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i8, 1878, attended the Quakertown pub- 

 lic schools, the West Chester high 

 school, from which she was graduated in 

 the class of 1896; Philadelphia Colle- 

 giate Institute, from which she was 

 graduated in the class of 1897; and the 

 Woman's College, at Baltimore, Mary- 

 land, from which she was graduated in 

 the class of 1901. She is now (1905) a 

 teacher in the department of mathe- 

 matics at the West Chester high school; 

 she resides at home. 2. Harry E., born 

 May 24, 1880, attended the Quakertown 

 public schools, West Chester public 

 schools, Williamson Trade school, Dela- 

 ware county, and State Normal school, 

 at West Chester. He entered his father's 

 boot and shoe store, and is now inanager 

 of the new store established by his 

 father in the fall of 1904 at West Ches- 

 ter. 3. Grace E., born October 14, 1886, 

 died July i, 1887. 



Mrs. Biehn traces her ancestry to 

 Hugh Edwards, of Wales, who mi- 

 grated to this country under William 

 Penn and settled first in the southern 

 part of Bucks county. Pennsylvania. He 

 resided for a time in the vicinity of Pen- 

 lyn, Gwynedd township, now in Mont- 

 gomery county. He was a man of con- 

 siderable force of character, was a 

 member of the Society of Friends and 

 devoted considerable time to preaching. 

 During the early part of the eighteenth 

 century he settled in that part of Bucks 

 county now occupied by Milford and 

 Richland townships. William Edwards, 

 son of Hugh Edwards, married Martha 



. and among their children was a 



son. William Edwards, born May 13, 

 1746, near Trumbauersville, Milford 

 township, Bucks county; he was a farmer 

 ty occupation. He married Maribah 

 Gaskill, daughter of Samuel and Mar- 

 garet Gaskill and h-ad issue: Margaret 

 and Amos. Amos Edwards w-as born in 

 Richland township, April 10, 1786. mar- 

 ried Abigail Roberts, daughter of Abel 

 and Margaret Roberts, and their chil- 

 dren were: Eveline, born Mav 18, 1821. 

 married Milton Johnson, a farmer, of 

 Richland township; and Benjamin R., 

 born January i. 1824. Benjamin R. Ed- 

 wards, father of Mrs. Biehn, was born as 

 above stated in Richland township on a 

 farm containing forty acres then owned 

 and operated by his parents. He at- 

 tended the subscription schools of his 

 township, also the school attached to 

 Richland ' Monthly Meeting of the So- 

 ciety of Friends, and among the teach- 

 ers at the latter school were John Ball 

 and Hannah Foulke. prominent educa- 

 tors of that day and place. Leavmg 

 school at the age of nineteen years, he 

 for a time conducted a subscription 

 school of his own and also assisted on 

 the home farm. At the age of twenty- 

 five years, he went to Milford township 

 and there learned the milling trade with 

 Daniel Heist, who conducted a grist mill 



at Swamp creek. Settling at Milford 

 Square, he conducted for a time a mill 

 for grinding feeds, but in 1856 disposed 

 of his business and moved to Quaker- 

 town wdiere he conducted a flour and 

 feed store until 1899, in which j-ear he 

 retired from active pursuits. He is a 

 birthright member of Richland Monthly 

 Meeting of Friends, of Quakertown, and 

 in politics is a Republican, taking an ac- 

 tive interest in the success of that 

 party. On November 13, 1853. Mr. Ed- 

 wards married Lydia Bartholomew, 

 daughter of Henry and Ann (Bleam) 

 Bartholomew, farmers of Milford town- 

 ship. Their children are: Ellen R., born 

 July 19, 1856, became the wife of George 

 T. Hersh, of Allentown. Henry, born 

 February 13, 1858, married Hermina 

 Brown, of Rockhill township, and they 

 reside in Quakertown. Sarah Roberts, 

 born May 20, i860, became the wife of 

 Milton A. Biehn, as afore mentioned. 

 Amos, born March 27, 1870, is unmar- 

 ried and resides at home. 



JOHN B. HERITAGE. The Herit- 

 age family is of English ancestry and 

 was founded in America by two broth- 

 ers, one of whom settled in New Jersey 

 and the other in Bustleton, Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania being among the first set- 

 tlers in that village. John F. Heritage, 

 grandfather of John B. Heritage, was 

 born in Bustleton, Philadelphia. He 

 served his country in the war of 1812 

 and in his home community was re- 

 garded as a representative citizen. He 

 was a tailor by trade, and while carry- 

 ing on that business for many years 

 also conducted agricultural pursuits. In 

 politics he was a Democrat. He mar- 

 ried Ann Fetters, a native of Montgom- 

 ery county, and their children were: 

 John F.; Joseph; George; Samuel, who 

 died at the age of thirty years; Sarah, 

 the wnfe of D. Test; and two daughters 

 W'ho died in early womanhood. 



John F. Heritage, Jr., son of John F. 

 and Ann (Fetters) Heritage, was born in 

 Philadelphia county, and in his youth 

 learned the trade of tailor under the di- 

 rection of his father, w^honi he also as- 

 sisted in the operation of the home farm 

 up to the time of his marriage, when he 

 settled upon another farm and in con- 

 nection with its cultivation worked at 

 his trade. He thus carried forward the 

 business that his father had inaugurated, 

 but upon a more extensive scale. Inter- 

 ested in military afifairs, he became a 

 captain of a militia company which was 

 called to active duty in Phladelphia at 

 the time of the riots there. In politics he 

 was a Democrat. Purchasing his father's 

 homestead at Bustleton he therein spent 

 the evening of life, dying at the ripe old 

 age of seventy-five years. He was a 

 man of good physique, large and well 



