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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



institution in the class of i8(j8. and was 

 admitted to the bar of Philadelphia 

 county in the same year. He has smce 

 practiced his profession in that city, 

 with offices at the Hale Building, 1328 

 Chestnut street. He is a member of 

 the Law Association of Philadelphia, 

 and of the Law Academy. He is a mem- 

 ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, 

 and a, local preacher of that faith. 



ALBERT C. LARUE, one of the 

 young enterprising farmers of Bucking- 

 ham, was born in Southampton town- 

 ship, in which vicinity his paternal an- 

 cestors have been residents for two^cen- 

 turies, on November 10, 1874; he is a^ 

 son of John B. and Eva (Cadwallader) 

 Larue. His father, John B. Larue, was 

 born on the same farm as his son in the 

 3'ear 1850, being a son of Marmaduke 

 Larue of Southatnpton. He w^as a 

 farmer for several years in Southamp- 

 ton, and then removed to Buckingham, 

 purchasing a farm near Pineville, wdiere 

 he still resides with his son-in-law. He 

 is a member of the Methodist Episco- 

 pal church, and in politics is a Re- 

 publican. The family of La Rue is of 

 French descent, the American progeni- 

 tors being Huguenots who came to 

 America about the middle of the seven- 

 teenth centur3\ and became residents of 

 Bucks county early in the next centurj-. 

 John B. and Eva (Cadwallader) Larue 

 are the parents of four children: viz.: 

 Albert C, the subject of this sketch; 

 Harry C, Alice, wife of Fred Worth- 

 ington, and Edgar J., all of whom are 

 residents of Buckingham. ^ 



Albert C. Larue was reared on the 

 farm in Southampton. From his twelfth 

 year he lived in the family of his uncle, 

 Samuel K. Tomlinson, of Southampton. 

 On February 10, 1897, he married Sarah 

 Rhoads. daughter of Nathan and Re- 

 becca Rhoads, and removed to his pres- 

 ent farm in Buckingham, previously pur- 

 chased by his uncle. He and his fam- 

 ily are members of the Methodist Epis- 

 copal church. To Mr. and Mrs. Larue 

 have been born three children: Horace 

 Raymond, Earl Stanley and Edith May. 



ROBERT L. CYLMER. the success- 

 ful merchant of Doylestown, Bucks 

 count3% was born in Bethlehem, Penn- 

 sylvania, June 20, 1872, and is a son of 

 John H. and Maria (Kiser) Clymer. The 

 Clymer family is of German origin, but 

 has figured in the history of Pennsyl- 

 vania for nearly two centuries. Richard 

 Clymer having come to Philadelphia in 

 1795, and engaged in shin building uiuil 

 his death in 1734. From his sons. Chris- 

 tian and William, have descended a nu- 

 merous progeny that have been more or 



less prominent in the affairs of .I'enn- 

 sylvania, many of them holding high 

 official position. George Clymer, signer 

 of the Declaration of Lidependence, was 

 a son of Christian, and was born in Phil- 

 adelphia in 1838, and died in Morrisville, 

 Bucks county, in 1813, leaving two sons: 

 Henry and George. Another branch of 

 the family now numerous in Bucks and 

 Montgomery counties are descendants 

 from Valentine Clemmer, a bishop of 

 the Mennonite church, who came to this 

 country from Germany or Switzerland 

 in 1717, and settled in what is now 

 Montgomery county, most of his de- >. 

 scendants becoming known later by the ^ 

 name of Clymer. Tradition connects 

 the subject of this sketch with the 

 former family, but there is absence of 

 -'-authentic records to prove the con- 

 nection. 



Christian Clymer, the great-grand- 

 father of Robert L. Clymer, was an ex- 

 tensive landowner in Alilford township, 

 and died there in 1802, leaving severt 

 sons, Jacob, Christian, Isaac, Gerhard, 

 John, David and Samuel, and three 

 daughters, Esther, wife of Adam 

 Scheetz, Ann, wife of Henry Souder^ 

 and Mary, wife of Henry Beidler. 



John Clymer. the grandfather of Rob- 

 ert L. Clymer, born March 31, 1793, lo- 

 cated in Nockamixon township soort- 

 after arriving at manhood, married Mar- 

 garet Pearson, daughter of Lawrence 

 Pearson, of that township, and pur- 

 chased a small farm, part of his father- 

 in-law's homestead. He followed the 

 vocation of a weaver for some years, 

 and was also a merchant at what is now 

 Ferndal^ prior to 1826. He later pur- 

 chased considerable other land in that 

 vicinity, and his later days seem to have 

 been devoted to agricultural pursuits. 

 He died in Nockamixon, March 11, 1868. 

 His wnfe, Margaret Pearson, was horn 

 in Nockamixon, near Ferndale, Novem- 

 ber 22. 1794. and died September 30,. 

 1863. They were the parents of the fol- 

 lowing children: Sarah Lavina, wife of 

 Ephraim Yost; Caroline, wife of Fred- 

 erick Horn; Sybilla, wife of William 

 Loudenberger; Catharine, wife of Frank- 

 lin J. Shick; Esther, wife of Jacob Sum- 

 stone; Elwood; Margaret, who died un- 

 married; and John H., the father of the 

 subject of this sketch. 



Lawrence Pearson, great-great-grand- 

 father of Margaret (Pearson) Clymer. 

 was a native of Yorkshire. England, and 

 came to Pennsylvania with his father,. 

 Edward Pearson, in 1683, and settled in 

 Falls township. Bucks county, from 

 whence he removed to Buckingham in 

 1701, and later to Plumstead, where he 

 died in 1756, and his wife Ann in 1760. 

 They were members of the Society of 

 Friends and their children were reared 

 in that faith. They were the parents of 

 two sons: Enoch, who died in 1748, un- 

 married, and Joseph, and daughters: 



