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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



corner of Stale and Broad streets, in 

 what was then a "two acre blackberry 

 patcli" and removed into it in 1805. He 

 later built the house adjoining the acad- 

 emy and lived there from 1807 to 1814. 

 and then removed back to the first 

 home where he spent his remaining 

 days. The builders of the academy had 

 provided that religious services were to 

 be held therein, and Mr. DuBois fre- 

 quently preached there. This was the 

 nucleus of the present Presbyterian 

 church at Do3destown, which was or- 

 ganized in 1814 and the building dedicat- 

 ed in August, 1815. Rev. DuBois was a 

 fine classical scholar and an excellent 

 instructor. He was an assidous worker, 

 and the infant academy and church both 

 prospered under his guidance. He con- 

 tinued his work in both institutions as 

 well as at Deep Run until his death, 

 September 19, 1821. He was also clerk 

 of the Orphans court of Bucks county 

 for the last six years of his life, his eld- 

 est son Charles E. performing the cleri- 

 cal work. His wife Martha Patterson 

 was also a native of New Jersey, being 

 born in Carltown, Cumberland county, 

 July 30, 1779, from whence her father 

 moved to Philadelphia when she was a 

 year old. She was a very estimable 

 woman and a fitting helpmeet for the 

 enthusiastic and struggling divine in a 

 sparsely settled community, and a heroic 

 wife and mother. She survived him 

 many years, dying October 25, 1856. The 

 children of Rev. Uriah and Martha (Pat- 

 terson) DuBois were: Charles E., the 

 grandfather of the subject of this sketch: 

 Emilia, who married the Rev. Samuel 

 Aaron, born 1803, and died 1830; Robert 

 P., born, 1805. for many years pastor 

 of the Presbyterian church at New Lon- 

 don. Chester county. Pennsylvania, 

 married Jane H. Latta; Samuel, born 

 1808. a noted local photographer and 

 artist; William, horn 1810, married Sus- 

 anna Eckfeldt; Matilda, wife of the' 

 Rev. Silas M. Andrews, who succeeded 

 his father-in-law as pastor of the Doyles- 

 town church and filled the pastorate for 

 a half century: Louis; born 1814. mar- 

 ried Henrietta Cox; and Mary, who mar- 

 ried S. H. Thompson. 



Charles E. DuBois, eldest child of 

 Uriah and Martha, was born at the Deep 

 Run parsonage. July 16. 179O. His fam- 

 ily removing to Doylestown when he 

 was five years of age, his youth and man- 

 hood was spent there. He was educated 

 at the Union academy under his father's 

 tuition, studied law under Abraham 

 Chapman. Esq., and was admitted to 

 the bar August 28. 1820. In 1823 he was 

 commissioned clerk of the orphans' 

 court and filled that position for six 

 years, and in 1832 was appointed district 

 attorney. He was an able and success- 

 ful lawyer, and practiced in the Bucks 

 county courts for forty years. In 1847 

 he was elected president of Doylestown 



National Bank, and filled that position 

 until his death which occurred March 

 5, 1865. He was married to Mary S. Lat- 

 ta. daughter of Rev. John E. Latta, of 

 New Castle, Delaware, by whom he had 

 eleven children: John L., born April 16, 

 1832, died February 20, 1903; Samuel M., 

 died 1859; Emma P., married Edward P. 

 Flint, a merchant of San Francisco, Cali- 

 fornia, died 1899; Helen M., living in 

 Doylestown; James L., died in Cali- 

 fornia in 1897; Charles, died in infancy; 

 Louis P., died 1889; Mary L., living 

 in Doylestown; Charles E., died 1867; 

 Henry M., a practicing attorney in Phil- 

 adelphia; and Edward M., died 1857. 



JOHN L. DUBOIS, Esq., eldest son 

 of Charles E. and Mary S. DuBois, was 

 born in Doylestown, April 16, 1832. He 

 attended school in Doylestown until 

 1847. when he went to Norristown, and 

 attended an academy conducted by Rev. 

 Samuel Aaron. He next attended a 

 boarding school at New London, Ches- 

 ter county, kept by William F.. Wyers, 

 where he remained for one year, when 

 he entered LaFayette College and gradu- 

 ated in 1852. Returning to Dojdestov/n 

 he read law with his father, and was ad- 

 mitted to the bar on February 4. 1856. 

 He entered into partnership with his 

 father, which continued tmtil the death 

 of the latter in 1865. He contiued the 

 practice of law during the remainder of 

 liis life, handling many important civil 

 and criminal cases, and settled some of 

 the largest estates in Bucks county. He 

 was an elder in the Presbyterian church 

 and one of its most earnest workers 

 for many years. He also held very many 

 positions of trust, was president of the 

 town council for three 5'ears, a director 

 in the Doylestown National Bank, sec- 

 retary and treasurer of the Doylestown 

 Improvement Company, treasurer of the 

 Doylestown Cemetery Company, and 

 president of the Bucks County Bar As- 

 sociation. He was superintendent of the 

 Presbyterian Sunday School for thirty- 

 four years. He died at his home on 

 Court street, Doylestown. on Friday, 

 February 20. 1903. He married, June 11, 

 1863, Emma Rex, of Montgomery coun- 

 ty. Pennsylvania, who survives him. His 

 only surviving child is John L. DuBois, 

 Junior. 



JOHN L. DUBOIS. Jr.. was born in 

 Doylestown. June 30. 1873. He was edu- 

 cated at the public schools. Doylestown 

 Seminary and at the William Penn 

 Charter School, Philadelphia. He read 

 law with his father and was admitted to 

 the bar January 13, T8ofi: entered into 

 partnership with his father, which con- 

 tinued until the death of the latter, and 

 is one of the young enterprising mem- 

 bers of the bar. He was married De- 

 cember t8. tooo. to Christiana, daughter 

 of Dr. Samuel G. and Rachel Ann (Cad- 



