HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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manufacturer of packing boxes, with whom 

 he continued for twelve years. On the ex- 

 piration of that period he returned to v^hes- 

 ter county, Pennsylvania, where he had 

 charge of a farm for William J. Moran for 

 two years, and then returned to Bucks coun- 

 ty, where he purchased the farm upon 

 which he now resides, about one mile dis- 

 tant from Yardley, and has since given his 

 entire attention to agricultural pursuits. In 

 politics he is a Democrat, but has never 

 sougliL or desired public office, preferring 

 to devote his attention to his business af- 

 fairs, in which he is now meeting with 

 creditable and gratifying success. Mr. 

 Scott married Miss Margaret Irwin, and 

 they have two children : Edith G., born 

 February 4, 1901 ; and Florence, born July 

 17, 1902. 



RICHARD M. JOHNSON, one of the 

 most prosperous farmers of Bucks county, 

 and a man who is held in high ,esteem by 

 his foUow-townsmen as an upright, honest 

 and useful citizen, was born in Richland 

 township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, No- 

 vember 22, 1841, the son of Milton and 

 Evaline (Edwards) Johnson. The pro- 

 genitor of the Johnson family in America 

 was Casper Johnson, great-grandfather of 

 Richard M. Johnson, who emigrated to this 

 country from Germany at an early day, 

 settling in the province of Pennsylvania, 

 in Upper Bucks county. He married and 

 had a son, Casper Johnson. 



Casper Johnson, junior, grandfather of 

 Richard M. Johnson, was born in Richland 

 township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He 

 acquired what education the subscription 

 schools of that day afforded, and followed 

 the occupation of blacksmithing all his life. 

 He married Mary Gibson and had a son, 

 Milton. 



Milton Johnson, father of Richard M. 

 Johnson, was born in 1823 in Richland 

 township, on the farm now owned by Cor- 

 nelius Loucks. He attended the subscrip- 

 tion schools, and then turned his atten- 

 tion to farming, which occupation he fol- 

 lowed all his life. He was a Whig in 

 politics, but at the formation of the Repub- 

 lican party joined that organization. He 

 married Evaline, daughter of Amos and 

 Abigail (Evans) Edwards, of Quakertown, 

 and the following children were born to 

 them : Richard Moore, mentioned at length 

 hereinafter ; Amos, born November 24, 

 1849, married Anna Shaw, daughter of 

 William and Hannah (Morgan) Shaw; he 

 is a farmer, living at the corner of Station 

 road and Bethlehem pike, south of Quaker- 

 town. 



Richard Moore Johnson was educated in 

 the common schools of his native place, and 

 also studied in a private school under the 

 preceptorship of Rev. A. Home, at Quaker- 

 town, until his twentieth year. He then lo- 

 cated on his father's farm, which his father 

 had purchased in April, 1842, and assisted 



with the farm work. In 1870 Richard, with 

 his brother Amos and their father com- 

 menced working the home farm on shares, 

 and this arrangement existed until 1876. 

 Milton Johnson (father) died in 1883, after 

 which Richard purchased his brother's in- 

 terest and continued to operate the farm 

 for himself. The farm consists of one hun- 

 dred and four acres of fertile, gently slop- 

 ing land, with a southern exposure, and 

 which Mr. Johnson operated as a dairy and 

 general farm. Politically Mr. Johnson is 

 a strong Republican, and, although living 

 in a district that is strongly Democratic, 

 has on several occasions been elected to 

 local offices, thereby defeating the candi- 

 date of the Democratic party and demon- 

 strating the esteem and respect in which he 

 is held by the community. Mr. Johnson 

 is a member of the school board and has 

 served as judge of elections. He is a mem- 

 ber of the Society of Friends, Richland 

 Monthly Meeting, at Quakertown. His 

 mother was a birthright member of this 

 organization. March 25, 1870, Richard M. 

 Johnson was united in marriage to Mary 

 P. Strawn, daughter of Eli- W. and Mar- 

 garet (Penrose) Strawn of Richland 

 township. She was born September 26, 

 1841, and died July 29, 1892. The follow- 

 ing children were born to Mr. and Mrs. 

 Johnson: Harry S., born February 13, 1872, 

 married Melvina Penrose, daughter of 

 Stephen and Hannah (Morgan) Penrose, 

 of Quakertown. Her parents are farmers 

 living on Strawn farm on Bethlehem pike, 

 one mile south of Quakertown ; Milton, 

 born November ir, 1876, married Martha 

 Penrose ; Walter E., born October 26, 1879, 

 unmarried: Maurice, born September =;. 

 1886, unmarried ; Arthur R., born June id, 

 1891, attending school. 



THOMAS K. GUMPPER, of Newtown, 

 Pennsylvania, is the son of John J. 

 Gumpper, of Germany, who settled in Phil- 

 adelphia when quite young. John J. Gump- 

 per was a man of more than ordinarv abil- 

 ity. He began his active career by learn- 

 ing the barber trade, and in early manhood 

 opened a shop in Philadelphia, and a few 

 years afterwards by energy, perseverance 

 and thrift was the owner of several barber 

 shops in the city. For a number of yccirs 

 prior to his retiring from business he was 

 busily employed in looking after these shops, 

 although he did not work at the chair 

 himself. He was the Republican candidate 

 for congress in the third Philadelnhia dis- 

 trict, his Democratic opponent having been 

 the Hon. Samuel Randel, who was elected 

 from this district several terms. He was 

 counsel at Ghent under President Grant. 

 He was a member and one of the organizers 

 of the Union League of Philadelphia. For 

 several years prior to his death, which oc- 

 curred in 1896, he was engaged in variou."? 

 business enterprises and accumulated a 

 handsome fortune. He married Su.^an W. 



