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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



firm name of S. B. and E. W. Twining, 

 began the stone business at Yardley, liist 

 opening a quarry on the home farm, and 

 subsequently purchasing the extensive quar- 

 ries at Prallsville, New Jersey, which they 

 operated on a large scale, furnishing large 

 quantities of stone for bridges and other 

 buildings, and for macadamizing and pav- 

 ing purposes. The large busintss built up 

 by them is now conducted by their nephew, 

 Charles Twining Eastburn, and gives em- 

 ployment to a large number of men. Mr. 

 Twining was one of the organizers of the 

 Yardley National Bank, of which he was a 

 director and vice-president. He was also 

 one of the organizers and an officer of the 

 Yardley Building and Loan Association. 

 During his whole life he was prominently 

 identified with all the local enterprises of 

 Yardley and vicinity, having for their ob- 

 ject the upbuilding and improvement of the 

 town and community. He and his family 

 were members of the Society of Friends. 

 He died July 26, 1894. Mr. Twining mar- 

 ried, January 17. 1866, Letitia Warner, 

 daughter of Abraham and Sarah Ann (Tay- 

 lor) Warner, of Penns Manor, Bucks coun- 

 ty, who survives him. They were the pa- 

 rents of two children: Sarah W.. wiie of 

 T. Sidney Cadwallader, of Yardley; and 

 Elizabeth, wife of Professor Edward C. 

 Wilson, of Baltimore. Maryland. 



EDWARD W. TWINING, of Yardley 

 borough, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, wa's 

 born in Upper Makefield township, Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1846, and is 

 the second son of Charles and Elizabeth 

 (^yest; Tw-ining, and a lineal descendant of 

 William Twining, of Eastham, Massachu- 

 setts, through the four Stephen Twinings, as 

 related in the preceding sketch of his elder 

 brother, Stephen B. Twining. Edward W. 

 Twining was reared in Upper and Lower 

 Makefield and acquired his education at the 

 public schools and Westtown Boarding 

 School, under the care of the Society oi 

 Friends, in Chester county, Pennsylvania. 

 At the age of twenty-two years he en- 

 tered into partnership with his brother, 

 Stephen B. Twining, in the stone business 

 at Yardley, Pennsylvania, and Stockton and 

 Prallsville, in Hunterdon county. New Jer- 

 sey, being junior member of "the firm of 

 S. B. & E. W. Twining, aqd contributed 

 largely to the success of the business. He 

 has been interested in the various local en- 

 terprises of Yardley and vicinity, and is 

 one of the well known business men of that 

 locality. After the death of his brother 

 he retired from active business, the stone 

 business being conducted by his nephew and 

 successor. Charles Twining Eastburn. ]\Ir. 

 Twining married in 1878. INTary S. Walker, 

 daughter of Phineas and Deborah (Mitch- 

 ell) Walker, of Makefield. granddaughter 

 of Phineas and Sarah (Holcomb") Walker, 

 great-granddaughter of Robert and Mary 

 (Linton) Walker, of Soleburv. and great- 

 great-granddauchter of Josenh and Sarah 

 (Heaton) Walker, of Middletown, Bucks 



county, and great-great-great-granddaugh- 

 ter of Robert and Grace (Pearson) Heaton, 

 both natives of England, the former hav- 

 ing come to America with his parents 

 Robert and Alice Heaton, in the "Wel- 

 come," in 1682, with William Penn. Ed- 

 ward and Mary (Walker) Twining are the 

 parents of one son, Stephen B. Twining. 



IRVIN Y. BARINGER, of the firm o£ 

 Bissey & Baringer, merchants of PerRasie, 

 was born in that part of Rockhill now in- 

 cluded in the borough of Perkasie, May 9, 

 1870, and is a son of William and Sarah 

 (Yeakel) Baringer. The paternal ances- 

 tor of Mr. Baringer came from Wiutem- 

 berg, Germany, and settled in Franconia 

 township, Montgomery county, where his- 

 grandfather, Christopher F. Baringer, was 

 born January i, 1806. He died March 15. 

 1889. His wife, Julia Ann Barth, was born 

 August 16, 1806, and died July 28, 1892. 



William Baringer, the father of Irvin Y., 

 was born in Franconia, August 9, 1841,. 

 and died in Rockhill, September 31. 1879. 

 He married Sarah Yeakel, a descendant of 

 Christopher Yeakel, a native of Silesia w-ho- 

 came to Pennsylvania in 1734, with his- 

 widowed mother, Regina, from Creiham, 

 in the Palatinate, and settled near Chest- 

 nut Hill, Philadelphia. Sarah (Yeakel) 

 Baringer was born March, 1848, and died 

 November 19. 1875. William and Sarah 

 (Yeakel) Baringer were the parents of twa 

 children — Irvin Y. and Annie, wife of Har- 

 vey B. Rosenberger. 



Irvin Y. Baringer was reared at Perkasie 

 and acquired his education at the public 

 schools. When a young man he became 

 a clerk in the general merchandise store 

 of his maternal uncle, Joseph A. Hendricks, 

 at Perkasie. and in 1897 became a partner 

 in the business with Tobias Bissey, under 

 the firm name of Bissey & Baringer, Mr. 

 Hendricks retiring from the business. The 

 firm are doing a large and successful busi- 

 ness. Mr. Baringer is a member of the 

 Reformed church, and politically is a Re- 

 publican. He married. June 28. 1893. Han- 

 nah F. GrofF. daughter of David and Maria 

 (Fluck) Groff, and thev are the parents 

 of four children, viz. : Mildred, born March 

 30. 1894; Sarah, born November IQ. 1807; 

 Francis, born May 17, 1902; and William,, 

 born May 19, 1904. 



HARRY N. KULP, of Rockhill town- 

 ship, near Telford, is a native of Montgom- 

 ery county, Pennsylvania, and was born 

 near Franconia Square. January 12, 1869. 

 a son of Jacob S. and Barbara (Nice) 

 Kulp. His paternal ancestor came fronr 

 Germany and settled in Montgomery coun- 

 tv, where his great-grandfather, Henry 

 Kolb, was born, July 14, 1769. and died 

 March 20. 1850. He was a farmer, dyer 

 and tombstone cutter. Like his pioneer an- 



