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James Conrad was reared in Bucking- ham and received his education at the public schools. At the age of eighteen years he apprenticed himself to the car- penter trade, and after finishing his ap- prenticeship, followed the trade for several years, erecting many buildings in that section of Bucks county. He also engaged for some time in the manu- facture of pumps. In 1870 he began the business of an undertaker, which he fol- lowed up to his decease, conducting a large number of funerals in central Bucks county during the last thirty years. Mr. Conrad was a man of high standing in the community, and filled many positions of trust. He served as a school director, and was one of the trustees and directors of the Hughesian free school. In politics he was a Repub- lican. He was a member of Doylestown
Lodge, No. 245, F. and A. M., and Doylestown Chapter, No. 270, R. A. M. He was married March 13, 1862, to Mar- tha C. Worthington, daughter of Will- iam and Seraphina (Taylor) Worthing- ton, of Buckingham. She was a native of Wrightstown, but her girlhood days were spent in Buckingham. She died in April, 1902. Their only child Minnie Jane died at the age of twenty-one years.
HENRY GARGES. Among the men who have achieved financial success in the management of their farming inter- ests, and have thus been enabled to re- tire from active business pursuits during the latter years of their life, is Henry Garges, who was born on the old home- stead near Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, August 19. 1830.
John Garges, grandfather of Henry Garges, lived and died near Doylestown, Bucks county, where he followed farm- ing as a means of livelihood during his entire active career. He owned the farm adjoining that of Henry Garges, now in the possession of the County Historical Society. He was a member of the old Mennonite church. His family consisted of four sons and five daughters, namely: William, Henry, John. Abraham, Mary, wife of Abram Gile: Sarah, wife of John Myers: Elizabeth, wife of Philip Gile; Percilla, wife of William Borrows; and Margaret, wife of William Fritz.
Abraham Garges, father of Henry Garges, was born on the old homestead near Doylestown, Bucks county, in 1784. In early life he served an apprenticeship at the trade of blacksmith, which occu- pation he worked at in connection with farming for a number of years, thereby providing a comfortable home for his family. He was one of the first school directors of Doylestown township after the free school system was inaugurated, this giving evidence of the appreciation in which he was held by his fellow citi- zens. In 1845 he removed to War- wick township, and also -served as school director there for a number of years. He held membership in the old Mennonite church, and his political views were in accord with those of the old Whig party. He was united in mar- riage to Leah Ruth, and eight chil- dren were born to them: William, de- ceased, who was a farmer of New Brit- ain township: Mary, wife of James C. Fell: Rebecca, wife of Joseph Funck; Henry, mentioned hereinafter: Sarah Ann, wife of Oliver P. Shutt; Prucilla, wife of Henry Haines: Amy L., who died in early life; and Lewis, a farmer of Doylestown township. Abraham Garges (father) died in Doylestown township, May 5, 1861, aged seventy- seven years.
Henry Garges spent the years of his
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boyhood in the same fashion as the majority of boys reared on a farm-at- tending the common schools and as- sisting with the duties pertaining to farm life. He remained at home with his father-cultivating and tilling the farm -- until the death of the latter in 1861, when he inherited the property, on which he continued his operations until 1900, since which time he has lived re- tired. He served as school director of Doylestown township for three years, and the cause of education has always. found in him an active and willing sup- porter. He is staunch in his advocacy of Republican principles, contributing materially to the success of that party in his community. He is a member of the Presbyterian church of Doylestown. Mr. Garges was united in marriage to Mary Elizabeth Roberts, daughter of George and Anna Roberts, and three children were the issue of this union: Annie Leah, born March 16, 1864, wife of B. Frank Bodine: Edward, born April 6, 1865, a farmer of Warrington township; and Isaac B., born Febru- ary 9. 1867, a grocer of Philadelphia. Mrs. Garges, the mother of these chil- dren, died June 9, 1901.
