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Baringer married, in 1859, Matilda, daugh- 

 ter of John and Sarah (^AioyerJ I'oust, of 

 Upper Whitehall township, Lehigh coun- 

 ty, and fbur sons have been born to them : 



1. Oliver Franklni, who was born July 

 17, i860, attended the public schools of 

 Richland township and the Quakertown 

 high school, and later studied at Pierce's 

 Business College. He died March 22, 1875. 



2. Milton, who was born November 25, 

 1863, was educated in the schoofs of his 

 native township and in those of Quaker- 

 town, resides at VVyncote, Montgomery 

 county, and is a member of the Philadel- 

 phia Bourse. He married, in 1892, Ella 

 Walraven, of Philadelplwa. 3. Henry. 4. 

 John, born September 25, 1866, attended, 

 as his brothers had done, the schools of 

 his native township, and in 1886 graduated 

 from the Quakertown high school. His 

 death occurred August 15, 1895. Since 

 1889 Mr. Baringer has resided in Quaker- 

 town, making his home in the comlortable 

 and attractive residence which he built for 

 himself at the time of his retirement from 

 agricultural labors. 



JONATHAN RITTENHOUSE UM- 

 S'i EAD, M. D. Among the practicing phy- 

 sicians of Bucks county Jonathan Ritten- 

 house Umstead, of Quakertown, holds a 

 well recognized position. Dr. Umstead is 

 a grandson of William and Maria (Ritten- 

 house) Umstead, who were the parents of a 

 son, David Rittenhouse, mentioned at 

 length hereinafter. Mr. and Mrs. Umsteaa 

 were residents of Germantown, where the 

 former was employed in the stone 

 quarries. 



David Rittenhouse Umstead, son of Will- 

 iam and Maria (Rittenhouse) Umstead, 

 was born November 6, 1829, in German- 

 town, and received his education in the lo- 

 cal schools. In the course of time he came 

 into possession of the farm in connection 

 with his brother, Josiah Umstead, and for 

 two years they managed the estate in part- 

 nership, disposing of their produce in the 

 Philadelphia markets and having a dairy 

 attached. ]\Ir. Umstead married Leah, 

 daughter of Isaac and (Springer) Benner, 

 of Franconia township, where they lived 

 on a farm. Mr. and Mrs. Umstead were 

 the parents of the following children: i. 

 Jonathan Rittenhouse, mentioned at length 

 hereinafter. 2. Thomas, who married and 

 lives in Philadelphia. 3. Angeline, who be- 

 came the wife of William Evenna, of Piiila- 

 delphia. 4. Amanda, who married William 

 Tyson, of Philadelphia. 5. Ella, who was 

 engaged in teaching. 6. Maurice, who mar- 

 ried Hannah Straley, of Germantown. 7. 

 Josiah. 8. William, who married and lives 

 in Philadelphia. 



Jonathan Rittenhouse Umstead, son of 

 David Rittenhouse and Leah (Benner) 

 Umstead, was born November 25, 1864, on 

 his father's farm, near Souderton, in Fran- 

 conia township, Montgomery county, and 



attended the public school until his tenth 

 year, when he went to reside with his grand- 

 uncle, Jonathan Rittenhouse, at German- 

 town. During his stay there he attended 

 for two years the Friends' school at Lane 

 and Green streets. After spending one 

 year at home he returned for one year to 

 the Friends' school, and then attended fo^ 

 the same length of time the West Chester 

 Slate Normal School. In the summer of 

 1881 he again returned home, and for the 

 next four years devoted himself to the 

 labors of the home farm. In March, 1885, 

 he entered the drug store of Dr. Horace 

 A. Long, of Souderton, to whom he was 

 related through the Rittenhouses, and in 

 the autumn of the same year matriculated 

 in Jefferson Medical College, from which 

 institution he graduated in 1888 with the 

 degree of Doctor of Medicine. While a 

 student his vacations were spent in Dr. 

 Long's drug store, and were thus made sea- 

 sons of continued study and improvement. 

 After graduating he became the assistant of 

 his preceptor with whom he remained until 

 the spring of 1889, when he moved to Qua- 

 kertown, where he has since followed his 

 profession as a general practitioner. Dr. 

 Umstead is active as a citizen and is now 

 serving his third term as deputy coroner. 

 For three years he represented the sec- 

 ond ward in the town council, and during 

 his term of service was prominently con- 

 nected with the promotion of the water and 

 trolley franchise. He has acted as delegate 

 to county and congressional conventions of 

 the Republican party of which he is an ac- 

 tive member. He is an attendant of St. 

 John's Lutheran church. Dr. Umstead mar- 

 ried, in 1889, Lillian Minerva Zendt, and 

 they are the parents of the following chil- 

 dren : I. Evelyn Zendt, born February 7, 

 1892. 2. Joseph Russell, born April 17, 1893. 

 3. Daniel Milton, born August 31, 1895. 4. 

 Floyd, born July 2, 1897, and died Septem- 

 ber 25, 1897. 5. Ralph J., born October 

 I, 1902. Mrs. Umstead is a granddaughter 

 of Frederick D. and May (D'elp) Zendt 

 whose son, Milton Delp Zendt, was born 

 in 1845, in Skippack township, ^Montgomery 

 county. He attended the public schools 

 of his district and was for several years 

 a teacher in the township schools. He moved 

 to Illinois and there also engaged in teach- 

 ing, returning finally to his old home, 

 where he is now a cloth manufacturer. 

 Mr. Zendt married Mary, daughter of 

 George L. and Ann (Harley) Hallman, 

 and they were the parents of the follow- 

 ing children: i. Lillian Minerva, who was 

 born February 22, 1859, attended the dis- 

 trict schools of her native town, and be- 

 came the wife of Jonathan Rittenhouse Um- 

 stead, as mentioned above. 2. Penrose Har- 

 per, who was born in 187 1, lives at Souder- 

 ton, married Laura, daughter of Oliver Alt- 

 house, of that place, and has three children : 

 Robert, Laura and Oliver ]Milton. 3. An- 

 nie Eunice, w4io became the wife of Frank- 

 lin Moyer, son of Enos ^loyer, of Souder- 

 ton, and has had three children, the young- 



