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marriage settled in Springfield township, 

 where he purchased a farm and lived to 

 a good old age. His children were : Eliza- 

 beth, born June 7, 1S30, died December 21, 

 1864, unmarried; and Abraham M., born 

 May 13, 1838. 



Abraham M. Kulp was born and reared 

 at Pleasant Valley, Springfield township, 

 and married there, October 27, i860, Elmira 

 B. Slifer, daughter of Joseph B. Slifer, 

 and purchased and conducted his father's 

 farm. Ihey were the parents of eight chil- 

 dren, viz.: I. Harvey S., the subject of 

 this sketch. 2. Mary A., born September 

 12, 1864. 3. Jacob S., born September i, 

 1866. 4. Willis S., born November 28, 1869, 

 married Minnie Moyer and is the partner of 

 the subject of this sketch. 5. Lizzie S., born 

 November 2;^, 1871, married Harvey W. 

 Moyer. 6. Ella A., born March 20, 1873, 

 married William M. Geisinger. 7. Abra- 

 ham, born September 30, 1875. 8. Carrie, 

 born November 14, 1878, single. 



Harvey S. Kulp was born and reared at 

 Pleasant Valley and graduated from the 

 Pleasant Valley high school. He remained 

 on the farm with his parents until twenty- 

 one years of age, and then entered a gen- 

 eral store where he was a clerk for eight 

 years. In 1891 he and his brother Willis 

 S. purchased the business at Chalfont, 

 where they conducted a general store under 

 the firm name of Kulp Brothers, for eight 

 years. In 1899 they sold out to John Swart- 

 ley, and, removing to Perkasie, opened 

 their present store, the largest of its kind 

 in Perkasie, and are doing a fine business. 

 Mr. Kulp and family are members of the 

 Mennonite meeting at Souderton. In poli- 

 tics he is a Republican, but has never 

 sought or held other than local oftice, and 

 was a school director at Chalfont for four 

 years. He married, May 25, 1887, Mary 

 E. Moyer, daughter of John H. and Sarah 

 Moyer, who has borne him five children, 

 as follows: Erma, born April 2, 1888; Ja- 

 cob Harold, born September 17, 1890; Wil- 

 lis M., born April 4, 1892; Walter S., born 

 August 9, 1895; and Laura, born March 21, 

 1897. 



LEIDY FAMILY. The American pro- 

 genitor of the Leidy family of Hilltown 

 was Jacob Leidy, who emigrated from 

 Germany, arriving in Philadelphia in the 

 ship "Adventure," from Rotterdam, Octo- 

 ber 2, 1727. The name has been various- 

 ly spelled Leidich, Leidigh and Leidy. 

 They were among the early German fam- 

 ilies to espouse the Protestant religion, 

 and after years of persecution for conscience 

 sake sought religious freedom in Penns 

 colony on the Delaware. Jacob Leidy set- 

 tled in Franconia township, now. Mont- 

 gomery county, and was the organizer of 

 the Indian Creek Reformed church near 

 Telford, since known locally as "Leidy s 

 Church." His eldest son Jacob and his 

 daughter Magdalene, who married Colonel 



Jacob Reed, a prominent officer of militia 

 in the revolution, were both born in Ger- 

 many. He had several other children, most 

 of whom on arriving at manhood settled 

 in other localities, most of them moving 

 westward, assisting in forming new settle- 

 ments, and spreading the gospel of Christ 

 in the new colony. 



Carl Ludwig Leidy, the first American 

 born son of the pioneer, Jacob, was born 

 in Franconia township, December 30, 1729, 

 and is the ancestor of the Hilltown (.Bucks 

 county) branch of the family. He set- 

 tled near the present site of Leidytown, 

 in Hilltown, soon after attaining manhood, 

 and died there February 25, 1785. His wife 

 Ursula was born February 8, 1734, and 

 died April 8, 1786. Their children were 

 Jacob, who married April 17, 1777, Cath- 

 arine Conover ; Margaret, who married 

 Adam buzzard; Eve, who married Conrad 

 Shelienberger ; Hannah, who married 

 Charles Fluke; Mary, who married Philip 

 Miinibower ; Charles ; Elizabeth ; George ; 

 Catharine and Henry. Among his distin- 

 guished descendants was the late Professor 

 Charles Leidy, of the University of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Henry Leidy, youngest son of Carl Lud- 

 wig and Ursula, married April 3, 1781, 

 Anna Barbara Raudenbush. He was born 

 in Hilltown, October 8, 1755, and died Sep- 

 tember 2, 1844. His wife, Anna Barbara,^ 

 was born September 29, 1762, and died May 

 2T„ 1838; both are buried at the old Hill- 

 town Reformed church of which they and 

 the whole family were among the earliest 

 and most prominent members. They were 

 the parents of three sons, George ; Henry ; 

 and Samuel. George Leidy, the eldest son, 

 was born in Hilltown, October 16, 1784, 

 and died there October 5, 1831 ; his wife 

 Mary Wambold, was born December 16, 

 1791, and died Alay 22, 1841. 



Henry, the second son of Henry and 

 Anna Barbara (Raudenbush) Leidy, was 

 born in Hilltown on the old homestead 

 purchased by his grandfather, November 

 29, 1791. On arriving at manhood he pur- 

 chased the old homestead of his grand- 

 father and resided there all his life, dy- 

 ing October 28, 1881. Like his ancestors 

 he was a member of the Reformed church, 

 and is buried in the old graveyard of the 

 Hilltown church. He married Sarah Ger- 

 hart, daughter of Abraham Gerhart, who 

 was born in 1794, and died September 11, 

 1857, and they were the parents of six 

 children, viz.; Jonas (deceased), married 

 Eliza Cressman and left one child ; Eliza, 

 born November 27, 1827, died January 30, 

 1838; Samuel G., see forward; Sophia (de- 

 ceased), married Isaac Heinly; Elizabeth,. 

 married Frederick Fluck ; Leah, married 

 William Shull. 



SAMUEL G. LEIDY, of Hilltown town- 

 ship,, second son of Henry and Sarah (Ger- 

 hart) Leidy, was born in Hilltown town- 

 ship, November 28, 1832, and has always 