CHARLES H. RHOADES, livery- man, Doylestown, was born near Brick Tavern, Milford township, Bucks coun- ty, June 4, 1860, a son of Jacob B. and Mary (Hockman) Roth. The family of Roth (the original form of the name) is a German one, many of the name emigrating to Pennsylvania between the years 1730 and 1800. One branch of the family settled in Rockhill, where their descendants still reside. The name be- ing pronounced "Rote," came to be spelled Rhoad, and in various other forms. The subject of this sketch was, however, descended from a later emigrant. Johan Jost Roth, with wife, Louise Rodepil- ler, (later Reedmiller), and children, Jolın Heinrich. Ludwig, and Herman, migrated from Germany in the ship "Fortune." from Hamburg, and settled in Bedminster township. Ludwig Roth, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, purchased a small farm near Bedministerville in 1806, and died there in 1824, leaving wife Elizabeth, sons Mathew and George, and grand- sons John B. and Jacob B., sons of his deceased son Christian.
Jacob B. Roth settled in Milford town- ship in 1841, where he followed the trade of a stone mason. As early as 1841 he purchased land near Brick Tavern on the Bethlehem road. He was twice married, his first wife being Roselna Groude, by whom he had one child that died young. Ile married (second) Mary Hockman, who survives him, living with her daughter in Doylestown. Jacob B.
Roth died at Brick Tavern, Milford township, November 6, 1866. His chil- ren were: Sallie, who married Eliab Ritchie; and Charles H., the subject of this sketch.
Charles Hockman Rhoades, the sub- ject of this sketch, was but six years old at the death of his father, and his sister Sallie was but two years his sen- ior. As soon as the estate of his father was settled, the widow Roth, with her two children, removed to Doylestown, where her brother Peter Hockman had a livery stable, and about a year later removed to Warrington, where his mother was housekeeper for Joseph Paul, Esq., for two years. The fam- ily then removed to Fox Chase, Mont- gomery county, where the boyhood of the subject of this sketch was spent. He was educated at the Abington Friends' school, and on arriving at his majority in 1881 he came to Doylestown, and, in connection with his brother-in-law, Eliab Ritchie, opened a livery stable near the railroad depot, where he still has his stand. A year later he bought out the interest of his brother-in-law, and has since conducted the business alone. In politics Mr. Rhoades is a Republican. He has served three years as a member of town council, and has filled other local offices. He is a mem- ber of Aquetong Lodge, No. 193. I. O. O. F., and of St. Tammany Castle, K. G. E., of Doylestown. He was married February 6, 1886, to Ella, daughter of George and Anna Maria Burgstresser, and has one daughter Edith, now fifteen years of age.
JOHN PHILLIPS BLACK. Among the active business men of Langhorne, Bucks county, is John Phillips Black, who was born in that town March 16, 1839, and is a son of John and Rachel Shaw (Wells) Black.
John Black, the father, born in 1807, was a cooper by trade, and followed that trade for several years in Lang- horne, where he purchased a home in 1850. He also assisted in building a number of the older buildings in that vicinity. He was a native of Bucks coun- ty, and a son of James and Judith (Searle) Black, the latter
being a
granddaughter of Arthur Searle, an ear- ly settler near the Neshaminy in South- ampton, who married a daughter of John Naylor of Southampton. John Black married Rachel Shaw Wells, born 1814, daughter of Valentine (born 1784) and Phoebe (Shaw) Wells of Middle- town (born 1785) the latter being a daughter of Gideon Shaw. John and Rachel S. (Wells) Black were the par- 'ents of nine children: John P., the sub- ject of this sketch: Elizabeth, wife of William Gillingham; Margaret, wife of Barclay Wildman; Franklin S., of Tully-
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town; Emma T., wife of Byran Wright; Phebe W .; William G., George D., and Catherine, died young.
John Black, Sr., died in July, 1859, and his widow survived him many years, dy- ing August 6, 1904, at the age of nearly ninety years.
