HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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-ber of the Presbyterian church at Larri- 

 son's Corners, and in politics was a Demo- 

 crat. He was active in the local afifairs of 

 his locality, and filled the office of school 

 director for several years. He married 

 Cornelia Blackwell, and was the father of 

 seven children, as follows: William B., a 

 farmer of that locality; Elizabeth, who 

 married William B. Praul ; Elijah, de- 

 ceased ; Jane Ann ; Randal ; Mattie V. ; and 

 Armitage B., the subject of this sketch. 



Armitage B. Quick was born and reared 

 on the farm in New Jersey, and at the age 

 of twenty-two years began farming for him- 

 self. In 1873 he removed to Lansdale, 

 Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, and 

 took charge of a farm belonging to Charles 

 Jenkins, where he remained for four years. 

 He then returned to the old homestead 

 in Hunterdon county, which he conducted 

 for his father for two years, after which 

 he purchased a portion of the homestead 

 and farmed it for a number of years. In 

 1892 he removed to his present farm in 

 Northampton township, Bucks county, 

 where he has since resided, giving his en- 

 tire attention to agricultural pursuits. 



Mr. Quick married Syndonia Martindell, 

 daughter of Charles and Margaret 

 (Newell) Martindell, whose ancestors have 

 been residents of Bucks county and vicin- 

 ity for many generations, being descendants 

 •of John Martindell, born 8 mo. 24, 1676, 

 who married Mary Bridgman, daughter of 

 Walter and Blanche (Constable) Bridgman, 

 both of whom came from England in 1684, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Quick have been the parents 

 of five children: Charles G., born April 15. 

 1872, married Lida A. Fetter, who died 

 January 28, 1889; Alfreda M., born April 

 19, 1874, married Harry Shorday : Susan 

 M., born August 21, 1878, married Edgar 

 HufT; Charity B., born April 4, 188 1 ; and 

 Armitage B., Jr., born June 10, 1887. 



VICTOR HUGO FELTY, a successful 

 young farmer of Buckingham township, 

 Bucks county, son of William and Mar- 

 garet Felty, was born in Buckingham, Jan- 

 uary 5, i'88i. William Felty, the father, 

 was born in Buckingham in 1844, and died 

 July, 1899. He was a veteran of the civil 

 war, serving in a New Jersey regiment dur- 

 ing nearly the whole war. After the war 

 he entered the service of the Pennsylvania 

 Railroad, and became one of their most 

 trusted and efficient engineers, running their 

 fast express on the Belvidere division for 

 a number of years. The strain and re- 

 sponsibility of his position preyed upon his 

 health, and in 1877 he abandoned the rail- 

 road and purchased a small farm in Buck- 

 ingham, at Bean's Corner, where he spent 

 his remaining days, respected by all who 

 knew him. In politics he was a Republican. 

 His widow and two children survive him. 

 Ida, married Walter Wiley, and lives on 

 the homestead. 



Victor H. Felty was reared on the farrn, 

 and received his education at the public 



schools. On arriving at manhood he took 

 charge of the farm on which he now lives, 

 then recently purchased by his father, and 

 has remained there ever since, his widowed 

 mother residing with him. He was mar- 

 ried, July, 1900, to Mary Ann Carver, an 

 adopted daughter of S. Carey Gordon, of 

 Solebury, and they are the parents of one 

 child, Walter Leon. In politics Mr. Felty 

 is a Republican. He is a member of St. 

 Tammany Castle, Knights of the Golden 

 Eagle. 



WILFORD L. SCOTT, of Buckingham, 

 farmer, was born in Upper Makefield town- 

 ship, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, May 17, 

 1858, son of Joseph M. and Mary A. (.Tor- 

 bertj Scott. John Scott, the great-grand- 

 father of the subject of this sketch, was a 

 prominent farmer in Newtown township, 

 where his son Joseph Scott was born. Jo- 

 seph Scott was also a prominent farmer 

 in Newtown. He married Sarah Mathews, 

 and lived and died in Newtown township. 



Joseph M. Scott, son of Joseph and Sarah 

 (Mathews) Scott, born in Newtown, in 

 1825, was reared on a farm in Newtown 

 township, received a good education, and 

 was a school teacher for a number of years 

 in Bucks county. He later purchased a farm 

 in Upper Makefield township, where he 

 made his home until 1895, since which time 

 he has resided with his daughter at Rich- 

 boro. He was for several years engaged 

 in the lumber business, owning a large 

 planing and saw mill at Portland, North- 

 ampton county, Pennsylvania. In 1876 his 

 mills and lumber yard were consumed by 

 fire, and, his insurance having expired, he 

 was financially ruined. In politics he is a 

 Democrat, and has always taken an active 

 interest in the councils of his party. He 

 was for several years a justice of the peace 

 in Upper Makefield. He married Mary A., 

 daughter of James M. and Mary W. 

 (Simpson) Torbert, whose great-grand- 

 father, Samuel Torbert, came from Car- 

 rickfergus, county Antrim, Ireland, in 1726, 

 and settled in Newtown, where he was a 

 tanner for many years, settling later in 

 Makefield township. The children of Jo- 

 seph M. and Mary A. (Torbert) Scott 

 were seven in number, six of whom sur- 

 vive, viz. : Frank, a hardware merchant of 

 Trenton, New Jersey, residing in Yardley, 

 Bucks county, Pennsylvania; Sallie, wife of 

 Harry Luff, of Richboro ; George, engaged 

 in the creamery business at Frenchtown, 

 New Jersey; Joseph, of Trenton, in busi- 

 ness with his brother Frank ; Belle, wife of 

 Watson Hunter, of Montgomery county ; 

 and Wilford L. the subject of this sketch. 



The subject of this sketch was born in 

 Upper Makefield, and reared on the farm, 

 acquiring his education at the public schools 

 and at Newtown Academy. On arriving 

 at manhood he took charge of his father's 

 farm, conducting it in partnership with his 

 father. He married November 17, 1892, 

 S. Jennie Williams, daughter of John and 



