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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



resorts in this section of the county. Mr. 

 Case was united in marriage to Miss Ida 

 Geyer, and their children arc Dorothea, 

 Minnie, and Emma Case. 



FRANK PERCY, one of the representa- 

 tive farmers and public-spirited citizens of 

 Doylestown township, Bucks county, Penn- 

 sylvania, was born in Buckingham town- 

 ship, same county, September 24, 1855. 



The first of the family to settle in this 

 country was Thomas Percy, great-grand- 

 father of Frank Percy, who emigrated 

 from Ireland about the year 1780, settling 

 in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where he 

 followed the occupation of weaving. In 

 1796 he was united in marriage to Miss 

 Tacy Demgan, and their children were as 

 follows : Sarah, died unmarried ; Gilbert, 

 mentioned hereinafter ; Jane, who became 

 the wife of Isaac Feaster; Garret; Nancy, 

 who became the wife of Samuel Watson ; 

 William; Eliza, died unmarried. Gilbert 

 Percy, grandfather of Frank Percy, was 

 born in Wrightstown, Bucks county, Octo- 

 ber 16, 1799. His entire active career was 

 devoted to farming, which proved a most 

 profitable occupation. By his marriage to 

 Catherine Vansant he became the father of. 

 three children : Thomas, mentioned here- 

 inafter; Mary, born September 28, 1S34; 

 and William, born January 14, 1837. 



Thomas Percy, father of Frank Percy, 

 was born in Northampton township, Bucks 

 county, November 30, 1824. He followed 

 the same occupation as his forefathers, that 

 of farming, conducting his operations for 

 about half a century in Buckingham town- 

 ship, achieving a large degree of financial 

 gain by his reliable methods of business. 

 He was a stanch adherent of the principles 

 of Democracy, but never sought or held 

 office, preferring to attend strictly to his 

 farm and' its management. He married 

 Miss Mary Morris, daughter of Daniel and 

 Cynthia (White) Morris, and the issue of 

 this union was eight children: Frank, men- 

 tioned at length hereinafter ; Catherine, born 

 June 28, 1857, wife of Reuben Kratz ; Gil- 

 bert, born March 18, 1859, a resident of 

 Philadelphia ; Lydia, born February 5, 

 1862, died March 15, 1886; Alice, born 

 January 13, 1866, died September 4, 1866; 

 William, born June 27, 1867, died April 24, 

 1872; Watson, born November 23, 1869; 

 Evaline, born July 3, 1S72, wife of Harry 

 Good. 



Frank Percy attended the common schools 

 of Bucks county, thereby acquiring a prac- 

 tical English education. He remained at 

 home assisting his father with the duties 

 of the farm until he was twenty-three years 

 of age, after which he commenced farming 

 on his own account on his grandfather's 

 farm, where he remained six years. He 

 then moved to Newtown, locating on the 

 Buckman farm, and after a residence there 

 of three years removed to Northampton 

 township, locating on his father-in-law's 



farm. At the expiration of three years he 

 sold this properly and moved to Roxbor- 

 ough, Philadelphia, remaining two years, 

 during which time he was employed as fore- 

 man by the Horse Car Company. He then 

 returned to Doylestown township, and for 

 live years thereafter conducted farmhig 

 operations on the Esther Fell farm. In 

 1898 he located on the old Clemmens farm, 

 where he now resides, and since then his 

 entire attention has been devoted to its cul- 

 tivation and improvement. In 1900 he was 

 elected school director of the township, 

 and his incumbency being noted for faith- 

 fulness and efficiency, he was re-elected to 

 the same office in 1903. His political affilia- 

 tions are with the Democratic party. Mr. 

 Percy married Miss Sallie Hageman, 

 daughter of John and Ellen Hageman, and 

 four children were born to them, one of 

 whom died in infancy. Those surviving 

 are : Atlee L., born November 24, 1880, a 

 professor of commercial law, teaching at 

 Reading, Pennsylvania; Lewis H., born 

 June 8, 1883; and M. May, born January 

 18, 1886. The family are respected in the 

 community, and enjoy the acquaintance of a 

 large circle of friends. 



WILLIAM H. TRAUCH, who holds 

 an honorable place among the farmers 

 of Bedminster township, is a grandson 

 of Peter Trauch, who was a native of 

 New Jersey and a miller by trade. In 

 middle life he became a resident of Bucks 

 county. 



Peter Trauch, son of Peter Trauch 

 mentioned above, was born about 1823 

 or 1824, near Easton, New Jersey, and 

 was still a child when his parents re- 

 moved to Bucks county. His boyhood 

 was spent in Durham township, and sub- 

 sequently he removed to Nockamixon 

 township, where he purchased a farm on 

 which he lived thirteen or fourteen 

 years. He then sold the property, and 

 after some years spent at farm work 

 settled in New I^ritain township, where 

 he passed the remainder of his life. He 

 was a Democrat in politics, and a mem- 

 ber of the Lutheran church. He married 

 Diana Ruth, and seven of their eight 

 children are still living: Christiana, wife 

 of Edwin Rice, of Williams township; 

 Saul, living in Durham township; Will- 

 iam H.. mentioned at length hereinafter; 

 Edward, a resident of Easton: Titus, 

 living in Durham township; Philip, re- 

 siding in Easton; and Sarah Catherine, 

 wife of George Fackenthal, of Riegels- 

 ville. New Jersey. After the death of 

 his wife, Mr. Trauch married the widow 

 of Dr. Clymer. His death occurred in 

 1870. 



William H. Trauch, son of Peter and 

 Diana (Ruth) was born September 18, 

 1848. in Durham township, and at the 

 age of ten years was employed by Jona- 

 than S. Kohl, a neighboring farmer, with 



