HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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Diana Strycker, daughter of Samuel and 

 Kate (Ifreisch) Strycker, and they were 

 the parents of two children— Herbert S., and 

 another who died in infancy. 



Herbert S. Nace was born and reared in 

 Sellersville and acquired his education at 

 the Sellersville high school. Early in life 

 he learned the cigarmaking trade, which he 

 followed for several years. In 1902 he 

 started a greenhouse for the cultivation of 

 flowers and early vegetables, making a 

 specialty of raising tomatoes, and has since 

 conducted that business successfully. He 

 is a member of St. Michael's Lutheran 

 church and is affiliated with Sellersville 

 Lodge, No. 658, and Sellersville Encamp- 

 ment, No. 252, L O. O. F. He married in 

 1891 Addle M. Nase, daughter of Peter 

 and Susanna (Walter) Nase, and the uni- 

 on has been blessed with two children, 

 Jennie and Helen. 



J. CAMBY MILNOR, who is engaged in 

 farming and dairying in Lower Makefield 

 township, was born in Hulmeville, Penn- 

 sylvania, February 4, 1853, his parents be- 

 ing William B. and Emily H, (Brown) Mil- 

 nor. The father was born near Bristol, in 

 Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1823, and 

 in early life learned the blacksmith's trade, 

 which he followed until 1859. m that year 

 he began farming in Lower Makefield town- 

 ship near the village of Yardley, and con- 

 tinued an active representative of agricul- 

 tural interests for almost thirty years until 

 1887, after which he retired from active 

 business life and established his home in 

 the village of Yardley. His last days were 

 spent in Hatboro, where he died in Febru- 

 ary, 1899. He was an active member of 

 the Methodist Episcopal church, and served 

 as superintendent of the Sunday-school at 

 Newtown, Pennsylvania^ for a number of 

 years. Me married Miss Emily H. Brown, 

 a daughter of Israel Brown, and they had 

 six children: William E., J. Camby, Elias 

 J., Elmer E., Laura B. and Estelle B. The 

 last named died in childhood. 



In the common schools J. Camby Milnor 

 acquired his education, and through the per- 

 iods of vacation assisted his father in the 

 operation of the home farm, continuing on 

 the old homestead until twenty-two years 

 of age, after which he took charge of that 

 farm and conducted it successfully for a 

 year. In 1877 he removed to the farm upon 

 which he now resides, and after renting 

 the property for five years purchased it. 

 He has since given his entire attention to 

 agricultural pursuits in connection with the 

 dairy business, and makes daily trips to 

 Trenton to dispose of his dairy products. 

 His farm comprises seventy-five acres con- 

 veniently situated in Lower Makefield town- 

 ship, about two miles from Trenton. It is 

 a very valuable tract of land, and his im- 

 provements and modern methods of culti- 

 vation have made it one of the best farms 

 in that locality. In local political circles 



Mr. Milnor has been somewhat active, and 

 IS a stanch Republican. He has served as 

 judge of elections for the past seven years, 

 and in 1900 took the census for the govern- 

 ment in Lower Makefield township. Mr. 

 Milnor wedded Miss JMary Emma White, 

 a_ daughter of Nathan and Tacy White, of 

 Northampton township, and their marriage, 

 which was celebrated Februar- 22, 1876, 

 was blessed with two children. ' The elder, 

 however, Viola, who was born in 1877, died 

 in 1881 at the age of four years and four 

 months. The living daughter is Laura May, 

 born April 17, 1884. 



JOSEPH B. SCHAFFER, a resident 

 farmer of Falls township, and one of its 

 native sons, born on the evelenth of No- 

 vember, 1848, is of German descent, the 

 first of the name of this family in Amer- 

 ica being John Schaffer. who September 

 27, 1818, crossed the Atlantic from the 

 fatherland, bringing with him his family. 

 He established his home in Falls township, 

 where he secured a tract of land and be- 

 gan farming, continuing that business up 

 to the time of his death, which occurred 

 about 1863. His children were: Michael; 

 Louise, wife of William Lee; John; An- 

 drew; Gotfrey; Nicholas; Pemberton; 

 Charles ; Catherine, wife of James Morton ; 

 and Anna, wife of Frank White. Gotfrey 

 Schaffer, son of John Schaffer, was born 

 in Falls township, September 3, 1825, and 

 his life record covered the Psalmist's allot- 

 ted span of three score years and ten, his 

 death occurring September 16, 1895. He, 

 too, made farming his life work and he 

 was a member of the Independent Order of 

 Odd Fellows of Falsington, and a respect- 

 ed and worthy citizen of his community. 

 He married jMiss Annie Ettinger, a daugh- 

 ter of John Ettinger, and they were the 

 parents of eight children : Joseph B. ; Anna 

 Mary; John E. ; Elwood C, deceased; Ed- 

 w^ard; Sarah, wife of Edward Appleton; 

 Henr>'; and Elizabeth, wife of Elmer John- 

 son. The mother of these children is still 

 living, at the age of eighty years. 



Joseph B. Schaffer. eldest son of Got- 

 frey Schaffer, pursued his education in the 

 common schools, and through the periods 

 of vacation assisted his father in the cul- 

 tivation of the home farm. He remained 

 at home until twenty-three years of age, 

 when he began farming on his own account, 

 and the occupation to which he was reared 

 has been his life work. In 1882 he pur- 

 chased the property on which he now re- 

 sides, a tract of eighty-one acres, situated 

 near Oxford Valley. This is rich and 

 productive land, constituting one of the 

 best farms of Falls township, owing to the 

 excellent improvements which Mr. Schaf- 

 fer has placed thereon and the splendid 

 condition in which he keeps his land 

 through careful cultivation. On the 6th 

 of April, 1882, Mr. Schaffer married Miss 

 Mary E. Hohmann, a daughter of John H. 



