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Dr. William S. Erdman was born and reared in Richland township, and ac- quired his education the public schools of that township and at the Quakertown high school. After his graduation from the latter school he spent two years in his father's harness shop, and in 1889 took up the study of pharmacy and served an apprenticeship of three years, and later began the study of medicine under his brother. Dr. Mil- ton S. Erdman, to which he applied himself for four years. In 1893 he en- tered the Medico Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, from which he graduated with honors in the spring of 1896. After his graduation he spent the summer with Dr. E. S. Reed, of Atlantic City, and in the autumn of the same year located at Buckingham. Bucks county, where he has since practiced his profession with marked success, building up a large and lucrative practice. Among his friends and patrons are people who have graced the highest walks of life. It must be said for Dr. Erdman that with a brave
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and indomitable spirit combined with industry he has succeeded in life. He is the owner of a handsome colonal res- dence, which has been occupied continu- ously by physicians since 1832. Dr. Erdman is a lover of "antiques" and among his collection of "old china" and "antique furniture" are many pieces dear to him. He is a member of the Bucks County Medical Society, the Le- high Valley Medical Association, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Dr. Erdman married on June 3, 1903, Clara Wendell Lovett, daughter of Edmund and Clara (Weaver) Lovett, of Penns Manor, Falls township, Bucks county, who is a descendant of one of the oldest English Quaker families in Bucks county, members of which have been prominent in the business, social and political life of Bucks county for nine generations.
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GEORGE MELVIN GRIM, M. D., of Ottsville, Bucks county, Pennsyl- vania, is a son of Dr. George W. and Elizabeth P. (Koons) Grim, an account of whom is given in the sketch of his brother Hon. Webster Grim, and was born in Nockamixon township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1863.
After attending the public schools of his native township, he attended the high school at Spring City, Chester county, and then entered the academic department of Muhlenburg College, Al- lentown, and graduated in 1880. He also took a course in the Keystone Nor- mal school at Kutztown, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1884. After teaching thrée terms in Nockamixon township he en- tered Jefferson Medical College, Phila- delphia, and graduated in the class of 1887, having previously read medicine with his father at Revere. He began the practice of his profession at Revere in 1887, and a year later located at Otts- ville, where he has since practiced his chosen profession with success. He is a member of the American Medical, Lehigh Valley and the Bucks County Medical Associations, and stands high in his profession. He
has always been deeply interested the of education, has served for the past twelve years as a member of the local school board, and is one of the active and prominent members of the School Directors Association of Bucks County, before which he has delivered a number of addresses on school manage- ment, hygiene and kindred subjects. He is a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle and the Shield of Honor Lodges. Religiously he is a member of the Reformed church, and politically a Democrat. He married, October 18. 1888, Sarah E. Fetter, daughter of B.
Frank and Mary Jane Fetter, of South- ampton, Bucks county, and they are the parents of four children, Harold F., Helen K., Alma, and Sara Margaret.
