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HISTORY Of BUCKS COUNTY. 



Elmanda, born July 12, 1843, living with 

 Mrs. Cassel at Quakertown. 



In his political affiliations Mr. Cassel 

 was a stalwart Republican, and although 

 he never aspired to office he took deep 

 and active interest in the welfare of his 

 party, and assisted materially in its 

 growth and upbuilding. He and his 

 family were members of the Reformed 

 church at Richlandtown, and he lived an 

 upright, honorable life. Passing away 

 in September, 1879, his remains were 

 interred in the cemetery adjoining the 

 Reformed church. He was always lib- 

 eral in his support of the church and of 

 every worthy object, and his entire life 

 was actuated by high manly principles. 

 He was well liked by all who knew 

 him, the circle of his friends being al- 

 most coextensive with the circle of_his 

 acquaintance. 



FRANK HEADMAN FLUM, of 

 Bristol, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 

 who has won and retained an enviable 

 reputation in the community for in- 

 tegrity and probity, and whose career 

 has been one of marked enterprise, was 

 born in Bensalem township, Pennsyl- 

 vania, April 2, 1868, a son of Frederic 

 and Catherine (Barth) Flum. 



Frederic Flum (father) was born in 

 Wurtemberg, Germany, March 18, 1823. 

 He came to America about the year 

 1850, followed some years later by his 

 wife and children, and settled in Ben- 

 salem towmship, where they resided for 

 many years, and where Mrs. Flum is re- 

 siding at the present time (1904), Mr. 

 Flum having passed away May 5, 1875. 

 Mrs. Flum, whose maiden name was 

 Catherine Barth, was born in Wurtem- 

 berg, Germany, June 15, 1826, and was 

 the mother of the following named chil- 

 dren: I. John, born September 27, 1847, 

 married Emma Page, and they were 

 the parents of three children: Fred, 

 John, and George. 2. Fred, born Decem- 

 ber 2, 1849. 3. Hannah, born October 

 10. 1853, wndow of George Thackara. 

 4. David, born August 31, 1859, 5. Frank 

 H., born April 2, 186S, mentioned here- 

 inafter. 6. Lizzie, died in infancy. 7. 

 Daniel, born October 3, 1869, married 

 Annie Kilpatrick, June 5. 1880, and three 

 children were born to them: Catharine, 

 Bessie and Helen. 



Frank H. Flum was educated in the 

 public schools of Bensalem township. 

 He then worked at farming with his 

 father, remaining until 1880, when he 

 took up his residence in Bristol, Bucks 

 county, and at once engaged in the 

 butchering business, which he has fol- 

 lowed ever since, and in which he has 

 achieved a large degree of success. Mr. 

 Flum stands well in the community, as 

 is evidenced by the fact that he has 

 served two terms in the borough coun- 

 cil. He is a charter member of the Good 



Will Fire Company of Bristol, serving 

 in the capacity of its treasurer, a member 

 of the Improved Order of Red Men, and a 

 member of the Knights of Friendship. He 

 is a Republican in politics. Mr. Flum 

 \vas married August 18, 1890, to Eliza- 

 beth Rotta Guyon,' of Bristol, a daugh- 

 ter of Robert and Eleanor (Murray) 

 Guyon, and granddaughter, on the pa- 

 ternal side, of John and Elizabeth 

 (Thomas) Guyon, and on the maternal 

 side of Lewis and Martha (Wolohon) 

 Murray. Their children are: Edith 

 Guyon, born May 8, 1893; and Frank 

 Leslie, born May 8, 1902. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Flum are Presbyterians in religion. 



JOHN S. WILLIAMS, a public-spirit- 

 ed citizen of Solebury township who has 

 givejvj' generous and helpful support to 

 many movements fostering progress and 

 improvement in the county, was born in 

 Buckingham township, March 21, 1831. 

 The first ancestry of whom the family has 

 definite record was Jeremiah Williams, of 

 English descent, who wedded Mercy Ste- 

 phenson. 



(II) Benjamin Williams, son of Jere- 

 miah and Mercy (Stephenson) Williams, 

 was a resident of Nockamixon township, 

 where he followed the occupation of farm- 

 ing. He wedded Mercy Stevenson Octo- 

 ber II, 1744, in Huntington township, New 

 Jersey. 



(HI) Samuel Williams, son of Benja- 

 niin and Mercy (Stevenson) Williams, 

 was born July 20, 1762, and reared in Tini- 

 cum township, where he resided until after 

 his marriage, when he removed to Buck- 

 ingham township and continued to engage 

 in farming there up to the time of his 

 death, which resulted from typhus fever 

 when he was about forty-five or fifty years 

 of age. His political allegiance had been 

 given to the Whig party, and he was a man 

 of local prominence, highly respected 

 throughout his community. He wedded 

 Sarah Watson, who was also reared in Tin- 

 icum township. 



(IV) Edward Williams, son of Samuel 

 and Sarah (Watson) Williams, was born 

 on the old homestead farm in Buckingham 

 township, and he, too, devoted his entire 

 life to agricultural pursuits, becoming not 

 only one of the leading farmers of his 

 community, but also a man of prominence 

 in community affairs, whose integrity stood 

 as an unquestioned fact in his career. He 

 was frequently called upon to serve in po- 

 sitions of public trust, was president of a 

 turnpike company and one of the trustees 

 of the Hughesian free school. His political 

 allegiance was given first to the Whig and 

 afterward to the Republican party. He 

 was married twice, his first union being 

 with Phoebe Esther Schofield. They had 

 three children, but John S. Williams, whose 

 name introduces this record, is the only 

 one now living. .\ second marriage result- 

 ed in the birth of seven children: Charles 