John Phillips Black was reared in Langhorne, and obtained his education in the public and Friends' schools of that town. At the age of twelve years he hired out on a farm, where he remained for four years. In 1856 he went to New- town to learn the trade of a carriage blacksmith, which he finished at Lang- horne. He found employment at Hulme- ville as a journeyman, and later located at Bridgetown, where he remained for five years. He then bought the T. W. Boileau property in Langhorne, and later the wheelwright shops and busi- ness adjoining, thus uniting under one ownership and management a complete carriage building establishment which he has since successfully conducted, doing a large and profitable business, mak- ing his establishment one of the largest of its kind in lower Bucks. Mr. Black is an enterprising and active citizen, and takes an active interest in the affairs of his town. He lias served several terms in the town council, and has filled other local offices. He is a member of Orion- to Lodge, No. 177, I. O. O. F., of Lang- horne.
On February 5, 1863, Mr. Black mar- ried Rachel Pyle Boyce, daughter of Samuel and Jane (Stevens) Boyce, of Philadelphia county, the former a na- tive of Delaware, and a son of Robert Boyce, whose father was a large tobac- co planter and snuff manufacturer in that state; and the latter a native of South- ampton township, Bucks county, and a daughter of Benjamin Stevens, whose ancestors had been residents of that lo- cality for several generations. Mr. and Mrs. Black are the parents of three chil- dren, viz: Wilmer Stevens, born April 18, 1865: Emma Elizabeth, born August 15, 1869; and Clarence Randall, born June 6, 1873, all of whom were born and reared in Langhorne, and were educated in the local schools.
Wilmer Stevens Black at an early age became associated with his father in the conduct of the carriage building estab- lishment, and has been a valuable as- sistant in the work. He married April 17, 1890. Anne Bentley Candy, daugh- ter of James B. and Mary Jane (Moser) Candy, of Langhorne, an account of whose ancestry is given elsewhere in this work. Wilmer S. and Anne C. Black are the parents of two children: Edith Holbrook, born. September 13, 1898; and Cyrille Kershaw, born July 29, 1904.
Emma Elizabeth Black, only daughter of John P. and Rachel (Boyce) Black, "married August 21, 1890, Samuel Mills
Myers, and they are the parents of five children, viz: Elenore Kruger, born Oc- tober 12, 1893; John Harold, born Octo- ber 8, 1895; Boyce Mills, born October 7, 1897; Inez May, born December 4, 1899; and Dever, born April 15, 1902.
CLARENCE RANDALL BLACK, son of Jolın Phillips and
Rachel Pyle (Boyce) Black, was born in Langhorne, June 6, 1873, and was educated in the public and Friends' schools of Lang- horne. At the age of sixteen years he entered the wood working department of his father's carriage building estab- lishment, where he was employed for about two years, when, having an incli- nation towards the painting department, lie learned that branch of the work and now has entire charge of the carriage painting department of the works as superintendent of the entire force of inen employed therein. He also acts as salesman, and has a general oversight over the whole establishment. In poli- tics Mr. Black Republican, and takes an active interest in local affairs. He is a member of Langhorne Castle, Knights of the Golden Eagle. He and his family attend the Langhorne Metho- dist Episcopal church, both Mr. and Mrs. Black being members of the choir of that church. IIe married, May 26, 1898, Elizabeth Davis Duffield, daugh- ter of the late Thomas Hart Benton and Rebecca (Search) Duffield, granddaugh- ter of Alfred Torbert and Rebecca Miles (Davis) Duffield, and great-granddaugh- ter of General John Davis, of Davis- ville, Bucks county. Her maternal grandparents were James and Susanna (Hall) Search, the former a son of Sam- tel and Katharine (Puff) Search, and grandson of Christopher and
(Torbert) Search, and the latter a daughter of John and Eleanor (Comly) Hall, all early and prominent residents of lower Bucks.