WILLIAM B. LEIGH. Thomas Leigh, the ancestor of that branch of the Leigh family resident in Bucks county and vicinity, Pennsylvania, was born in Lancastershire, England, in the year 1775. He was a son of William Leigh, who it appears was in some way connected with Sir Walter Raleigh as the maiden name of that gentleman's wife was Ann Leigh. In early life Thomas Leigh married Alice - and he became the father of eleven children, all of whom were born in England. Thomas Leigh came to America in 1816, settling in Trenton, New Jersey, and shortly afterward his eldest daughter came over to keep house for him, his wife and remaining children coming in the year 1818. After a short residence in Trenton, the family removed to the vicinity of Fallsington in the old house on the farm now owned by Daniel Kelly. After residing in various places they set- tled on the farm of John Wildman in Lower Makefield, where his wife died in 1853. After this sad bereavement Mr. Leigh resided with his daughter Ellen about a mile west of Fallsington until his death, which occurred in 1856. Their remains were interred in the Friends' Yard at Fallsington. Their children were as follows:
I. Nany, born 5 mo. 7. 1795, died 1848; she was the wife of John Lonsdale and they were the parents of four chil- dren: Thomas, Ellen, Alice, and James, all deceased. 2. Catharine, born I mo. 3, 1797, died 1856; she was the wife of Jo- seph Radcliffe, no issue. 3. Alice, born I mo. II, 1799, died young. 4. Ellen, born in 1801, died young. 5. Alice (second). born 7 mo. 30, 1802, was the wife of Samuel Morris, and they reared a large family of children. 6. William, born II mo. 4, 1804, died young. 7. Joshua, born 12 mo. 4. 1806, died in 1881; he mar- ried Esther Margerun, and they were the parents of several children. 8. Thomas, born 4 mo. 2, 1809. married Martha Van Horn, who bore him four children: Cynthia. Wallace, Augustus, and Edward. In 1843 he moved to west- ern Illinois and died there in 1894. 9. Ellen (second), born 7 mo. 15, 1811. died in 1899; in 1845 she became the wife of William Brelsford, no issue. His death occurred in 1876. 10. William (second). born 2 mo. 1, 1814, died 9 mo. 15, 1875: in 1840 he married Louisa M. Schaffer, who living at the present time (1905); their children were: John S .. born 9 mo. 18, 1841, married Anna Clark: Thomas, born 4 mo. 14. 1843. married Elizabeth Foster: Eliza H., born 5 110.
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8, 1846, married John D. De Coursey; William B., born 9 mo. 2, 1848, men- tioned hereinafter; Edward L., born 2 mo. 7, 1851, married Margaret Leaman; Henry C., born 6 mo. 28, 1853, married Susan Smith; Anna Alice, born 4 mo. 6, 1859, married Elwood Lovett; and James L., born 7 mo. 12, 1862, died August 22, 1899. II. Joseph, born 7 mo. 1, 1816, married Elizabeth Wharton, who bore him several children. He moved to western Illinois in the early forties.
William B. Leigh, third son of Will- iam and Louisa M. (Schaffer) Leigh, was born 9 mo. 2, 1848. By his mar- riage to Fannie Lovett the following named children were born: William Lov- ett, 5 mo. 6, 1873: Arthur H., 8 mo. 19, 1877; and Laurance R., 5 mo. 7. 1882. Samuel Lovett, the ancestor of Mrs. William B. Leigh, and the first of the family to arrive in this country, was one of the "Proprietors of West Jersey" and came in the ship "Kent," arriving in the Delaware in 1677. He settled in Burlington, New Jersey. They were people of good estate in England and came to this country to enjoy religious liberty, which was guaranteed to them before they sailed. The birth of his son Jonathan (I) was registered in the Friends' meeting. The christening of his son Jonathan (2) is recorded as hav- ing taken place in 1719 in St. Mary's .church, Burlington, New Jersey. Jona- than (3)_ was christened in 1746 in St. Mary church, Burlington, New Jersey. He married (first) Mary Bates. of Penn's Manor, and moved to Falsing- ton, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He married (second) Acsah Moon. The family born in Bucks county consisted of twelve children. The children of his first marriage were: I. William, who married Mary Bowman, mentioned here- inafter; 2. Jonathan, who married Re- becca Palmer: 3. John, who married Mary Woodruff: 4. Aaron, who went to sea with Billy Moon; and 5. Mary, who married David Munyon. The children by his second marriage were: 1. Mahlon, who married Phoebe Clark, and after her death Charlotte Mershon: 2. Samuel. who married Margaret Fitzgerald; 3. Sarah, who married Daniel Bowman; 4. Joseph, who married Susan Rue; 5. Elizabeth, who married Richard C. Win- ship; 6. Ann, who married Longstreet Poland; 7. Daniel, who married Buehla Fitzgerald.
