History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 7

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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unmarried: Jonathan, born in Bucking- ham, 12 mo. 25, 1797, died in Middle- town, 4 mo. 9, 1840, married Sidney Wil- son and had children: Mary Ann, Amos, Joseph Wilson and Isaac S .; and Aaron, born in Buckingham, 8 mo. 23, 1804. died in Newtown township, 2 mo. 6, 1889.

Aaron Eastburn, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was reared from the age of seven years on the Langhorne Manor farm. His father died when he was nineteen years of age, and he re- mained with his mother until 1828, when he purchased the farm where the subject of this sketch was born, in Newtown township, and spent his remaining days thereon. dying 2 mo. 6, 1889, in his eighty-fifth year. He was an active member of the Society of Friends, and a trustee of Falls Meeting. He married 5 mo. 22, 1831, Sarah Cadwallader, daughter of Cyrus and Mary (Taylor) Cadwallader of Lower Makefield town- ship, granddaughter of Jacob and Phebe ( Radcliffe) Cadwallader, great-grand- daughter of Jacob Cadwallader, and great-great-granddaughter of John Cad- wallader, a native of Wales, who was an early settler in Warminster township and a noted minister among Friends. Through her mother. Mary Taylor, she was a great-granddaughter of John and Mary (Lofty ) Sotcher. William Penn's trust- ed stewards at Pennsbury, the former of whom was for many years a member of colonial assembly.

Aaron and Sarah (Cadwallader) East- burn were the parents of five children: Mary C., born 5 mo. 10, 1832, married Charles Moon; Cyrus, of Lower Make- field, born 12 mo. 2. 1833, married Ase- nath Haines; Charles, died in infancy; Mercy, born 7 mo. II, 1838, married Charles Albertson: and Franklin.

Franklin Eastburn; father of the sub- ject of this sketch, was the youngest child of Aaron and Sarah, and was born on the Newtown homestead, II mo. 2, 1842, and resided thereon until 1896 when he moved to 2107 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, where he now resides. He married, Io mo. 28, 1869. Mary Elizabeth Twining, daughter of Charles and Eliza- beth (West) Twining, of Yardley. Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and they are the parents of two children: Sarah C., born in 1871, now the wife of George William Balderston, of Trenton, New Jersey, and Charles.

Charles Twining Eastburn was born and reared on the old homestead in Newtown township, and acquired his education at the public schools and at Friends' Central School at Fifteenth and Race streets, Philadelphia, and Stew- art's Business College at Trenton, New Jersey, leaving the latter February 28, 1892. The day following his leaving bus- iness college he entered the employ of Stephen B. Twining, in the stone quarry business, at Stockton. New Jersey. Upon

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the death of Mr. Twining, in July, 1894, he assumed charge of the entire opera- tions. The following year he purchased the business, and has increased and ex- panded it from year to year until he is now the largest dealer in his line of trade in Eastern Pennsylvania, operating ex- tensive quarries at Stockton, New Jersey, Lumberville, Yardley, Neshaminy Falls, and in Clearfield, Elk and Jefferson counties, Pennsylvania, and filling large contracts for furnishing stone to the Pennsylvania and other railroad com- panies, and for many large public and private building operations all over the country, employing from four hundred to seven hundred men in the conduct of his business. He also owns and con- ducts the homestead farm in Newtown township.

Mr. Eastburn married, January 8, 1903. Margaret B. Phillips, daughter of Theo- dore F. and Emma B. Phillips, of Lang- horne, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and they are the parents of one child, Sarah P., born June 17, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Eastburn are members of the Newtown Presbyterian church. Mr. Eastburn is a Republican in politics, and has taken an active interest in the success of his party. He is a member of Newtown lodge, No. 426, F. and A. M.

