HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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farmer; Maria, who became the wife of 

 Jonas Suyden, and they reside in Philadel- 

 phia; Aaron, married Savilla Gangawere, 

 and they reside in Haycock township ; 

 Eliza, widow of Jacob Fluck, and resides 

 near Richlandtown ; Jacob, deceased ; Will- 

 iam, married Amanda Mace, and they re- 

 side at Tylersport, Montgomery county, 

 Pennsylvania; and Amandus Hartzell Cope. 

 In i860, when Amandus H. Cope was 

 eight years of age, his parents moved to 

 Haycock township, near Tohickon creek, 

 where they purchased a farm containing 

 eighty-five acres, which later became the 

 property of Peter Horn. The family re- 

 sided thereon for the long period of twenty- 

 eight years. After his marriage Amandus 

 settled on his father's farm and succeeded 

 the latter in managing the same on shares, 

 which he continued to do until the death 

 of his father in 1884, when the property was 

 sold to a Mr. Gross. Amandus then moved 

 to a place near Richlandtown, where he re- 

 mained for one year, and in 1886 purchased 

 a farm of twenty-two acres of improved 

 land, situated on Mill near Third street, 

 Quakertown, which was formerly the prop- 

 erty of Henry Hager. He still resides on 

 this property, which he operates as a gen- 

 eral farm, and in addition to these duties 

 he attends the Philadelphia market. He 

 casts his vote for the candidates of the 

 Democratic party, but owing to the demands 

 made upon his time by his business takes no 

 active part in local affairs. Mr. Cope en- 

 joys the respect and esteem of a large cir- 

 cle of friends and acquaintances. Novem- 

 ber 6, 1875, Mr. Cope was united in mar- 

 riage to Harriet Harding, who was born 

 September 27, 1853, daughter of Readmg 

 and Emeline (Potts) Harding, farmers of 

 Haycock township. Mr. and Mrs. Cope are 

 members of the Reformed church at Rich- 

 landtown. 



EDWARD H. TRAUCH. In Bedmm- 

 ster township there are few more popular 

 men than Edward H. Trauch. Mr. Trauch 

 is a grandson of Peter Trauch, for many 

 years a prominent farmer of Williams town- 

 ship, and later of New Britain where he 

 died. ^ 



William H. Trauch, son of Peter Trauch, 

 mentioned above, was born in 1847, in 

 Williams township, and at seventeen years 

 of age became the teacher of a school ni 

 Tinicum township, working on a farm dur- 

 ing the summer. At the end of two years 

 he gave his attention entirely to farmmg, 

 and after his marriage was employed for 

 three years on the farm of his father-in- 

 law, and then purchased his present home 

 farm in Bedminster township, where he has 

 ■since resided. For twelve years he has 

 lield the office of supervisor. He is a Demo- 

 crat in politics, and belongs to the Lutheran 

 church, being a member of the church coun- 

 cil. He married Mary Jane, daughter of 

 Elias Trauger, of Bedminster township, 

 -and of the twelve children born to them 



ten are now living: Emma Laura, Ella 

 Nora, Ira Elias, Minnie May, Clara, Ed- 

 ward H., mentioned at length hereinafter ; 

 William, Samuel, Susanna, and JMary. 



Edward H. Trauch, son of William H, 

 and Mary- Jane (Trauger) Trauch, was 

 born July 22, 1874, in Bedminster township, 

 where he obtained his education in the 

 common schools. At the age of nineteen 

 he went to Keller's Church, where for two 

 years he was employed as salesman. He 

 then accepted a position with Lewis Keller, 

 the proprietor of the extensive department 

 of Bedminsterville, where he remained four 

 years. In June, 1900, he purchased the 

 bakery business of William Yost, of Bed- 

 minsterville, which he now so successfully 

 conducts, the patronage having greatly in- 

 creased under his management. He has 

 filled various election offices, but is not an 

 office seeker. He is a member of Maratina 

 Castle, Knights of the Golden Eagle, and 

 Ottsville Lodge, No. 32, Shield of Honor. 

 He is a Democrat in politics, and belongs 

 to the Lutheran church. Mr. Trauch mar- 

 ried, November 20, 1897, Maggie, daughter 

 of Titus Snyder, a prominent farmer of 

 Bedminster township, and they have three 

 children : Ildah, Elsie and Mary. 



J. OSCAR DOAN. Several generations 

 of the Doan family have been represented 

 in Bucks county. The grandparents of J. 

 Oscar Doan were Jonathan and Grace 

 (Worthington) Doan, farming people of 

 Buckingham township. The grandfather 

 died when his son Wilson was but nine 

 years of age, leaving a widow and ten chil- 

 dren, only four of whom reached mature 

 years. His widow continued to reside upon 

 the home farm and there reared her fam- 

 ily, continuing upon the old home property 

 up to the time of her demise. 



Wilson Doan, son of Jonathan and Grace 

 Doan, was born in Buckingham township, 

 October 20, 1823, and was carefully reared 

 by his mother. He attended the public 

 schools and being an apt student gained a 

 very thorough common-school education, 

 which enabled him to successfully engage 

 in teaching for several years in the district 

 schools. He followed that profession both 

 prior and subsequent to his marriage, and 

 gained such an excellent reputation for dis- 

 cipline that whenever there was an un- 

 manageable school in the district he was 

 sent to take charge and thereafter there was 

 no trouble. He was married in 1845 and 

 engaged in farming, leasing the Henry S. 

 Knight farm in Buckingham township for 

 five years. He afterward conducted a store 

 in Cottageville for a shore time, and then 

 engaged in teaching for several years, being 

 identified with educational development of 

 the county in this way for at least twenty 

 years. He resided in Solebury township 

 until his health became impaired, and m 

 1884 he purchased the home in Plumstead, 

 the township where his daughter Elizabeth 



