HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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gan the study of architectural drawing, and 

 in 1892 entered Drexel Institute, Philadel- 

 phia, where he took up a special course for 

 the study of architectural work. He early 

 displayed special talent for this branch 

 of work, and prior to his college course de- 

 signed numerous buildings. Atter his grad- 

 uation he spent nearly three years in the 

 offices of prominent architects in New York 

 city, Philadelphia and Buffalo, New York, 

 thereby gaining the necessary experience 

 to equip him for a successful career in his 

 chosen profession. He then located in 

 Doylestown, where he is doing a fine busi- 

 ness. The German Reformed and Meth- 

 odist churches were designed by Mr. Mar- 

 tin, as well as numerous prominent build- 

 ings in other parts of the country. His 

 plans for the development of the grounds 

 and location of building of the Bucks Coun- 

 ty Historical Society were accepted by the 

 building committee, and he drew the sec- 

 ond prize in the competition. Politically 

 Mr. Martin is a Republican. He is a mem- 

 ber of Aquetong Lodge, No. 193, I. O. O. F. 

 Religiously he is a member of the German 

 Reformed church. 



He was married in January, 1896, to Miss 

 Minerva Fretz, "of Bedminster, and they 

 are the parents of three children : Marian 

 Cathryn, died April 30, 1905; jMargaret F., 

 and Fred F. 



LEHMAN & SONS. The enterprising 

 firm of Lehman & Sons, retail and whole- 

 sale butchers, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 

 has been for many years one of the promi- 

 nent business firms of Doylestown. Michael 

 Lehman, the senior member of the firm, 

 was born at Landow, Bavaria. April 22, 

 1828, and came to America about 1850. He 

 first found employment with John G. Myers, 

 of Plumstead, and later with John Clem- 

 mens, of Doylestown township. In 186 1 

 he started the business of pork butchering 

 at the corner of State and Pine streets, 

 where McGinty's printing establishment 

 now stands, and two years later moved to 

 his present location on the opposite side of 

 State street. In 1865 he entered into part- 

 nership with Samuel Hall, of Doylestown, 

 and largely increased the business, adding 

 in 1867 the beef butchering branch and 

 shipping large quantities of meat to Phila- 

 delphia. In 1876 he purchased Mr. Hall's 

 interest in the business, and took his son 

 Harry C. into the firm. In the autumn of 

 the same year the other son, Arthur C. 

 also became a member of the firm, under 

 the name of Lehman & Sons, which has 

 continued to the present time, doing a large 

 and successful business, wholesale and re- 

 tail, and maintaining a high standing as a 

 reliable business firm. 



Mr. Lehman is a son of Joseph and Mar- 

 garet (Diemer) Lehman, and grandson of 

 John and Elizabeth (Schaffer) Lehman, 

 who were fa^-mers in Germany. Joseph was 

 •one of six children : Michael, Peter, Jacob, 

 Joseph, Elizabeth and Catharine. Joseph 



and Margaret (Diemer) Lehman had three 

 children : Adam, Michael and Elizabeth. 

 Adam also came to America, settling in 

 Philadelphia in 1830, and removing later 

 to the neighborhood of Doylestown, owning 

 and occupying the farm lately occupied by 

 the Doylestown Country Club, south of the 

 town, and also owning a small farm at 

 Pebble Hill. He married a Miss Schreiner, 

 and had seven children : John, Joseph, 

 Henry, Adam, Charles and two others who 

 are deceased. Michael Lehman married 

 Hester Deemer, daughter of Bernard 

 Deemer, of Rockhill township, Bucks coun- 

 ty, Pennsylvania, where she was born, Oc- 

 tober 25, 1825. She was of German descent, 

 but her ancestors had been residents of 

 Bucks county for several generations. (See 

 Deemer Family, in this work). Mrs. Leh- 

 man died in Doylestown in 1896. Michael 

 and Hester (Deemer) Lehman were the 

 parents of two children — Harry C, and 

 Arthur C, the two junior members of the 

 firm of Lehman & Sons. 



ARTHUR C. LEHMAN, eldest son of 

 Michael and Hester (Deemer) Lehman, was 

 born at Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, November 22, 1855. He received his 

 preliminary education at the public schools 

 of Doylestown, and finished the course at the 

 Doylestowai English and Classical Seminary. 

 From 1869 to the fall of 1876 he filled a 

 clerical position in Philadelphia. He then 

 returned to his native town and entered into 

 business there with his father and brother 

 Harry C, and has since been an active mem- 

 ber of the firm of Lehman & Sons, having 

 special charge of the wholesale department, 

 and attending to the trade in Philadelphia. 

 He married. November i, 1877, Elvina 

 Kemble, daughter of Charles and Eliza- 

 beth (Thompson) Kemble, of Philadelphia, 

 and took up his residence on State street, 

 Doylestown, where he still resides. Mrs. 

 Lehman died June 30, 1900. They are the 

 parents of three children, viz. : George W., 

 born November 26, 1879; Addie L., born 

 November 16, 1881 ; and Harry L., born 

 April 14, 1886. George W. received his 

 primary education at Doylestown and then 

 took a four years course at the Jefferson 

 Medical College, Philadelphia, and later 

 graduated from a medical university in 

 Tennessee. Addie L., is possessed of re- 

 markable musical talent; she is a graduate 

 of the Sternburg Musical Conservatory at 

 Philadelphia, and is considered one of the 

 ablest performers on the piano in Bucks 

 county. She has conducted a number of 

 musicales in Bucks county, Philadelphia and 

 elsewhere, and has officiated at many high 

 class musical . entertainments. Harry L., 

 the youngest son, is at present a student at 

 a preparatory academy in Franklin county, 

 Pennsvlvania. 



HARRY C. LEHMAN, second son of Mi- 

 chael and Hester (Deemer) Lehman, was 

 born at Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, February 26, 1858. He acquired his 

 education at the Doylestown public school 

 and Doylestown English and Classical Sem- 



