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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



many years one of the enterprising rep- 

 resentatives of commercial interests in 

 that place. He conducted his store with 

 good success until his death, and was 

 also the promoter of other business en- 

 terprises which proved of direct value 

 to the community. In i860 he discov- 

 ered the lead mines at New Galena, 

 which were on tlie property owned by 

 himself and his brother-in-law, Daniel 

 Barnes. His political views were in ac- 

 cord with the principles of the Repub- 

 lican party, which he always supported 

 "by his ballot. He held the office ot school 

 director, and at one time was postmaster 

 of New Galena for your years. He be- 

 longed to the Old Mennonite church, and 

 died in that faith in 1867. His wife was 

 Miss Barbara Godshalk in her maiden- 

 liood, a daughter of John Godshalk. They 

 had eight children, one of whom was 

 drowned in a mill race when only two 

 years of age, while another died at the 

 age of six years. The surviving six 

 members of the family are: Enos, who 

 is now connected with mining interests 

 in British Columbia; Isaac G., a butcher, 

 residing in Dover, New Jersey; Allen 

 G. ; Mahlon G., of North Wales, and who 

 for the past thirty years has been in the 

 employ of the Western Union Tele- 

 graph Company; Lydia, the wife of 

 Samuel Leatherman, of Doylestown; 

 and Amanda, the wife of H. Erwin 

 Fritz, of Bedminster. 



Allen G. Moyer, son of Christian 

 Moyer, was born in New Britain town- 

 ship, Bucks county, August 5, 1848, and 

 at the usual age entered the public 

 schools, where he completed his liter- 

 ary education. In the school of experi- 

 ence, however, he has learned many 

 valuable lessons. He clerked in his 

 father's store until seventeen years of 

 age, and following his father's death 

 ■was, employed for a year as a salesman 

 in the store of R. J. Hillier, at Line Lex- 

 ington. He afterward followed house 

 painting and paper hanging for a num- 

 ber of years, and since 1884 has been 

 engaged in butchering hogs in Hilltown 

 and Plumstead townships. In 1888 he 

 purchased the place which is now his 

 home at Danboro, and has made exten- 

 sive and modern improvements there. 

 This property is an evidence of his life 

 of business activity and energy, for he 

 started out with little capital, and all 

 that he has acquired has been won 

 through his own efforts. Mr. Moyer is 

 a leading member of the Doylestown 

 Presbyterian church, and has been par- 

 ticularly active in Sunday-school work. 



He wedded Miss Mary Brand, a 

 daughter of John and Margaret Brand, 

 and in 1902 was called upon to mourn 

 the loss of his wife, who died on the 

 nth of December of that year. They 

 were the parents (if fifteen children, 

 seven of whom died ere reaching the age 

 of ten years. The others are Wannita, 



born January 6, 1871, and is the wife of 

 J. r. Leatherman; J. Arthur, born March 



9, 1872; Purdy B., born December 27, 

 1873, and was ordained as a minister of 

 the Baptist church in 1900, now occupy- 

 ing the pulpit of the Hepzibah Baptist 

 church near Coatesville, in Chester 

 county, Pennsylvania; Carey, born July 



10, 1877, and is engaged in the butcher- 

 ing business in Danboro; . Harvey K., 

 born April 28, 1878, and is engaged in 

 merchandising at Doylestown; Margar- 

 etta B., born February 28, 1880, now the 

 wife of Wilson Fretz; Jesse, born June 

 I, 1882; and Nellie, born December i, 

 1887. 



ABRAHAM GEORGE MOYER. A 

 type of the well-informed and energetic 

 business man who is essential to the. 

 well-being of any community is Abra- 

 ham George Moyer, of Quakertown. He 

 belongs to a well known family, the 

 various branches of which are scattered 

 through Bucks county. 



He is a grandson of Samuel Moyer, 

 who was a resident of Hilltown. Joseph 

 Hunsicker Moyer, son of Samuel 

 Moyer. before mentioned, was born May 

 22, 1840. on the homestead in Hilltown 

 township, and until his eighteenth year 

 attended the public schools of his 'dis- 

 trict. His life was devoted to agricul- 

 tural pursuits. He married Elizabeth 

 Yoder, daughter of Abraham and Mary 

 (Yoder) George, the former a farmer of 

 Milford township, who had obtained his 

 education in the subscription school. 

 The other children born to himself and 

 his wife were: i. Charles, who married 

 a Moyer. 2. Jacob, who married and 

 lives at Milford Square. 3. Benjamin, 

 who married and is a resident of Spin- 

 nerstown. 4. Daniel, who is a farmer at 

 Milford Square and has been twice 

 married, his second wife being Mary, 

 daughter of Jacob Shelly, of Milford 

 township. 5. Anna, who is the wife of 

 Abram Leatherman, of Plumsteadville. 



Mr. and Mrs. Moyer were the parents 

 of the following children: i. Mary, who 

 married Jacob Rush, son of William and 

 ]\Iary (Moyer) Rush, of Bedminster 

 towniship, and lives on the Moyer home- 

 stead, near Plumsteadville. 2. Emma, 

 born May 24, 1865. became the wife of 

 John Bergstresser. of Haycock town- 

 ship, and died in 1904, leaving four sons : 

 Abel B., Howard. Daniel, and Elton. 3. 

 Abraham George Moyer mentioned at 

 length hereinafter. 4. Daniel born in 

 May. 1870, married Maggie, daughter of 

 Henry Souder. of Souderton, and lives 

 at Perkasie. 5. Elizabeth, born in 1872, 

 became the wife of John, son of William 

 and Maria (Moyer) Staufifer. 6. Cath- 

 arine, born in 1874, married Henry C, 

 son of the Rev. John and Mary Beidlcr, 

 of Rosedale Valley, and lives at Allen- 