SAMUEL COMFORT EASTBURN. Among the most enterprising business men of lower Bucks county is Samuel Comfort Eastburn, of Langhorne bor- ough. He is a son of Joseph and Eliza- beth (Comfort) Eastburn, and was born in Middletown township, Bucks county, August 2, 1848. An account of the first three generations of the paternal ances- tors of the subject of this sketch is given in other pages, he being a descendant in the sixth generation of Robert and Saralı (Preston) Eastburn, who came froni Yorkshire to Philadelphia in 1713, and settled near Abington, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, a year later. Sam- 11el Eastburn, the great-great-grand- father of Samuel C., removed to Sole- bury township, Bucks county, in 1729. His son, Robert Eastburn, and his first wife, Elizabeth Duer, were the great- grandparents of both the subject and his wife, Elizabeth (Maule) Eastburn. Aaron Eastburn, youngest son of Rob- ert and Elizabeth (Duer) Eastburn, born I mo. 10, 1773, married in 9 mo., 1796, Mercy Bye, of Buckingham. and lived in Solebury, dying at the age of seventy-three years. 3 mo. 24, 1846, and Mercy, his widow, dying 2 mno. 21, 1818, aged seventy-four years. They were the parents of ten children, seven daughters and three sons. Joseph Eastburn, the ninth child of Aaron and Mercy, and the only son who married. was born in Solebury township, 4 mo. 18, 1814. He

was reared in his native township of Solebury, but on his marriage, II mo. 19, 1846, to Elizabeth, daughter of Sam- uel and Elizabeth Comfort, of Middle- town, settled on a portion of his fath- er-in-law's farm in Middletown. At the death of Samuel Comfort in 1860 this farm descended to his daughter, Eliza- beth C. Eastburn, and a part of it is the present home of the subject of this sketch. The children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Comfort) Eastburn were: Samuel C., born 8 mo. 2, 1848; Anna, born 6 mo. 24, 1852, married John G. Willetts: and Thomas, born 8 mo. 21, 1853. Joseph Eastburn, the father, died IO 1110, 31, 1891.

The maternal ancestors of the subject of this sketch were among the early Quaker settlers of this section. John Comfort was a resident of Amwell town- ship, Hunterdon county, where he died . in 1728. He brought a certificate from Flushing, Long Island, to Falls Meet- ing, 12 mo. 3, 1719. In 1720 he married Mary, daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Baker) Wilson, and had by her three children: Stephen, Sarah and Robert. Stephen Comfort married Mercy Croas- dale, and settled in Middletown town- ship, where he acquired several large tracts of land. He died in 1772, leaving sons Stephen, John, Ezra, Jeremiah, Moses, and Robert; and daughters Grace and Mercy. Stephen Comfort (2), mar- ried Sarah Stevenson, and settled on his father's farm on the Neshaminy, near Parkland, and later purchased consid- erable adjoining land, most of which be- came the property of his son Samuel at the death of his father in 1826. The other children of Stephen and Sarah Comfort were, Stephen, David and Jeremiah. Samuel Comfort lived upon the Nesh- aminy homestead until about 1850, when he removed to the village of Attleboro, where he died in 1860, leaving children: Mary Ann; Jesse; Elizabeth, wife of Jo- seph Eastburn, and Samuel. He was a prominent man in the community and filled many positions of trust.

Samuel Comfort Eastburn was reared on the Middletown farm, and received his education at the Langhorne Acad- emy and at Westtown Boarding School. He later took a course at Crittenden's Commercial College, Philadelphia. He engaged in railroad surveying for a few. years, and then in the dry goods busi- ness in Philadelphia, where he remained for ten years. In 1880 he took an agency for the Provident Life and Trust Com- pany of Philadelphia, in the life in- surance department, and has been con- nected with it ever since, now holding the position of general agent for Cen- tral Pennsylvania. Mr. Eastburn is an enterprising and successful business man. and has been closely identified with most of the vast improvements in and about his native town of Langhorne in

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the last twenty-five years. In 1886 he organized and developed the Langhorne Improvement Company, purchasing for it the 620 acres of land upon which the present borough of Langhorne Manor is built. In 1887 he built the Langhorne water works, which now supply water to the three boroughs of Langhorne. Langhorne Manor and Attleboro, and in the same year he built the Langhorne brick works. In 1888 he organized the Langhorne Electric Light Company. He was treasurer and superintendent of the Langhorne Manor Inn, now the Foulke and Long Institute. He has been largely instrumental in the sale and development of suburban real estate, and has been for many years a foremost advocate of the improvement of the public roads. He has always been an ardent advocate of progress and improvement, and has been a potent force along these lines in the community in which he lives. In religion he is a member of the orthodox branch of the Society of Friends. In politics he is a Republican, though never a seeker or holder of other than local office, be- ing for some years a justice of the peace, and filling other local offices.

