al- gernon S. Cadwallader. Fearless in con- duct and stainless in reputation, he has stood as the champion of all that he has believed to be for public progress and im- provement, his course prompted by hon- orable motives, and guided by considerate action in all his relations with his fellow men.

In 1853 Mr. Cadwallader was married to Susan Josephine Yardley, the eldest daugh- ter of William and Sarah (Hart) Yardley. Their children were nine in number : Lydia Yardley, born December 11, .1853, the wife of George Warner, Jr., of Philadel- phia; William Y., born July 28, 1855, who married Carrie E. Lansing, of Trenton, New Jersey ; J. Seymour, born November 9, 1856, died April 9, 1877. in his twenty-first year ; Letitia S., born August 1, 1858, the wife of Edmund R. Willets, of Trenton, New Jersey; Thomas Sidney, born January I. 1861, who married Ida R. Weeks, of Mill- ersville, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania ; Augustus J., born August 11, 1863; Sarah, born March 15, 1865, the wife of George

F. Craig, of Philadelphia ; Mary Anna, born January 9, 1867, wife of Malcolm Franklin, of Philadelphia; and Helen Marr, born September 5. 1874. the wife of E. Y. Barnes, of Richmond, Indiana.

ABEL G. HALDEMAN, of Line Lex- ington, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, was born in the township of Upper Providence, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1858, and is a son of John and Euphro- zena (Gander) Haldeman. The Haldeman family is of German origin, its American progenitors being among the early German emigrants who settled in what is now Mont- gomery county, from whence some of their descendants migrated into Bucks county and settled in New Britain township prior to the Revolutionary war. The branch of the family to which the subject of this sketch belonged, however, remained in Montgomery county.

John Haldeman, the father, was born in Montgomery county, near Slunk's mill, in 1790, and died in 1869, at the age of seventy- nine years and one month. He was for many years a manufacturer of grain cradles and, being the only one in that section, sup- plied the farmers for miles around with these useful agricultural implements prior to the days of improved harvesters. He was a skilled mechanic and operated a turning lathe of his own manufacture. John Haldeman was twice married. By his first wife, whose maiden name was Eisenberg, he had eight children: Henry, Christian, Samuel, Jacob, Joseph, Mary, Ruth, and Abraham, the latter dying in infancy. After the death of his first wife he remained a widower for twenty years, and then took a second helpmate, Mrs. Euphrozena Denner, widow of Rufus Denner, who was already the mother of four children by her former husband, three girls and a boy. By this second marriage he was the father of five children; Isaac, who died in infancy; Abel G., the subject of this sketch; Lydia, Annie, and Reuben.

ABEL G. HALDEMAN was reared in Upper Providence township, and acquired his education at the public schools of that township. At the close of his school days he learned the trade of a tinsmith with Isaac H. Tyson, in Skippack township. On closing his apprenticeship he went to Spring City, Chester county, where he fol- lowed his trade as a journeyman tinsmith until 1879, when he located at Centre Square, Montgomery county, erected a building and started into business for him- self. Five years later he purchased the gen- eral merchandise store there of J. R. Yost, which he conducted for nine years, filling the position of postmaster for that period. In 1894 he rented the property, which he still owns, and removed to Line Lexington, Bucks county, and opened a tin and stove store, which he has since successfully con- ducted. He is a member of the Reformed

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church, and politically is a Republican. Mr. Ilaldeman has been twice married. His first wife was Anna Croll, daughter of Michael Croll, by whom he had one son, Edgar C., born July 17, 1881. He married (second) Margaret Reybold Ruoff, and they have been the parents of three chil- dren; I. Mabel, who died in infancy; 2. John R., in 1886, married February 6, 1904, Eva Albright, daughter of Dr. Titus Albright, of Hatfield, Pennsylvania, by whom he has one child Margaret; 3. Eu- gene, born in 1894. Mr. Haldeman is one of the active and progressive business men of Line Lexington.

