HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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«hip, near the present site of Sellers- 

 ville, of Michael Durstine, the pioneer 

 -ancestor of that family, whose descend- 

 ants still reside on a part of the same 

 tract, one mile south of Sellersville, at ■ 

 the station bearing their name. Here 

 Jacob Savacool lived and reared a fam- 

 ily of six children, — two sons, William 

 and Isaac; and four daughters,— Cath- 

 arine, Eleanor, Susanna, and Elizabeth. 

 He was a member of the Menncnite 

 congregation of Rockhill, to whom he 

 devised a legacy of ten pounds. His 

 widow, Elizabeth, survived him. Will- 

 iam Savacool, the eldest son of Jacob 

 and Elizabeth, was born at Derstines, 

 Rockhill township, but on his marriage 

 located on a farm in Hilltown purchased 

 for him by his father in 1772, and devised 

 to him by his father in 1782, Isaac, the 

 second son, being devised the Rockhill 

 homestead. William married Eliza- 

 beth Miller, and they were the parents 

 of seven children: Michael; Catharine, 

 wife of George Jenkins; Susanna, wife 

 of John Cope; John; Henry; Maria, and 

 Jacob. William, the father, lived to a 

 good old age, dying in 1832. 



Jacob Savacool, youngest son of Will- 

 iam and Elizabeth (Miller) Savacool, 

 was born on the old homestead in Hill- 

 town in the year 1803. Early in life he 

 learned the wheelwright trade, which he 

 followed until after the death of his 

 father in 1832, when he purchased the 

 old homestead and conducted it until 

 his death in 1878. He married Lydia 

 Snvder, daughter of Jacob and Eliza- 

 beth (Yost) Snyder, of Hilltown, 

 (whose ancestry is given elsewhere in 

 this work), and they were the parents 

 of fourteen children, three of whom 

 ■died in infancy; those who survive are: 

 Enos B., born January 18. 1831. of South 

 Perkasie: Aaron, a sketch of whom fol- 

 lows: Elizabeth, wife of Leidy SchoU; 

 William B., see forward; Lydia; Amelia', 

 wife of Benjamin Althouse; Caroline, 

 wife of John Sherm; Jacob A., see for- 

 ward; Emma, who married Tobias Cuf- 

 fel, of Lansdale, and is now deceased, 

 leaving nine children; and Elias, de- 

 ceased. The old homestead still remains 

 in the family and is occupied by Jacob 

 • A. Savacool, the youngest son. 



ENOS SAVACOOL. eldest son of 

 Jacob and Lydia (Snyder) Savacool, 

 was born in Hilltown, January 18, 1829, 

 and was reared on the old homestead, 

 acquiring his education in the public 

 schools of that township. At the age 

 of sixteen years he entered the general 

 merchandise store of his uncle. C. A. 

 Snyder, in Richland township. He later 

 engaged in the business with his uncle 

 in Rockhill township. In 1884 he pur- 

 chased a farm at Bridgetown, now 

 South Perkasie. where he still resides. 

 He is a member of St. Andrew's Luth- 



eran church, and politically is a Demo- 

 crat. He married, February 26, 1854, 

 Hannah Moyer, daughter of Samuel M. 

 and Barbara (High) Moyer, and they 

 have been the parents of five children: 

 I. Susan, died at the age of fourteen 

 years; 2. James Erwin, born January 

 I, 1856, died at the age of eight years; 

 3. William Henry, born February, 1858, 

 now a resident of Philadelphia; has been 

 twice married; by his first wife, Ella 

 Stoneback, he has two children, — Lizzie 

 and James Erwin: he married (second) 

 Mrs. Lavinia (Clymer) Savacool, by 

 whom he has three children; 4. Levi M., 

 born January 15, i860, died December 

 31, 1882; 5. Franklin M., born December 

 5, 1864. married Lydia Weigner, and has 

 one child, Frank. 



AARON SAVACOOL was born in Hill- 

 town township, and reared on the old home- 

 stead, acquiring his education at the lo- 

 cal schools. Reared to the life of a 

 farmer, he has never followed any other 

 vocation. Until 1898 he was one of the 

 active and progressive farmers of Hill- 

 town township. In connection with the 

 tilling of the soil he ran a commission 

 wagon, carrying his own and his neigh- 

 bors' lighter produce to the Philadelpnia 

 markets. In the latter year he built 

 himself a handsome and commodious 

 residence in Perkasie, where he now re- 

 sides, enjoying the fruits of a life of 

 industry and usefulness. He is a mem- 

 ber of St. Andrew's Lutheran church, 

 and in politics is a Democrat, but has 

 never sought or held other than local 

 office, having served for four years as 

 assessor of Hilltown township. He mar- 

 ried, November, 1857, Esther Shetler, 

 and to them have been born three chil- 

 dren: Martha, wife of J. Howard Gear-, 

 hart, and has four children; Susan, de- 

 ceased, the latter having been the wife 

 of Milton L. Cope, and had two chil- 

 dren, and one son, Jacob, who married 

 a distant cousin, Lizzie Savacool, daugh- 

 ter of Mahlon Savacool, and has one 

 child, Esther. 



WILLIAM B. SAVACOOL, son of 

 Jacob and Lydia (Snyder) Savacool, 

 whose ancestry is traced in a preceding 

 sketch, he being a grandson of William 

 and Elizabeth (Miller) Savacool, and 

 a great-grandson of Jacob Savelkool. 

 who came to Pennsylvania in 1731, and 

 settled in Rockhill, was born on the old 

 homestead in Hilltown. August 27, 1833. 

 He was educated in the public schools 

 of Hilltown. and remained on the farm 

 with his parents until his marriage in 

 1856, when he removed to Sellersville. 

 where he lived for five years. He then 

 returned to the homestead and worked 

 for his father for five years. In 1880 he 

 settled at South Perkasie, and opened a 