William Lovett, son of Samuel and Mary (Bates) Lovett. and his wife Mary Bowman were the parents of eight chil- dren: 1. Henry, who married Sarah Mar- gerum; 2. Mary, who married (first) Thomas Cheston. (second) Joseph Hutchinson, (third) Elijah Scatter- good; 3. Rebecca, who married Joel Cheston; 4. Phoebe, who married Elijah 'Scattergood; 5. Jonathan, who married Mary Pullen; 6. Elizabeth, who married
Charles Smith; 7. Ann, who married George Brown; 8. William, who married Mary Ann Green.
Henry Lovett, eldest son of William and Mary (Bowman) Lovett, and his wife Sarah Margerum were the parents of twelve children: I. Mary, who mar- ried Amos Shippy; 2. Adeline, who mar- ried Jonathan Brown; 3. Rebecca R., who married W. S. Winship; 4. William H., who married Harriet Dickel; 5. Phoebe, who died in infancy; 6. Rich- ard R., who married (first) Ann Shippy, .. (second) Elmira Hibbs; 7. Charles E., who married Madge Barnes; 8. Aaron, who married Mary- -; 9. Biven, who died in infancy; 10. Elijah, who mar- ried Jennie ---; II. George, who died without issue; 12. Frederick P., who married Mary E. Dean.
Jonathan Lovett, second son of Will- iam and Mary (Bowman) Lovett, and his wife Mary Pullen were the parents of eight children: 1. Anthony, who died in infancy; 2. Charles, who died without issue: 3. Sarah, who married a Mr. Ap- pleton; 4. Rebecca, who married a Mr. Hazzard; 5. Lucy B., who died in in- fancy; 6. Amanda, died in infancy; 7. Mary Elizabeth, died in infancy; 8. Martha, died in infancy.
William Lovett, youngest son of Will- iam and Mary (Bowman) Lovett, and his wife Mary Ann Green were the pa- rents of eight children: I. George G., who died of wounds received at the Battle of the Wilderness: 2. Anna Mary, who married Joseph Wells; 3. Fanny B., who married William B. Leigh; 4. Will- iam, unmarried: 5. Andress, died in in- fancy; 6. Henry L., who married Eliza Myers: 7. Elwood, who married Alice Leigh; 8. Miranda, who died in infancy.
CLAYTON D. FRETZ, M. D., a son of Abraham and Sarah (Detweiler) Fretz, was born in Bedminster, Bucks county, November 16, 1844. His pater- nal ancestor. who with his brother Chris- tian established the family in America, emigrated from near Manheim, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, in 1720. He spent his boyhood on the "old homestead" in Bedminster, attend- ing the public schools, and later taught in the county four years. He chose medicine as a profession, and graduated from the medical department of the Un- iversity of Pennsylvania, March 13, 1868. He commenced practice at Sel- lersville immediately thereafter, and in 1872 also opened a drug store. On No- vember 16, 1871, he was married to Kate B. Everhart, a daughter of Charles W. Everhart, who was a graduate of Jeffer- son Medical College of Philadelphia. Four children were born to them, of whom a son and a daughter died in in- fancy. Alfred E. Fretz. M. D., a grad-
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tate of the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, of the class of 1896, was born August 30, 1874. He served the appointment as resident physician at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and returned to his native town to begin the practice of his pro- fession. S. Edward Fretz, M. D., a graduate of the same institution in the class of 1900, was born August 30, 1878. He served as resident physician in Cooper Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, and two years as assistant physician to the Relief Association of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company. He is now in practice at Denver, Pennsylvania.
On September 1, 1898, Dr. Clayton D. Fretz's wife died, aged fifty-two years. He was married to his second wife, Annie M. Fackenthall, a daughter of Aaron Meredith, late of Doylestown, and the widow of Alfred Fackenthall, Esq., of the same town, on August 14, I900.
The study of botany and the collection of plants and flowers has afforded Dr. Fretz much pleasure during his long career as a country practitioner. He has added many new and rare plants to the known flora of Bucks county, and about forty to the state flora. His herbarium contains a complete set of nearly all the plants in the county, and a large ma- jority of the plants east of the Missis- sippi, including about 10.000 specimens, and 4,000 species and varieties. He has just completed a revision of Dr. I. S. Moyer's catalogue of the plants of Bucks county.