FRANCIS CAVANAUGH, one of the foremost and enterprising business men of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and a member of the firm of Roberts, Winner & Company, was born February 22, 1849, in Philadel- phia, at what is now Sixth and Locust streets. He received his education in the public schools of his native city, and also attended school at New Hope, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, whither he had gone to reside with his unele, Francis Moore, and his grandmother, Catherine Moore. After residing in New Hope for a time he returned to Philadelphia, where at the age of twelve years he entered into his first regular employment as errand boy in a grocery store, receiving in compensation for his services the munificent sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per week. He remained in this employment for about a year, and, believing that he could better himself in a financial way, at least, he es- tablished himself with an ice company, where he remained for some time.

At the age of fourteen years he entered the foundry of Lawrence Myers, at Twen- ty-sixth and Lombard streets, where he was employed for a year and a half, break- ing pig-iron, working at the cupola, clean- ing cast-iron, and other work, hard and heavy, at a salary of four dollars a week. He was then helper on an ice wagon for a season, and, desiring to learn a trade, he apprenticed himself to the firm of Stuart & Peterson, founders, to learn stove-plate moulding. When his term of service had expired, and when he was about twenty- one years of age, Mr. Cavanaugh removed to Pittsburg, entering into the employment with the firm of Smith & Sons, founders of water-pipes, where he remained for three years. In 1873 he returned to Philadelphia and re-entered the service of his former employers, Stewart & Peterson, and was there engaged until the time of the great panie which overspread the eastern United States and threw many people out of em- ployment. However, being of a resourceful and energetic nature, Mr. Cavanaugh . was not discouraged by this set back, but imme- diately became engaged as driver of an ice- wagon until such time as he could find employment at his trade. Five years later

(in 1878) he removed to Quakertown, where he worked at his trade in the firm of Thomas, Roberts & Stevenson, stove manufacturers, where he remained until the plant was destroyed by fire in 1880, when he returned to Philadelphia, residing there with his mother. He again estab- lished himself with Stuart & Peterson, where he remained but a short time, when his former employers, Thomas, Roberts & Stevenson, whose works had been destroyed by fire, as above referred to, rented the American Stove Foundry at Second and Mifflin streets, and Mr. Cavanaugh resumed his connection with them, remaining until 1881. He then entered into a copartnership with George Rogers, Harry Rogers, his son, George S. Scypes, William S. Rob- erts, William P. Winner, Ezekiel Thomas and Charles A. Klump, and purchased the ruins of the old foundry at Quakertown, rebuilding the same, and in February, 1882, commenced operations under the firm name of Rogers, Roberts, Scypes & Com- pany, Mr. Cavanaugh working as moulder. In 1883-84 the Messrs. Rogers retired from the firm, and the firm then stood Roberts Scypes & Company. Immediately after this change took place Mr. Cavanuagh be- came salesman for the establishment, and during the four years that he occupied that position he built up an extensive and profit- able trade in southern New Jersey, Dela- ware, Maryland, and the District of Col- umbia. In 1886 he retired from the posi- tion of salesman, and became foreman of the foundry, which position he held until 1900 and he also had charge of the finances, acquitting himself with credit and profit to the firm. Since 1900 he has been treasurer and general manager. The mem- bers of the firm are William P. Roberts, William P. Winner, and Francis Cavan- augh, and the firm name is Roberts, Winner & Company. In politics Mr. Cavanaugh is a strong advocate of the principles of the Democratic party, and takes a lively interest in the welfare of that organization. He is very active in local affairs, has served as member of the Quakertown council, and worked earnestly for the introduction of the water and electric light systems. He is held in the highest esteem by the people of the community, demonstrated by the fact that he served as president of the town council for two years, in 1900 was elected borough treasurer, and has recently been elected to his fourth term to that office of trust and responsibility.