SAMUEL G. PRICE, V. S., of Doylestown, was born in Solebury town- ship. Bucks county, Pennsylvania, May 25, 1846, and is a son of John N. and Christianna (Godshalk) Price, of Sole- bury. The paternal ancestors of Dr. Price were early settlers in New Jersey, but were probably descendants of John Price, who came from England to Phila- delphia. in 1683.
James Price was a considerable land- owner in Maidenhead township. near the present site of Lawrenceville, New Jer- sey, as early as 1698, and was a promi- nent man in that section. He was com- missioned lieutenant of provincial mi- litia, March 19. 1714, and his son John was a captain in the provincial service during the colonial wars, and died at Hopewell in 1773, leaving sons: John,
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James, and David and several daugh- ters, one of whom, Elizabeth, married James Slack, of Hunterdon county in 1732. James Price, above mentioned, married Elizabeth Ely, daughter of George Ely, of Trenton, in 1737, and had one son George.
David Price, supposed to have been a son of James of Maidenhead, was the direct ancestor of Dr. Price. He was a large landholder in the neighborhood of Hopewell, New Jersey, and in 1756 purchased 200 acres of land in Middle- town township, and died there in 1765, leaving two sons, Nathan and James, and four daughters, Rebecca, who mar- ried Daniel Price of Kingwood, Hun- terdon county, New Jersey, and doubt- less a descendant of Benjamin Price, who settled at Elizabethtown, New Jer- sey, in 1677, whose son Daniel was sheriff of his county in 1692; Eleanor, who married Benjamin Stackhouse of Bucks county in 1761; Sarah, who died single in Merion, Philadelphia county, in 1767; and Susannah, who married Jo- seph Mahr, of Northampton county. James Price, the second son, married Sarah Huddleston, of Middletown, and lived and died on the old homestead there.
Nathan Price was for some years a resident of Bucks county, but removed to Kingwood, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, prior to 1775, where he became a prominent citizen, and served as sher- iff of the county, 1806-8. He is said to have married a daughter of Timothy Smith, sheriff of Bucks county, 1728-30, and 1737-9. The children of Nathan Price in 1767 as shown by the will of his sister Sarah were: John, Rebecca, Smith, Elizabeth, Sarah, Phebe, James and David.
Smith Price, second son of Nathan, was born September II, 1748. Both he and his brother John were residents of Plumstead township during the revolu- tion, the latter serving as first lieuten- ant of militia. Smith was a wheel- wright by trade and followed that line of work for a number of years in Plum- stead. He later became a storekeeper at Gardenville, and was a considerable land owner in Plumstead. He married, September 1, 1776, before Isaac Hicks, Esq., of Newtown, Martha Carver, born December 21. 1756, died April II, 1793, daughter of Joseph Carvver, of Bucking- ham, and had one son John, born May 15, 1779. He married (second) Hannah and had children: Jonathan. Jo- seph. Samuel, Smith, Mary and Bur- roughs. He died October 17, 1816, at the age of eighty-eight years.
John Price, only surviving child of Smith and Martha (Carver) Price, born in Plumstead township May 15, 1779, was a lifelong resident of Plumstead. On his marriage in 1798 he settled on his father's farm on the Durham road,
below Gardenville, which he inherited later under his father's will, and lived there until his death, November 2, 1828, in his fiftieth year. He married, Janu- ary 21, 1798, Elizabeth Kirk, born Oc- tober 19, 1773, died January II, 1849, daughter of Stephen and Phebe (Fell) Kirk, and granddaughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Twining) Kirk, and of Ben- jamin and Hannah (Scarborough) Fell, the former of whom was born in Cum- berland, England, in 1703. (Sce Fell, Kirk, and Scarborough families in this work). The children of John and Eliza- beth (Kirk) Price were: Phebe, born 1799, died 1802; Charles M., born June 29, 1801, married Susan Rich; Martha, born February 8, 1804, married Yeam- ans Paul Jones; Kirk J., born Septem- ber 24, 1805, married Sarah Brown; Stephen K., born October 30, 1807, mar- ried (first) Rebecca Carey and (second) Nancy Flack; Sarah B., born October 7, 1809, married James Meredith; John N., born September 19, 1811, married Chris- tianna Godshalk; Hannah Brock, born January 20, 1814, married Eleazer F. Church, of Newtown: Smith, twin to Hannah B., married Harriet Opp; and Preston, born September 30, 1816.