Politically Dr. Fretz is a Republican. and was a delegate to the state conven- tion of 1895. He served as a school di- rector for a period of fifteen years; is a member of St. Paul's congregation of the Reformed church, and has been president of the Sellersville National Bank since 1893. He is a member of the Bucks County Historical Association, the Bucks County Branch of the Penn- sylvania Forestry Association, the Phil- adelphia Botanical Club, the General Alumni Association of the University of Pennsylvania. MacCalla Lodge No. 596, F. and A. M .; Doylestown Chapter. R. A. M .: Pennsylvania Commandery, Knights Templar, of Philadelphia; and Sellersville Lodge No. 658, I. O. O. F.
HEINLEINS AND MORGANS of Durham township, Bucks county. All the Heinleins in America are descen- dants of Matheis Heinlein, who with his wife, son George, and daughters Sarah and Eva, took passage in the ship "Ban- nister." Captain Jolin Doyle, from Am- sterdam, and qualified at Philadelphia. October 31, 1754. He settled in Durham township on a tract of land on the south- ern slope of Bucher Hill. A farm now
belonging to B. F. Fackenthal was part of this tract, the other portion reaching over the hill into Northampton county. This entire tract became the property of his son George. Eva, the oldest daugh- ter, became the wife of George Bernhard Horn. Sarah, the other daughter, be- came the second wife of James Morgan, ironmaster of Durham Furnace, and father of Daniel Morgan, the famous general of the Revolution.
Daniel Morgan's biographer, in a fit of romance, tells the story that the Gen- eral, when a boy of fifteen, left his home solely by reason of his dislike to his stepmother. At the same time he sets Daniel's departure in the year 1752, which is the correct period, and just two years before Sarah Heinlein arrived in America. She was married to. James Morgan in 1765, and, tradition says, "made an excellent wife for her hus- band, helping to rear the children from his first wife." These were Mordica, Abel, James, Samuel and Olivia. Abel became a noted physician in Philadel- phia. Mordica. James and Samuel were lumbermen, and were purchasers of large tracts of land in the upper Dela- ware and Susquehanna river country. Mordica purchased four hundred acres in Monroe county in 1785. on which he erected extensive saw-mills, and also four hundred acres in Luzerne county as early as 1776. James and Samuel also purchased four hundred acres each in this same year. Mordica and James finally settled at a place called Morgan's Hill, in Wayne county, Pennsylvania, where their stepmother, Sarah Heinlein, passed hier widowhood. General Daniel . Morgan made a visit to his brother on one of his trips from the north, the place being about twenty miles from the Dela- ware river, along which the old mine road traversed, the road generally used by the troops in passing between the Delaware and Hudson rivers. Probably Daniel's cause for leaving home was more through the spirit of adventure than by any other reason. This same characteristic we find in his favorite cousin, Daniel Boone (Boone's mother was a sister of James Morgan). The Boone family lived about this time near the Lehigh river, in Allen township, Northampton county. Squire George Boone and James Morgan were close friends. Dr. Abel Morgan and Captain George Heinlein never forgot their friendship of their boyhood days, and were close friends during the entire pe- riod of the Revolutionary War. Dr. Morgan was surgeon of the Eleventh Regiment. Pennsylvania Line.