April 28, 1886, Francis Cavanaugh was united in marriage to Ellen, daughter or Charles and Elizabeth (Leidy) Kemmerer, of Philadelphia. The Kemmerers and Leidys were old Montgomery and Bucks county families of German origin. Henry Kemmerer, the grandfather of Mrs. Cava- naugh, came from Montgomery county to Quakertown in 1816 to attend the Friends' school, while there made the acquaintance of Lydia Bartholomew, and married her in

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1817, and located in Richland township, engaged in farming. He was a Democrat in politics, and was largely interested in local affairs. He was a Lutheran in religion, and donated the ground upon which the Lutheran church of Quakertown was built.

ABEL LODGE. The Lodge Family claim descent from three brothers who came to this country from England and settled in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. These were respectively Thomas, William and Je- hosaphat. It may be assumed that Abel Lodge was descended from the first of these three. He had a brother Thomas. Aber Lodge married a woman of Swedish de- scent, and their children were: Elizabeth, who became the wife of John Hoopes, and they reared a family of five children; John Hoopes and his four sons served in the Civil war. Kate, who became the wife of Azariah Banes, and five children, three sons and two daughters, were born to them. John, mentioned at length hereinafter. Fanny. Abel, who married (first) Susan Brant, who bore him three children: Ida, Frank, and Walter; he married (second) Sallie Dehart; he married (third) Annie Kryder, who bore his one son, Claude. Henry, married Elizabeth McClennen, and three children were born to them: Sallie, Ella and Henry, Mary, became the wife of Aleck Crozers. Susan.

John Lodge, second son of Abel and Magdalena Lodge, married Caroline W. Green, daughter Abel Green. John Lodge was born in Delaware county, Penn- sylvania, August 28, 1825. Their children were as follows: Emmor E., born in 1848. married Hannah Mary Eachus, daughter of Homer Eachus; issue: Corina, Ida. Carrie, Lydia, Sadie, Arthur and Lewis. Matilda, born in 1851, became the wife of William Eachus, and mother of five chil- dren : George, Walter, Marion, Juanita, and Florence Irene. Abel, born December I8, 1853, mentioned hereinafter. Elizabeth, who became the wife of Franklin Baldwin, and their children are: Matilda, Emma, Harrison, Anabel and Charles. Thomas, born December 8, 1860, married Hettie Stinson, who bore him three children : Byron, Lillian and Reba. John, born in July, 1864, married Annie Henderson, and one child was born to them, Anabel.

Abel Lodge, second son of John and Caroline W. Lodge, was born in Provi- dence, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, De- cember 18, 1853. He was reared in that county and educated partly in that and Chester county, attending the Westtown Union School in the latter county. He learned the trade of wheelwright with his uncle Croser, but after following the same for one year turned his attention to agricul- tural pursuits, which have proved both pleasant and remunerative. In 1888 he lo- cated in Bucks county, and during the in- tervening seventeen years has gained the

the confidence and respect of his neighbors by his honorable life. At the present time (1905) he is serving in the capacity of manager of the Mercur farm, the general appearance of which testifies to the skill and ability displayed in the management there- of.

Abel Lodge was united in marriage to Anna M. Hall, of Delaware county, Penn- sylvania, born March 16, 1855, a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Hampton) Hall, and granddaughter of Joseph and Lydia (Mius- treth) Hall. Their children are as follows : William T., born March 16, 1879, married, March 20, 1901, Laura Markly, daughter of George Markly. Abel, Jr., born De- cember 27, 1880. Mary H., born February 13, 1883. Harvey F., born June 3, 1884. Sarah G., born January 6, 1887. Alice, born March 21, 1889. Elsie, born March 21, 1892. Caroline L. born March 15. 1894. J. Paul Maule, born August 17, 1897.

