HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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the parents of seven children, viz.: Ellen, 

 wife of William Jay, of Illinois; Elwood, 

 a farmer in Illinois; Joseph, engaged in 

 the dry goods business in New York; 

 George H., of Warrington; Frances, 

 married (first) William Worstall. and 

 (second) Smith Clark, both of Solebury; 

 Henry R., a farmer near Carversville, 

 Bucks county; and Many, wife of James 

 M. Winder of Philadelphia. 



George H. Quinby was born and 

 reared in Solebury township and re- 

 sided there until 1897, when he removed 

 to Philadelphia, where he was engaged 

 in the milk business for two years, and 

 then removed to Warrington township, 

 Bucks county, where he has since been 

 engaged in farming. He has filled the 

 position of supervisor of roads in that 

 township for the past four years. He 

 married Josephine Ely, daughter of 

 James H. and Emeline (Magill) Ely, of 

 Solebury, and they are the parents of 

 eight children: Lizzie, wife of Edward 

 Shupe, of Solebury; James E., a farmer 

 near Bristol, Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania; Grace, a successful teacher in the 

 public schools of Bucks county, and a 

 graduate of West Chester Normal 

 School: Lewis L.. a successful grocer in 

 Philadelphia; May, who is filling a cler- 

 ical position in Philadelphia: Mark, a 

 farmer; Joseph, 'also engaged in agricul- 

 tural pursuits with his brothers in Bris- 

 tol township; and Emeline, who is a 

 graduate of Warrington schools, and 

 resides with her parents. 



WILLIAM F. KELLY, postmaster of 

 Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, was born in Montgomery county, 

 Pennsylvania, September 3. 1866, and 

 is a son of the late William F. and Cath- 

 arine (Phalen) Kelly. William F. 

 Kelly, Sr., the father of Postmaster 

 Kelly, was born in Queen's county, Ire- 

 land, August 15, 1823, and was a son of 

 Garret and Ann (Fines) Kelly. Garret 

 Kelly was a farmer in Queen's county, 

 and reared a family of eleven children, 

 of whom eight lived to maturity, viz.: 

 William F., Margaret, Maria, Patrick, 

 James, Thomas and John, six of whom 

 migrated to America. William F. Kelley 

 was reared on a farm in his native 

 county, and remained there until twen- 

 ty-seven years of age. On September 

 IS, 1850, he took passage at Dublin on 

 the sailing vessel "Carry" for America, 

 and landed at New York, October 15, 

 1850. After remaining for a week in New 

 York he came to Horsham township, 

 Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, and 

 went to work on a farm, remaining at 

 his first place two and a half years, part 

 of which time he had full charge of the 

 farm. He then removed to Hatboro, 

 where he resided for one year. In 1854 

 he returned to his first employers and 



took charge of their farm, working it on 

 shares until 1863. I'^ 1864 he removed to 

 Sprigfield . township, Montgomery 



county, where he farmed until 1873, when 

 he came to Buckingham township, 

 Bucks county, and purchased the farm 

 of 118 acres where his widow and young- 

 est son still reside, and lived there the 

 remainder of his life, dying there No- 

 vember 24, 1898, at the age of seventy- 

 eight years. Mr. Kelly was a man of 

 irreproachable character, and won the 

 respect and esteem of all who knew him. 

 He married, January 11, 1859, Catharine 

 Phalen, who was also a native of Queen's 

 county, Ireland, and they were the pa- 

 rents of four children Jeremiah, of 

 Doylestown; Daniel, who died in New 

 York in 1901; William F., Jr., the sub- 

 ject of this sketch, and Thomas, who 

 resides with his mother on the home- 

 stead in Buckingham. 



WILLIAM F. KELLY, Jr., was 

 reared on his father's farm in Bucking- 

 ham, and acquired his education at the 

 public schools and at Doylestown Sem- 

 inary. At the close of his school days he 

 located in Doylestown and engaged in 

 the real estate and insurance business 

 until 1894, when he became deputy sher- 

 iff of the county, in which capacity he 

 served for three years. In 1897 he was 

 appointed deputy prothonotary, and was 

 reappointed in 1900 and 1903, resigning 

 to accept the position of postmaster, to 

 which he was appointed June 25, igoS- 

 Mr. Kelly was a competent and obliging 

 official, and in his ten and a half years 

 service as a county officer gave entire 

 satisfaction to the patrons of the offices, 

 and made many friends. He had also 

 served for several years as assessor of 

 Doylestown borough prior to appoint- 

 ment as deputy sheriff. In politics he is 

 a Republican and has taken an active part 

 in the councils of his party, and was sec- 

 retary of the Republican county commit- 

 tee for a number of years. He is un- 

 married. 



SAMUEL P. McILHAT'TEN, M. D., a 

 leading physician and surgeon of Ivyland, 

 was born in Philadelphia, February 11, 

 1879. The family, of Scotch lineage, was 

 founded in America by Samuel Mcllhatten, 

 a native of the green isle of Erin. He 

 was a weaver by trade, and followed that 

 business in New York city, becoming prom- 

 inently identified with that line of industrial 

 activity there. His children were : Alex- 

 ander, a ship carpenter ; D. J., Rachel, and 

 Jennie. D. J. Mcllhatten, father of Dr. 

 Mcllhatten, was also born in the JLInited 

 States, and won for himself a creditable 

 position in the business world that yielded 

 to him a good financial return, becoming 

 auditor of a steamship company. He is 

 now retired from active business life. He 

 wedded Mary Patterson, w^ho was of Scotch 

 lineage, a daughter of Samuel Patterson. 