George Heinlein was a very popular man and became captain of the Durham township militia. served all through the war. and afterwards secured additional land and pursued farming. He always took an active part in public affairs, and
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at the time of his death, which occurred October 2, 1805, at the age of sixty- three, he was the possessor of the entire east end of Bucher Hill. He was buried with great honors in the famliy burying ground on the plantation. This quarter acre lot is along the road at the extreme end of Mr. Fackenthal's farm, and through neglect is fast becoming oblit- erated. In it are buried all the first gen- erations of Heinleins, Longs, Buchers and others. His family consisted of eleven children: Margaret, wife of Nich- olas Brotzman; Eleanora, wife of John Bucher; Sarah, wife of Abraham Bucher; Lawrence, James, George, William, Reading. John, Ann and Catharine. All the Heinleins living in the regions roundabout are descendants of James, who married Ann Bay, only daughter of Hugh Bay and his wife Elizabeth Bell. both of Philadelphia. After Hugh Bay's death Dr. Abel Morgan married the widow, and removed to what is now Morgan's Hill, in Williams township. about one mile below Easton. They had only one daughter, Hannah, who died while yet in her teens. James Hein- lein is credited with changing the spell- ing of the name from Heinlein to Hine- line, yet the baptismal records of his family show the former way of spelling. His children were George Bay Heinlein. Hugh Bay Heinlein, Abel Morgan Hein- lein, Edward Bay Heinlein', Morgan Bay Heinlein, Jacob Bay Heinlein, John Bay Heinlein, Henry Bay Heinlein, Hannah Eliza, wife of William Raub. They all were born prior to 1820. The 'children of George Bay Heinlein are: Hugh Abraham, born 1823; Joseph, 1825; John William. 1829; Samuel Mor- gan, 1832; Susan, 1834; Daniel Edward, 1836: Ann Shultz, 1839. The children of Joseph Heinlein are: Mary, married Kemmerer; Emma, married Edelman; Charles, Frank and Clara, married Kleinhans, all of whom have children, and some grandchildren. Hugh, Abel, Jacob and John, with their entire fami- lies, about the year 1860 removed to Ohio, where their descendants are quite numerous. The descendants of Morgan and Edward are to be found in Warren county, New Jersey, and Bucks and Northampton counties. Pennsylvania. Henry died without issue.
WILLIAM JACOB HELLER, of Easton, Pennsylvania, manufacturer, has long been numbered among the pa- triotic citizens of the land, and his ef- forts were largely instrumental in insti- tuting the movement that resulted in placing the flag upon the school houses of the United States. He comes of a family noted for loyalty and patriotic service in the colon al struggles and in the war for independence, and traces his
descent from eleven patriots who served Pennsylvania in the revolution.
He is a direct descendant of Christo- pher Heller, who was born in Peter- shiem, near Bingen, along the Rhine, in the Province of Pfaltz, Germany, in 1688, and emigrated to America in 1738, arriving in Philadelphia with his six sons on the fifth of September of that year. He established his home in what is now Milford township, in the south- ern part of Lehigh county. He passed the last few years of his life with his son, Daniel, who lived along the creek a short mile below Hellertown, and where he died in the year 1778. Of his six sons, Joseph, in early life known as Joe Dieter, was the oldest, having been born in 1719, and died unmarried in 1800. He was buried at Plainfield church. The second son of Christopher Heller was Johan Simon Heller, born in 1721. On attaining his majority he purchased the 200 acre farm in Lower Saucon township, along the creek, where he built what is now Wagner's mill in 1746. He was one of the founders of the Reformed church in that township, and in the year 1763 removed to what is now known as the Woodley house, in the town of Wind Gap. Here he assisted. in the organization of the Reformed church in Plainfield township, and later married a second time and removed to Hamilton township, and there organized Hamilton church. His patriotic spirit was mani- fested by active military service in the French and Indian war. He had sixteen children, of whom Jacob, John, Abra- ham, and Simon served in the revolu- tionary army. His death occurred in 1783, and he was buried at Plainfield church. Johan Michael Heller, the third son of Christopher Heller, was born in 1724, died in 1803, and is buried at the ancient burying ground of the Reformed church, now known as the Lime Kiln schoolhouse. Daniel, the fourth son, was born in 1726, and died in 1803. Daniel's children were Mathias, John, Jeremiah and Michael (the potter). He was buried in the ancient burial ground at what is now Lime Kiln schoolhouse. Ludwig, the fifth son, was born in 1728, and in early life removed to Bucks county, later to Hamilton township, Monroe county, where he died in 1807, leaving several children, of whom An- drew and John remained in Bucks county. He is buried in Hamilton town- ship, at the church which he helped to organize. The sixth son, George Chris- topher, was born in 1731. He married in early life and settled on a farm ad- joining that of his brother Michael. A few years later he purchased an ad- joining property, on which was erected a grist mill and a hemp mill. He was the father of two boys, Joseph and Michael, who on attaining their majority were given the property, Joseph taking the
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grist mill, and Michael the oil mill. The father removed to Upper Mount Bethel where he died in 1805, leaving besides the two boys four children by a second marriage, Elizabeth, Magdalena, Solo- mon and Daniel. He was buried at Stone church in Mount Bethel town- ship. After a few years Joseph sold his mill to Michael, and moved to a mill site along the Monocacy, in Hanover township. Milchael was now the pos- sessor of his father's entire tract of land in Lower Sancon township, and which is now embodied in the entire east side of the main street in Hellertown. Mi- chael was the father of a large family, all of whom died in infancy, with the exception of Paul and Tobias, who after their father's failure removed to what is now Lanark, Lehigh county, and built the hotel known as Heller's Tavern.
