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like that of her husband, were of the 

 Mennonite faith. Abraham and Anna 

 (Delp) Swartley were the parents of 

 four children: Henry D., Philip, Abra- 

 ham, and Sarah, who died young. Abra- 

 ham Swartley married (second) Barbara 

 Hunskker, who survived him, and had 

 four children; Isaac, who died young; 

 John; Anna, wife of Levi Henge; and 

 Sarah, who married Joseph Hyer. 



Henry D. Swartley, eldest son of 

 Abraham and Anna (Delp) Swartley, 

 was born in New Britain township. 

 Soon after his marriage he settled in 

 Hilltown township, where he followed 

 the life of a farmer. He married Sarah 

 Clymer, daughter of Henry and Eliza- 

 beth (Kulp) Clymer, and they were the 

 parents of five children: Annie, wife of 

 Milton D. Alderfer; Abraham C, who 

 married Sallie Detweiler ; Philip C, the 

 subject of this sketch; Henry C, who 

 married Elizabeth Myers; and Sarah, 

 who married David B. Beidler, of Phil- 

 adelphia. 



PHILIP C. SWARTLEY, a son of 

 Henry D. and Sarah (Clymer) Swartley, 

 was born in Hilltown, Bucks county, 

 Pennsylvania, July 15, i860. He ac- 

 quired his education at the public 

 schools of Hilltown township, the North 

 Wales high school and at Perkiomen 

 Seminary. He worked on his father's 

 farm until sixteen years of age, and then 

 taught school in Hilltown during the 

 years 1876, 1877 and 1878. He then be- 

 gan farming, which he has since fol- 

 lowed in connection with the vocation 

 of an auctioneer. He also does an ex- 

 tensive business in the sale of live stock 

 on commission. In 1900 he purchased 

 his present farm at Line Lexington, 

 which he has since conducted. In poli- 

 tics he is a staunch Republican, and is 

 one of the local leaders of his party in 

 that section, serving for several years 

 as a member of the county committee. 

 He has filled the position of township as- 

 sessor for four years, and has occupied 

 other township offices. In religion he 

 is a Mennonite. He is a member of the 

 Order of Knights of Maccabees, and is 

 affiliated with other beneficial organi- 

 zations. He married Helen Leidy, 

 daughter of Isaiah and Elizabeth 

 (Swartz) Leidy, and they have been the 

 parents of six children: Warren, de- 

 ceased; Elizabeth; Raymond; Margaret; 

 Edmund; and Paul, deceased. 



LOUIS AUGUSTUS HOGUET, for 

 sixty years a public-spirited and influ- 

 ential citizen of Bristol, Bucks county, 

 Pennsylvania, was born May 5, 1822, in 

 the city of Philadelphia, a son of Fran- 

 cis Augustus and Mary (Collins) 

 Hoguet, who were the parents of six 

 children: Josephine and Francis (twins), 

 16-3 



Louis Augustus, Adelaide, Lucien and 

 Mary. Francis A. Hoguet (father) emi- 

 grated to America and located in Phila- 

 delphia, Pennsylvania, where he engaged 

 in business as a jeweler on a large scale. 

 He is a descendant of a French ances- 

 try, and was born and died in France. 



Louis A. Hoguet attended the schools 

 of Philadelphia, and after completing his 

 studies learned the drug business, being 

 employed in a wholesale and retail drug 

 house, and at the age of twenty-two 

 came to Bristol, Bucks county, and 

 opened the first drug store in that sec- 

 tion of the county. This was in the year 

 1844, and he conducted tiiat business 

 very successfully from that date up to 

 the time of his decease, June 23, 1904, 

 He was a man of excellent judgment, a 

 careful adviser, and one who had the full 

 confidence of his business and social as- 

 sociates. He occupied a prominent po- 

 sition among the business men of the 

 town of his adoption. He was one of 

 the oldest directors of the Farmers' Na- 

 tional Bank, his term of service in this 

 capacity being the longest of any in its 

 history. He was treasurer of the Bristol 

 Water Company, and sometimes called 

 "its father;" was president of the Bristol 

 Gas Company; and an ardent friend to 

 all measures that in his judgment would 

 improve the borough or be helpful to his 

 fellow-citizens. He was for many years 

 an active member of Bristol Fire Com- 

 pany, No. I, having been a charter mem- 

 ber of this organization. He was a 

 member of the Masonic fraternity, affil- 

 iating with Bristol Lodge, No. 25, An- 

 cient York Free and Accepted Masons, 

 and a member of the Independent Order 

 of Odd Fellows, of Bristol. He was one 

 of the originators and for many years 

 the treasurer of the first Building and 

 Loan - Association in Bristol, the first 

 meeting for organization being held in 

 his store. He was a painstaking me- 

 thodical man of business, his charac- 

 teristics winning for him the confidence 

 and esteem of the entire community. 



On IMarch 9, 1844, Mr. Hoguet mar- 

 ried Mary Louisa Murphy, of Philadel- 

 phia, aind the issue of this union was the 

 following named children: Thomas 

 Henry, deceased, who was educated at 

 Louisburg Seminary ; Clara became the 

 wife of J. Ross Calhoun, whose father 

 was Admiral Edwin Calhoun, of the 

 United States navy, deceased; Albert, 

 deceased ; William, deceased ; Clifford, 

 deceased; Ellen, who received her ed- 

 ucation at Chelton Hills, and became 

 the wife of Winfield Scott Wintermute, 

 of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, and they 

 are the parents of five children: Louis 

 Hoguet; Clara, who became the wife of 

 William R. Pierce, of Philadelphia; 

 Edith, who became the wife of Louis 

 Conant, of Montevista. California, and 

 they are the parents of one child. Emily: 

 and Helen. Mrs. Hoguet, the mother of 