JACOB H. COURTER, who is engaged in the marble business at Leidytown, was born October 15, 1852, in New Britain township, Bucks county, his parents being Jacob and Gaynor (Lewis) Courter. The father was a carriage trimmer by trade, and worked at Chalfont for many years. He afterward conducted a restaurant in Nor- ristown for a long period, and lived a very busy and useful life. He held membership in the Baptist church at Hilltown, belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in politics was a Democrat. In 1861 he fell from a chestnut tree and was instantly killed. He had three brothers, John, Peter, and George, but otherwise no record of the family is obtainable. Jacob Courter married Gaynor Lewis, a daughter of Henry and Margaret Lewis, and they became .the parents of six children : Peter L., who married Rebecca Haney ; Margaret J., the wife of John Harr; Uriah D., who mar- ried Emma Wampole, and after her death wedded Maria Fluck; Jacob H .; George W., who married Sarah Jane Wack; and Daniel H., who married Mary Lessick.

Jacob H. Courter, having mastered the common English branches of learning taught in the public schools, learned the marble-cutting trade at Bedminster, Bucks county, and afterward worked as a journey- man. In 1877 he embarked in business on his own account at Leidytown, Bucks coun- ty, where he conducted his establishment until 1885, when he sold out and removed to Philadelphia. There he worked at his trade until 1892, when he returned to Leidy- town and again resumed business. He still engages in marble-cutting, and has a liberal patronage accorded him in recogni- tion of his honorable dealing and his skill. Aside from his business he is interested in local affairs concerning the welfare of the general public, and endorses all progres- sive movements. He votes with the Demo- cracy, holds membership in the Baptist

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church, and belongs to Souderton Lodge, No. 612, I. O. O. F., at Souderton. On the 28th of June, 1879, Mr. Courter was married to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Rice, who was born October 7, 1855, a daughter of William H. and Matilda Rice. Her grand- parents were George and Margaret ( Hill) Rice, and they were parents of four sons and a daughter, namely: Hannah, Will- iam, Charles, Moses H. and James. Will- iam H. and Matilda Rice had eight chil- dren, as follows: James Henry, who mar- ried Emma Albright; Sarah Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Courter; Elina Lucinda, wife of Lemuel T. Jones; Mary Etta; Margaret Jane; William Sanderling, who married Melvina Croll; Joseph Jones, who married Annie Staley; and Emily H.

Mr. and Mrs. Courter have become the parents of five children : William Win- field, who was born August 21, 1880; Abi- gal Christian, born April 16, 1882; Lora May, July 23, 1884; James Henry, February 2, 1886; and Emily Matilda, March 26, 1890. The eldest daughter is now the wife of Wallace . Slifer.

ISAAC W. HOLCOMB, of Lambertville, New Jersey, who has been for many years one of the active, enterprising business men of that city, is a native of Bucks county, having been born in Plumstead township in 1844. He is a son of John and Rachel (Walter) Holcomb, and a lineal descendant of John Holcomb and Elizabeth Wool- ridge, who settled in 1705 on a large tract of land on the Delaware, a portion of which is now included in the city of Lambertville. Both were of English parentage, and mem- bers of the Society of Friends. John died in 1743, at which date he was one of the largest landholders in Amwell township. He was one of the first justices of Hunter- don county court. Of his three sons, Rich- ard, the youngest. married a second time, late in life, Ann Emley, of an old Jersey family, and had a son John, who lived near Lambertville and died in 1851 at an ad- vanced age.

John, son of the last named John, was born near Lambertville, New Jersey, but when a young man removed to the upper part of Bucks county and learned the trade of a stone mason, which he followed during the active years of his life. He married Catharine Trollinger, of German parentage, who bore him fourteen children-six sons : Samuel, who died in Trenton about 1892 ; George, for nearly fifty years an employe of the Pennsylvania railroad at Lambert- ville, died in 1902; Jonathan, who died young ; John, see forward; Isaac, for many years a resident of Buckingham, now a resi- dent of Doylestown; and Joseph, who died in Plumstead, about 1889. Of the eight daughters, four still survive ; Susan, widow of Miles Chambers, of Doylestown: De- lilah, widow of Jeremiah Black, of Phila- delphia; Catharine, widow of Charles Hen-

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History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 131

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