HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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town. 7. Adeline, who is the wife of 

 John Fhick, and lives at. Lansdale. 8. 

 Joseph Wilson died in infancy. Mr. 

 Moyer, the father of the family, died at 

 the comparatively early age of forty-six, 

 passing away February 20, 1886, on his 

 own farm in Plumstead township. 



Abraham George Moyer, son of Jo- 

 seph Hunsicker and Elizabeth Yoder 

 (George) Moyer, was born April 4, 

 1867, on his father's farm in Hilltown 

 township. When he was one year old 

 his father purchased a farm of fifty- 

 eight acres near Plumsteadville, and 

 there the family took up their abode. 

 On this farm, which had previously been 

 the property of Tobias Rickert, Abra- 

 ham George rendered valuable assist- 

 aince, at the same time attending the 

 district school. He left school in his 

 eighteenth year and was not yet nine- 

 teen at the time of the death of his 

 father. The farm was then sold, and 

 Mr. Moyer became a pupil in the West 

 Chester State Normal School. After 

 teaching for a time in a school near 

 Dublin, he went to Plumsteadville, 

 where for four years he was engaged in 

 the creamery business. He then devoted 

 four years to a mercantile business at 

 Milford Square, and at the end of that 

 time purchased the Milford Square 

 creamery which he conducted for five 

 years. His next venture was to build a 

 creamery in Milford township, which he 

 still owns. In 1900 he purchased from 

 Enos R. Artman the store which he now 

 occupies, and which was then conducted 

 by his brother-in-law, Henrj^ Beidler. 

 On this site he is now doing a thriving 

 business. The confidence reposed in 

 Mr. Moyer by his fellow-citizens is dem- 

 onstrated by the fact that he has been 

 chosen by them to fill the office of com- 

 mitteeman for Shelly district, and that 

 while a resident of Milford township he 

 served for one year as school director, 

 resigning his position when he moved to 

 Quakertown. In his political principles 

 he is a Republican. He and his family 

 are members of the Mennonite church 

 at W^est Swamp, in which he served as 

 superintendent of the Sunday school from 

 1896 to 1900. 



Mr. Moyer married, November 26, 

 1887, Hannah Oberholtzer. daughter of 

 Levi and Mary (Oberholtzer) Fretz, 

 the former a farmer of Plumsteadville. 

 Mrs. Moyer received her education in 

 the district school. The family of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Moyer consists of the follow- 

 ing children: i. Willis, born April 23, 

 1891. 2. Pearl, born February 12. 1893. 

 3. Edna, born November 28, 1895. 4. 

 Elizabeth, born November 27, 1898. 5. 

 Joseph, born June 16. 1901. It. is to Tae 

 believed that these children will prove 

 worthy heirs of the good qualities as 

 well as of the good name of their an- 

 cestors, and that they will live to do 

 credit to their native county. 



HARVEY W. MOYER. Among Chal- 

 font's progressive and public-spirited 

 citizens must be numbered Harvey W. 

 Moyer. Mr. Moyer is a son of Levi S. 

 Moyer, who learned the trade of a 

 miller at Diehl's mill near Hellertown, 

 Pennsylvania, and afterward purchased 

 the property and the business. Subse- 

 quently he engaged in business "as a 

 butcher. He married Caroline, daughter 

 of Shelly Weinberger, of Milford, and 

 the following children were born to 

 them: Clinton W.; Mary A.; Joseph 

 W.; Emma W. ; and Harvey W., men- 

 tioned at length hereinafter. The pa- 

 rents of these children were, as their 

 names would indicate, of German de- 

 scent. 



Harvey W. Moyer, son of Levi S. 

 and Caroline (Weinberger) Moyer, was 

 born June 21, 1868, in Bingham, North- 

 ampton county, Pennsylvania, and was 

 educated in the public schools of his 

 birthplace. There also he was trained 

 by his father to the occupation of a' 

 butcher, and followed the iDusiness for 

 four years. Beginning in a small way 

 and on borrowed capital, his efforts 

 were crowned with success, and he was 

 enabled to discharge his obligations and 

 build up a flourishing trade. In 1894 he 

 moved to Chalfont, and is now at the 

 head of a large establishment, his con- 

 nections extending throughout the adja- 

 cent country. He is a successful busi- 

 ness man and has built for himself a 

 comfortable and attractive home. He is 

 active as a citizen, and has been chosen 

 by his neighbors a member of the town 

 council, an oflice which he still holds. 

 In politics he is a Republican, and in re- 

 ligion a member of the Mennonite 

 church. Mr. Moyer married, December 

 29, 1892, Lizzie S., born November 23, 

 1871, daughter of Abram and Ellamina 

 (Sleifer) Kulp, and three children have 

 been born to them : Florence, who was 

 born January 30, 1894; Grace Lorene, 

 born October 14. 1896; and Ray K., born 

 November 23, 1898, and died July 19, 

 1900. 



H. WATSON JOHNSON, a prosper- 

 ous agriculturist, son of Charles and 

 Esther (Strawn) Johnson, was born No- 

 vember II. 1832, on the farm where he 

 now resides, it being part of the original 

 tract acquired by Casper Johnson 

 (great-grandfather), the first of that 

 family to come to the colony of Penn- 

 sylvania, emigrating from his home in 

 Holland early in the eighteenth century. 

 Casper Johnson (grandfather), son of 

 the emigrant ancestor, was born on the 

 farm now owned by Henry Johnson, the 

 farm owned by H. Watson Johnson be- 

 ing a part of that tract. Charles John- 

 son (father), son of Casper and Geborah 

 Johnson, was born on the homestead 

 farm. He attended the subscription 



