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HISTORY OF DUCKS COUNTY. 



ber 4, 1894, attends the Friends' Central 

 School, Philadelphia. Frank F. Bell, 

 father of these children, died August 31, 

 1903. His widow resides in a beautiful 

 home, elegant in its appointments, is 

 devoted to her children, and prominent 

 in the social life of Bristol, Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



ROBERT M. JOPINSON, one of the 

 energetic business men of Chalfont, is a 

 son of William Johnson, who was 

 reared on a farm, and upon the breaking 

 out of the civil war enlisted in the 

 Union army from New Britain township. 

 He married Hannah Lutz, and . their 

 children were: F"ranklin L., Emma E., 

 and Robert M., mentioned at length 

 hereinafter. Franklin L. married Anna 

 Lister. Emma E.. became the wife of 

 Abraham Clymer, of Line Lexington, 

 and after his death married John Lewis, 

 of Hilltown. 



Robert M. Johnson, son of William 

 and Hannah (Lutz) Johnson, was born 

 July 13, 1859, i" New Britain township, 

 and was educated in the public schools 

 of his birthplace. He acquired a 

 knowledge of plumbing, heating and 

 ventilation with David E. Hebner, of 

 Chalfont, and after the expiration of his 

 time he worked for five years as jour- 

 neyman at Line Lexington. In 1887 he 

 purchased the store of William Bruner, 

 at Chalfont, .where he now conducts an 

 extensive . plumbing and heating busi- 

 ness, carrying a large stock of stoves, 

 heaters, ranges and similar articles. His 

 patronage is not limited to Chalfont, 

 but includes the surrounding towns. His 

 political connections are with the Demo- 

 cratic party, and he is a member of the 

 Pleasantville Reformed church. 



Mr. Johnson married Lillie L, daugh- 

 ter of Dr. Louis C. and Lucilla (Ely) 

 Rice, and they are the parents of the 

 following children: Marion, who was 

 born January i, 1882; Florence, born 

 October 31, 1891; and Chester, who was 

 born December 3, 1898. 



BYRON M. FELL, _D. D. S., of 

 Doylestown, was born in Buckingham 

 township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. 

 December 21, 1872, being a son of 

 James B. and Josephine B. (Conard) 

 Fell, and of the sixth generation in de- 

 scent from Joseph and Bridget (Wilson) 

 Fell;, of Longlands, Cumberland. Eng- 

 land, who Settled in Buckingham in 



1707. 



Benjamin Fell, son of Joseph, born in 

 Cumberland, England, 9 mo. 12, 1703, 

 died in Buckingham 9 mo. 12, 1758, was 

 thrice married, first 6 mo. 27, 1728, to 

 Hannah Scarborough, by whom he had 

 six children, second to Hannah Iredell, 

 who bore him four children, and third 



to Sarah Rawlins, bj^ whom he had one 

 son. 



John Fell, eldest child of Benjamin 

 and Hannah (Scarborough) Fell, was 

 born in Buckingham, 4 mo. I, 1730, and 

 married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas 

 and Hannah (Paxson) Hartley, 10 mo. 

 30, 1753, and had by her thirteen chil- 

 dren. Among them were Seneca and 

 Nathan, twins, born 4 mo. 5, 1760. 



Seneca Fell married Grace Holt, of 

 Horsham, Montgomery county and set- 

 tled in Buckingham on a farm purchased 

 by his grandfather in 1753, part of which 

 has remained, in the family to the pres- 

 ent time, the late residence of E. Hicks 

 Fell. Seneca and Grace had eight chil- 

 dren, viz.: Sarah, married John Stock- 

 dale; Eli, see forward; Martha, 'married 

 Jacob Michener; Rachel, married 

 Charles Wilson; Jesse, died unmarried; 

 Seneca, married Sarah Cress; and Grace, 

 married Benjamin Buckman. In 1817 

 Grace Fell, the widow of Seneca, re- 

 moved with lier son Jesse and son-in- 

 law Jacob Michener to Harrison county, 

 Ohio, and died at the residence of her 

 son-in-law Jacob Michener, in Morgan 

 county, Ohio, about 1845. 



Eli Fell, eldest son of Seneca and 

 Grace, was born on the homestead 

 above referred to in 1787, and died 

 there 3 mo. 6, 1859. He married 5 mo. 

 4. 1808, Rachel Bradshaw, daughter of 

 William Bradshaw, and had thirteen 

 children, nine of whom grew to matur- 

 ity; Jane, wife of Cornelius Shepherd; 

 Ruth, died unmarried; Eunice, married 

 Charles M. Shaw; Uree, married Abra- 

 ham Geil; Eli; Rachel, widow of Wilson 

 Pearson; Martha, married John Bur- 

 gess; James B.; Elias Hicks; and Hulda 

 Ann, married John M. Kirk. 



James B. Fell, the eleventh child of 

 Eli. and Rachel (Bradshaw) Fell, was 

 born on the old homestead in Bucking- 

 ham 8 mo. 17, 1827, and died in Buck- 

 ingham 5 mo. 19, 1880. He was a farmer, 

 and lived all his life in Buckingham. 

 He married i mo. I, 1857, Josephine B. 

 Conard, daughter- of Jacob and Martha 

 Conard, of Buckingham, who died 5 mo. 

 28, 1891. They were the parents of seven 

 children, five of whom lived to mature 

 age: Clara M., late wife of Elmer W. 

 Kirk, of Doylestown; J. Conard, of New 

 Hope; Eli H., of New York; Marian V., 

 wife of Earl Peters, of Mt. Holly 

 Springs, Pennsylvania; and Byron M., the 

 subject of this sketch. 



The subject of this sketch was reared 

 on the farm in Buckingham, and ac- 

 quired an elementary education at the 

 public schools. In November, 1891, he 

 entered Trenton Business College, from 

 which he graduated in 1892, and accepted 

 a clerical position with the Pennsyl- 

 vania Railroad Company, which he filled 

 until October. 1893. when he entered 

 Pliiladclphia Dental College, from which 

 he graduated March 5, 1896. On his 



