History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 52

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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ELIHU SMITH BUCKMAN. One of the progressive men of Upper Make- field township is Elihu Smith Buckman, son of Franklin and Martha Hampton Buckman. He was born February 4, 1852, on the homestead in Upper Make- field township, and received his educa- tion in the common schools. For twenty- three years he was a tenant farmer on different estates, and in 1898 bought the "Moses Van Horn farm" in Upper Make- field township. The property consists of ninety-five acres, and it is there that Mr. Buckman has resided since its pur- chase. For eight years he was a mem- ber of the school board, and has also served at different times as inspector of the electoral board. He is a mem- ber of Newtown Lodge. No. 427, F. and . A. M., and endorses the principles of the Republican party. Mr. Buckman


married in October, 1875, Maggie, daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann (Young) Phillips, and they have four children: Harry, who is a farmer in Up- per Mekefield; Mary, who is the wife of Albert File, of Stoops Corner; Ray- mond; and Ethel. The two last named reside at home.


WALTER BUCKMAN. A type of the active, enterprising citizen is found in Walter Buckman, of Upper Makefield township. He is a son of Franklin and Martha (Hampton) Buckman, and was born June 4, 1857, at Dolington, Bucks county, and obtained his education in the common schools. He worked on the home farm until the spring of 1880, when he moved to Taylorsville and there engaged in the coal, lime, and lumber business, which he conducted un- til 1894. In that year he disposed of the business and turned his attention to farming, to which he has since devoted himself. For several years he served as school tax collector and for eight years was supervisor of the township. He is an adherent of the Republican party and a member of the Society of Friends. Mr. Buckman married in 1878, Ida, daughter of Joseph Phillips, of Trenton, New Jersey, and they are the parents of the following children: Charles, who lives in Upper Makefield township; Ambrose, who is also a resi- dent of that township; Eva, Lela, Wat- son, Willard, Lulu, Edward, and Laura. Of these, all but the two eldest are at home with their parents.


LEVI S. MOYER. The pioneer ances- tor of the branch of the Moyer family to which belongs Levi S. Moyer, a pros- perous agriculturist of Chalfont, was the Rev. Peter Moyer, a native of Switzerland, who came to American in 1742, accompanied by his widowed moth- er, sister, and three brothers, William, Jacob and Henry. Peter, William and Henry settled in Springfield township, Bucks county, and Jacob at Center Val- ley, Lehigh county. They all became farmers, and were active members of the Mennonite church. The supposition is that Peter was a minister in Switzer- land, and he was one of the early min- isters of the church in Springfield town- ship: Jacob was also a minister and preached in Saucon township. The year prior to their emigration to America they were the guests of friends who re- sided in the vicinity of Kerlock, Ger- many, whither they removed from their native land, Switzerland, during the per- secution of the Mennonites by the Cal- vinists, or State Reformed church.


Rev. Peter Moyer (aforementioned) was born in Switzerland in 1723. He pur-


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chased a farm of one hundred and seven acres in Springfield township, formerly the property of Joseph Green, which he cultivated to a high state of perfection, and whereon he resided. By his mar- riage to , which occurred May 28, 1752, the following named chil- dren were born; John, Jacob, William, Abraham, Henry, Isaac, Mary, and Bar- bara. William Moyer, son of the Rev. Peter Moyer, was born in Springfield township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, June 7. 1764. His occupation was that of farmer, and in connection therewith he preached the gospel. He married Mary Overholt, who was born Decem- her 27, 1767, and who bore him six chil- dren, as follows: Magdaline, Nancy, Hannah, Kate, Mary, and Abraham D. The deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Moyer oc- curred February 12, 1848, and Septem- ber 1, 1850, respectively.


