HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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— , and had at least four sons : Jacob, 



born in 181S; Charles, born 1820; Solomon, 

 born ^larch 7, 1822, and William, born 

 1826, died July i, 1896. The date of death 

 of William Anders, Sr. has not been as- 

 certained; his wife Rebecca died March 

 25, 1875, at the age of seventy-six years. 

 Solomon Anders, son of William and 

 Rebecca, was the grandfather of the sub- 

 ject of this sketch. He was a farmer and 

 a lifelong resident of Nockamixon, and 

 was a landowner there almost from his 

 arrival at his majority, purchasing his first 

 home in 1847. He later purchased the 

 farm owned by the subject of this sketch 

 near Bucksville, where he died October 25, 



1897. His wife, Elizabeth Fabian, born 

 February 9, 1825, died December 18, 1897, 

 belonged to a well-known family of that 

 vicinity, and was of German ancestry, who 

 had been residents of Upper Bucks for 

 several generations. 



William W. Andres, only son of Solomon 

 and Elizabeth (Fabian) Anders, was born 

 in Nockamixon, April 13, 1844. and died 

 there September 11, 1902. Hewas a farmer 

 and resided on the old homestead near 

 Bucksville. He married Matilda Kohl, 

 born August 14, 1851, died at the residence 

 of her son, Asther K. Anders, in Doyles- 

 town, October 22, 1903. 



Matilda (Kohl) Anders was a daughter 

 of Thomas and Maria (Lightcap) Kohl, 

 both natives of Nockamixon, the former 

 born October 21, 1821, died October 24, 



1898, and the latter born April 15, 1820, 

 died September 16, 1890. Thomas S. Kohl 

 was a son of Conrad Kohl, who died in 

 Nockamixon in 1843, grandson of ^lichael 

 Kohl, of the same place, who died in 1828. 

 and great-grandson of Conrad Kohl, a 

 native of Germany, who came to America in 

 the ship "Lydia," arriving in Philadelphia. 

 September 20. 1743. He was twenty-four 

 j-ears of age at the time of his emigration, 

 and died in Nockamixon township, Bucks 

 county, in 1807. His descendants have 

 been large landowners and prominent citi- 

 zens of Upper Bucks for five generations, 

 and are now very numerous. William W. 

 and Matilda (Kohl) Anders were the pa- 

 rents of two children, viz. : Lewellyn, born 

 July 24, 1867. died, unmarried, April 3, 

 1901 ; and Asher K. 



Asher K. Anders was born and reared 

 on the old homestead in Nockamixon and 

 was educated at the public schools and at 

 Kutztown Normal School, graduating from 

 the latter in 1892. He taught for five years 

 in the public schools of Nockamixon and 

 Durham township, in the meantime en- 

 tering himself as a student at law under 

 Samuel Z. Freed. Esq.. of Doylestown. He 

 was admitted to the Bucks county bar, Au- 

 gust 23, 1897. and opening an office at 

 Doylestown began the practice of his 

 chosen profession. In politics Mr. Anders 

 is an ardent Democrat and has always 

 taken an active part in the councils of his 

 party. He was elected chairman of the 

 Democratic County Committee in March, 

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1902, and filled that position with ability 

 for three years. He has also represented 

 his party in district, congressional and 

 state conventions, and has also served his 

 party "on the stump" in several campaigns. 

 Mr. Anders married, July 12, 1899, Nora 

 E. Grim, daughter of the late Dr. George 

 W. and Elizabeth (Koons) Grim, of Nock- 

 amixon, and a sister to Hon. Webster Grim, 

 of Doylestown. Their daughter Elizabeth 

 Marion was born May 15, 1904. Mr. An- 

 ders is a member of Doylestown Lodge, 

 No. 24s, F. & A. M., of Doylestown R. 

 A. C. No. 270, of Aquetong Lodge, No. 

 193, I. O. O. F., of Doylestown, of Revere 

 Castle, K. G. E. No. 230, of Revere, and 

 of Sciota Tribe No. 214, L O. of R. M. of 

 Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 



B. FRANK HOBENSACK. When 

 Pennsylvania was numbered among the 

 colonial possessions of Great Britain the 

 Hobehsack family was founded within its 

 borders and representatives of the name 

 since that time have been loyal to the in- 

 terests of the colony and have taken an 

 active and helpful part in its material de- 

 velopment. The progenitor of the family 

 in America came from Germany in pioneer 

 times, and was the great-great-grandfather 

 of B. Frank Hobensack. He was one of 

 the early promoters of the development and 

 progress of Bucks county along many 

 beneficial lines. 



Isaac Hobensack, grandfather of B. 

 Frank Hobensack, was born in Bucks coun- 

 ty, Pennsylvania, and became well known 

 as a successful and enterprising farmer. 

 In choosing this walk of life he followed 

 in the footsteps of his ancestors. He was 

 content to devote his time and energies to 

 agricultural pursuits, having no aspirations 

 for political office, although he ever kept 

 well informed on the questions and issues 

 of the day. He gave his early support to 

 the Whig party, and he served as township 

 supervisor and in other minor positions. 

 He was a devoted and consistent member 

 of the Primitive Baptist church, and was 

 %vell known in the locality where he re- 

 sided, commanding the good will and trust 

 of all because of his own reliability and 

 integrity in all life's relations. He wedded 

 Emily Fetter, also a native of Bucks county, 

 and their children were : Margaret. Rachel, 

 Isaac C. John, William, Marv^E. and Eliza- 

 beth. 



I-aac C. Hobensack. whose birth occurred 

 in Warminster township. Bucks county, was 

 reared upon the home farm and there re- 

 mained until his marriage, when he rented 

 a tract of land, which he continued to 

 cultivate until his efforts had brought him 

 capital sufficient to enable him to purchase 

 land. He then bought a farm in Southamp- 

 ton township. UDOn which he spent his re- 

 maining davi. successfully carrying on gen- 

 eral agricultural nnrsuits and also attend- 

 ing the Philadelphia market. In his busi- 



