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HISTORY or BUCKS COUNTY. 



gust, 1878, he purchased ihc blacksmith 

 shop at Mechanicsville, Bucks county, and 

 started into business for hnnself, which he 

 continued until 1883, when, his health lull- 

 ing, he purchased a small farm near >\ic- 

 chanicsville, and sold out the blacksmith 

 stand and business. One year later he 

 purchased the stage route between Doyles- 

 town and Carversville, which he conducted 

 for seven years. He then purchased the 

 livery business at the Fountain House, 

 Doylestown, Pennsylvania, but after con- 

 ducting it for fifteen months sold out and 

 returned to Mechanicsville. In 1898 he pur- 

 chased a lot there and conducted a plant 

 of green houses, raising flowers for the 

 Philadelphia markets, which he conducted 

 for several years. In 1899 he was elected 

 recorder of deeds of Bucks county, and 

 served a term of three years, part of which 

 time he resided in Doylebtown. In 1902 he 

 was elected one of the board of directors 

 of Doylestown National Ba-nk, a position 

 which he still fills. He was largely instru- 

 mental in effecting a reorganization of the 

 bank, after its close in 1903. He was 

 president of a company organized to build a 

 trolley line from Doylestown to New Hope, 

 via Mechanicsville, and was active in se- 

 curing a right of way for the road. He is 

 one of the trustees and directors of the 

 Hughesian Free School, president of the 

 Mechanicsville Cemetery Company and 

 holds other positions of trust. He is a 

 member of Black Eddy Lodge, No. 191, 

 I. O. O. F.; St. Tammany Castle, No. 

 173, K. G. E., Lenape Council, No. 11 17, 

 Royal Arcanum, of Doylestown, and of a 

 lodge of the I. O. R. M., of Lambert- 

 ville. Mr. Michener married, in December, 

 1877, Miss Arabella Collins. They have no 

 children. 



NOAH G. TRAUGER. One of the good 

 citizens of Bedminster is Noah G. Trauger. 

 Mr. Trauger is a son of Elias Trauger, 

 who was born January i, 1820, in Nock- 

 amixon township, son of Christian and 

 Susanna (Long) Trauger. About 1854 

 Elias Trauger purchased a farm in Bed- 

 minster township, but about twelve years 

 ago retired from active labor. He now re- 

 sides with his son Noah. He is a Demo- 

 crat in politics, and a member of the 

 Lutheran church. He married Susanna 

 George, and their children were : Mary 

 Jane, who married William H. Trauch, of 

 Bedminster township; Reuben G., who re- 

 sides in Luzerne county; Titus, who lives 

 in Bedminster ; Louise, who is the wife of 

 John Chittick, of Gardenville; Ellen, who 

 married Jonas Gruver, of Bedminster ; 

 Noah G., mentioned at length hereinafter; 

 and Emma, who married Noah Gruver, of 

 Pipersville. Mr. Trauger, the father, who 

 in early life worked at the carpenter's trade, 

 is still living at the age of eighty-five. He 

 has two brothers. Christian, eighty-one 

 years old. and Aaron, who is eighty. Aho 

 a sister, Mary, who is ninety-five. These 



arc the survivors of a family of ten chil- 

 dren. 



Noah G. Trauger, son of Elias and 

 Susanna (George) Trauger, was born No- 

 vember 9, 1858, on the tarm which is now 

 his home, and received his education in the 

 common schools. In 1882 he purchased 

 the farm of his deceas< 1 father-in-law, 

 where he lived three years. He then suld 

 it and in connection with his brother Titus 

 bought the Trauger homestead of his father. 

 For two years he cultivated the land in 

 partnership with his brother, whose right 

 he then purchased and has since been the 

 sole owner. He is now serving his third 

 year as school director and at different 

 times has held the office of judge of elec- 

 tion. He is a Democrat in politics, and he 

 and his family are members of the Lutheran 

 church. Mr. Trauger married, in 1881,. 

 Emeline, daughter of Samuel and Susanna 

 (Tettemer) Mood, of Tinicum township 

 and their children are: Ida M., Nora M. 

 and Claude M. The last-named is the 

 only grandson in the family, and is thus the 

 one on whom rests the responsibility of 

 transmittin"- the family name. 



ASHER K. ANDERS, Esq., one of the 

 younger members of the Bucks county bar, 

 and for the past three years chairman of 

 the Democratic County Committee, was 

 born in Nockamixon township, Bucks coun- 

 ty, Pennsylvania, June 6, 1869, and is a 

 son of William W. and Matilda (Kohl) 

 Anders. The paternal ancestors of the An- 

 ders family of Bucks county were residents 

 of New Jersej', near Mil ford, for several 

 generations, the name being variously 

 spelled, Anders, Anderse, Andries, Andress,. 

 Andriesen, Anderson, and Enderse. They 

 were probably descendants of Andries An- 

 driesse, from Westerover, Sweden, who 

 was among the Swedes on the Delaware 

 from 1659 to 1670. 



Paul Anderse or Enders and Gertruyd 

 Delse were married June 5, 1754, at the 

 "Dutch and English Presbyterian Church of 

 Alexandria" in Alexandria township, 

 Hunterdon county. New Jersey, near the 

 present site of Milford. At least nine chil- 

 dren were born to them as shown by the 

 records of this old church, viz. : Jacob, 

 Hubert, Margaret, Gertruvd, Abraham, 

 Paulus. Wilhelm, Anna, and Adam. 



Jacob Andress. probably the eldest son of 

 Paul and Gertruyd, obtained patents for 

 land in Northampton county near the Bucks 

 county line, in 1786 and 1789, respectively, 

 and about 1800 located in Nockamixon 

 township. Bucks county, where he died in 

 1810, leaving a widow. Mary Magdalena 

 Andress, and children : John. Jacob. George, 

 Hannah, Elizabeth and William,' and 

 possibly others. George and William re- 

 mained in Nockamixon and reared families 

 there. 



William Anders, son of Jacob and Mary 

 Magdalena Andress, married Rebecca 