He married May 3, 1876, Elizabeth L .. daughter of Joseph E. and Sarah (Com- fort) Maule, of Philadelphia, who was born 2 mo. 10, 1851. She is a grand- daughter of John and Ann (Eastburn) Maule, the latter being a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Duter) Eastburn. and a sister to Aaron Eastburn, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. The children of Samuel C. and Eliza- beth (Maule) Eastburn are: Herbert Maule, born 3 mo. 25, 1877: Samuel Arthur, born to mo. 3. 1878: Joseph Maule, born 4 mo. 25, 1880: and Howard Percy, born 2 mo. 15, 1887. Herbert is the general agent of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company at Trenton, New Jersey: Samuel A. is district agent for the Provident Life and Trust Com- pany at Williamsport, Pennsylvania: Jo- seph M. is superintendent of the Red- wood Lumber Manufactory, at Samoa, California, for Hammond & Co .; How- ard P. is a civil engineer in the em- ploy of the Good Roads Commission of Pennsylvania. All of the brothers are successful in their chosen careers, and all are single.

ROBERT KIRKBRIDE EAST- BURN, Deceased, of Langhorne. Bucks county, Pennsylvania, was born in Mor- risville. Bucks county, January 20, 1825. and was a son of Samuel and Huldah (Wooley) Eastburn and grandson Samuel and Hannah ( Kirkbride) East- burn, the last named Samuel being a son of Joseph and Mary (Wilson) Eastburn, of Solebury. Bucks county, grandson of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gil-

lingham) Eastburn, and great-grandson of Robert and Sarah (Preston) East- burn, who were married in Yorkshire, England, 3 mo. 10. 1693. An account of the first three generations of the de- scendants of Robert and Sarah ( Pres- ton) Eastburn, and some account of their earlier antecedents in England, is given in the preceding sketches.

Samuel Eastburn, of Son Joseph and Mary (Wilson) Eastburn, of Sole- bury, was born in that township, 6 mo. 20, 1759. He was reared on the old Solebury homestead, still in the tenure of the descendants of Joseph and Mary, and early in life learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he followed during the active years of his life, in connec- tion with farming in various parts of the county. His father died when Sam- uel had just arrived at the age of twen- ty-one years, and prior to the death of the grandfather, who died in 1785. Under the will of the latter, Samuel acquired title to a part of the old homestead on the borders of the present borough of New Hope, and he followed his trade there until 1787, when he purchased a farm of IO1 acres adjoining the home- stead, which he conducted in connec- tion with his trade until 1701. At about this time, having sold his farm, he re- moved to White Marsh. Montgomery county, where he operated a smith shop until 1803. when he removed to Morris- ville, Bucks county, and purchased a portion of the Robert Morris tract and located thereon. He followed his trade in connection with farming at Morris- ville for some years, and died at that place, 4 mo. 5, 1822, at the age of six- ty-four years. He was twice married, having married 4 mo. 12, 1781, Macre Croasdale, who died 4 mo. 31, 1782; his son Joseph, by this marriage, born I mo. 13, 1782, died in infancy. He married again, 5 mo. 15, 1788, Hannah Kirk- bride, daughter of Robert and Hannah (Bidgood) Kirkbride, of Doylestown, granddaughter of Mahlon and Mary (Sotcher) Kirkbride, and great-grand- daughter of Joseph Kirkbride and John Sotcher, both of whom, as well as Mah- lon Kirkbride, were provincial pustices and assemblymen for many years, and the most prominent men of their time in Bucks county. Samnel and Hannah (Kirkbride) Eastburn, were the parents of nine children, viz .: Robert, born I mo 31. 1789. died 7 no. 28, 1796; Samuel. see forward; Jonathan, born 9 mio. 2, 1792, married first Beulah Gaskel, and second Sarah Crozier: David, born 2 mo. 23, 1795, married Louisa Willing; Mahlon, born 9 mo. 9. 1797, died unmarried, 12 110. 7, 1870; Hannah, born 12 mo. 7, 1799, married Aaron Ivins, in 1839; Kirkbride, born I mo. 23, 1803, married Ann Reeves; Macre, born 2 mo. 14. 1806, died unmarried: and Ruth, born I mo. 20, 1810, also died unmarried.

