HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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town; Emma T., wife of Byran Wright; 

 Phebe W. ; William G., George D., and 

 •Catherine, died young. 



John Black, Sr., died in July, 1859, and 

 his widow survived him many years, dy- 

 ing August 6, 1904, at the age of nearly 

 ninety years. 



John Phillips Black was reared in 

 Langhorne, and obtained his education 

 in the public and Friends' schools of that 

 town. At the age of twelve years he 

 hired out on a farm, where he remained 

 for four years. In 1856 he went to New- 

 town to learn the trade of a carriage 

 blacksmith, which he finished at Lang- 

 horne. He found employment at Hulme- 

 ville as a journeyman, and later located 

 at Bridgetown, where he remained for 

 five years. He then bought the T. W. 

 Boileau property in Langhorne, and 

 later the wheelwright shops and busi- 

 ness adjoining, thus uniting under one 

 ownership and management a complete 

 carriage building establishment which he 

 has since successfully conducted, doing 

 a large and profitable business, mak- 

 ing his establishment one of the largest 

 of its kind in lower Bucks. Mr. Black 

 is an enterprising and active citizen-, and 

 takes an active interest in the affairs of 

 his town. He has served several terms 

 in the town council, and has filled other 

 local offices. He is a member of Orion- 

 to Lodge, No. 177, L O. O. F., of Lang- 

 horne. 



On February 5, 1863, Mr. Black mar- 

 ried Rachel Pyle Boyce, daughter of 

 Samuel and Jane (Stevens) Boyce, of 

 Philadelphia county, the former a na- 

 tive of Delaware, and a son of Robert 

 Boyce, whose father v^^as a large tobac- 

 co planter and snuff manufacturer in that 

 state; and the latter a native of South- 

 ampton township, Bucks county, and a 

 daughter of Benjamin Stevens, whose 

 ancestors had been residents of that lo- 

 cality for several generations. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Black are the parents of three chil- 

 dren, viz: Wilmer Stevens, born April 

 18, 1865: Emma Elizabeth, born August 

 15, 1869; and Clarence Randall, born 

 June 6, 1873, all of wdiom were born and 

 reared in Langhorne, and were educated 

 in the local schools. 



Wilmer Stevens Black at an early age 

 became associated with his father in the 

 conduct of the carriage building estab- 

 lishment, and has been a valuable as- 

 sistant in ^the work. He married April 

 17, 1890, Anne Bentley Candy, daugh- 

 ter of James B. and Mary Jane (Moser) 

 Candy, of Langhorne, an account of 

 whose ancestry is given elsewhere in 

 this work. Wilmer S. and Anne C. 

 Black are the parents of two children: 

 Edith Holbrook, born. September 13, 

 1898; and Cyrille Kershaw, born July 

 29, 1904. 



Emma Elizabeth Black, only daughter 

 of John P. and Rachel (Boyce) Black, 

 ■married August 21, 1890, Samuel Mills 



Myers, and they are the parents of five 

 children, viz: Elenore Kruger, born Oc- 

 tober 12, 1893; John Harold, born Octo- 

 ber 8, 1895; Boyce Mills, born October 

 7, 1897; Liez May, born December 4, 

 1899; and Dever, born April 15, 1902. 



CLARENCE RANDALL BLACK, son 

 of John Phillips and Rachel Pyle 

 (Boyce) Black, was born in Langhorne, 

 June 6, 1873, and was educated in the 

 public and Friends' schools of Lang- 

 horne. At the age of sixteen years he 

 entered the wood working department 

 of his father's carriage building estab- 

 lishment, where he was employed for 

 about two years, when, having an incli- 

 nation towards the painting department, 

 he learned that branch of the work and 

 now has entire charge of the carriage 

 painting department of the works as 

 superintendent of the entire force of 

 men employed therein. He also acts as 

 salesman, and has a general oversight 

 over the whole establishment. In poli- 

 tics Mr. Black is a Republican, and 

 takes an active interest in local affairs. 

 He is a member of Langhorne Castle, 

 Knights of the Golden Eagle. He and 

 his family attend the Langhorne Metho- 

 dist Episcopal church, both Mr. and 

 Mrs. Black being members of the choir 

 of that church. He married. May 26, 

 1898, Elizabeth Davis Duffield, daugh- 

 ter of the late Thomas Hart Benton and 

 Rebecca (Search) Duffield, granddaugh- 

 ter of Alfred Torbert and Rebecca Miles 

 (Davis) Duffield, and great-granddaugh- 

 ter of General John Davis, of Davis- 

 ville, Bucks county. Her maternal 

 grandparents were James and Susanna 

 (Hall) Search, the former a son of Sam- 

 uel and Katharine (Puff) Search, and 



grandson of Christopher and 



(Torbert) Search , and the latter a 

 daughter of John and Eleanor (Conily) 

 Hall, all early and prominent residents 

 of lower Bucks. 



SAMUEL G. PRICE, V. S., of 

 Doylestown, was born in Solebury town- 

 ship, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, May 

 25. 1846, and is a son of John N. and 

 Christianna (Godshalk) Price, of Sole- 

 bury. The paternal ancestors of Dr. 

 Price were early settlers in New Jersey, 

 but were probably descendants of John 

 Price, who came from England to Phila- 

 delphia, in 1683. 



James Price was a considerable land- 

 owner in Maidenhead township, near the 

 present site of Lawrenceville, New Jer- 

 sey, as early as 1698. and was a promi- 

 nent man in that section. He was corn- 

 missioned lieutenant of provincial mi- 

 litia, March 19, 1714, and hisson John 

 was a captain in the provincial service 

 during the colonial wars, and died at 

 Hopewell in 1773, leaving sons: John, 



