HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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where he remained until reaching his 

 eighteenth year. He then began to work 

 for farmers, and after three j^ears be- 

 came a tenant farmer. In 1857 he pur- 

 chased the farm which has since been 

 his home. He also owns two other farms 

 in Upper Makefield township, where he 

 is one of the leading citizens. He affili- 

 ates with Newtown Lodge, No. 225, F. 

 and A. M., and is a Republican in poli- 

 tics. He is a member of the Society of 

 Frifends. Mr. Buckman married in 

 184s Martha, daughter of Joseph Hamp- 

 ton, of Buckingham township, and the 

 "following children have been born to 

 them: Edward H., who resides in 

 Wrightstown township; Joseph, de- 

 ceased; Walter, who lives in Upper 

 Makefield; E. Smith, who is also a resi- 

 dent of Upper Makefield; Anna, who is 

 the wife of Lemuel Hendrycks; Mary, 

 who married Wilbert Trego, of Upper 

 Makefield; Frank, who lives in Kansas; 

 Sallie, who is the wife of John F. Adams, 

 of New York state; Benjamin, deceased; 

 Richard J., and Henry H. Buckman. 



EDWARD HAMPTON BUCKMAN, 

 one of the best known citizens of New- 

 town township, was born December 25, 

 1845, and was educated in the common 

 schools. When about twenty years old 

 he began to work by the year as a 

 farm hand, and at the end of two years 

 "hired the "Gus Taylor farm," near Tay- 

 lorsville. Seven years later he purchased 

 his present farm of eighty-one acres, in 

 Newtown township, where he has since 

 resided. He is a good citizen and votes 

 with the Republicans. Mr. Buckman 

 married, June 6, 1867, Sarah H.. daughter 

 of Joshua Heston, of Upper Makefield 

 township, and they are the parents of 

 one son. Jesse, who is a blacksmith at 

 Wood Hill, Upper Makefield. 



ELIHU SMITH BUCKMAN. One 

 of the progressive men of Upper Make- 

 field township is Elihu Smith Buckman, 

 son of Franklin and Martha Hampton 

 Buckman. He was born February 4, 

 1852, on the homestead in Upper Make- 

 field township, and received his educa- 

 tion in the common schools. For twenty- 

 three years he was a tenant farmer on 

 different estates, and in 1898 bought the 

 ""Moses Van Horn farm" in Upper Make- 

 field township. The property consists 

 of ninety-five acres, and it is there that 

 Mr. Buckman has resided since its pur- 

 chase. For eight years he was a mem- 

 ber of the school board, and has also 

 served at different times as inspector 

 of the electoral board. He is a mem- 

 her of Newtown Lodge, No. 427. F. and 

 •A. M., and endorses the principles of 

 the Republican party. Mr. Buckman 



married in October, 1875, Maggie, 

 daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann 

 (Young) Phillips, and they have four 

 children: Harry, who is a farmer in Up- 

 per Mekefield; Mary, who is the wife of 

 Albert File, of Stoops Corner; Ray- 

 mond; and Ethel. The two last named 

 reside at home. 



WALTER BUCK^IAN. A type of the 

 active, enterprising citizen is found in 

 Walter Buckman, of Upper Makefield 

 township. He is a son of Franklin and 

 Martha (Hampton) Buckman, and was 

 born June 4, 1857. at Dolington, Bucks 

 county, and obtained his education in 

 the common schools. He worked on 

 the home farm until the spring of 1880, 

 when he moved to Taylorsville and 

 there engaged in the coal, lime, and 

 lumber business, which he conducted un- 

 til 1894. I'l that year he disposed of the 

 business and turned his attention to 

 farming, to which he has since devoted 

 himself. For several years he served 

 as school tax collector and for eight 

 3'ears was supervisor of the township. 

 He is an adherent of the Republican 

 party and a member of the Society of 

 Friends. Mr. Buckman married in 1878, 

 Ida. daughter of Joseph Phillips, of 

 Trenton, New Jersey, and they are the 

 parents of the following children: 

 Charles, who lives in Upper Makefield 

 township; Ambrose, who is also a resi- 

 dent of that township; Eva. Lela. Wat- 

 son, Willard. Lulu, Edward, and Laura. 

 Of these, all but the two eldest are at 

 home with their parents. 



LEVI S. MOYER. The pioneer ances- 

 tor of the branch of the Moyer family 

 to which belongs Levi S. Moyer, a pros- 

 perous agriculturist of Chalfont, was 

 the Rev. Peter Moyar, a native of 

 Switzerland, who came to American in 

 1742, accompanied by his widowed moth- 

 er, sister, and three brothers, William, 

 Jacob and Henry. Peter. William and 

 Henry settled in Springfield township, 

 Bucks county, and Jacob at Center Val- 

 ley, Lehigh county. They all became 

 farmers, and were active members of the 

 Mennonite church. The supposition is 

 that Peter was a minister in Switzer- 

 land, and he was one of the early min- 

 isters of the church in Springfield town- 

 ship; Jacob was also a minister and 

 preached in Saucon township. The year 

 prior to their emigration to America 

 they were the guests of friends who re- 

 sided in the vicinity of Kerlock, Ger- 

 many, whither they removed from their 

 native land, Switzerland, during the per- 

 secution of the Mennonites by the Cal- 

 vinists, or State Reformed church. 



Rev. Peter Moyer (aforementioned) 

 was born in Switzerland in 1723. He pur- 



