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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



naval apprentice system, he was ap- 

 pointed naval schoolmaster by Commo- 

 dore Schufeldt, and sent to Port Royal, 

 South Carolina, to take charge of the ca- 

 dets at the training station there. Two 

 years later he was transferred to the 

 TJ. S. S. "Kearsage," of Alabama fame, 

 and in her made several cruises in the 

 West Indies and to South American 

 ports; was at the occupation of Shep- 

 lierd's Island, United States of Colom- 

 bia, and assisted in the establishment of 

 a coaling station there. He left the 

 navy in 1881 and entered the service of 

 the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad 

 Company, filling the position of tray- 

 ■eling car agent for twelve years. He is 

 at present connected with the transpor- 

 tation department as chief car distribu- 

 tor, with offices in the Reading Ter- 

 minal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since 

 leaving the navy he has taken great in- 

 terest in veteran associations, and has 

 assisted in the formation _ of a number 

 of these patriotic associations. He is a 

 past commander of the John A. Dahl- 

 gren Garrison, No. 85, Army and Navy 

 Union, and is its present adjutant. He 

 is also an active member of Farragut 

 Association, U. S. Naval Veterans. Mr. 

 Folker is a member of the Bucks County 

 Historical Society, and has prepared a 

 number of papers for its archives on 

 local and family history. He has de- 

 voted several years to investigations in 

 reference to his distinguished ancestors, 

 the Dungan family, and from his "Chron- 

 icles of the Dungan Family" the brief 

 sketches of some of its distinguished 

 members w'hich follow this sketch are 

 derived. Mr. Falker married Annie M. 

 Forney, daughter of Peter and Mary 

 Ann (Henning) Forney, of Annville, 

 Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, and they 

 are the parents of six children: Lucy 

 Wilson, now a teacher in the Philadel- 

 phia schools; Marian Henning; Alma 

 Forney; Judson La Barre; and Irene 

 Stine, deceased. Their eldest child, 

 Amos Franklin, is also deceased. 



WALLACE DUNGAN. one of the 

 successful and active business men of 

 Doylestown. was born in Doylestown 

 township. Bucks county. July 8, 1845. 

 John Dungan. son of Thomas (4) and 

 Mary (Drake) Dungan, and grandson of 

 Rev. Thomas Dungan, was the ancestor 

 of Wallace and Mahlon K. Dungan. of 

 Doylestown. He had sons Thomas, 

 John. Joseph and Jesse. Thomas Dun- 

 gan. son of John, above mentioned, mar- 

 ried Deborah Doan. daughter of Daniel 

 and and Sarah, born March 25. 17^7, died 

 December 7, 1829. Thomas Dungan 

 died intestate August 30, 1803. He had 

 issue James, born January 22, 17/8. died 

 January 20. 1840; Isaac, see forward; 

 and Daniel, born December 30, 1784, 



married Catherine Adams, of War- 

 minster. 



Isaac Dungan, son of Thomas and 

 Deborah (Doan) Dungan, born July 14, 

 1779, died January 27, 1844, married 

 Mary Dyer, daughter of Joseph and 

 Christine Dyer, born May 10, 1781, died 

 June 23, 1849. Their sons were: I. 

 Thomas, born September 30, 1803, died 

 January 13, 1869; married Rebecca U. 

 Montanye; he was county treasurer in 

 1847; and lived late in life in Plumstead. 

 2. Jesse, see forward; 3. John, born May 

 5. 1805, died July 18, 1868; married Eliza 

 Reed, and lived and died in Northamp- 

 ton township, Bucks county; had chil- 

 dren: Harman Y., Dyer C, and John T., 

 deceased, and Mary, wife of David S. 

 Fetter. 



Jesse Dungan, son of Isaac and Mary 

 (Dyer) Dungan, born February 5, 1802, 

 died May 4, 1892, married Adriana Cor- 

 nell. He was a successful farmer, and a 

 man much esteemed by his neighbors. 

 He filled the office of director of the 

 poor of Bucks county for the term 

 1866-68. and a few years later retired 

 from active life, and lived to the age of 

 ninety years. Religiously he was a 

 Presbyterian and politically was a 

 staunch Democrat of the old school. 

 He died at Churchville and is interred 

 in the churchyard there. Jesse and Adri- 

 anna (Cornell) Dungan, were the pa- 

 rents of four sons and five daughters, 

 viz.: Isaac, George. John K. David, 

 Mary Jane, Ann Eliza, Louisa, Sarah and 

 Adelaide. 



Isaac Dungan, son of Jesse Dungan, 

 was born on his father's farm in North- 

 ampton township and spent practically 

 all his life in that and the adjoining 

 township of Southampton. He was a 

 farmer, and an active and prominent 

 man in the community, holding at differ- 

 ent times different township offices. Po- 

 litically he was a Democrat, and took 

 an active part in the councils of his 

 party. He was an earnest and consistent 

 member of the Davisville Baptist 

 church. He died in Southampton town- 

 ship in 1887. at the age of sixty-five 

 years. His first wife was Rebecca Boos, 

 by whom he had two sons Wallace, to 

 be further mentioned, and IMahlon K., 

 of Doylestown. The mother died at 

 Richboro in 1849, and Isaac Dungan 

 married (second) C^mthia Ann Doan, 

 and two children were born to them that 

 grew to maturity: Sarah, wife of Albert 

 Fesmire of Hartsville, and William Dun- 

 gan. of Southampton. 



Wallace Dungan. son of Isaac and 

 Rebecca (Boos) Dungan. though born in 

 Doylestown township, removed with his 

 parents to Northampton township when 

 a child. At the age of thirteen years he 

 went to Tinicum township, where he 

 lived for three years. Returning to 

 Southampton, he lived with his father 

 until twenty-one years of age. He re- 