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Samuel Eastburn, SO1

of Sam- nel and Hannah, was born in Solebury, Bucks county, 10 1110. 7, 1790. His early boyhood days were spent at White Marsh, where his parents resided until he was in his thirteenth year, the re- mainder of his life being spent in Falls township and Morrisville borough, Bucks county. He married, in 1813, Huldah Wooley, and they were the pa- rents of seven children, viz .: Lewis, born 8 mo. 5, 1814; Elwood, born II mo, 22, 1816; Robert K., the subject of this sketch; Caroline, born 3 mo. 17, 1832; Maria Ann, who married and removed to the west; Hannah K., born 9 mo. 13, 1835; and Edward.

Robert Kirkbride

Eastburn, third

SO11 of Samuel and Huldah, was born and reared at Morrisville. At the age of nineteen years he became a school teacher and taught in the nearby townships of Bucks county for several years. He later removed to Philadelphia, and was engaged in the manufacture of furniture, after some years becoming a member of the firm of Reeves & Eastburn, in which he con- tinued for a member of years. His health failing, he was induced to accept a position as book-keeper for a mining company in New Mexico, and removed there with his family, and remained twelve years, entirely regaining his health in that delightful climate. While in New Mexico his duties required him to make his home in a rough mining camp among a turbulent element, not al- ways controlled or animated by the re- fining influences of civilization, where every one except he went armed, and human life was held exceedingly cheap. Mr. Eastburn always refused to carry arms, and, by his fearless though kindly defense of right and justice, won an in- fluence among the rugged miners, and successfully enacted the role of peace- maker in many little disturbances in the camp, where he had the respect of all who knew him. He returned to Bucks county in 1894 and purchased a handsome home on Richardson Avenue, Langhorne, where he lived until his death on Febru- ary 26, 1897, and where his widow still resides. He held to the faith of the So- ciety of Friends, in which he and his ancestors had been reared, and his firm though kindly disposition won the re- spect and esteem of all who knew him.

Mr. Eastburn married. April 12, 1859, Miriam Ivins, daughter of George Mid- dleton and Sarah (Buckman) Ivins, of Penns Manor, Bucks county, where her paternal ancestors had resided for sev- eral generations, she being a grand- daughter of Aaron and Miriam ( Middle- ton) Ivins, and great-granddaughter of Aaron and Ann (Cheshire) Ivins. On the maternal side she is a granddaughter of James and Sarah ( Burroughs) Buck- man, the former of whom was a son of

William and Jane Buckman, and a de- scendant of William Buckman, who came from England and settled at New- town in 1684, and the latter a daughter of Jolin and Lydia Burroughs, and granddaughter of Henry and Ann (Palmer) Burroughs, who came from New Jersey and settled in Lower Mlake- field, being a son of John Burroughs, who was born at Newtown, Long Island, in 1684, and died in Ewing, New Jersey, i11 1772, and the last named John being a son of John and Margaret (Wood- ward) Burroughs, of Long Island and a grandson of John Burroughs, who came from England to Massachusetts prior to 1639, and died at Newtown, Long Island, in 1678, at the age of sixty- one years. To Mr. and Mrs. Eastburn were born two children, both born in Philadelphia, viz .: Henry Kirkbride, born November 19, 1861; and Edward Ivins, born March 17, 1866. Henry K. Eastburn is now engaged in the wool business in Philadelphia; he married, January 17, 1884, Carrie Gideon, of Phil- adelphia. Edwin I. is also a resident of Philadelphia.

Mrs. Eastburn, accompanied her hus- band to New Mexico, and spent twelve years in that territory. She now resides in Langhorne borough where she is highly esteemed by a large circle of friends.

