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HISTORY 01' BUCKS COUNTY. 



esteem in which he is held is evidenced by 

 the fact that he was appointed a director of 

 the Doylestown National Bank, a school 

 director, and attained the position of post- 

 master in his town, in which capacity he 

 served for twelve years. His political views 

 are in accord with those advocated by the 

 Democratic party. 



In 1874 ^Ii"- Hagerty married Miss Emma 

 Leatherman, daughter of Eli Leatherman, 

 of Plumstead township, Bucks county, 

 and three children were born to 

 them : Wilson, w^ho died at the age 

 of six months ; Mable, who died at 

 the age of nine months; and Luella, who 

 resides at home. The family are mem- 

 bers of the Presbyterian church of Doyles- 

 tow^n, and are highfy respected in the 

 community. 



HENRY WALP FREED. Among the 

 descendants of Bucks county's pioneers 

 must be numbered Henry Walp Freed, of 

 Richlandtown. Mr. Freed is a grandson 

 of Henry and Catharine (Ruhl) Freea, 

 who were the parents of a son, John, men- 

 tioned at length hereinafter. The old Freed 

 homestead, which has now passed out of 

 the possession of the family, was situated 

 on the turnpike, near Tohickon bridge. 



John Freed, son of Henry and Catha- 

 rine (Ruhl) Freed, was born in 1800, on 

 the homestead, and was a farmer and weav- 

 er. He married Hannah, born in 1810, 

 daughter of David and Susanna (Ohlwein) 

 Walp, by whom he was the father of the 

 following children : i. Henry Walp, men- 

 tioned at length hereinafter. 2. Julia Ann, 

 who was born January, 1833, and married 

 John A., son of John and Adeline Judd. 

 3. William, who was born in 1835, mar- 

 ried Sarah Biehn, of Richland township, 

 and is now a resident of Richlandtown. 

 .4. Charles, who married Marietta, daughter 

 of Tobias and Susan (Leidyj Scholl. of 

 Hatfield, Montgomery county. 5. Reuben 

 James. 



Henry Walp Freed, son of John and 

 Hannah (Walp) Freed, w^as born Novem- 

 ber 25, 1831, on the homestead, and in 

 1835 his parents moved to a farm of forty 

 acres situated on the Doylestown road, 

 about one mile from Richlandtown. There 

 he attended the district school until his 

 sixteenth year, when he began to learn 

 the shoemaker's trade with his uncle, 

 Charles Walp, serving one year and a half, 

 after which he did custom work for his 

 uncle. After a time he formed a partner- 

 ship with his brothers, Charles, William 

 and Reuben, and the firm carried on a thriv- 

 ing business, the partnership remaining un- 

 dissolved until 1903, since which time Mr. 

 Freed has led a quiet and retired life on 

 a farm. He has always been a public- 

 spirited citizen, and was one of the prime 

 movers in the organization of Richland- 

 town borough, serving for four years as 

 its first chief burgess. He is now a mem- 

 ber of the council. In politics he is a Dem- 



ocrat. Since 1853 he has held the position 

 of organist in the Union Reformed church 

 of Richlandtown, of which he and his wife 

 are members. Mr. Freed married, De- 

 cember 18, 1858, Hannah, daughter of Ja- 

 cob and Hannah (Lewis) Horn, the for- 

 mer a farmer of Haycock township, and 

 they have one daughter, Martha Ida, who 

 is the wife of Henry C. Trumbauer, son 

 of Dr. Trumbauer, of Norristown, Penn- 

 sylvania, and the mother of one child, Ma- 

 ria. Mrs. Freed is the granddaughter of 

 the Rev. A. D. Horn, whose son Jacob 

 married Hannah, daughter of Jacob Lew- 

 is, a farmer and weaver of Rockhill town- 

 ship and a member of the Lutheran church. 

 They were the parents of a daughter, Han- 

 nah, who was born September 3, 1837, at- 

 tended the subscription schools until reach- 

 ing the age of fourteen, and remained at 

 home until she became the wife of Henry 

 Walp Freed, as mentioned above. 



HENRY BARINGER. One of the most 

 highly respected citizens of Bucks county 

 is Henry Baringer, of Richland Centre. Mr. 

 Baringer is a representative of one of the 

 old families of Pennsylvania, the land but 

 lately in possession of the present genera- 

 tion having been purchased of the Penns. 

 The Baringers are related to John David 

 Behringer, one of the original settlers of 

 Lehigh county. 



Henry Baringer, son of Henry and Ma- 

 ria (Cramer) Baringer, was born on the 

 homestead in Richland Center, and marnea 

 Anna Bartholomew. They were the par- 

 ents of a son, Henry, mentioned at length 

 hereinafter. Mr. Baringer made it his life- 

 work to cultivate the land which had de- 

 scended to him from former generations, 

 the estate comprising in all ninety-three 

 acres. 



Henry Baringer, son of Henry and Anna 

 (Bartholomew) Baringer, w'as born No- 

 vember II, 1826, on the homestead which 

 had been the birthplace of so many of his 

 ancestors. Until completing his twelfth 

 year he attended the subscription school, 

 and thenceforth became his father's as- 

 sistant in the labors of the farm. Following 

 the traditions of his family he has all his 

 life been a tiller of the soil, and has proved 

 himself an enlightened agriculturist. On 

 April 25, 1904, he sold the farm on which 

 his entire life had thus far been passed 

 to Enos Kile, and withdrew from active 

 labor to enjoy the fruits of a laborious ana 

 useful career. He is a good citizen, taking 

 an active interest in all that concerns the 

 welfare of the community, but has never 

 been induced to accept ottice. In politics 

 he is a Democrat. He and his family are 

 members of the German Reformed church 

 of Richlandtown. in which he has served 

 for many years as elder and deacon. The 

 Baringers were largely instrumental in the 

 organization of this church and in the erec- 

 tion of their present place of worship. Mr. 



