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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



Kimble, and a great-granddaughter of 

 Humphrey Morrey, the hrst mayor of 

 Philadelphia. By her he had nine chil- 

 dren: Anthony; William; Joel; Elitha; 

 Amy, married Evan Thomas; Hannah, 

 married James Shaw; Martha, married 

 Carlile; Jesse, and Esther. Joseph 

 Worthington died in June, 1822, and his 

 widow Esther in July, 1828. 



Elisha, son of Joseph and Esther 

 (Kimble) Worthington, was born in 

 Buckingham township, and on arriving 

 at manhood married Ann Barr, of Buck- 

 ingham, and settled on land conveyed to 

 him by his father. He died in 1828, and 

 his wife two years later. They were the 

 parents of five children: Margret; 

 Thomas; Elisha, and Ann, who grew up; 

 and Esther, who died young. 



Elisha Worthington, son of Elisha 

 and Ann, was born in Buckingham, in 

 March, 1819. Left on orphan at the age 

 of nine years, he was reared in the fam- 

 ily of Evan Thomas, who had married 

 his aunt, Amy Worthington, and re- 

 ceived a good common school education. 

 At the death of Evan Thomas he became 

 a clerk in the store of his cousin, John 

 Worthington, near Bridge Valley, and 

 soon afterwards became a partner in the 

 firm under the name of E. Worthing- 

 ton & Co. They built up a fine business, 

 but by reason of incompatibility of tem- 

 perament of the partners the firm was 

 dissolved, and Elisha opened a store at 

 Bridge Point (now Edison) in 1856, 

 where he did a successful business for 

 ten years, when he removed to Bucking- 

 ham, where he conducted the store very 

 successfully until his death in 1872, 

 building up a large business. Mr. Worth- 

 ington was a man of unquestioned in- 

 tegrity and high standing in ,the com- 

 munity. In religion he and his family 

 were members of the Society of Friends. 

 In politics he was a Republican. 



His widow, the subject of this sketch, 

 was Harriet Lukens, daughter of Peter 

 and Isabella (Hallowell) Lukens. She 

 was born in Philadelphia, where her 

 parents spent the greater part of their 

 married life. Her father, Peter Lukens, 

 of Horsham, Montgomery county, later 

 of Philadelphia, was a carpenter and 

 millwright, and followed his trade in 

 Philadelphia, removing to Bucks county 

 but nine weeks before his death, which 

 occurred in 1849 at the age of forty- 

 seven years. His wife, Isabella Hallo- 

 well, was a daughter of George Hallo- 

 well, of Jenkintown, of an old and prom- 

 inent family in that vicinity. Mrs. 

 Worthington's two grandfathers were 

 the founders of the Horsham Library. 

 Benjamin Hallowell, who represented 

 the government among the Indians and 

 was otherwise prominent in public life, 

 was a nephew of George Hallowell. The 

 Lukens were of German descent, being 

 descendants of Jan Lucken, one of the 

 original settlers of Germantown. 



The children of Elisha and Harriet 

 (Lukens) Worthington are: Evan T., a 

 prominent merchant of Newtown, Bucks 

 county; Emma Clara, wife of Lewis W. 

 Fell, who now conducts the store owned 

 by Mr. Worthington at the time of his 

 death, a sketch of whom appears in this 

 work; and Isabel L., living with her 

 mother in Buckingham. George Lukens, 

 another son, was drowned when a small 

 boy. For several years after the death 

 of her husband, Mrs. Worthington was 

 associated with her son, Evan T. Worth- 

 ington, in the conduct of the store, imder 

 the firm name of H. L. Worthington & 

 Son, but soon after the marriage of her 

 son retired from the firm and built a 

 handsome residence in the village, where 

 she still resides. She and most of her 

 family are members of the Society of 

 Friends. 



FRANK WEBER. Among the active 

 and prosperous business men of the thrifty 

 and growing town of Perkasie is Frank 

 Weber, brick manufacturer. Mr. Weber is 

 of German parentage, and was born in 

 Kulpsville, Montgomery county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, October 12, 1855, being a son of 

 George -and Sophia (Nicholas) Weber. 

 George Weber, father of the subject of 

 this sketch, was born in Germany and emi- 

 grated to America and settled at Kulpsville 

 about 1848. He was a shoemaker by trade, 

 and followed that vocation in connection 

 with farming near Kulpsville for many 

 years. He married Sophia Nicholas, and 

 they were the parents of six children, viz : 

 Peter, who married Lizzie Henkenroth, and 

 has a family of five children ; Annie, wife 

 of Henry O. Moyer ; Kate, who died at the 

 age of eighteen years ; Lizzie, wife of 

 Christian Kugler ; George; and Frank, the 

 subject of this sketch. 



The subject of this sketch was reared on 

 a farm in Rockhill township, and acquired 

 his education in the public schools. He 

 learned the trade of a brick moulder, and 

 was the manager of a brickyard for several 

 years. He began the manufacture of brick 

 at Perkasie in 1895 in partnership with 

 Henry O. Moyer for two years. In 1897 he 

 started his own plant and has since carried 

 on the business himself, doing a large busi- 

 ness, turning out as high as a million brick 

 per year. In 1899 he built his present 

 handsome residence at the corner of Third 

 and Market streets. He is a member of the 

 Lutheran church, and politically is a Demo- 

 crat. He married in 1878 Lizzie Moss, 

 daughter of George and Catharine (Nich- 

 olas) Moss, and they are the parents of four 

 children; Hannah, born July 20, 1879; 

 Andora, born IVIarch 7. 1881 ; Sallie, born 

 February 10, 1883 : and Harry, born October 

 2, 1885. Hannah, his eldest daughter, 

 married April 3, 1903, William Crout. son 

 of Reuben Crout. 