EASTBURN REEDER, one of the most prominent farmers and dairymen in Bucks county, was born June 30, 1828, upon the farm on which he now resides, and which had been the prop- erty of his ancestors for five generations from 1763.

Charles Reeder, great-great-grand- father of the subject of this sketch, born in England, 6 mo. 24, 1713, came to America in 1734 and settled first near Philadelphia, removing later to Upper Makefield township, Bucks county, where he purchased 200 acres of land in 1765; he died there in 1800. He mar- ried in 1737. Eleanor Merrick, daughter of John and Eleanor (Smith) Merrick, of Lower Dublin township, Philadelphia county. John Merrick was a Friend, a native of Herefordshire, England, who came to Pennsylvania and settled in Lower Dublin township. In first month, 1702, he declared intentions of marriage, at Abington Friends' Meeting, with Elea- nor Smith, and was married the follow- ing month. He died in 1732. His eldest John subsequently removed Wrightstown, having married Hananh Hulme. and was the ancestor of the Merricks of lower Bucks. Charles and Eleanor (Merrick) Reeder were the pa- rents of eleven children. viz .: Joseph, born o mo. 3. 1738, removed to New Jer- sey. (his son John is supposed to be the ancestor of the Reeders of Easton,

HOMESTEAD OF EASTBURN REEDER

Eastern Receder

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Pennsylvania); Charles, born 6 mo. 15, 1743; Benjamin, born 3 mo. 29, 1746, settled in Northumberland county, Penn- sylvania; Jesse, born 8 mo. 25, 1748, was drowned in the Delaware river when a young man; David, born 5 mno. 3, 1750, married, in 1776, Elizabeth Montgom- ery: Abraham, born 7 mo. 8, 1752, mar- ried in 1780; Elizabeth Lee, of Wrights- town; Merrick, born 7 mo. 31, 1754, mar- ried in 1773, Elizabeth Collins; Hannah, born 8 mo. 15, 1756; Eleanor, born 2 mo. 3. 1758; John, born II mo. 29, 1761; and Mary, born 9 mo. 15, 1764.

Merrick Reeder,

seventh SO11 of Charles and Eleanor, was reared on the Makefield farm, and on arriving at man- hood married Elizabeth Collins, and followed the vocation of a farmer. He was a tenant on the "Canaan Farm" in Upper Makefield for several years. In ISIo he and several of his children re- moved to Muncy, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. He had thirteen children, viz .: Benajah, born II mo. 30, 1774, mar- ried Elizabeth Pownall, of Solebury, and removed to Muncy, in 1810; Merrick, born 2 mo. 8, 1776, .was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch; Jonathan, born 6 mo. 10, 1777, married Sarah Palmer, and removed to Muncy; David, born 8 mo. 23, 1778, married Rachel Pownall, and removed to Muncy; Han- nah, born 4 mo. II, 1780, married Sam- nel Winder, and removed to Muncy; Mary, born 10 mo. 29, 1781, married John Robinson; Rebecca, born 5 mo. 20, 1783, died unmarried; Elizabeth, born 4 mo. 3, 1785, married Thomas Osborn and re- moved to Muncy; Charles, born 4 m10. 18, 1787, married Elizabeth Clark and re- moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where lie has descendants; Andrew, born 6 mo. 12. 1789, married Anna Kemble, and re- moved to Muncy; John, born 5 mo. 18, 1791, married Rebecca Ellis, and re- moved to Muncy; Eleanor, born II mo. 4, 1793, married John Ross, and re- moved to Muncy, Lycoming county, with her parents; Jesse, born 8 mo. 19, 1796, married first Elizabeth Fell, and (sec- ond) Mary Fell, her sister; settled in Buckingham and is the grandfather of E. Wesley Keeler, Esq., of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Merrick Reeder, Jr., second son of Merrick and Elizabeth, born in Make- field, 2 mo. 8, 1776, was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He was reared on a farm in Upper Makefield, and received a good education. He came to Solebury as a school teacher in 1800, and in 1802 married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Kitchin) East- burn. He was a man of good business ability, and was for many years a justice of the peace in Solebury and New Hope borough. Soon after his marriage he settled on a portion of the Eastburn farm, (purchased by Joseph Eastburn, Sr., in 1763), and at the death of his

