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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY 



flour and feed store, , and also purchased 

 calves for the New York and Philadel- 

 phia markets. He continued the busi- • 

 ness until 1904, when he leased the mill 

 and feed store to his nephew, W. Elmer ■ 

 Savacool, and now lives retired in South 

 Perkasie. He is a member of the Luth- 

 eran church of Perkasie, and in politics 

 is a Democrat. Mr. Savacool married 

 in November, 1858, Christiana Fulmer, 

 daughter of Jacob and Mary (Kramer) 

 Fulmer. 



W. ELMER SAVACOOL, of South 

 Perkasie, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 

 was born on the old homestead in Hill- 

 town township, which has been the prop- 

 erty of his ancestors for over one hun- 

 dred and fifty years, and is still occu- 

 pied by his parents, Jacob A. and Eva 

 (Steeley) Savacool. 



Jacob A. Savacool, the father of Will- 

 iam Elmer, was born on the old home- 

 stead October 9, 1850, and is the young- 

 est son of Jacob and Lydia (Snyder) 

 Savacool, whose ancestry is traced in 

 preceding pages.* He was reared on the 

 old homestead where he still resides, 

 and was educated in the public scTiools 

 of Hilltown township. Being the young- 

 est of the family, he remained with his 

 parents on the homestead, and at the 

 death of his father in 1876 he purchased 

 the homestead of ninety-four acres, and 

 has always followed the life of a farmer. 

 He is a member of the Lutheran 

 church of South Perkasie. and in poli- 

 tics is a Democrat. He married, May 

 10, 1873, Eva Steeley, of Tinicum_ town- 

 ship, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and 

 they are the parents of five children; 

 William Elmer, the subject of this 

 sketch; Stella: Emma, deceased; Ada 

 and Jacob. 



William Elmer Savacool was reared 

 on the old homestead and attended the 

 Red Hill school, later entering the Sel- 

 lersville high school. He remained on 

 the farm with his father until the age 

 of twenty-two years, and then removed 

 to Hagersville. Bedminster township, 

 where he lived for two years. He then 

 removed to South Perkasie and entered 

 the emplov of his uncle. William B. Sava- 

 cool, in the mill and feed store, and five 

 years later (in 1904) leased the plant of 

 his uncle and now conducts the business 

 for himself. He has always taken an 

 active interest in local affairs, filling a 

 number of local offices. He has been 

 a member of the board of health of Per- 

 kasie borough and is now servmg a 

 term as school director of that borough. 

 He is a member of Relief Circle, No. 57, 

 Brotherhood of the Union, and religi- 

 ously is affiliated with the Lutheran 

 church of South Perkasie. 



He married, December 16, 1896, Clara 

 Meyers, born August 6, 1877, daughter 

 of Abraham F. and Susanna (High) 

 Myers, the latter deceased; and grand- 

 daughter of Joseph F. and Barbara 

 (Fretz) Myers. Her great-grandfather 

 Henry Meyer, was born in Bucks coun- 

 ty, February 23, 1780, and died in Plum- 

 stead township, Bucks county, October, 

 1847. His wife was Elizabeth Fretz, born 

 March 24, 1807. John Meyers, the father 

 of Henry, was also a resident of Plum- 

 stead township, and was born in 1756 

 and died in 1814. His wife was Cath- 

 arine Souder. William Elmer and Clara 

 (Meyers) Savacool are the parents of 

 two children — Eva M. and William 

 Russell. 



*For ancestry of Lvdia (Snyder) Savacool see 

 sketch of Henry H. Snyder. 



SHELLENBERGER FAMILY. The 

 paternal ancestors of Mary E. (Shell- 

 enberger) Gulick were early settlers in 

 Hatfield township, Montgomery county, 

 Pennsylvania, and were the descendants of 

 Johannes Schellenberger, who emigrat- 

 ed from Germany and settled in that 

 township, arriving in Philadelphia, Oc- 

 tober 4, 1751. in the ship "Queen of 

 Denmark." He purchased 250 acres in 

 Hatfield and became one of the promi- 

 nent men of that section. By his wife 

 Margaret he had at least five sons, Con- 

 rad. John, Philip, Jacob and Charles^ 

 all but the two last settling in Bucks coun- 

 ty. In 1776 he purchased several tracts 

 of land in Hilltown, which he soon after 

 convej^ed to his sons above mentioned. 



Conrad Shellenberger, son of John 

 of Hatfield, settled in Rockhill town- 

 ship, where he was living in 1779. when 

 his father conveyed to him 120 acres of 

 land in Hilltown. He eventually pur- 

 chased several other farms in Hilltown, 

 and became one of the prominent land- 

 holders there. He died in 1839 in Hill- 

 town. His wife. Eve Leidy, died about 

 1828. They were the parents of seven 

 children, — two sons, John L. and Jacob 

 L,, and five daughters: Hannah, who 

 married a Trauger, and died before her 

 father, leaving two daughters. Eve and 

 Mary; Elizabeth, who married Jacob 

 Datesman; Eve, who married John 

 Wart, of Bedminster; Susanna, who • 

 married John Drumbore; and Anna, who' 

 married George Mumbauer. Jacob L. 

 died on a portion of the old homestead 

 in 1857. 



John L. Shellenberger, eldest son of 

 Conrad and Eve (Leidy) Shellenberger, 

 was born in Hilltown township in 1792. 

 In 1829 his father conveyed to him 102 

 acres of the old homestead, purchased 

 by his grandfather in 1772. and at Con- 

 rad's death ten acres additional were 

 adjudged to him. He lived on the old 

 h-^mestead all his life, dying Anril 26, 

 1882, at the age of ninety years. He was 

 twice married, his first wife being Cath- 



