HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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Democrat in politics, and a member of the 

 Presbyterian church. Mr. Lewis married 

 December 9, 1868, Victoria R., daughter of 

 Phihp Harper Matthews, a hmiber mer- 

 chant of Lambertville, and they have one 

 son, Frank B., who is in business with his 

 father, and married Jennie H., daughter of 

 WilHam Price, of New Hope. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Lewis are the parents of one child, 

 Florence Josephine. 



CHARLES T. DAGER, proprietor of a 

 hotel at Warminster, also identified with 

 farming interests in the township of that 

 name, was born at Baron Hill, Montgomery 

 county, Pennsylvania, April 3, 1834. His 

 grandfather, Frederick Dager, was a miller 

 by trade and followed that pursuit through- 

 out his entire life. He voted with the 

 Democracy, but never aspired to office. 

 During the revolutionary war he saved the 

 life of an American ofiicer who was being 

 pursued by the British by hiding him in a 

 chimney in the house at Marble Hall. 

 Montgomery county. Frederick Dager died 

 and was buried at Baron Hill. He and his 

 wife were members of the Lutheran church 

 at that place. Their children were: Philip, 

 John, Henry, Charles, Martha, and Mrs. 

 Frye. 



Major John Dager, son of Frederick 

 Dager, was born in Montgomery county, at 

 Spring Mill, and in his youth assisted' his 

 father in the milling business, thus learn- 

 ing the trade in his younger days. After 

 his marriage he settled upon the home 

 farm, purchasing the property at Baron 

 Hill, comprising twelve acres. There he 

 ■conducted a hotel and upon his land raised 

 much of the products needed for consump- 

 tion by the guests of the house. He con- 

 •ducted the hotel altogether for forty-eight 

 years, and was one of the best known citi- 

 zens of that locality. He was largely in- 

 strumental in securing the postolSce at 

 Baron Hill, and acted as postmaster when 

 the office paid no salary. At the time of 

 the building of the' pike he stronglv en- 

 dorsed that movement, and in fact was an 

 advocate of all progressive measures. Li 

 politics a Democrat, he was recognized as 

 one of the leading supporters of the party 

 in his locality and he filled a number of 

 local offices, including that of school 

 director and justice of the peace, occupying 

 the latter position for many years. He was 

 an enterprising and public-spirited citizen, 

 a popular business man, and was widely 

 known and highly respected. He was 

 usually called Major Dager, having served 

 his country as a major in the war of 181 2. 

 He was a devoted member of the Lutheran 

 church, in which his wife was also identi- 

 fied. She bore the maiden name of Ann 

 Freas, and was a daughter of Simon treas. 

 who belonged to one of the old families of 

 Montgomery county. He engaged exten- 

 sively in dealing in marble and was an en- 

 terprising farmer, recognized as one of the 



leading business men of his neighborhood. 

 He held membership in the Lutheran 

 church, and gave his political allegiance to 

 the Democracy. His children were : Philip, 

 who became editor of the Germantown 

 Telegraph ; Nicholas, a partner in the 

 ownership of the paper ; Charles, an ex- 

 tensive farmer, also a dealer in marble; 

 Mrs. Ann Dager ; Barbara, who became the 



wife of , a teacher in the high 



school of ; and Henry, a merchant 



of Germantown. To Major and Mrs. 

 Dager were born the following children : 

 Margaret, wife of H. S. Hitner; Susanna, 

 the wife of S. Struper; Mrs. Harriet Zim- 

 merman; Mrs. Eliza Stif er ; Mrs. Mary 

 Lismyer; Mrs. Martha Richardson; Sarah 

 and Anna, deceased; William, a farmer, 

 and for many years overseer of the 

 Lutheran church; Moulton R., a merchant; 

 Charles Nicholas, who also follows mer- 

 chandising; and Albert, a dealer in coal. 

 The sons have become prominent and in- 

 fluential in business circles, and the daugh- 

 ters all married leading citizens of their 

 respective communities. 



Charles T. Dager was born in the Baron 

 Hill hotel, became familiar with the busi- 

 ness of conducting a hotel in his youth, 

 and throughout the greater part of his life 

 has continued in that line of activity. For 

 fourteen years he has been proprietor of the 

 hotel at Warminster and is popular in this 

 connection, having made an excellent record 

 as a landlord. He remained under the 

 parental roof until 1861, when he enlisted 

 for three months setrvice under General 

 Hartranft. On the expiration of that period 

 he received an honorable discharge, but in 

 the following month he again enlisted, be- 

 coming one of the body guard of General 

 Anderson's troop. H'e was assigned to 

 the Army of the Cumberland and after 

 reaching Ringgold, Georgia, was trans- 

 ferred to General Buell's body guard, serv- 

 ing in that capacity for more than three 

 years or until the close of the war. He 

 was then again honorably discharged and 

 returned to his home with a most creditable 

 military record, having displayed marked 

 valor and loyalty in times of great danger. 

 Mr. Dager was married at Chattanooga, 

 Tennessee, during the period of the war, 

 and after the cessation of hostilities he re- 

 turned home bringing his bride to the 

 north. He then located at the old home- 

 stead at Baron Hill land acted as ba(r- 

 keeper for his father. Later he followed 

 the trade of brick mason, which he had 

 learned in his youth. He conducted the 

 business of contractor for a number of 

 years, and at the same time assisted his 

 father in the hotel business. Later he went 

 to Marble Hall, where he took charge of a 

 mining, marble and iron enterprise, con- 

 tinuing there for fifteen vears, after which 

 he again located at the Baron Hill Hotel, 

 continuing in charge until April, 1890. He 

 then bought the hotel and farm at War- 

 minster, where he has since remained. He 

 is a practical and successful hotel man. 



