HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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SAMUEL BLOTTER, of South Perka- 

 sie, was born in Hilltown township, Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania, May 26, 1844, and 

 is a son of John F. and Mary (Landis) 

 Slotter. Johannes Schlotter, the pioneer 

 ancestor of the family, was a native of Ger- 

 many, who settled in Bucks county and 

 reared a family, among whom were three 

 sons ; Christian, Abraham and Daniel. 

 Christian settled in New Britain, where 

 he died in 1822, Abraham and Daniel lo- 

 cated in Haycock. 



Abraham Schlotter, the grandfather of 

 the subject of this sketch, learned the trade 

 of a fuller with Joseph Fretz, who had a 

 fuUmg mill on the Tohickon, in Haycock 

 township, and at the latter's death in 1806 

 purchased the fulling mill and one hundred 

 acres of land lying on both sides of the 

 Tohickon, in Haycock and Bedminster 

 townships, which he continued to operate 

 until his death in 1820. He married Su- 

 sanna Fretz, daughter of his old preceptor, 

 who was several years his junior, being born 

 April 6, 1792. Her father, Joseph Fretz, 

 was born in Bedminster, May 9, 1761, and 

 died at the old fulling mill in Haycock, 

 March 29, 1806. He had married, Novem- 

 ber I, 1781, Maria Krout, who was born in 

 Bedminster, February 11, I/62, ancf they 

 were the parents of eleven children ; Eliza- 

 beth, who died young ; Christian and Bar- 

 bara, who also died young; Anna, who 

 married Jacob Bishop; Maria, who died 

 young ; Susanna, who married Abraham 

 Schlotter ; Agnes, who died at an advanced 

 age unmarried ; Rachel, who married Abra- 

 ham Zetty ; Joseph, who died young ; Sarah, 

 who died in 1884, aged eighty-five years; 

 John and Veronica. Joseph Fretz was a 

 son of Christian and Barbara (Oberholtzer) 

 Fretz, and a grandson of John Fretz, the 

 pioneer ancestor of the family in Bed- 

 minster. The children of Abraham and 

 Susanna (Fretz) Schlotter were: John F., 

 born November 28, 1815, and Samuel, who 

 died young. After the death of Abraham 

 Schlotter, his widow Susanna married his 

 brother Daniel Schlotter, and they had one 

 son, Daniel F. Slotter, born March 26, 

 1822, who married Amanda Ruth, October 

 27, 1844, and settled in Centre Valley, 

 Springfield township, Bucks county, where 

 they reared a family of ten children. 



John F. Slotter was 'born in Haycock, 

 November 28, 1815. After the death of her 

 second husband, Daniel Schlotter, in 1824, 

 his widow removed to Milford township, 

 Bucks county, where her son John F. was 

 reared and educated. He learned the trade 

 of a shoemaker, which he followed for 

 several years. About 1840 he removed to 

 Rockhill township, where he purchased a 

 small farm and lived until his death on 

 December 4. 1879. He married, July 28, 

 1839, Mary Landis, daughter of Abraham 

 and Barbara (Bergy) Landis, who was 

 born February 12, 1813, and died June 6, 

 1876. The children of John F. and Mary 



(Landis) Slotter were: Abraham L., born 

 March 5, 1842, married October 17, 1865, 

 Susanna Allebach, and has two children; 

 Samuel, the subject of this sketch; Mah- 

 lon L., born August 26, 1846, married June 

 29, 1866, Hannah Rouchenberger, and has 

 eight children; Kate S., born August 28, 

 1848, married October i, 1870, Henry F. 

 Ott, and resides in Philadelphia; John L., 

 born December 15, 1859, married Emma 

 Willauer, and resides in JPennsburg, Mont- 

 gomery county; and Mary, born December 

 2, 1852, died Alarch 13, 1881, married, June 

 17, 1880, Henry Moyer. 



Samuel Slotter, second child of John F. 

 and Mary Landis Slotter, was educated in 

 the public schools of Sellersville. When a 

 lad he learned the trade of a cigar maker, 

 which he followed for eighteen years. In 

 1871 he removed to his present farm in 

 Hilltown, near South Perkasie, where he 

 has since lived, having purchased the farm 

 in 1890. His farm has since been included 

 in Perkasie borough. He served as town- 

 ship assessor for three years, and has been 

 a member of council in Perkasie borough 

 for three years. He is a member of the 

 Lutheran church, and politically is a Re- 

 publican. He married, August 6, 1866, 

 Amanda Wambold, daughter of Noah Wam- 

 bold, and they were the parents of six chil- 

 dren : James Irwin, born September 26, 

 1867, married Emma Strohmoyer, and has 

 four children; Josiah C, born October 29, 

 1873, married Sallie Stout, and has three 

 children ; Emma, born October 26, 1868, 

 married Henry Kramer, of East Rockhill, 

 and has one child ; Matilda, born November 

 15, 1870, married Jacob Hoff, and has two 

 children ; Henry, born August 20, 1872, 

 died September 29, 1872 ; and Edith Jane, 

 born December 21, 1878, wife of Eugene 

 Holland. His wife Amanda died November 

 20, 1887, and Mr. Slotter married a second 

 time, November 30, 1889, Matilda (Cope) 

 Fretz, widow of John S. Fretz, by whom 

 he has one child, Hanna. 



WILLIAM PAULIN WINNER, a 



member of the firm of Roberts, Winner 

 & Co., stove founders, of Quakertown, 

 and, an ex-member of the state legisla- 

 ture of Pennsylvania, was born on a 

 small farm about two miles north of 

 Wrightstown, Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, August 26, 1852, son of Samuel and 

 Sarah Ann (Wood) Winner, the latter 

 passing away when her son, William P., 

 was two days old. 



He was taken to Philadelphia by a 

 maiden aunt, Elizabeth Winner, with 

 whom he made his home until his elev- 

 enth j^ear, in the meantime attending the 

 public schools of that city. He then re- 

 turned to Bucks county and was em- 

 ployed on the farm of Daniel M. Hibbs, 

 near Newtown, he being considered one 

 of the best and most progressive farm- 