Abraham D. Moyer, son of William and Mary (Overholt) Moyer, was born on the old Peter Moyer farm in Pleas- ant Valley, June 6, 1798. He followed in the footsteps of his forefathers, devot- ing his time and attention to the tilling of the soil. He was the possessor of a fine voice, and was the leader of the choir in the Monnonite church. In 1832 he married Mary Geisinger, a native of Upper Milford, Lehigh county, born September 18, 1811, daughter of Philip and Fanny (Hestand) Geisinger. Four children were born to them: William G .; Fanny, who became the wife of Na- thaniel Bechtel; Mary; and Abraham. Abraham D. Moyer (father) died Sep- tember 15. 1871; his wife survived him many years, passing away December 9, 1900.


William G. Moyer, eldest son of Abra- ham D. and Mary (Geisinger) Moyer, was born in Springfield township, Bucks county, February 14, 1834. His first oc- cupation was that of teacher, which vo- cation he followed for ten years (1855 to 1865) and from the latter year until 1872 he was engaged in farming in Springfield township, after which he re- moved to New Britain township, and purchased a farm in the borough of Chalfont. He was the recipient of sev- eral public offices which were in the gift of his fellow-citizens, and during his incumbency of the same rendered valuable service. He was township au- ditor for six years, secretary of the school board for a similar period, jury commissioner for Bucks county, and first president of the council of Chal- font. For a number of years he served as correspondent and reporter for the government agricultural department. He is an active and consistent member of the Monnonite church. in which faith he was reared, and his political alleg- iance is given to the Republican party. In 1860 he married Mary Swortley, born in New Britain township, 1835, daughter


of John Swortley. Their children were as follows: Emma, born December 17, 1861, died January 9, 1881; Levi S., born May 22, 1864, mentioned hereinafter; Abraham S., born November 7, 1866, married Susie M. Fretz, and they are the parents of one child, Alvin, born Oc- tober 18, 1900; William, born November 29, 1868, a merchant of Chalfont; Men- no S., born November 18, 1870, a mem- ber of the firm of Moyer Bros., mer- chants of Lansdale; he married Annie Souder, and their children are: Evelyn and Elizabeth; Harvey, born March 16, 1877, married Mary Johnson. The mother of these children died January 2, 1888. Mr. Moyer married for his sec- ond wife Mrs. Hannah (Sleifer) Weis, who was born near Quakertown, Bucks county, daughter of Philip Sleifer.


Levi S. Moyer, eldest son of William G. and Mary (Swortley) Moyer, was born in Springfield township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, May 22, 1864. He obtained a practical education in the public schools of New Britain town- ship, and since the completion of his studies has devoted his time and atten- tion exclusively to agricultural pur- suits. He is an active and public-spir- ited citizen, keenly alive to everything that pertains to the welfare of the com- munity in which he resides, a faithful member of the Mennonite church, and a stauch Republican. January 6, 1887, Mr. Moyer was married to Anna B. Det- wiler, daughter of Enos and Sarah (Sherm) Detwiler, whose family con- sisted of five other children, namely: John F., William H., Irvin S., Alfred S., and Lizzie S. Detwiler. Eight chil- dren were the issue of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Moyer; William D., born December 25, 1887; Sarah Amelia, born July 27, 1889: Theresa, born October 23, 1891; Mary, born April 17, 1894; Irene, born February 2, 1897: Enos, born July 5. 1898; Eva, born February 9, 1900; and Norah, born June 25, 1901.


WILLIAM BAUM, deceased, one of the best known and respected citizens of Bedminster township. was born in Springfield township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, March 30, 1841, and was a descendant of early German settlers in that township. Heinrich or Henry Baum, the great-grandfather of the sub- ject of this sketch, was one of a family of five brothers and two sisters, born in Wurtemberg, Germany, of which four of the brothers and one sister emigrated to America and settled in Bucks county, viz .: Carl or Charles. Heinrich, Mich- ael. Susanna, and Philip Baum. Carl and Heinrich came together in the ship "Hero.' arriving in Philadelphia, Octo- ber 27, 1764. and settled in Springfield . township. Carl, the eldest of the fam-