father-in-law, Joseph Eastburn, Jr., in 1813, it was adjudged to him in right of his wife, and is now the property and home of Simpson B. Michener, of New Hope. Merrick Reeder was a surveyor and scrivener, and an active and useful man in the community. His wife, Eliza- beth Eastburn, died 9 mo. 7, 1833, and he married (second) in 1836. Sarah Simpson. He died in I mo., 1851, aged seventy-five years. (For Eastburn an- cestry of subject of this sketch, see East- burn Family). Merrick and Elizabeth (Eastburn) Reeder were the parents of three children: Joseph E., born 3 mo. 28, 1803; David K., born Io mo. 29, 1804, married Elizabeth M. Reeder, a daughter of Charles MI. Reeder; and William P., born 4 mo. 26, 1815, married Mary Reeder, also a daughter of Charles M. Reeder. David K. Reeder heired his father's portion of the old plantation in Solebury and lived and died in that township in 1887. William P. removed to Philadelphia, and died in 1885.

Joseph E. Reeder, son of Merrick and Elizabeth, born in Solebury township, 3 mo. 28, 1803, was a farmer, and resided during his whole life on the parental acres. He married 4 mo. II, 1827, Le- titia, daughter of Stephen and Hannah (Blackfan) Betts, of Solebury, who bore him two children; Eastburn, the subject of this sketch; and Elizabeth, born I mo. 20, 1831, died November 7, 1860, married Robert Eastburn in 1857. Joseph E. Reeder died 7 ino. 28, 1892, aged eigh- ty-nine years, and Letitia, his wife, died 12 mno. 2, 1892, aged ninety-one years.

Eastburn Reeder, born on the old homestead of his ancestors, June 30, 1828, has spent his whole life thereon. He received a good education, and on arriving at manhood turned his whole attention to the farm. He married, 12 mo. 15 1853, Ellen, daughter of John F. and Martha (Quinby) Kenderdine, and the following spring took charge of the home farm, which he conducted person- ally until 1898 a period of forty-four years, since which time he has retired from its active management. In 1872 he became interested in the breeding of Jer- sey cattle, and his handsome herds were the pride of the county for many years. He has always taken an active interest in the elevation of the calling of a farmer and the improvement of methods of till- ing and utilizing the soil. He was one of the original thirty-three members of the Solebury Farmers' Club organized in 1871, and its first secretary, and is still one of its most active members. He was the representative of Bucks county in the State Board of Agriculture from 1877 to 1803, sixteen years; was ap- pointed by Governor Robert E. Patti- son, May, 1893, State Dairy and Food Commissioner, the first commissioner under the law creating the office, and served until July, 1895. He was active

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in the prosecution of the manufactures of oleomargarine and other imitations of pure food, and placed the office on a high plane of usefulness to the farmer. He is also the author of numerous pa- pers on farming and dairying, and has done much to influence legislation for the protection and betterment of the farmer. He was a member of the Sole- bury school board for nine years, from 1865 to 1874, and its secretary for six years. In politics he is a Republican of the independent type. In religion is an active and earnest member of Solebury Meeting of Friends, as were his ances- tors. Since his retirement from the ac- tive management of his farms he has devoted considerable time to literary pursuits, and has published a book en- titled "Early Settlers of Solebury," and also a "History of the Eastburn Fam- ily."

Eastburn and Ellen K. Reeder are the parents of four children: Watson K., born October 3, 1854, the present sta- tion agent for the P. & R. R. R. at New Hope, who married 1879. Mary C. Beans, of Johnsville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; Elizabeth, born 6 mo. I, 1857. married in 1880, Newton E. Wood, of Moreland, Montgomery county, Penn- sylvania; Letitia, wife of Dr. George W. Lawrence, of East Berlin, Connecti- cut, married in 1892; and Martha, wife of Charles Janney, of Solebury, married in 1903.

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History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 7

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