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Moser, by whom eight children were born : 

 Katie, wife of Martin Luly; Barbara, wue 

 of Simon Bickl ; Dora, wife of John 

 FrankHn; George, the subject of this 

 memoir; Mary, wife of John Rutherford; 

 Maggie, wife of Peter Laubenstein;_Rosa, 

 wife of John Jamison; Christian, a farmer 

 of Bucks county. 



George W. Flagler, son of Peter, born in 

 New York city, April 23, 1858, was edu- 

 cated in the common schools and removed 

 to Bucks county, Pennsylvania, with his 

 family, when but fourteen years of age. 

 When quite young he began work in a 

 sash and blind factory, but later took up 

 cigar making. For two years he followed 

 boating on the Delaware canal. But, 

 finally, the farm attracted his attention, 

 and he has since followed it in its various 

 branches. In 1889 he bought his present 

 farm of ninety acres, one of the best in 

 the township. Mr. Flagler is a member of 

 the Lutheran church, and a good church 

 •worker. He married Miss Ella Eisentrager, 

 and to them six children were born : May, 

 born May 10, 1880; Arthur, born Septem- 

 ber 21, 1883. a clerk in Clymer's store at 

 Dovleston, Pennsvlvania ; Rosa, born June 

 26 '1885; Nora. February 3, 1888; Lloyd, 

 August 14, 1891; Walter, July 19, 1899. 



living : Howard W., Edna F., and Carrie 

 E. All these children reside at home with. 

 their parents. Botfli as a business man 

 and a citizen Mr. Lerch is recognized as 

 one of the leaders of the township in 

 progress and reform. 



GEORGE W. LERCH holds a foremost 

 place among the enterprising business men 

 of Bedminster township. He is a grand- 

 son of David Lerch. who was a farmer m 

 Northampton county, where he died. His 

 son Samuel was born in that county July 

 15, 1823, and moved to Tinicum township 

 when a young man, settling on _ a small 

 farm. He was a Democrat in politics, and 

 a member of the Reformed church, in which 

 he served as a deacon for many years. He 

 married Sarah, daughter of Peter Shull. 

 of Tinicum, and they were the parents of 

 three sons: Clinton, who resides in Tini- 

 cum; Samuel, who lives in Lambertville ; 

 and George W.. mentioned at length here- 

 inafter. Mrs. Lerch died in 1867, and her 

 husband survived her many years, passing 

 away in 1891. 



George W. Lerch. son of Samuel and 

 Sarah (Shull) Lerch. was born March g, 

 1854, in Tinicum township, and in his four- 

 teenth year began to earn his living by 

 farm work. In 1873 he apprenticed himself 

 to Reuben Hunsberger. of Bedminsterville, 

 in order to learn the tinsmith's trade. 

 Three years later he purchased the business 

 of Mr."Hunsberger. and has since conducted 

 it with signal success. He belongs to the 

 Junior Or'der of American Mechanics alid 

 the Knights of the Golden Eagle. In poli- 

 tics he is a Democrat, and takes an active 

 part in the affairs of the organization. He 

 is a member of the Reformed church. Mr. 

 Lerch married. November i. i'88o. Anna, 

 born July 31. 1859. daughter of Elias 

 Strouse, of Tinicum, and four children have 

 been born to them, three of whom are now 



' DAVID SHAMP one of the respected 

 citizens of New Hope, Bucks county, is a 

 son of Jonathan Shamp, who was born on 

 Schooley's Mountain, Sussex county. New 

 Jersey, and learned the cooper's trade which 

 he followed in later life. He married Nancy 

 Gillett, and they were the parents of twelve 

 children, four of whom are now living: 

 Matilda, wife of Isaac Houseworth, of 

 South Easton, Pennsylvania; Isabella, wife 

 of Newbury Fair, of Phillipsburg, Pennsyl- 

 vania ; William, resides with his brother; 

 and -David, mentioned at length herein- 

 after. Jonathan Shamp died at the age 

 of seventy-three. 



David Shamp, son of Jonathan and Nancy 

 (Gillett) Shamp, was born August, 31, 

 1836, in Sussex county. New Jersey. Owing 

 to the straitened circumstances of the fam- 

 ily, his educational opportunities were 

 limited, and at the early age of nine years 

 he began to work on a farm, the proceeds 

 of his labor going to his father up to his 

 twenty-third year. At the breaking out of 

 the civil war he did not at first see his way 

 clear to respond to the call of his country, 

 but in October, 1862, he enlisted for nine 

 months' service, and later re-enlisted for 

 another term, which would have obliged 

 him to serve two years. He was, however, 

 held by the government for three years. He 

 was a member of Company G. commanded 

 by Captain Corcoran, One Hundred and 

 Fourth Regiment, and was discharged in 

 July, 1865. After his return to his home in 

 Upper Black Mountain township he went 

 to work at boating, which he had followed 

 since his ninth year, and which he now 

 continued until 1878, since which time he 

 has been variously employed. In 1889 he 

 moved to New Hope, where he has since 

 resided. In politics he is a Republican. 

 ]\Ir. Shamp married, in 1859, Louisa War- 

 ford, of Upper Black Mountain, and three 

 children have been born to them, two of 

 whom are living : Amos, lives in Bayonne, 

 New Jersey and William, a resident of 

 Aurora, Illinois. 



JOHN W. BRADSHAW was born in 

 Fulton county, Illinois, August 14, 1856, a 

 son of Samuel and Martha (Walton) Brad- 

 shaw. The paternal ancestor of the family 

 was Thomas Bradshaw, of Oxton, Notting- 

 hamshire, who presented a certificate at 

 Darby INIonthly Meeting, Chester county, 

 5 mo. 6, 1683, from Farnsfield Monthly 

 Meeting. Nottinghamshire, England. On 

 3 mo. 12, 1687. he proposed intentions of 

 marriage with Sarah Levis, of Darby. They 

 w'ere the parents of four children, born at 



