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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



learn the wheelwright trade. After serv- 

 ing his apprenticeship of three years he 

 purposed gunig to Philadelphia to follow 

 the trade, but, his parents objecting, nc 

 settled down on the farm. In 1879 he re- 

 moved to the Lacey farm which his father 

 had purchased a year previous, and where 

 he has since resided, purchasing the farm 

 of his father's estate in the winter of 1880. 

 Mr. MoUoy has in his possession the deed 

 given to William Lacey by William Penn 

 in 1703, and it is in a fine state of pres- 

 ervation. Mr. MoUoy is a member of 

 Northern Star Lodge, No. 54, L O. O. ¥., 

 at Richboro, and Penns Park Council, No. 

 793. Jr. O. U. A. M. He was married in 

 November, 1880, to Ella Twining, daughter 

 of Elias and Nellie (DeCoursey) Twining, 

 of Wnghtstown, both of whom are still 

 living. To this marriage has been born 

 four children : Bertha Twining, residing 

 at home ; Edwin Worthington, assistant 

 auditor for the Virginia Railroad Com- 

 pany, at Philadelphia ; Frances Stradling 

 and Eleanor DeCoursey, residing at home. 



NEWTON MYERS. Among the many 

 extensive and productive farms in Doyles- 

 town township, the seat of justice of Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania, is the one owned and 

 cultivated by Newton Myers, formerly the 

 property of his father. The township of 

 Doylestown is situated within a mile of the 

 geographical center of the county, and the 

 land formerly belonged to the Tree Society 

 of Traders. Christian Myers, grandfather 

 of Newton Myers, was a native of Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania. He lived all his life 

 and followed agricultural pursuits in Plum- 

 stead township, which is a region of val- 

 ley, plain and winding creeks. He was a 

 member of the old Mennonite church, an 

 upright and conscientious citizen, who en- 

 joyed the contidence and respect of those 

 with whom he was brought in contact. He 

 was the father of three children : Sarah, 

 who became the wife of Francis Fretz, and 

 after his death was married to Stout Sto- 

 ver; Hannah, whose first husband was 

 Paxon Hough, and her second husband 

 Orange M. Owens ; and Jacob, mentioned 

 hereinafter. 



Jacob Myers, father of Newton Myers, 

 was born in Plumstead township, Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania, August i, 1830. Af- 

 ter completing a common school education 

 he gave his entire attention to agricul- 

 tural pursuits, which line of work he fol- 

 lowed throughout his lifetime. In 1875 

 he purchased the farm in Doylestown 

 township upon which Newton Myers now 

 resides, and by dint of hard and unremit- 

 ting labor succeeded in gaining a comfor- 

 table ^livelihood and a competency for his 

 declining years. He was a member and 

 deacon of the Baptist church of New Brit- 

 ain, to the support of which he contrib- 

 uted liberally. lie was a Repliblican in 



politics, and held the office of school .di- 

 rector in Plumstead and Doylestown town- 

 ships. By his marriage to Susan Overholt 

 the following named children were born : 

 Newton, mentioned hereinafter ; Ella, whi> 

 became the wife of Frank Riale, and after 

 his death of Otlo Remhold; Laura, wife of 

 John Vantoon ; Lizzie, wife of Harvey 

 Magargal ; Harry, a real estate and insur- 

 ance agent of McKeesport, married Mamie 

 L. Mayncs, and they are the parents ot two 

 children — Clarence and Howard Newton; 

 and Dora, wife of John Naegele. Jacob 

 Myers (father) died May 25, 1890. 



Newton Myers was born in Plumstead 

 township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania,. 

 March 28, 1857. He is indebted to the 

 common schools of Bucks county for his 

 educational advantages, which prepared 

 him for a life of activity. He remained 

 on the home farm with his father, and af- 

 ter the death of the latter purchased the 

 same, and has since given his entire atten- 

 tion to farming and dairy business, running 

 a milk route to Doylestown for a period 

 of seven years. He has been very suc- 

 cessful in this enterprise, and is now class- 

 classed among the representative farmers of 

 that section of the county. He holds mem- 

 bership in the New Britain Baptist church, 

 in which he holds the office of deacon. Mr. 

 Myers was united in marriage to Mar- 

 garet P. iViathews, daughter of Benjamin 

 and Elizabeth Mathews. Their children are : 

 Elizabeth M., born July 2y, 1886, a student 

 of the West Chester State Normal School; 

 and Carl, born May 13, 1891, resides at 

 home. 



JOHN J. STOVER. The Stover fam- 

 ily was founded in this country by an emi- 

 grant from Rhenish Germany, who settled 

 near Skippack, Montgomery county, Penn- 

 sylvania. His son, Jacob Stover, joined the 

 revolutionary army when quite young, driv- 

 ing a four-horse team belonging to his fath- 

 er, with stores for General Sullivan, and. 

 remained until the close of the war. Af- 

 ter his marriage he settled on the larm m. 

 Plumstead township, Bucks county, and re- 

 mained thereon until his death. He was 

 twice married. His second wife, Cather- 

 ine, bore him among other children a son 

 Henry S. 



Henry S. Stover was born October 17, 

 1786, and died in 1S73. He was a miller, 

 and built the grist and saw-mill at Point 

 Pleasant, later the property of Ralph Stov- 

 er. In 1831 he purchased a property witn 

 mill site at Erwinna, from Thomas G. Ken- 

 nedy, which property was formerly owned 

 by William Erwin, Esq. The following year 

 he moved with his family upon the prop- 

 erty and erected extensive flour and saw 

 mills upon the same. He married Barbara 

 Stout, daughter of Isaac Stout, of Will- 

 iams township, Northampton county, and 

 their children were: Salome, Ann, Eliza,. 

 Catherine, Emelline, Jacob, Isaac, Henry 



