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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



a farmer of Westmoreland county, who was 

 a practical and successful farmer and later 

 lived retired in Philadelphia, where his 

 death occurred. The members of Samuel 

 Patterson's family were : Maggie, now Mrs. 

 McKnight; Mrs. Margaret Patchell ; Mrs. 

 Mary Mcllhatten ; Thomas, who learned 

 the coppersmith's trade and is now in Harts- 

 ville; Robert, a farmer; James, who is con- 

 nected with the Baldwin Locomotive Works 

 in Philadelphia; and McLeod, a farmer. 

 The children of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Mc- 

 llhatten were Samuel P.; Thomas, who is 

 engaged in the coal business in Boston, 

 Massachusetts; David A., Edward and Wal- 

 ter, all in college. The parents reside in 

 one of Philadelphia's suburbs. Mr. Mc- 

 llhatten is now enjoying a well earned rest. 

 Both he and his wife are Presbyterians in 

 their religious faith. 



Dr. Mcllhatten was born in Philadelphia, 

 February li, 1879, and spent his boyhood 

 days there in the usual manner of city 

 lads. He first attended the public schools 

 and later the Friends' Academy, after which 

 he took up the study of medicine, continumg 

 his reading in the Medico-Chirurgical Col- 

 lege of Philadelphia, where he pursued a 

 full course and was graduated with the 

 class of 1900. He then practiced in his 

 home city until January, 1902, when he lo- 

 cated in Hartsville, remaining there until 

 March, 1904, when he located in Ivyland. 

 He has since given his entire attention to 

 his profession, and by his capability and 

 skill has won the confidence of the com- 

 munity and gained a very desirable patron- 

 age. He is a member of the Bucks County 

 Medical Society, and the Medical Club of 

 Philadelphia, and is also a member of the 

 Neshaminy Presbyterian church. Dr. Mc- 

 llhatten was married October 19, 1904, to 

 Miss Anna P. Flack, daughter of Theodore 

 and Margaret (Patterson) Flack, .of an 

 old Bucks county family. 



WILSON C. EVANS, of Kintners- 

 ville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, was 

 born in Carversville, same county, in the 

 year 1832, and is a son of Caleb and 

 Sarah C. (Black) Evans, the former a 

 native of Montgomery county, and the 

 latter of Plumstead township, Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania. On the paternal 

 side Mr. Evans is of Welsh descent and 

 a descendant of Cadwallader ap Evan, 

 who emigrated from Wales in 1698, and 

 settled in Gwynedd (now) Montgomery 

 county. Thomas Evans, the great-grand- 

 father of Wilson C, was the son of 

 Thomas and Elizabeth Evans, and grand- 

 son of Cadwallader, and was born 8 mo. 

 24, 1733. died 9 mo. 3, 1818. He married 

 Elizabeth, daughter of John and Jane 

 Roberts, who was born 11 mo. 19, 1740. 

 and died 8 mo. 16, 1794. The last named 

 ccuple resided in Plymouth township, 

 Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, and 

 were the parents of ten children, of 



whom seven lived to mature years: 

 Caleb, Tacy, Nathan, Jonathan, Eliza- 

 beth, and Jane. Jonathan Evans, sev- 

 enth child of Thomas and Elizabeth 

 (Roberts) Evans, was born at Plymouth, 

 Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, 6 mo. 

 26, 1778, and died in 1844. He married 

 10 mo. 5, 1809, Elizabeth Iden, daughter 

 of George and Hannah (Foulke) Iden, 

 of Richland, Bucks county, who was 

 born in that township. They settled in 

 Montgomery county and reared a large 

 family, all of whom except two sons, 

 Caleb and William R., removed to the 

 western states early in life. 



Caleb Evans was born in Montgomery 

 county April 8, 1815, and at the age of 

 seventeen years came to Bucks county 

 and located in Solebury township. He 

 learned the trade of wheelwright, and 

 followed that trade at Ruckmans, in 

 Solebury, for several years. He was also 

 the proprietor of the store at Ruckmans 

 for some years. He removed later to 

 Carversville, where he resided until 

 about 1894, when he removed to Doyles- 

 town and resided with his daughter, 

 Mrs. Edward Doan, until his death, Feb- 

 ruary 17, 1901. He was an industrious 

 man and exemplary and respected citi- 

 zen. William R. Evans, a younger 

 brother of Caleb, also settled in Solebury, 

 and was for many years a prominent 

 merchant and business man of Carvers- 

 ville, Solebury township. Caleb Evans 

 married Sarah C. Black, daughter of 

 Abraham and Elizabeth (Carver) Black, 

 of German and English ancestry, who 

 was born March 15, 1818, and died at 

 Doylestown, March 14, 1903. Their chil- 

 dren were Mary Emma, wife of Edward 

 R. Doan, of Doylestown, and Wilson C. 

 Evans, the subject of this sketch. 



WILSON C. EVANS was born and 

 reared in Carversville and received a 

 good common school education. In early 

 life he filled the position of clerk in a 

 country store, first for his father and 

 later for others, and in 1875 engaged in 

 the mercantile business for ■ himself at 

 Landisville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 

 but sold out at the end of two years and 

 purchased the Sands homestead at 

 Sand's Corner, in Buckingham, of the 

 estate of his father-in-law, and lived 

 there until 1888, devoting his energies to 

 agricultural pursuits and the buying and 

 shipping of poultry and calves for the 

 New York markets. In the spring of 

 1888 he sold his Buckingham farm and 

 removed to Kintnersville and engaged in 

 the mercantile business, continuing and 

 increasing his poultry shipping and com- 

 mission business. In poltics Mr. Evans 

 is an active Republican, taking a deep 

 interest in the success of his party and 

 its principles, but has never aspired to 

 other than local office. He has served 

 for a number of years as a member of 

 the school board of Durham township, 

 and filled other local positions. He mar- 



