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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



stitution. and has served as such ever 

 since. He is one of the active and suc- 

 cessful business men of the thriving 

 borough, and is interested in all that 

 pertains to the best interest of that 

 growing business town. He is a mem- 

 ber of the German Reformed church, 

 and politically is a Republican. He is 

 a member of Bedminster Castle, Knights 

 of the Golden Eagle, and was for many 

 years its keeper of records. He married 

 October 6, 1866, Sarah Jane Moyer, 

 daughter of Henry A. and Sarah (Gear- 

 hart) Moyer, and a sister of Hon. Henry 

 G. Moyer, of Perkasie. She was born 

 in Hilltown, October 15, 1845- 



Mr. and Mrs. Moyer are the parents 

 of eight children, as follows : Theodore 

 M., born February 10, 1868; a prom- 

 inent justice and business man in Nock- 

 amixon, Bucks county; married Belle 

 Mills, and has seven children. Hannah 

 M., born February 14, 1871; married Jo- 

 seph H. Gulden, a prominent creamery 

 man. Ida Jane, born July 25, 1873, wife 

 of Charles M. Meredith, editor of the 

 "Perkasie Central News." Henry Clin- 

 ton, born June 25, 1876. Samuel Linford, 

 born April 19, 1879. Sarah Alice, born 

 July 25, 1882: Florence Mabel, born 

 March 13, 1885. Marian Viola, born 

 April 4, 1888. 



ELI L. CLYMER. At the time that 

 the United States formed a part oi the 

 colonial possessions of Great Britain the 

 Clymer family was established in Bucks 

 county. The progenitor of the family 

 in America came from Germany, and 

 most of his descendants have been till- 

 ers of the soil, recognized in the various 

 generations as men of prominence and 

 influence in the community and of un- 

 questioned honor, integrity and worth. 

 Henry Clymer, Sr., grandfather of Eli 

 Clymer, was born and reared in Bucks 

 county, and married Elizabeth Kulp, also 

 a native of this county. They became 

 the parents of eleven children: Abram, 

 Henry, William, Hannah, wife of Jonas 

 Clvmer; Polly, wife of C. Moyer; Eliza- 

 beth, wife of B. Kulp; Mrs. Ann S. 

 Haldeman, Valentine, John, Fannie, 

 who became the wife of John Kulp; and 

 Sarah, the wife of H. Swartley. All were 

 reared in the faith of the Mennonite 

 church, and continued adherents of that 

 denomination. 



Henry Clvmer, Jr., son of Henry and 

 Elizabeth (Kulp) Clymer, was born in 

 New Britain township, and remained 

 with his parents up to the time of his 

 marriage, when he purchased a farm in 

 Warrington township, whereon he set- 

 tled and reared his family. He carried 

 on general farming and also attended 

 the market, and was practical, enterpris- 

 ing and therefore successful in his la- 

 bors. His political support was given to 

 the Republican party. Reared in the 



faith of the Mennonite church, he was 

 always a faithful member thereof and 

 was widely known and highly respected 

 in his township. He was a man of me- 

 dium size, but of- strong constitution and 

 did much hard work in his younger 

 years. He married Mary Benner, a na- 

 tive of Hatfield township, Bucks county, 

 and a daughter of John Benner, a farmer 

 and a member of one of the pioneer 

 families of this county. He, too, was a 

 devoted member of the Mennonite 

 church. He married a Miss Haldeman, 

 also connected with one of the leading 

 families, and their only child became 

 the wife of Henry Clymer. She survived 

 her husband about twelve years. They 

 were the parents of eight children: John, 

 a farmer; Eli L., Ann, who became the 

 wife of Joseph Sapp;' Valentine, a me- 

 chanic; Daniel, a farmer; Henry, a car- 

 penter; K94e, the wife of E. Kratz; and 

 Abiiarn, -Who is an assessor and auc- 

 tioneer^ in Warrington township. 



Eli L. Clymer was born in Warring- 

 ton township on his father's farm, June 

 5, 1841, and acquired his education m 

 the public schools. He began earning 

 his own living as a farm hand and after- 

 ward rented land for a year. Subse- 

 quently he purchased a house, but sold 

 this property in the fall of 1868, and 

 bought the farm where he now resides, 

 comprising seventy-one acres, which 

 was originally the John Grove farm. 

 This was but partly improved, but he at 

 once began its further development and 

 cultivation, and made it a splendid prop- 

 erty. He has erected all the present 

 substantial buildings, including a com- 

 modious two story frame residence, 

 which is built in modern style of archi- 

 tecture and is one of the attractive fea- 

 tures of the landscape. There is also 

 large barn and substantial outbuildings. 

 He has set out a good orchard and fol- 

 lows general farming, sending his pro- 

 ducts to the city where they are sold to 

 the commission merchant. In all of his 

 business transactions he is active and 

 energetic, and whatever he undertakes 

 he carries forward to successful com- 

 pletion. 



On May 6, 1865, Mr. Clymer was mar- 

 ried to Miss Magdalena Detweiler. who 

 was born in New Britain township. 

 March 12, 1844, a daughter of Joseph and 

 Hannah (Burdy) Detweiler, the former 

 a native of Bucks county. Pennsylvania, 

 and the latter of IMontgomery county. 

 Her paternal grandfather, Jacob Det- 

 weiler. of New Britain township, repre- 

 sented an old colonial family of German 

 lineage. They became prominent and 

 progressive citizens of this part of the 

 state and were faithful adherents of the 

 Mennonite church. Jacob Detweiler was 

 a farmer and also owned and operated a 

 sawmill. His children were : Elizabeth, 

 who became Mrs. Roscnlierger : Jacob 

 and John, farmers; Mary, the wife of M. 



