HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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cestor, Deilman Kolb, and most of the fam- 

 ily since, he was a Mennonite. He married, 

 in 1797, Susanna Moyer, born April 25, 

 1775, died rsiarch 23, 1856, daughter of 

 Jacob and Mary (Detweiler) Moyer, and 

 whose paternal ancestors for the three pre- 

 ceding generations were named Christian 

 Meyer, the first of whom is supposed to 

 have been a native of Switzerland, from 

 whence he fled to the Netherlands and lived 

 for a time in Amsterdam, migrating to 

 America soon after 1700, and settling in 

 Lower Salford township, Montgomery 

 county, prior to 1720. He died in 1751, 

 leaving children : Christian, Jacob. Samuel, 

 Elizabeth, Anna and Barbara. His son. 

 Christian Meyer, born 1705, died 1782. had 

 children : Christian, Jacob, Anna. Maria, 

 Fronica, Esther, and Barbara. Christian 

 (3d) born 1728 died 1783, married Susanna 

 Detweiler, daughter of Jacob and Xeltjen 

 (Kolb) Detweiler, and had fourteen chil- 

 dren, the second of whom was Jacob, the 

 father of Susanna (Moyer) Kolb. 



Henry and Susanna (Moj-er) Kolb were 

 the parents of nine children, as follows : 



1. Catharine, born February 3, I7q8, mar- 

 ried John Freed. 2. Jacob, born November 



2, 1799, a Mennonite minister. 3. Mary, 

 born December 10, 1801, married Peter B. 

 Hendrick. 4. Henry, see forward. 5. Abra- 

 ham M., born January 11, 1806. died in 

 Francnnia. 1886. 6. Sarah, bom December 

 8, 1808, married Joseph Swartz. 7. Will- 

 iam, born June 14, 181 1. died June 8. 1880, 

 was a watchmaker. 8. Safnuel. born No- 

 vember 20, 1813. 9. Anna, bnrn March 22, 

 1818, married Benjamin Kolb. 



Henry Kolb, fourth child of Henry and 

 Susanna, was born in Franconia, January 

 24. 1804. He was a farmer, and lived and 

 died in Franconia township. He married 

 Elizabeth Shoemaker, and had eight chil- 

 dren : Catharine who married John C. 

 Moyer; Jacob S.. the father of the subject 

 of this sketch: Samuel S.. of Telford: 

 Susanna, married Francis Frick : Henry, 

 married Kate Ziegler. living in Franconia: 

 Michael, livins: near Telford : Lizzie, mar- 

 ried Henry Bergv' ; Sarah, who married 

 Eno3 Moyer. 



Jacob S. Kulp learned the jewelry and 

 watchmaking trade at Salford, Montgomery 

 county, and conducted a jewelry store at 

 Franconia Square for twenty-five' years. He 

 still lives at Franconia Square, and con- 

 ducts the feed. coal, hay and lumber busi- 

 ness at Telford, Montgomery countv. He 

 married Barbara Nice. Jacob S. and Bar- 

 bara (Nice) Kulp were the parents of five 

 children, viz.: Amanda, wife of L. L. Horn- 

 ing: Elias. who married Emma Nice: Li7- 

 zie. wife of Harrv Hartzell : Kate, deceased : 

 and Harry N.. the subject of this sketch. 



Mr. Kulp acquired his education at the 

 public schools of Franconia township. 

 Montgomery county. He was a clerk for 

 some years in the store of Tacob C Swart- 

 ley, at Line Lexington, and later in the store 

 of Henry Zeip-ler. at Hatfield. Montgomery 

 county. Jn 1882 he removed to his pres- 



ent farm in Rockhill township. He makes 

 a specialty of the dairy business, using two- 

 large silos for the storage of ensilage, and 

 is one of the large milk shippers of that 

 neig;hborhood. He is a member of Men- 

 nonite Meeting, and politically is a Re- 

 publican. He married, in 1891, Irene May 

 Swope, daughter of Isaiah and Rebecca 

 (Hager) Swope, of Plumstead township. 

 Bucks county, and they are the parents oJ 

 one child, Howard Russell, born May 22, 

 1893- 



ST. JOHN W. MINTZER, M. D., born^ 

 in Philadelphia, May 10, 1834, died Decem- 

 ber 25, 1894. He graduated from Jefferson 

 ^ledical College and the University of 

 Pennsylvania. April 16, 1861, he was ap- 

 pointed surgeon of the WashingtorL 

 Brigade, and April 19, three days later, at 

 Baltimore, Maryland, attended the first 

 killed and wounded of the war. On May 5, 

 1861 he was appointed surgeon of the Twen- 

 ty-sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers 

 and also acted as surgeon of United States 

 Volunteers, Third and Fourteenth Army 

 Corps. He was present on duty in all the 

 battles fought by General Hooker, com- 

 manded by Generals McClellan and Burn- 

 side, in the Arniv of the Potomac. He was 

 acting medical inspector of the Army of 

 the Cumberland, surgeon-in-chief command- 

 ing the United States Army general hos- 

 pitals at McMinnville, Tennessee ; South, 

 street, Philadelphia; Beverly, New Jersey, 

 and York, Pennsylvania, and surgeon-in- 

 chief of the states of Texas, Mississippi, 

 etc. He resigned and was mustered out 

 June 28, 1867. He practiced medicine until 

 within one year of his death. June 29, 

 1867, Dr. Mintzer was appointed commis- 

 sioner to the Paris Exposition by Governor 

 Geary, of Pennsylvania. 



Dr. Mintzer married Frances M. , 



who survives him. With her children, 

 Watkins Franklin and Anna M.. she resides 

 at the old colonial mansion, "China Hall," 

 on the Upper Delaware river, near Croy- 

 don station, which Dr. Mintzer purchased 

 and restored in 1882. 



JAMES PATTERSON, D. V. S. Anjr 

 words of introduction prefixed to' the name 

 of James Pattei-son. of Newportville 'vould 

 be idle and superfluous. Dr. Patterson 

 is a grandson of Jesse Patterson, who was 

 born in England, and in boyhood was 

 brought to this country by his parents, who 

 settled in New Jersey. Subsequently Jesse 

 Patterson moved to Bucks county, where 

 he engaged in farming. During the war 

 of 1812 he served in the army of his adopted 

 country. He married Charity Barr, by 

 whom he had two children : Jesse, men- 

 tioned at length hereinafter: and a daugh- 

 ter. Mrs. Patterson died in 1830, and her 

 husband survived her but a few years. 



Jesse Patterson, son of Jesse and Charity 

 (Barr) Patterson, was born in 1810, irt 