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ily, married Barbara Youngken, and af- ter a residence of several years in Springfield, removed with his family to Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pennsyl- vania, and later removed to what was then Northumberland county and from thence, in 1798, to Northwestern Terri- tory, now the State of Ohio, where he died. His son Samuel, born in Spring-


field, Bucks county, August 16, 1769, died in New Berlin, Union county, Penn- sylvania, October 2, 1842. His other eight children, most of whom lived and died in Felicity. Ohio, were: Elizabeth, wife of Peter Emery; Catharine, wife of Benjamin Sells; Mary, wife of Peter DeWitt; Susanna, wife of Thomas Jones; Margaret, wife of Conrad Metz- ger; Barbara, wife of Leonard Metz- ger; Michael and Charles Baum. Mich- ael, the third of the emigrant brothers, also settled in Bucks county and reared a family of ten children, as follows: Samuel, who settled in Montgomery county; Elizabeth, the wife of John Trumbore, of Milford ; Mary, wife of John Trumbore; Ann, wife of John Gregg; Catharine, wife of Jacob Werhold, of Rockhill; Susan, wife of Jacob Willauer; Michael, of Milton, Pennsylvania; Hen- ry, of Montgomery county; Hannah, wife of William Grafley; and Sarah, Phil- lip, the youngest of the emigrant broth- ers, married Mary Moyer, settled in New Britain township, where he died at an advanced age, on March 1, 1841, without issue. Susanna, the sister, mar- ried John Landis, of Milford township, and had two sons: Samuel and Henry. Another brother Samuel and a sister lived and died in Wurtemberg.


Heinrich Baum, the second of the emi- grant brothers, as before stated, arrived in this country in 1764, and almost im- mediately after his arrival located in Springfield township, where he took up a tract of land on which he resided tin- til his death in 1803. His wife's name was Elizabeth, but her maiden name is unknown by her descendants. They were the parents of eleven children. all of whom were born and reared in Springfield, viz: Abraham, Anna, who married John Landis and removed to Warren county, New Jersey; Susanna, who married Isaac Meyer, of Spring- field; Elizabeth, who married Henry Ackerman; Henry, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch; Catharine, who married Samuel Bleam: Hannah, who married John Shelly; Margaret, who married Henry Bleam; Barbara, who married Michael Huddle; Philip. who died in 1814. without issue; and Mary, who married Joseph Moyer, and died in 1815.


Henry Baum, second son and fifth child of Heinrich and Elizabeth Baum, was born and reared in Springfield town- ship. Bucks county, and spent his whole life there, dying in 1823. He married


Magdalene Moyer, daughter of William Meyer, born in Springfield, June 17, 1767, died there February 12, 1848, son of the Reverend Peter Meyer, one of the early Mennonite ministers of Bucks county, who was born in Switzerland about 1723 and set- tled in Springfield in 1752. The mother of Magdalene (Moyer) Baum was Barbara Overholt, who was born December 27, 1767, and died September 1, 1850. The children of Henry and Magdalene (Moyer) Baum were: William, Joseph, Henry, Elizabeth, wife of Henry Focht, of Le- high county; and Mary, who married Samuel Detweiler. After the death of Henry Baum, his widow married John Shantz and had three children: Abra- ham, Lydia and Sarah.


Joseph Baum, second son of Henry and Magdalene, was born in Springfield, September 26, 1810. Left an orphan at the age of thirteen years, he learned the trade of a shoemaker with Christian Moyer, of Hilltown township, and fol- lowed that trade until his marriage, when he settled in Springfield township. After a few years spent in agricultural pursuits in Springfield he removed to Bedminster township, where he resided for a few years; returned again to. Springfield, but later again removed to Bedminster where he purchased the farm on which his son William lately resided and passed the remainder of his life there. dying April 28, 1892. He was an active and prominent man in the community, filling the office of school director in Springfield township, and that of supervisor for eighteen years in Springfield and ten years in Bedminster. He also served as township auditor. He 'was a member of the New Mennonite church. He married in 1828 Esther Moyer, born August 3, 1808, daughter of Christian and Barbara (Landis) Moyer, and they were the parents of six children: Hannah, widow of Jacob K. Overholt, of Bedminster; Sarah, who married Christian F. Meyers; Henry, who married Hannah Moyer and resides in Philadelphia; Joseph, who died in the army in 1863: William, the subject of this sketch; and Magdalena, who died at the age of seven years.