John N. Price, son of John and Eliza- beth (Kirk) Price, born in Plumstead, September 19, 1811, resided the greater part of his life in Solebury township, where he owned and operated a small farm. After the death of his wife he re- sided for a number of years with his son Samuel G., in Plumstead and Doylestown, dying at the later place August 8, 1888, in his seventy-seventh year. He married, December 27, 1832, Christianna Godshalk, daughter of Sam- uel and Sidney Godslalk, born April 20, 18II, died February 19, 1865. Sam- uel Godslalk was born November II, 1778, and died June 26, 1860, and his wife Sidney, whom he married in Febru- ary, 1801, was born December 17, 1780, and died May 30, 1850. The children of John N. and Christianna (Godshalk) Price were: Edmund M., born Novem- ber 7, 1833, died at Lahaska, Bucks county, August 12, 1893, was for many years a veterinary surgeon in Bucking- ham; Elizabeth H., born July 1, 1836, died April 2, 1856, married Walker Booz, of Carversville; Sidney G., born Aug- ust 16, 1840, married Joseph Mathews, of Solebury, and is still living; John Beatty, born April 17, 1842, died in a military hospital at Mond City, Illinois, August 19, 1863, from sickness contract- ed in the army in the civil war. in Dur- ell's Battery; Mary P., born November 26. 1843, married Harvey Fretz; and Samuel G., born May 25, 1846.
Samuel G. Price was born and reared in Solebury township, and acquired his education at the public schools and at Carversville Excelsior Normal Institute. On leaving school he filled the po-
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sition of clerk in the store of Richard R. Paxson, at Lahaska, for two years. He then taught school in Warwick township for one term, in the meanwhile studying veterinary surgery under Dr. Joshua C. Smith, of New Hope. He be- gan practice as a veterinary surgeon in Plumstead, in 1869, and followed his profession there for seventeen years, most of which time he was located at Danboro. In 1886 he
removed to Doylestown, where he has since conducted a large practice. He takes an active in- terest in local affairs, has served for three years as a member of the Doyles- town school board, and is serving his second term of three years each as a member of borough council. At Dan- boro he was affiliated with the local lodges of I. O. R. M. and the Golden Eagles. He is a member and past mas- ter of Doylestown Lodge, No. 245, F. and A. M., and a past high priest of Doylestown Chapter, No. 270, R. A. M. He is also a past officer of Aquetong Lodge, No. 193, and Doylestown En- campment, No. 35, I. O. O. F., and takes a leading part in the degree staffs of both lodge and encampment.
Dr. Price married, at the Doyles- town Presbyterian manse, November 29, 1872, Rachel A. Cadwallader, daughter of James and Christianna (Fell) Cad- wallader, of Buckingham, and grand- daughter of Eli and Rachel (Morris) Cadwallader. On the maternal line
Mrs. Price is descended from Joseph Fell. who came from Cumberland, Eng- land, in 1795, and settled in Buckingham two years later, through his son Benja- min, before mentioned. To Dr. and Mrs. Price have been born two chil- dren: Beatty, July 2, 1876, died May 8. 1877: and Christianna. February 24, 1879, wife of John L. DuBois, Jr., a member of Bucks county bar. To Mr. and Mrs. DuBois have been born two children: Rachel, who died September 29, 1901, and John Latta DuBois, born December 5, 1903.
