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has never sought or held other than local 

 office. He has been a member of the local 

 school board for nine years, serving both as 

 treasurer and president of the board. He 

 and his family are members of Neshaminy 

 Presb>-terian church, with which the family 

 has been connected for four generations. 

 He married in 1876 Matilda Breuhl. born 

 in Philadelphia, in 1855, \a daughter of John 

 Breuhl, a native of Alsace, who came to this 

 country when a youth and settled in Bucks 

 county. To Wilson and Matilda (Breuhl) 

 McKinstry have been born four children, 

 viz: Mary, died in infancy; William. Henry 

 and Herbert. William and Henry are elec- 

 tricians and are both actively interested in 

 the telephone business. William married 

 Mary Stocker, and lives in West Chester. 



H. MARTYN McKINSTRY was born 

 June 25, 1849, on the farm, in Warrington 

 township where his brother, Wilson B. Mc- 

 Kir..<«try, now resides. He is the second son 

 of Henry and Amanda (Brady) McKinstry, 

 the children of whom are five m number : 

 Sarah B., wife of the late David Cornell, 

 Southampton ; Mary, wife of Samuel INfac- 

 Nair, Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania; Wilson 

 B., Warrington, Pennsylvania ; H. Martyn, 

 Warrington, Pennsylvania; Frank P., (M. 

 D.) Washington, New Jersey. 



Henry McKinstry was born in 1805. He 

 was a stanch Presbyterian and was a mem- 

 ber of the Neshaminy Presbyterian church 

 of Warwick. For many years and up to 

 the time of his death, he was an elder in the 

 church and although living six miles dis- 

 tant, he was always in his place unless 

 hindered by something over which he had 

 no control. If the condition of the roads 

 were such that he could not drive he quite 

 often walked the whole distance to be able 

 to be in his place. On November 29, 1838, 

 he was married to Amanda Brady, daughter 

 of Alexander and Achsah (Appleton) 

 Brady, who helped and encouraged him in 

 all duties, both spiritual and domestic. 

 After his marriage he moved to the farm, 

 which he had purchased a short time before, 

 and which his son, Wilson B., now owns. 

 He was a good, practical and prosperous 

 farmer. 



H. Martyn McKinstry obtained his educa- 

 tion at the local school and remained on 

 the home farm, being associated with his 

 brother in its management until 1893. On 

 January 19, 1893, he married Mattie L., 

 daughter of John B. and Adeline E. 

 C Hoover) Walter, born ]\Iarch 9, 1862. Her 

 father, John B. Walter, was born and 

 reared where his daughter was born, in 

 Warrington township, February 14. 1S35, 

 and was a son of Samuel and Deborah 

 (Brunner) Walter, and grandson of George 

 Walter. He was a practical and active 

 business man and a prominent member of 

 the Reformed church. He died June 14, 

 1900. aged sixty-five years. He married on 

 December 2, 1856. Adeline E., daughter of 

 Frederick and ^laria (Fleck) Hoover, and 



granddaughter of Philip and Mary (Con- 

 rad) Hoover, of one of the oldest and most 

 prominent Pennsylvania German families 

 of the vicinity. 



After his marriage H. Martyn McKinstry 

 purchased a farm belonging to his father's 

 estate, about one mile north of the village 

 of Warrington, where he still resides and 

 on which he has since made many improve- 

 ments. It is now one of the most convenient 

 and comfortable homes in the neighborhood, 

 the house and barn being supplied with 

 water and the house heated throughout. 

 Another of the modern conveniences of 

 this home is the telephone of the local tele- 

 phone company, of which Mr. H. Martyn 

 McKinstry is the president. He is a mem- 

 ber of the Neshaminy Presbyterian church 

 and in 1890 was elected a trustee and in 

 1904 he was elected an elder, which offices 

 he still fills. H. Martyn and Mattie L. 

 (Walter) McKinstry have been the parents 

 of three children : Frank R., born November 

 3, 1893; and Adeline W. and Amanda B., 

 twins, born January 5, 1895. Adeline died 

 at the age of two weeks. 



LINFORD R. CRAVEN. Among the 

 men who have achieved local eminence in 

 their chosen profession is Linford R. 

 Craven, photographer, Doylestown, Penn- 

 sylvania. He was born iMarch 26, 1864, in 

 Hilltown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, the 

 son of Joseph and Ann (Ritchie) Craven. 



The family of Craven are of Holland des- 

 cent, and have been residents of Bucks 

 county since the first quarter of the eigh- 

 teenth century. Jacobus (James) Craven 

 was one of the trustees of Neshaminy 

 Presbyterian church of Warwick in 1743. 

 He was a large landowner in Warminster 

 township and in Moreland township, !Mont- 

 gomery county. He died about 1760 at an 

 advanced age. His children were : Thomas, 

 Giles, James, Alice, wife of Harman Van- 

 sant ; Elinor, wife of Clement Dungan ; 

 Hannah, wife of William McDowell ; 

 Esther, wife of Williarr t Gilbert ; and Mary, 

 wife of Anthony Scout. Giles died without 

 issue in 1798, and James removed to Vir- 

 ginia. 



Thomas Craven ma^rfed ,Lena, daughter 

 of William and Janet (Suydam) Bennett, 

 and settled in Warminster township, where 

 he died August, 1799, leaving sons : Will- 

 iam, James, Giles, Isaac and Thomas, and 

 daughters : Christiana, wife of Thomas 

 Beans ; Edith, wife of Charles Vansant ; 

 Ann, Catharine and Helena. 



Isaac Craven inherited from his father 

 the "Mansion House" and 103 acres of land 

 in Warminster that had been his grand- 

 father's, whereon he died in May, 1835, at 

 an advanced age. His children were Will- 

 iam. Isaac, Abraham, and Elenah, wife of 

 John Finney. Only the last two survived 

 him and inherited his lands. His son Abra- 

 ham married Hannah Finnev and settled 