Johan Michael Heller, above men- tioned, was a direct ancestor of William J. Heller, the subject of this sketch, and was known as Michael, the elder (Alt vater Mike). Early in life (1751) he purchased a farm on Saticon creek, in what is now the entire west side of the main street in Hellertown. In the same year he built a stone house which is still standing. He became the founder of Hellertown, and was an extensive land owner, prospering in all his busi- ness affairs, but lost very heavily through the depreciation of currency during the revolution, which, together with his contributions to the revolution- ary cause, and his gift of several hun- dred-acre farms to each of his children, left him comparatively a poor man at the time of his death. His team was the first to leave Saucon Valley loaded with provisions for the starving army at Valley Forge. However, he gave not only assistance of this character, but rendered active service in behalf of the cause of liberty as a lieutenant in the army. His children were: David, born in 1751, served a period in the revolut- tionary war, and was a farmer in Lower Saucon township: Margaret, who mar- ried Jacob Kreeling; Heob (Job), born 1765, and was a farmer in Upper Saucon ; Simon, born in 1758, was a farmer, and settled near Plainfield church; Michael, who was known as "Creek Mike," was born in 1757, and always remained at the homestead, where he died in the year 1828.
David Heller, son of Johan Michael Heller, was the great-great-grandfather of William J. Heller. He married Eliza- beth, daughter of John Ladenmacher, and their children were: Catharine. born in 1773, died in 1776: Susanna, born in 1774, died in 1776: Elizabeth, born in 1775. married Jacob Roth, who became the owner of the homestead immediately east of Hellertown: Michael, born in 1777, died in 1816. leaving several chil- dren; his oldest son Michael lived and
died in Cunningham valley; David, borm in 1778, learned the trade of a tanner, and afterwards removed to Lehighton, Carbon county; Job, born in 1780, dieď in 1822. tinmarried; Catharine, born in 1780. died in 1786; Yost, born in 1783; Susanna, born in 1784; Maria, born in 1786; Joseph, born in 1788, and at the age of thirty years removed to Philadel- phia, where he remained until his death; Rosanna, born in 1789, died in 181I.
Yost Heller, the great-grandfather, was reared upon the home farm, and in his early youth was full of life, fun and merriment. Many a laugh did he cause in the neighborhood by his merry pranks, but he also commanded the re- spect of friends and neighbors, and as the years advanced his attention was given to work that proved of benefit to the community along material and moral lines. He was the most popular man in Lower Saucon township, was the first deacon of Appel's church, and reared his family according to its teachings, while its principles formed the rule of his own conduct. He was married to Elizabeth. Shaffer, of a prominent family of Lehigh county, and their children were: Jacob, Elizabeth, who became Mrs. Bachman, and later Mrs. Flexer, and Mary, who became Mrs. Weiss, and afterward Mrs. Rice.
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