William Baum, third son and fifth child of Joseph and Esther (Moyer) Baum, born in Springfield township, March 30. 1841, received his education at the public schools. Reared to the life of a farmer he took charge of the home farm at his marriage and cultivated it for his father until 1873, when he pur- chased the farm; his parents continuing to reside with him until their death. He was one of the directors of Souderton National Bank at the time of his de- cease, and had been for ten years a di- rector of the Bucks County Fire Insur- ance Company. He was also a director of the Dublin Mutual Insurance and Protective Company from its organi-


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zation in 1892 to the time of his deatlı. He served a number of years in differ- ent local offices, filling the position of assistant assessor for nine years, and was census enumerator in 1890. He was elected to the office of director of the poor for Bucks county in 1897, and re- elected in 1900, serving in all six years. He was a member of the Mennonite con- gregation at Deep Run, and politically was a Republican. Mr. Baum stood de- servedly high in the regard and confi- dence of the people of Bucks county, and of the community in which he lived. He was a faithful and conscientious pub- lic servant, an earnest patriotic citizen, a devoted husband and father and an honest consistent Christian gentleman. His loss is keenly felt in the commun- ity. He died June 7, 1905, buried at Deep Run. Mr. Baum married, October 5, 1865, Maria Hunsicker, daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Moyer) Hunsicker, of Hilltown, Bucks county, granddaugh- ter of Rev. Isaac and Anna Hunsicker, great-granddaughter of Jacob and Eliza- beth Hunsicker, who came from the Skippack to Hilltown township in 1757, and a great-great-granddaughter of Val- entine Hunsicker, who emigrated from Switzerland in 1717, and settled in Mont- gomery county. She is also a descen- dant through her mother, Barbara Moyer, born July 26, 1813, died August, 1890, from Heinrich Baum, the pioneer ancestor of her husband, her grand- mother Susanna Bleam, wife of Samuel Moyer, of Hilltown, being a grand- daughter of Heinrich and Elizabeth Baum. The children of William and Maria (Hunsicker) Baum are: Hannah, wife of Samuel H. Moyer, of Bloom- ing Glen; Harvey H., who married Mary Shaddinger, and lives in Perkasie; Ida, wife of Edwin F. Stover, of Blooming Glen; Jacob, deceased; Joseph H., who married Lizzie Detweiler and lives on the homestead; Edwin, deceased; Will- iam Garfield married Mary Overholt; and Nora, who resides at home.


CHRISTIAN TREICHLER CLY- MER. Bucks county has no more useful citizen than Christian Treichler Clymer, of Quakertown. The Clymer family is of German origin, the name having been formerly spelled Klemmer. It was brought to this country by two brothers, one of whom was Christian Clymer, or Klemmer. He was born in 1697 in Ger- many, and is thought to have emigrated to America prior to 1730. He settled in what is now Lower Milford township, and in 1734 his name appeared on the record as a petitioner to divide the township. His wife was Barbara


and they were the parents of seven sons and five daughters. Among the sons was Jacob, mentioned at length herein-


after. Christian Clymer died in 1759, and some of his descendants are yet liv- ing on the land which he settled. His wife passed away January 14, 1776.


Jacob Clymer, son of Christian and Barbara Clymer, was born in 1729, and was the father of a numerous family, among whom was Henry, who married Maria, daughter of Peter and Maria (Zeingenfus) Shaffer, of Northampton county. They were the parents of seven sons and two daughters. Among the sons was Henry Shaffer, mentioned at length hereinafter. All the descen- dants of Christian Clymer were born in the region in which that pioneer ances- tor made his home.