WILMER KRUSEN, M. D., was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, May 18, 1869, a son of John and Eliza- beth A. (Sager) Krusen. He is of Holland-Dutch descent, and his father was a farmer of Bucks county.
He was educated in the public schools of his native county, and read medicine for a year with Dr. Charles B. Smith, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, before enter- ing Jefferson Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1893, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For a year following he was resident physi- cian in the Jefferson Hospital. Hc then opened a practice in Philadelphia, his specialty being gynecology, and since 1894 has been instructor in gynecology
at Jefferson College. He has been as- sistant gynecologist in the Jefferson Hospital, the St. Joseph Hospital and the Samaritan Hospital. He is chief of the Gynecological Dispensary of St. Jo- seph's Hospital, and a fellow of the College of Physicians. He is at pres- ent (1905) chief gynecologist of the Sa- maritan Hospital, and professor of gynecology in the Temple Medical Col- lege. He is a member of the American Medical Association, of the Philadel- phia County Medical Association, of the Philadelphia County Medical Society, the Philadelphia Medical Club, the Phil- adelphia Obstetrical Society, the North- western Medical Society, and the Phila- delphia Pathological Society. He is collaborator on "American Medicine," and has written many articles in the line of his specialty. In politics he is a Re- publican. In 1895 Dr. Krusen married Elizabeth W. Gilbert, and his three chil- dren are: Edward M., Francis H., and Carolyn A.
JOHN H. VANSANT, whose exten- sive agricultural pursuits have brought to him a large degree of prosperity as a result of his reliable and progressive methods, is a native of the community in which he resides, Eddington, Ben- salem township, Bucks county, Pennsyl- vania, born October 31, 1840, a son of John F. and Mary (Boozer) Vansant.
John F. Vansant (father) was also a native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, born in 1806. He was a blacksmith by trade, which line of work he followed in Cornwells, opposite the old tavern where the stage horses were changed, and, being an expert mechanic, his trade increased steadily both in volume and importance from year to year, becoming a lucrative means of livelihood. In 1840 he purchased the farm at Eddington where his son John H. now resides, and in connection with his farming pursuits conducted a blacksmith shop at that place, continuing until his death. By his marriage to Mary Boozer, of Ben- salem township, Bucks county, nine chil- dren were born, seven of whom attained years of maturity, as follows: Charles, Jesse, Thomas, Margaret, Elizabeth, John H., and James. The family at- tended the Episcopal church, in the work and to the support of which they were liberal contributors. Mr. Van- sant died in 1866, in the sixty-seventh year of his age; his wife died Septem- ber 29, 1889, having attained the ad- vanced age of eighty-six years.
John H. Vansant was reared on his father's farm, whereon he has resided during his entire lifetime, and thus be- came thoroughly familiar with all the details of the quiet but useful calling of agriculture, to which he has since de- voted his entire time and attention. His
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land is under a high state of cultivation and therefore produces goodly harvests, and, the products being of a superior quality, find a ready sale in the nearby markets. Mr. Vansant has always taken a keen interest in township affairs, and has been the incumbent of several local offices, including that of assessor, in which capacity he served for a number of years. His political views coincide with those advocated by the Democratic party, whose candidates and measures he has upheld since attaining his ma- jority. He and family attend the Epis- copal church.
Mr. Vansant married, September II, 1867, Ella Van Horn, daughter of Thomas Van Horn, of Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, and two children were the issue of this union: I. Will- iam N., born February 5, 1869, educated in the public schools, and at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis. Maryland, grad- uating at the head of his class in 1888. He was sent by the government to The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Eng- land, studying three years as a naval constructor, and ranked as lieutenant His death occurred January 1, 1893. 2. Charles H. born February 19, 1871, attended the Lehigh University, and is now a civil engineer. He is connected with the Berlin Construction Company, and he assisted in the construction of the New York Subway.
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