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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



Swartz ; Mary A. ; and Henry, of Phila- 

 delphia. 



The house now owned and occupied by 

 Miss Nash was built by her father in 1827. 

 This is one of the most attractive home- 

 stead farms, splendidly improved and 

 equipped with all modern conveniences and 

 accessories. She has spent her entire life 

 here and following her father's death she 

 purchased the interest of the other heirs 

 in the home property and has since managed 

 it, displaying excellent business and 

 executive force in its control and cultiva- 

 tion. Miss Nash is a member of the Meth- 

 odist church at Lahaska, Pennsylvania. 



NICHOLAS L. HEANEY, who 

 makes his home in Plumstead township 

 and has followed stone cutting through- 

 out his entire life, was born at Ponit 

 Pleasant, Pennsylvania, October 12, 

 1855. His father. Thomas Heaney, was 

 born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 'in 

 1818, and in earl}' life learned the saddle- 

 maker's trade, which he followed for a 

 number of 3-ears. He also followed 

 butchering for some years at Point 

 Pleasant, Pennsylvania, and continued 

 actively in business up to the time of his 

 death, which occurred in 1862, when he 

 w^as about forty-four years of age. He 

 held membership in the German Re- 

 formed church. His first wife was prior 

 to her marriage a Miss Ott, and there 

 were five children by that union: ^ohn, 

 deceased; Lizzie; Nancy; Taylor T.; and 

 Lydia. For his second wife Thomas 

 Heaney chose Miss Mary Ann Swartz, 

 and they had tw^o children, the daughter 

 being Eva S., who died in childhood. 



Their son, Nicholas L. Heaney, was 

 born during the residence of his parents 

 at Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania. He ac- 

 quired his education in the common 

 schools, and his life has been quietly 

 and unventfully passed, yet it has been 

 characterized by many estimable quali- 

 ties, including reliability in business 

 and progressiveness in citizenship. In 

 his youth he learned the stone-cutter's 

 trade, whch he has since followed and 

 has also carried on agricultural pursuits, 

 being a farmer of Plumstead township. 

 He married Miss Mina C. Cress, and 

 they are widely and favorably known 

 in the township where they reside. 



DAVID F. ANGENY, a builder and 

 undertaker of Danboro, belongs to one 

 of the old and honored families of Bucks 

 county. Several generations of the 

 nam^ have resided here, and have ever 

 upheld the political and moral status of 

 the community and aided in the material 

 improvement of their localities. The 

 grandfather. John Angeny, who lived 

 and died in Bucks county, followed 



farming throughout his entire business 

 career. He married a Miss Kerns, and 

 they became the parents of two children, 

 the elder being John, of Philadelphia, 

 now deceased. 



Jacob, the younger son of John An- 

 geny, was born in Bedminster township, 

 January 8, 1821, and in early life drove a 

 team used in connection with the con- 

 duct of a flour and feed business in Phil- 

 adelphia. He was thus employed for 

 some years, after which he returned to 

 Bucks county and began farming on his 

 own account, carrying on agricultural 

 pursuits until his death, which occurred 

 on the 19th of December, 1891. His life 

 was ever upright and honorable and for 

 a number of years he served as a dea- 

 con in the Reformed church of Tohickon, 

 in which he held membership. He also 

 made Tdivturnself a creditable record as 

 a soldier oPthe civil war. He married 

 Miss Lydia Fjluck, and they became the 

 parents of ten children: John H. ; 

 David F.; Clayton F.; Jacob F.; Mary, 

 the wife of John King; Anna, tht wife of 

 Harvey Fluck; Katie, the wife of Ervin 

 Fluck; Emma and Ida, twins, the former 

 the wife of Frank Smell and the latter of 

 Asher Wycker; and Amelia, who com- 

 pletes the family. 



David F. Angeny, who was born in 

 Haycock township^ Bucks county, Sep- 

 tember 21, 1857, is mdebted to the public 

 school system of the state for the edu- 

 cational privileges he enjoyed. When 

 fifteen years of age he began earning his 

 own living by entering upon an appren- 

 ticeship at the carpenter's trade under 

 Jacob Cope, of Quakertown, with whom 

 he remained for two j-ears. He then 

 began working for John Loux, who was 

 his employer for four years, and on the 

 expiration of that period began busmess 

 for himself as a carpenter and buifder in 

 Dublin. Since that time he has been 

 identified with building operations in 

 Bucks count}^ About 1883 he removed 

 to Danboro, and in connection with car- 

 pentering established and conducted an 

 undertaking business. He has a thor- 

 ough knowledge of the builder's art, and 

 his excellent workmanship and fidelity 

 to the terms of a contract have gained 

 for him a liberal and growing patronage. 

 His interest in community affairs 

 prompts his co-operation in many meas- 

 ures for the general good. He is a mem- 

 ber of the Reformed church of To- 

 hickon. 



Mr. Angeny has been married twice. 

 He first wedded Sallie Leatherman. and 

 they became the parents of five children: 

 Edwin L., born November 20, 1882; 

 Christina Beatty, November i. 1885; 

 Willis L., August 6, 1887; Jacob Warren, 

 August 28, 1889; and Flora L.. born 

 March 4. 1892. died May i, 1S93; ^Irs. 

 Sallie Angeny departed this life August 

 13, 1892. For his second wife David F. 

 Angeny chose ]\Iiss Amanda Gross, a 



