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arine Snyder, daughter of Jacob and 

 Elizabeth (Yost) Snyder of Hilltown, 

 whose ancestry is given elsewhere in 

 this volume and they were the parents 

 •of eight children : Elias, late of Sellers- 

 ville; Eve; Elizabeth; Catharine; John; 

 Levi, of Hagersville; Jacob S., and 

 Amelia. He married (second) Elizabeth 

 (Harr) Savacool, a widow, and had by 

 her one son, Henry H., who lives on the 

 old homestead in Hilltown. 



Jacob S. Shellenberger, son of John 

 L. and Catharine (Snyder) Shellenber- 

 ger, was the father of Mrs. S. S. Gu- 

 lick. He was born in Hilltown in 1824, 

 and died there in 1881. He married 

 Catharine Rudy, born June 8, 1830. died 

 June 6, 1898, and had seven children; 

 Amanda, wife of Frank Alderfer; Mary 

 E., wife of Samuel S. Gulick; Emma, 

 wife of Dr. Milton Fretz, of Palmyra, 

 Pennsylvania; Hiram R., of North Da- 

 kota, who married Sarah Rolfe; Ella, 

 wife of Simon Snyder, of Swarthmore; 

 Leidy R., a civil engineer in New York, 

 who married Mary Stump, and Jacob, of 

 Montana, who married Bertha Risk. 



JACOB M. RUSH. The Rush family 

 has been represented in Bucks county 

 since an early period in its develop- 

 ment. Jacob Rush, grandfather of Ja- 

 cob M. Rush, was a son of Peter Rush, 

 who lived and died in Bucks county. 

 By trade he w^as a tailor and followed 

 that pursuit for a number of years, but 

 subsequently turned his attention to 

 farming. He was a member of the To- 

 liickon Reformed church. He married 

 Miss Catherine Hofford, and thev be- 

 came the parents of six children: 

 Charles, Hillary, Peter. William. Re- 

 mandus. and Lucy Ann, the wife of 

 Eleazer McCarty. 



William Rush, father of Jacob M. 

 Rush, was born in Bedminster town- 

 ship, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where 

 Tie has followed farming all his life. His 

 religious faith is indicated by his mem- 

 bership in the Old Mennonite church. 

 He married Miss Annie Myers, and they 

 became the parents of nine children: 

 Jacob M.: Lizzie, wife of Joseph 

 Schuler ; Catherine, the wife of Philip 

 Musselman; Annie, wife of Newton 

 Snyder; Isaac M.; Allen M.; William 

 M. : Amanda, who died at the age of four 

 years; and Mahlon M. 



Rev. Jacob M. Rush was born in Bed- 

 minister township, Bucks county, Penn- 

 sylvania, April 4, 1862, and his education 

 was acquired in the common schools 

 near his home. In the periods of vaca- 

 tion he assisted in the work of the home 

 farm, gaining practical knowledge of the 

 l3est methods of conducting agricultural 

 interests, so that he w-as well qualified 

 to successfully carry on business for 

 liimself in the same line. He remained 



on the homestead farm until twenty years 

 of age, and then entered the employ of 

 the Plumsteadville Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion in the capacity of foreman. He re- 

 mained in that service for about four or 

 five years, and in 1887 purchased the 

 fann whereon he now resides. His at- 

 tention has been chiefiy given to agri- 

 cultural pursuits and his property is 

 now well improved, his fields being un- 

 der a high state of cultivation. He was 

 ordained on the 24th of October, 1895, 

 a minister of the Old Deep Run Men- 

 nonite church by Bishop Andrew Mack, 

 of Bucks county, since which time he 

 has ofificiated as pastor of the Deep Run 

 church, and was also a supply for the 

 Plumstead church. His life consecrated 

 to his holy calling has been a potent 

 element in the moral development of 

 his community, and by example as well 

 as precept he teaches the living truths 

 of the gospel. Rev. Mr. Rush was mar- 

 ried on the fourth of August, 1883, to 

 Miss Mary G. Mover, a daughter of Jo- 

 seph H. and Elizabeth (George) Moyer. 

 Their union has been blessed with ten 

 children: Nora Lizzie, born February 

 20, 1885; Anna M.. April 16, 1889; Aquil- 

 la M., June 30, 1891; William Norman 

 M., November 4, 1892; Joseph ]\I., April 

 22. 1894; Mary M., August 7, 1896; Ja- 

 cob Paul, December 15, 1897; Raymond 

 M., June 30, 1900; Isaac M., August 17, 

 1902; Theodore M., March 28, 1905. 



THE PENROSE FAMILY. The 

 Penrose family is an old one and v/as 

 established in Yorkshire. England, many 

 generations before Robert Penrose, the 

 ancestor of the subject of the sketch 

 left there in 1669. He was the son of 

 Robert and Jane Penrose, and in that 

 year removed to county Wicklow, Ire- 

 land, where in the same year he married 

 Anna Russell. In 1673 he w-as impris- 

 oned for refusing to take an oath. He 

 was probably accompanied or preceded 

 to Ireland by other members of the 

 family, as Richard and John Penrose, 

 of county Wicklow, suffered persecution 

 in the same year for their religious 

 faith. 



Robert Penrose, a son of Robert and 

 Anna (Russell) Penrose, born in county 

 Wicklow, married in 1695 Mary Clay- 

 ton, of Back Lane, Dublin, by whom 

 he had thirteen children. On 3 mo. 2, 

 1717. Robert Penrose and INIary his wife 

 of Ballykenny. county Wicklow, Ire- 

 land, with daughters Ann and Margaret 

 and son Christopher, obtained a certifi- 

 cate from the Two Weeks Meeting at 

 Dublin, which they produced at Phila- 

 delphia Monthly Meeting. 8 mo. 25. 1717. 

 Another son Robert soon followed them 

 to Pennsylvania, and the family settled 

 first in Philadelphia and later at Mar- 

 pie, Chester, (now Delaware) county. 



