HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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Hannah Fenton, Elizabeth Allen, 

 Martha Shrigley, Priscilla jMcKinstry, 

 and Mary Jewell. Lawrence Pearson, 

 son of Joseph and grandson of Lawrence 

 and Ann, was born about the year 

 1720, and in 1744 purchased of Barthol- 

 omew Longstreth 250 acres of land in 

 Nockamixon, including the site of 

 Nockamixon German Lutheran and Re- 

 form church, a portion of which he con- 

 veyed to the trustees of the church in 

 1797 to enlarge their graveyard. 

 Lawrence Pearson died in 1803, leaving 

 a widow. Elizabeth, and eight children, 

 viz.: Christian, Henry, Philip, Lawrence, 

 Peter, Mary, wife of John Kohl; Cath- 

 arine, wife of Jacob Saassaman; and 

 Susanna, wife of John Easterling. Kohl 

 and Sassaman were trustees of Nocka- 

 mixon church. Lawrence Pearson, son 

 of the above named Lawrence, was the 

 father of Margaret Clymer. He married 



Margaret , of German ancestry. 



and became a member of the Nocka- 

 mixon church, where his children were 

 baptised. Lawrence, the eldest, born 

 August 27, 1782; William. June 27, 1784; 

 Abraham, November 28, 1790; Margaret, 

 November 22, 1794; John, about 1800: 

 and Elizabeth, January 4, 1807. The lat- 

 ter married Jesse Algart. Lawrence, the 

 father, died in 1810. Though of English 

 ancestry on the paternal side, the chil- 

 dren of Lawrence Pearson (3) imbibed 

 the language and customs of their ma- 

 ternal ancestors, and both spoke and 

 wrote in the German language. 



John H. Clymer, youngest son of 

 John and Margaret (Pearson) Clymer, 

 was born in Nockamixon, November 3, 

 i8.?6. On arriving at manhood he lo- 

 cated for a time in Durham township, 

 but on the death of his father in 1868 

 purchased of the other heirs a portion of 

 his father's real estate in Nockamixon 

 and lived thereon for some years, re- 

 moving later to Tinicum township, 

 where he died August' 5, 1881. He mar- 

 ried Maria Kiser, daughter of Jacob rnd 

 Ann (Seiner) Kiser, of Nockamixon, 

 granddaughter of Frederick and Ger- 

 trude (Hoffman) Kiser, and great-grand- 

 daughter of Frederick and Anna Bar- 

 bara (Stein) Kiser. who emigrated from 

 Bretzinger, in the grand duchy of Baden, 

 and settled in Durham township, Bucks 

 county, prior to 1770. Maria (Kiser) 

 Clymer is living with her son in Doyles- 

 town. The children of John H. and 

 Maria (Kiser) Clymer are: Robert L., 

 the subject of this sketch, and Idella, 

 wife of Edward Steely, of Tinicum. 



Robert L. Clymer was reared in Nock- 

 amixon and Tinicum townships, and ac- 

 quired his education at the public 

 schools. At the age of fifteen years he 

 began his mercantile career as a clerk 

 in the general merchandise store at 

 Kintnersville, where he was employed 

 for eight years. In 1897 he came to 

 Doylestown and purchased the stock 



and fixtures of the general merchandise 

 store at the corner of Clinton and Ash- 

 land streets, of Kohn K. Benner, where 

 he has since successfully conducted the 

 business. He has taken an active inter- 

 est in the affairs of the town and is a 

 well known and popular business man. 

 t\\v. Clymer is a member of the Re- 

 formed church, and is affiliated with 

 Aqueton Lodge No. 193, L O. O. F., of 

 Doylestown, the Junior O. U. A. M.,, 

 Ferndale Council No. 685, and the F. 

 and A. M., of Doylestown. He married 

 October 18, 1894, Stella Rufe, daughter 

 of Josiah and Mary Jane Rufe, of Nock- 

 amixon, wdiere her ancestors had been 

 prominent landowners and business men 

 for several generations. 



F. M. MARPLE. The Marple familjr 

 has been connected with Bucks county 

 through various generations. N. David 

 Marple. grandfather of F. M. Marple,. 

 was born in Bucks county and became 

 an influential and leading farmer of his 

 community. His early political support 

 was given the Democracy, but at the 

 time of the civil war he joined the ranks 

 of the Republican party, and upon that 

 ticket was called to offices of honor and 

 trust. He held office as a Democrat long 

 before the war. He served as county 

 commissioner and prothonotary of 

 Bucks county, and acted as clerk for 

 General John Davis when the latter was 

 serving as collector of customs for the 

 United States. N. David Marple was a 

 man ,of superior education and was 

 closely identified with the educational 

 interests of his county at an early day„ 

 having been a competent school teacher. 

 He served as a colonel in his regiment 

 in the war of 1812, and was thus promi- 

 nent in business, political and military 

 circles, a man whose life was above re- 

 proach, and who in consequence com- 

 manded the entire respect and con- 

 fidence of those with whom he was as- 

 sociated. His last days were spent in 

 Kansas, to which state he removed in 

 his later years.. He belonged to the 

 Baptist church, and all of his relations 

 with his fellowmen exemplified his 

 Christian faith. His wife, who bore the 

 maiden name of Eliza Hart, was born in 

 Bucks county and was descended from 

 an old colonial family of Pennsylvania. 

 Their children were : Eliza A.. Mary P., 

 Clara, Virginia. Ellen, Alfred, Joseph,. 

 Silas. Nathan, Warren, and Eugene. 



Alfred Marple, born in Bucks county,, 

 was reared upon his father's farm, ac- 

 quired a liberal education and became a' 

 capable teacher in the public schools. 

 At the time of his marriage he located 

 upon a farm, but later turned his atten- 

 tion to merchandising at Langhorne. He 

 also served as postmaster there for a 

 number of years, and at one time was 