Henry Shaffer Clymer, son of Henry and Maria (Shaffer) Clymer, was born in IS19, on his father's farm, near Mil- ford Square. He attended the subscrip- tion school, also the Friends Richland Meeting, and learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed in connection with farming. In politics he was an old line Whig, and later became a Republi- can. He was a member of the Lutheran church, which he served as deacon and was active in religious work. He mar- ried Lavina, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Trumbauer) Treichler, and ten children were born to them, among whom was Christian Treichler, men- tioned at length hereinafter. Mrs. Cly- mer, the mother of the family, died in 1859, and her husband passed away in January, 1863.


Christian Treichler Clymer, son of Henry Shaffer and Lavina (Treichler) Clymer, was born February 10, 1846, on his father's farm, near Milford Square, Milford township. He attended the public schools of his native place, and remained on the farm until his eigh- teenth year, when he was apprenticed to learn the shoemaker's trade with Isaac Groff, near Quakertown. At the end of two years he became a journey- man, and for six months worked near Zion's Hill. In the autumn of 1866 hie moved to Quakertown, where he en- gaged in business as a custom shoe- maker on Main street, near the Friends' meeting-liouse. He carried on a flour- ishing trade until April, 1903, when he retired from business. Mr. Clymer has always taken an active interest in local political affairs, and for thirteen years was a member of the board of educa- tion, serving two terms as president and two as treasurer. He has also acted as delegate to the county convention. On March 18, 1903, he received the ap- pointment of postmaster of Quaker- town, an office which he still holds, dis- charging its duties with credit to him- self and satisfaction to the government. His political principles are those advo- cated and upheld by the Republican party. Since 1864 he has been a mem- ber of St. John's Lutheran church, to


John R.Johnsen


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which his family also belong. He is a member of the choir, and has served ten years as treasurer of the Sunday school, in which he has been a teacher since 1864.


Mr. Clymer married, January 29, 1869, Andora, daughter of Samuel and Cath- arine (Trumbauer) Troxel, of Mont- gomery county, and they have one son, Benjamin Franklin, who was born Sep- tember, 1870, attended the Quakertown public schools, and is now a commer- cial traveller, residing in Wilmington, Delaware. C. T. Clymer married in 1884, for his second wife, Margaret, daughter of David and Rachel (Kulp) Kulp, of Skippack township, Montgom- ery county, and they have one son, Will- iam Kulp Clymer, who was born June 20, 1886, and was educated in the Quak- ertown public schools, graduating in 1903. He holds the office of assistant postmaster.


JOHN R. JOHNSON. Martin John- son was the emigrant ancestor of the family to which John R. Johnson, of Lumberville, belongs. He came from England, where his birth occurred on the 5th of May, 1755, and located on Bools Island, now Raven Rock, Hunter- don county, New Jersey, where he ac- quired extensive farming lands and other property, becoming one of the wealthy citizens of his community.


John Johnson, son of Martin John- son, was born and reared on the old homestead secured by his father, and he, too, followed the occupation of farming. He married Sarah E. Bray, and their son, Albert R. Johnson, be- came the father of John R. Johnson. He was born on the old homestead in Hun- terdon county, New Jersey, August 3, 1833, was there reared, and in later years acquired possession of the old home property, upon which he resided until 1844, when he retired and removed to Stockton, where he now resides. He was very successful in his agricultural pursuits, and acquired a very desirable competence. He has long been a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church. He married Margaret A. Dilts, who died April 8, 1893, at the age of sixty years, six months and twenty-two days. She was a member of the Dunkard church. They had six children, of whom five are living: John R .; Clark B., who occu- pies the old homestead; Catherine, wife of Wilmot Quinby, of Solebury town- ship: Rachael, wife of Theodore L. Green, of Union county, New Jersey; and Sarah, wife of Eden B. Hunt, of Stockton, New Jersey.


