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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



father and entered Jefferson Medical 

 College, from which he graduated in the 

 class of i88r. Returning to Revere he 

 began the practice of his chosen pro- 

 fession in connection with his father, 

 and after the latter's death continued 

 the practice at Revere where he has a 

 large and lucrative practice, and main- 

 tains the reputation of his father as a 

 physician of superior merit. Dr. Grim 

 has taken an active interest in the af- 

 fairs of the community in which he 

 lives, and has been identified with vari- 

 ous local enterprises. He has served 

 for twelve years as a member of the 

 local school board in which he filled the 

 position of secretary. He was a mem- 

 ber of the medical board of pension ex- 

 aminers for four years, and is a member 

 of the County and State Medical Asso- 

 ciations. He was instrumental in the 

 establishment of Revere postoffice. and 

 was its first postmaster in 1885. Prev- 

 ious to that time it was known as 

 "Rufe's" and earlier as "Kintner's." He 

 is a member of Riegelsville Lodge, No. 

 567 F. and A. M.; a past chief of the 

 K. 'G. E., and a member of the Jr. O. U. 

 A. M. and I. O. R. M. of Ferndale and 

 Kintnersville. Dr. Grim married Ella 

 M. Rufe. daughter of Reden and Mary 

 Ann (Hillpot) Rufe, of Nockamixon, 

 whose paternal ancestors were among 

 the earliest and most prominent resi- 

 dents of Nockamixon. Mrs. Grim died 

 October 4, 1899, leaving seven children: 

 Edna P., Mamie B., Lizzie E., George 

 W., Clair F., Esther M., and Horace R. 

 The family are members of the Re- 

 formed church. 



Jacob Ruff, as the name was origin- 

 ally spelled, emigrated from Germany 

 in the ship,' "Snow Betsy," arriving in 

 Philadelphia. August 27, 1739, at the age 

 of twenty-one years, and soon after lo- 

 cated in Nockamixon, Bucks county, 

 where he became the owner of 180 acres 

 of land. He was corporal of captain 

 Jacob Shupe's company, Bucks county 

 militia, in 1775 and 1777, and his sons, 

 John, Jacob and Henry, were privates 

 in the same company. This company 

 was one of those stationed at Bristol, 

 Bucks county, in 1777. mider the com- 

 mand of Colonel Hugh Tomb, and 

 probably saw active service in the New 

 Jersey campaign. Jacob Rufe died on 

 Christmas day, 1790. aged seventy-two 

 years. His wife Elizabeth survived him. 

 They were the parents of six sons. Johrf, 

 Jacob, Henry, Christian, George and 

 Frederick, and one daughter, Sophia, 

 who married George Fulmer. 



George Rufe. son of Jacob and Eliza- 

 beth Rufe, was the great-grandfather of 

 Mrs. Grim. In 1795 he became the 

 owner of 181 acres of land near Kint- 

 nersville, and in 1798 of 176 acres near 

 Revere. He was a blacksmith by trade 

 and followed that vocation in connection 

 with farming until his death in Decem- 



ber, 1822. His wife Sarah survived him. 

 They were the parents of four sons, 

 Jacob, John, Frederick and Samuel, and 

 four daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah, Su- 

 sanna and Catharine. 



John Rufe, son of George and Sarah 

 Rufe, was born in Nockamixon, in 1797. 

 He learned the trade of a blacksmith 

 with his father, and followed that voca- 

 tion for several years in connection with 

 farming. He also owned and conducted 

 the well known "Rufe's Tavern," one 

 of the old hostelries of that section. He 

 died in 1872 at the age of seventy-five 

 years. His wife was Catharine Hager, 

 daughter of Valentine Hager, and they 

 were the parents of six children: Isaac, 

 Reden, Amanda, wife of Hugh Kintner, 

 who was recorder of deeds of Bucks 

 county in 1854; Josiah, William and 

 John H. 



Reden Rufe, the father of Mrs. Ella 

 M. Grim, M^as born in Nockamixon, June 

 20, 1824. He learned the carpenter trade 

 at an early age and followed it for twen- 

 ty-five years. He then purchased the 

 homestead of ninety acres, where he still 

 reside. He was twice married ; first to 

 Sarah Burgstresser, who died at the age 

 of thirtjf-one years; and second to Mary 

 Ann Hillpot, of an old Tinicum family, 

 who bore him four children: Ella, who 

 married Dr. F. H. Grim; Josiah; Sey- 

 mour, who married Cora Kohl ; and Annie, 

 wife of Oscar Stone. 



EDWARD LONGSTRETH. The late 

 Edward Longstreth, for many years su- 

 perintendent of the Baldwin Locomotive 

 Works, and a retired member of the firm 

 of Burnham, Williams and Company, 

 wdio now operate that plant, though a 

 resident of Philadelphia for the last 

 forty years of his life, was a native of 

 Bucks county. Throughout a long and 

 busy life he kept in touch with the 

 county of his nativity and took an active 

 interest in all that pertained to her wel- 

 fare and advancement. Mr. Longstreth 

 was born in Warminster township, 

 Bucks county, June 22. 1839, and was a 

 son of Daniel and Hannah T. Long- 

 streth, and a descendant of one of the 

 oldest and most prominent families of 

 Bucks county. His pioneer ancestor, 

 Bartholomew Longstreth, settled in 

 Bucks county in the time of William 

 Penn and became one of the prominent 

 men of his time. An account of the de- 

 scendants of Bartholomew Longstreth 

 is given in General Davis' narrative his- 

 tory of Warminster contained in these 

 volumes. The Longstreths came of 

 good old English Quaker stock and rep- 

 resented the solid, conservative and 

 substantial elements of the county in 

 the colonial days as well as down to the 

 present time. 



Daniel Longstreth. the father of Ed- 

 ward Longstreth, was born in War- 



