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married Thomas Atherholt. All of the 

 above children left descendants except the 

 eldest. Henry and Mary Deemer Sassa- 

 man had eight children, Margaret, who 

 married Oliver H. Myers; Sarah, who 

 married James McNamee; Elizabeth, who 

 married James Smith, and is the mother of 

 W. Harry Smith, present sheriff of Bucks 

 county; Mary, who married Harry 

 Strycker ; William, who married Amanda 

 Reaser ; Lavinia, who married George B. 

 Deemer; Lydia, who married Thomas Mos- 

 er, and Annie, who married Augustus Feas- 

 ter. Samuel, the eldest son of Georgo 

 Deemer, born December 4, 1803, died Jan- 

 uary 12, 1874, married Catharine Ruth, and 

 had four children; George R., who died 

 in Nockamixon, April 2, 1904; Samuel W. ; 

 Savilla, who married James Y. Zeigenfuss, 

 and is the mother of Mrs. Elmer Funk, of 

 Doylestown; and Rosanna, who married 

 Aaron Zeigenfuss. Thomas and Rose Anna 

 (.Deemer) Atherholt were the parents of 

 four children: Eliza, wife of Reden Mey- 

 ers ; Mary, Sarah, and David. 



Charles Deemer, second son of George 

 and Elizabeth (Unangast) Deemer, and the 

 grandfather of the subject of this sketch, 

 was Born in Nockamixon, , Bucks county, 

 Pennsylvania, January 2;^, 1808, and died 

 there February 13, 1882. He was a far- 

 mer and followed that vocation in dif- 

 ferent parts of the county, prior to the 

 death of his father, living at one time in 

 Doylestown township. After the death of 

 his father, he succeeded to a portion of 

 the old homestead in Nockamixon and 

 spent his remaining days there. He mar- 

 ried Mary Bergy, who was born January 

 6, 1798, and died April 3, i860, and they 

 were the parents of two children, Anna 

 Margaret, born December 11, 1828, died 

 June 13, 1895; married Charles Zuck ; and 

 George B., born January 23, 1830, died 

 March i, 1898. 



George B. Deemer was born and reared 

 in Nockamixon, and in early life learned 

 the trade of a stone mason and plasterer 

 which he followed during the active years 

 of his life, He removed to Doylestown in 

 1866, and resided there until his death. In 

 politics he was a Democrat, and took an 

 active part in the councils of his party. He 

 served one term as jury commissioner of 

 Bucks county. He and his family were 

 members of Nockamixon Reformed church. 

 He married Lavina Sassaman, daughter of 

 Henry and Mary (Deemer) Sassaman, 

 born October 15, 1834, died February i::^, 

 1898, and they are the parents of five chil- 

 dren : Arabella, Margaret M., Sarah E., 

 Oliver J., and Viola, all of whom except 

 Oliver J., reside in the homestead on Court 

 street, Doylestown. 



Oliver James Deemer was born in 

 Springfield township, Bucks county, Penn- 

 sylvania, August 17, 1861, and came witn 

 his parents to Doylestown, at the age of 

 five years. His education was acquired at 

 the Doylestown school. When a young man 

 he entered the employ of Allen H. Heist, 



distiller, wholesale liquor dealer and cider 

 manufacturer at Doylestown, and in i88» 

 was placed in charge of a branch estab- 

 lishment at Gallitzin, Cambria county, 

 Pennsylvania, which he conducted for sev- 

 eral years for Mr. Heist, and in April, 

 1900, purchased it of Mr. Heist, and has 

 since conducted it on his own account with 

 success. Mr. Deemer is a man of excel- 

 lent business ability, and irreproachable 

 character, and has many friends both in 

 his native town and in Gallitzin. In the 

 latter place he has- been actively identified 

 with many of the local enterprises and pub- 

 lic improvements, and has served for many 

 years as a member of the town council. He 

 is a member of Aquetong Lodge, No. 19^, 

 and Doylestown Encampment, No. 35, 1. 

 O. O. F., and is also a member of the Or- 

 der of Elks, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, No. 

 175, and kindred organizations in Gallatzin. 

 He is unmarried. He is a strong Democrat 

 in politics. 



AARON F. MYERS. One of the highly 

 esteemed citizens of Bedminster is Aaron 

 F. Myers. Mr. Myers is a grandson or 

 Henry Myers, who was a brick and stone 

 mason ot Plumstead township, and married 

 Elizabeth Fretz. Their children were: 

 Henry F., John F., Reuben F., Joseph F., 

 mentioned at length hereinafter; William 

 F., Barbara, Catharine, and Annie. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Myers both died in Plumstead 

 township, where they had passed their lives. 



Joseph ¥. Myers, son of Henry and 

 Elizabeth (Fretz) Myers, was born March 

 12, 1812, in Plumstead township, where he 

 learned the trade of a mason which he 

 followed for some years. In 1844 he pur- 

 chased the Myers homestead in Bedmin- 

 ster township, whither he removed, and 

 thenceforth devoted himself to agricul- 

 tural pursuits. In politics he was a Repub- 

 can, but while taking an active interest in 

 the affairs of the organization, was never 

 an office seeker. He was a member of the 

 Deep Run Mennonite church, of which he 

 was a trustee for many years. He married 

 Barbara, daughter of Abraham Fretz, of 

 Bedminster, and of the eight children born 

 to them three are now living : Henry F., 

 who lives in Tinicum township; Abraham 

 F., who is a resident of Bedminster town- 

 ship; and Aaron F., mentioned at length 

 hereinafter. Mrs. Myers died January 8, 

 1884, in the seventy-second year of her 

 age, and her husband passed away May 

 12, 1882. 



Aaron F. Myers, son of Joseph F. and 

 Barbara (Fretz) Myers, was born July 

 ID, 1846, on the farm which is now his 

 home. He was educated in the common 

 schools, and at the Carversville Normal 

 School, which he attended for three terms. 

 At the age of eighteen he began to teacli 

 and continued to do so for five years. In 

 the spring of 1870 he bought a farm near 

 New Galena, New Britain township, and 

 engaged in agriculture. At the end of ten 



