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ried, in September, 1869. Frances Jackson, 

 of Solebury township, and they have three 

 children : Eugene, a resident of Brooklyn, 

 New York; Charles, a farmer in Upper 

 Makefield township ; and Abner, lives in 

 Norristown, Pennsylvania. 



ABRAHAM F. MYERS, one of the 

 representative farmers of Bedniinster town- 

 ship, Bucks county, is a grandson of Henry 

 and Elizabeth (Fretz) Myers, the former 

 a mason and farmer of Plumstead town- 

 ship. The following children were born to 

 Mr. and Mrs. Myers : Henry F. ; John F. ; 

 Reuben F. ; Joseph F., mentioned at length 

 hereinafter; William F. ; Barbara; Cath- 

 arine; and Annie. The parents of these 

 children both died in Plumstead township. 

 Joseph F. Myers, son of Henry and Eliza- 

 beth (Fretz) Myers, was born March 17, 

 1812, in Plumstead, and like his father was 

 a mason and farmer. In 1845 he purchased 

 a farm in Bedminster township, where he 

 passed the remainder of his days. He was 

 a member and trustee of the second Deep 

 Run Mennonite church. His wife was Bar- 

 bara, daughter of Abraham Fretz, of Bed- 

 minster township, and their children were 

 eight in number of whom the following 

 survive: Henry F., who lives in Tinicum ; 

 Aaron F., a resident of Bedminster; and 

 Abraham F., mentioned at length herem- 

 after. Mrs. Myers died January 8, 1884. 

 in her seventy-second year, and the death 

 of Mr. Myers occurred, May 12, 1882. 



Abraham F. Myers, son of Joseph F. and 

 Barbara (Fretz) Myers, was born Octo- 

 ber 12, 1842, in Plumstead township, and 

 received his education in the common 

 schools. Until 1871 he assisted his father 

 in the labors of the homestead, and in that 

 year undertook the management of the farm 

 as a tenant. In 1881 he purchased his 

 present home farm of one hundred and six 

 acres, near Hagersville, where he has since 

 resided. He is a Republican in politics and 

 a member of the New Mennonite church. 

 Mr. Myers married, November 18, 1871, 

 Susanna High, born in 1849. daughter of 

 John F. High, of Plumstead township, and 

 they were the parents of two children : 

 Clara, wife of Elmer E. Savacool, of South 

 Perkasie ; and Josephine, who is now house- 

 keeper for her father. Mrs. Myers died in 

 1885, and jNIr. Myers subsequently married 

 Caroline, widow of Aaron Line, whose 

 maiden name was Michener. Mrs. Myers 

 died in 1895. 



WILLIAM PAUL TRUMBAUER. a 

 prosperous farmer and old resident of 

 Richland township. Bucks county, Penn- 

 sylvania, was born in Springfield town- 

 ship, December 17, 1865, on the farm of 

 his maternal grandfather, John Greup. 

 He is a son of Henry and Sarah (Greup) 

 Trumbauer. and grandson on the pa- 

 ternal side of George and Elizabeth 



(Kinsey) Trumbauer, and on the mater- 

 nal side of John and Mary (Nuspickle) 

 Greup. The Trumbauer family is one of 

 1,he oldest in upper Bucks county, and 

 has always held itself as one of the most 

 intelligent and respected of that com- 

 munity. 



Henry Trumbauer (father) was born 

 in East Rockhill township, Bucks county, 

 Pennsylvania, July 12, 1844, on the farm 

 of his mother's people, then being oper- 

 ated by his father, and which consisted 

 of seventy-five acres. He attended the 

 district schools of the county until he 

 was fourteen years of age, after which 

 he worked on the home farm until he at- 

 tained the age of twenty. The follow- 

 ing four years were spent in learning 

 the trade of stone mason with Ezra 

 Moore, a contractor, who resided at 

 w^hat is now South Perkasie. For many- 

 years after the expiration of his appren- 

 ticeship he followed farming, and in 1897 

 sold the fai-ni to hs son, William Paul, 

 who now operates the place. He then 

 removed to Quakertown, and there fol- 

 lows his trade of stone mason, from 

 which he derives a comfortable liveli- 

 hood. In September, 1866, he married 

 Sarah Greup, daughter of John and Mary 

 (Nuspickle) Greup, residents of Spring- 

 field township, Bucks county, where the 

 former named is engaged in farming, 

 and had issue: William Paul, mentioned 

 hereinafter; Elizabeth, who became the 

 wife of Milton Grout, and resides at 

 Quakertown; Peter and Annie. The 

 mother of these children having died, 

 Mr. Trumbauer married in March, 1884, 

 for his second wife, Elizabeth Fry, 

 daughter of Joseph and Christiana 

 (Campbell) Fry, of Springfield township. 

 William Paul Trumbauer acquired the 

 education the common schools of that 

 period afforded, an^ during his spare 

 time assisted his father with the farm 

 work. In 1875 his father purchased the 

 farm of John Johnson, in Richland town- 

 ship, near the Tohickon creek, where the 

 townships of Haycock, East Rockhill 

 and Richland meet, and it was on this 

 farm that the early life of William P. 

 was spent. He attended school until his 

 seventeenth year, when he commenced 

 his first regular employment, the quar- 

 rying of building stone, of which there 

 were large quantities on his father's 

 farm. Previous to 1898 he worked his 

 father's farm on shares for three years, 

 and in 1890 became a tenant farmer, fol- 

 lowing this occupation in connection 

 with the quarrying of stone. Subse- 

 quently he became the owner of the 

 paternal estate, wdiich was purchased 

 by his father in 1875, and this he now 

 operates as a dairy and general farm, in 

 addition to the extensive business he 

 conducts in stone-quarrying. Mr. Trum- 

 bauer is a Democrat in politics, and is 

 now (1905) supervisor of public roads 

 of the southern part of Richland town- 