John R. Johnson was born in Hunt- erdon county, New Jersey, April 22, 1854, and the first nineteen years of his life were spent upon his father's farm, during which time he acquired a public


school education. In 1873 he went to Lambertville, New Jersey, where he ac- cepted a position in a mercantile estab- lishment and there laid the foundation for his later successful mercantile ca- reer. He remained there for two years and in 1875 came to Lumberville, ac- cepting a position in the store of Read- ing & Shaddinger, acting as clerk in the establishment for two years, when he purchased the interest of Mr. Shad- dinger, and the firm name was changed to Reading & Johnson, this connection being maintained until 1892, when Mr. Johnson became sole owner of the bus- iness. He has developed an enterprise of considerable importance, and his an- nual sales now bring a good financial return, his business principles being based upon the rules which govern strict, unswerving integrity and unabating in- dustry. Politically Mr. Johnson is a Democrat. He belongs to Black City Lodge, No. 391, I. O. O. F., of Black City, and he and his wife are active members of the Baptist church, to the support of which lie contributes gen- erously.


In 1879 Mr. Johnson married Miss Marietta Bodine, of Stockton, New Jer- sey, a daughter of William and Mary (Bellis) Bodine. Her brother, Wesley Bodine, now deceased, was for many years sheriff of Hunterdon county, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had three children, but lost their elder son, Raymond D. Bessie K. and Wilmot Q. are at home. The daughter is a graduate of the George school, has been a close student since the completion of her course there, now holds a state certificate and at the present writing (1904) is teaching in Solebury township.


JOHN S. CORNELL, who has now passed the seventy-seventh milestone on life's journey, and throughout his business career has followed farming, is a representative of one of the old fam- ilies of Pennsylvania, a son of John and Elizabeth (Vandegrift) Cornell, and a grandson of Gilliam and Janetje (Suy- dam) Cornell. His grandfather, Gil- liam Cornell, had a brother, Remsen Cornell, who had two children, a son, Adrien, and a daughter.


Gilliam Cornell had eight children: I. Adrien married Rachel Feaster and had four children, David, William, Henry and Jane. 2. Lambert married a Miss Feaster, and their children were: Gilliam, David, James and Aaron. 3. James married a daughter of Remsen Cornell, and his second wife was Mar- garet Vandergrift, by whom he had four children, Jacob, Remsen, Cornelia Ann and Jane. 4. John was the father of John S. Cornell, of Northampton town- ship. 5. Gilliam married Elizabeth Krewson. 6. Jane married Christopher


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Van Artsdalen, and their children were John, Simon, Jane, Johanna and Eliza- beath. 8. Abbie married Henry Dubois, and had six children: Christian, Susan, Ellen, Nancy, Jane and Mary Ann.


John S. Cornell, Sr., son of Gilliam and Janetje Cornell, was born in 1782, baptized at the Dutch Reformed church of North and Southampton. He was de- vised by his father a farm purchased by the latter of Henry Dyer in 1793, con- taining 105 acres, near Holland, and lived there until he died, December 15, 1851. He was married twice. His first wife was Mary Krewson, by whom he had two children. Matilda, the younger, born October 21, 1813, died in childhood. Elizabeth, the elder, was born March 6, 18II, and became the wife of Thomas Purdy, by whom she had six children: Mary Jane, John, Elizabeth Ann, Ma- tilda; Mrs. Catherine Lingerman, and Amanda. For his second wife John S. Cornell, Sr., chose Elizabeth Vandegrift, (daughter of Jacob and Cornelia (Van- artsdalen) Vandegrift, of Northampton and sister to Margaret, the second wife of his brother, James Cornell. The chil- dren of John S. and Elizabeth (Vande- grift) Cornell were: I. William, born August 4, 1818, remained on the home- stead; he married Cornelia Krewsen, and their children were Edmond and Anna Mary. 2. Mary, born October 8, 1819, married James Craven and their chil- dren were Annie, Charles, Elizabeth and Matilda. 3. Alfred, born September 27, 1822, married Jane Van Buskirk, and their children were: Elizabeth, Johanna, Samuel, Matilda, Allen, Frank. John, Albert, Mary and Susannah. 4. John S., the subject of this sketch. 5. Louisa. born July 9, 1825, married Isaac Rightley.




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