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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



and Indian fighter, who was born near 

 Bustleton, Pennsylvania, in 1710, and 

 died in Tinicnm. Bucks county, Novem- 

 ber 6, 1789. He made the famous "day 

 and a half walk back in the woods" from 

 Wrightstown to the Blue mountains in 

 ^737- which defined the boundaries of 

 the "Walking Purchase," and thereby 

 incurred the enmity of the Indians, who 

 several times attacked his cabin and 

 killed his first wife. He married (sec- 

 ond) Elizabeth Mease, and left a family 

 of fifteen children. A full account of 

 him is given in the first volume of this 

 history, in the chapter entitled "The 

 Walking Purchase." 



Jacob Titus purchased in 1852 a large 

 farm in Warrington. Bucks county, one 

 hundred and thirty-seven acres of which he 

 retained and greatly improved, erecting 

 in 1855 the present large and commod- 

 ious stone dwelling now occupied by 

 his son, Oliver P. Titus. He also erected 

 the barn and other outbuildings. He was an 

 enterprising and successful farmer, and 

 held a high place in the community. 

 Starting out in life with little or none 

 of this world's goods, by dint of prese- 

 verance and hard work he achieved 

 financial success, while his strict integ- 

 rity and unblemished character won the 

 esteem of his neighbors and a large 

 circle of friends. 



Jacob George, the father of Elizabeth 

 (George) Titus, was a son of Jacob and 

 Eve George, of Tinicum, Bucks county. 

 the former of whom died in 1815, and 

 the latter in 1829. They were the par- 

 ents of one son, Jacob, and four daug- 

 ters: Elizabeth, wife of George Hillpot; 

 Catharine, wife of Jacob Fulmer; Mary, 

 wife of George Wycker; and Susanna, 

 wife of Frederick Solliday. Hannah, the 

 wife of Jacob George, Jr., is thought to 

 have been a daughter of William and 

 Naomi (Marshall) McCalla. 



Jacob George, Jr. inherited from his 

 father a farm of 199 acres in Tinicum, 

 where he died December 18, 1831. He 

 and his wife Hannah were the parents 

 of the following children: Hugh, a civil 

 engineer who died in 1866, unmarried; 

 Susanna, married George Raike; Hiram, 

 died in 1879; Eve. married William 

 Royce; Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Titus; 

 Naomi, wife of Michael Worman; and 

 Jacob W. George. Mrs. Titus died in 

 1898. 



The children of Jacob and Elizabeth 

 (George) Titus were: Elwood. died at 

 the age of twenty-two years; George, 

 also deceased; Hugh, of Richboro, Bucks 

 county; and Oliver P. The mother was 

 a member of Neshaminy Presbyterian 

 Church, which her husband also at- 

 tended but was not a member. 



Oliver P. Titus, son of Jacob and 

 Elizabeth, was born on the farm upon 

 w'hich he now resides. May 8, 1864. 

 and began his education at the public 

 schools, and finished at Doylestown 



English and Classical Seminary. He re- 

 mained on the farm with his father un- 

 til his marriage, and two years later 

 removed to New Jersey, where he was- 

 for si.x years superintendent of a stock 

 farm of 350 acres. He then returned 

 home, and at the death of his mother 

 purchased the homestead in 1899, and 

 has since made it his home. The farm 

 is pleasantly located in the valley of 

 the Little Neshaminy, and is a very 

 productive one. Mr. Titus takes great 

 pride in keeping up its ornamental and 

 attractive features as well as the fertility 

 of the soil. Politically Mr. Titus is a 

 Republican, and religiously he and his. 

 wife are members of Neshaminy Pres- 

 byterian Church. Mr. Titus married 

 Florence B. Dobbins, who was born in- 

 Bucks county, October 19, 1865, and is- 

 a daughter of the late J. K. and Sarah 

 A. (Jenkins) Dobbins, of Warrington^ 

 Her father, J. K. Dobbins, was born irr 

 Pemberton, New Jersey, November 27, 

 1838, and was a son of Joseph R. and 

 Mary A. (Hilliard) Dobbins, the former 

 a native of New Jersey, and a prom- 

 inent merchant and well known citizen 

 of Mont Holly, New Jersey. He served 

 in the war of 1812. Mary A. (Hilliard) 

 Dobbins was a daughter of Eben Hil- 

 liard, a prominent contractor of Phil- 

 adelphia, who married a daughter of 

 Richard Summers, a captain in the Revo- 

 lutionary war. The children of Joseph 

 R. and Mary A. (Hilliard) Dobbins were, 

 Eber H., John J., Richard, Susan K., 

 Sarah, Edward. Joseph K.. and Merrill. 

 Joseph K. Dobbins, the father of Mrs. 

 Titus, was reared on the farm near 

 Pemberton, New Jersey. After leaving: 

 home he was employed at various voca- 

 tions, and in i860 entered the employ 

 of the United States government as a 

 member of an engineering corps. He 

 was afterwards promoted to the posi- 

 tion of superintendent of a corps of 

 structural engineers, and had charge of 

 the erection of forts and bridges during, 

 the civil war. He resigned his position 

 in the winter of 1864-5 and settled in 

 Bucks county, but later removed to- 

 Philadelphia. In 1878 he purchased the 

 the farm on which he lately lived in 

 Warrington, Bucks county, which he 

 conducted until his death in 1905. He 

 was one of the well known and popular 

 men of central Bucks county, and an 

 active member of the Bucks County 

 Historical Society, in whose meetings 

 he took a lively interest. His wife,. 

 Sarah A. Jenkins, was born in the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, and is a daugter of 

 Thomas Jenkins of that place. Their 

 children are: Joseph T.. of California; 

 Florence R.. wife of the subject of this 



sketch; Clara, wife of McKinstry; 



Sarah L., wife of Charles Horner; Mary^ 

 wife of H. Shaffer; Gertrude V., Ed- 

 ward, a well known inventor, now iix 

 Europe; and Merrill, of Philadelphia. 



