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HISTORY OF BUCKS CO-UNTY. 



now resides and where he continued until 

 his death, March 2, 1904. He was a member 

 of the Friends' meetmg, was a Kepubiican 

 in pontics, and a man of sterling integrity,, 

 his hfe being imbued with high ideals and 

 honorable principles. In 1845 he wedded 

 Hannah Fenton, who was born in Chelten- 

 ham, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania^ 

 December 14, 1819, a daughter of William 

 and Mary (,Fenton) Fenton. Mrs. Hannah 

 Doan died August 4, 1897. There had been 

 born seven children ot that marriage, ot 

 whom four are living : William F., Harr> 

 W., J. Oscar, and Elizabeth, who as stated 

 occupies the home farm in Plumstead town 

 ship. 



J. Oscar Doan, son of Wilson and Han- 

 nah (Fenton) Doan, was born in Solebur> 

 township, October 26, 1854, and having ac- 

 quired his education in the common schools 

 worked with his father on the home farm 

 during the periods of vacation and until 

 his seventeenth year, when he started out 

 in life on his own account as a farm hand. 

 He was employed in this way for nine 

 years, after which he spent two or three 

 years at home. He was married April 17, 

 1884, to Miss Ida E. Thomas, a daughter 

 of Newton R. and Margaret (Jamison) 

 Thomas, both of whom died during the 

 early girlhood of their daughter. Two 

 children have been l.«arn of this union, 

 Newton R. W. and Otis H. After his mar- 

 riage Mr. Doan purchased a farm in the 

 northwestern part of Solebury township, 

 where he turned his attention to agricul- 

 tural interests, and four years later re- 

 moved to the Jacob Booz farm in Bucking- 

 ham township, which he operated as a renter 

 for eight years. In 1897 he purchased that 

 property and still devotes his time and ener- 

 gies to its further development and im- 

 provement. He exercises his right of 

 franchise in support of the Republican 

 party, and he is a member of Pannaucus- 

 sing Lodge, No. 221, K. P., of Carvers- 

 ville. The success which he has achieved has 

 come as the direct result of his labors, and 

 in his business career he has proved that a 

 competence and an honored name may be 

 won simultaneously. 



JOSEPH M. LEWIS. Bucks county is 

 ever mindful of the scions of her old fam- 

 ilies, watching with interest their progress 

 and rejoicing in their prosperity. This she 

 has not failed to do in the case of Joseph 

 M. Lewis, of Lambertville, New Jersey. 

 The founder of the Lewis family emigrated 

 from Wales, and his son Ephraim was born 

 in Bucks county. Ephraim Lewis was a 

 volunteer in the war of 1812, serving in the 

 Pennsylvania line and being stationed at 

 Marcus Hook. 



David M. Lewis, son of Ephraim Lewis, 

 mentioned above, was born in Doylestown 

 township, where he was brought up by an 

 aunt, Mrs. Malsbury, attending the old 

 Doylestown Academy. As a young man he 



went to New Hope, where he served a 

 nine years' apprenticeship at the tailor's 

 trade, after which he went to Davisville, 

 where for a short time he carried on a tail-- 

 oring business. He then removed to Lam- 

 bertville, and was living there in 1841, whea 

 the sweeping away of the bridge by the 

 flood brought such disaster to the place. At 

 the end of a year he returned to New Hope ' 

 and there conducted business for many 

 years. During the Mexican war he was 

 orderly sergeant of the Doylestown Greys, 

 a company of the National Guard, and en- 

 listed for the war, but the quota being full 

 his services were not accepted. He was for 

 a number of years a member of the I. O. 

 O. F., but allowed his membership to lapse 

 prior to his death. He was a Democrat in 

 politics, and a member of the Methodist 

 Episcopal church. He married Elizabeth 

 Stackhouse, and one child was born to- 

 them ; Joseph M., mentioned at length here- 

 inafter. The death of Mr. Lewis occurred 

 in New Hope, of which place he had been, 

 a resident of so many years. 



Joseph M. Lewis, only child of David M. 

 and Elizabeth (Stackhouse) Lewis, was 

 born February 15, 1840, in Davisville, and 

 in his sixteenth year went to Lambertville 

 to learn the jeweler's trade. His five years' 

 apprenticeship expired in February, 1861, 

 and the. following April witnessed the out- 

 break of the Civil war. Mr. Lewis was 

 among those who responded to the first 

 call for troops, two companies being raised 

 in Lambertville. He joined and helped to 

 drill Company E, commanded by Captain 

 A. W. Angel. This company was attached 

 to the Third New Jersey Regiment, Col- 

 onel Napton commanding, and formed part 

 of the brigade commanded by Brigadier- 

 General Runyon. Mr. Lewis was made 

 drum major prior to leaving the state and 

 served three months, his term expiring two 

 days after the battle of Bull Run. The 

 brigade was then resting at Fort Runyon 

 after their retreat from Manassas. Mr- 

 Lewis then returned home, and six weeks 

 later re-enlisted in the One Hundred and 

 Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel 

 William W. H. Davis commanding. He 

 was made a drummer in the band, serving 

 all through the peninsula campaign, and 

 remaining with the regiment until the pas- 

 sage of the act of congress disbanding all 

 regiment bands, his discharge occurring 

 August II, 1862, at Harrison's Landing, 

 Virginia. Mr. Lewis then returned home 

 and accepted a position with a Doylestown 

 jeweler, where he remained nine months, 

 returning to Lambertville to accept a po- 

 sition in the store where he had served his 

 apprenticeship. For one year he worked 

 for his former employer, who then sold the 

 business, Mr. Lewis entering the service of 

 the new owner. At the end of three years 

 Mr. Lewis purchased the business which 

 he has conducted for the last thirty-six 

 years, and is now the leading jeweler of 

 Lambertville. He belongs to Angel Post, 

 No. 20, G. A. R., of Lambertville, is a 



