HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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thorough knowledge of farming on the 

 homestead, and he continued this occupa- 

 tion after attaining manhood years, there- 

 by providing his family with all the neces- 

 saries and many of the luxuries of life. 

 He is an active and public spirited citizen, 

 taking an interest in all measures calculated 

 to benefit his township and county. Mr. 

 Brinker was married twice. His first wife, 

 whose maiden name was Anna Younge, 

 bore him one child, Daniel, now engaged 

 as a dry goods merchant in Tampa, Florida. 

 His second wife, whose maiden name was 

 Sallie Worell, daughter of Elisha and 

 Margaret Worell, bore him nine children, 

 namely: Elisha, born August 29, 1874; 

 J. Hunter, born March 21, 1878; Aden 

 G., born April 19, 1880; Oakford, born May 

 12, 1882; Flora, born May i, 1884; Lester 

 C, born October 8, 1885; Albert W., born 

 October 25, 1886; Addie L., born May 23, 

 1891 ; and Samuel, born October 31, 1894. 



EDWIN J. JACOBY. Perseverance, 

 thrift and industry have been the chief 

 characteristics in the career of Edwin J. 

 Jacoby, a prosperous agriculturist, who was 

 born on the old homestead in Doylestown 

 township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 

 April 6, 1855, a son of John and Sarah 

 (Clymer) Jacoby, and grandson of John 

 and Maria Magdalena (Shifler) Jacoby: 

 John Jacoby (grandfather) was a native 

 of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, one of the 

 three original counties of the state, which 

 is bounded on the northeast and south- 

 east by the Delaware river, southwest by 

 Philadelphia and Montgomery county, and 

 on the north by Lehigh and Northampton 

 counties. About the year 1824 he pur- 

 chased a farm in Doj'lestown township, 

 adjoining the farm now owned by his 

 grandson, Edwin J. Jacoby, and conducted 

 extensive operations thereon up to the time 

 of his death, thereby providing a comfort- 

 able home for his family, which consisted 

 of his wife, Maria Magdalena (Shifler) 

 Jacoby, whom he married in 1808, and his 

 children — Elizabeth, who died unmarried ; 

 Susan, who became the wife of Samuel 

 Halderman ; Mary, who died unmarried ; 

 Isaac, a farmer in New Britain township, 

 near New Galena ; Levi, a farmer of Fount- 

 ainville, New Britain towmship ; Emanuel, 

 a farmer of Doylestown township ; Peter, 

 a farmer of Doylestown township ; and 

 John. 



John Jacoby (father) was born in Doy- 

 lestown township, Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, in 1828. From the completion of his 

 school studies until his death, in August, 

 1902. he engaged in the quiet but useful 

 calling of agriculture, and his practical 

 and progressive methods brought to him a 

 large degree of prosperity. He was an act- 

 tive member of the Baptist church of New 

 Britain during the greater part of his life, 

 served in the . capacity . of trustee for a 

 number of years, and at the time of his 



demise was a deacon. He married Miss 

 Sarah Clymer, daughter of Henry and Mary 

 Clymer, and their children were : Henry 

 F., a resident of Doylestown township; 

 Edwin J., mentioned hereinafter ; Mary, 

 E. Jennie, Carrie M., the three last named 

 being deceased. 



The educational privileges enjoyed by 

 Edwin J. Jacoby during his boyhood days 

 were obtained in the common schools of 

 his native county. He assisted with the 

 manifold duties of the home farm until 

 he was about twenty years of age, and 

 the following three years he resided with 

 his brother Henry F., in New Britain town- 

 ship. In 1877 he purchased from his father 

 the farm upon which he now resides. The 

 farm consists of fifty acres situated about 

 two and a half miles from Doj'lestown, 

 and is one of the finest and most oroduc- 

 tive in Bucks county, and this, for a period 

 of twenty-seven years, Mr. Jacoby has cul- 

 tivated to a high state of perfection. As 

 a citizen he is active and public-spirited, 

 and the esteem in which he is held by his 

 neighbors is evidenced by the fact that he 

 was elected to the office of school director 

 in 1896, and has been re-elected three suc- 

 cessive terms. He is a member of the 

 Baptist church of New Britain, in which 

 body he holds the office of trustee. He 

 supports the candidates of the Republican 

 party, with whom he has cast vote since 

 attaining majority. Mr. Jacoby was united 

 in marriage to Kate Wagoner, daughter of 

 William and Mary (Williams) Wagoner. 

 Four children were the issue of this union : 

 William H., born March 26, 1882, died 

 December 16, 1884; Cora L., born March 

 25. 1885; John Wesley, born April 22,, 1888; 

 and Florence A., born September i, 1891. 



GEORGE G. MILL, a retired agricul- 

 turist of Buckingham township, Bucks 

 count}', Pennsylvania, having given up ac- 

 tive business pursuits in 1885, was born 

 December 4, 1823, in Durham township, 

 which is at the extreme north point of 

 Bucks county, the last of the original town- 

 ship to be organized, but one of the earl- 

 iest in the upper end to be settled. 



Solomon Mill (grandfather) lived and 

 died in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, w-here 

 he followed farming as an occupation. He 

 married a Miss Deemer, a'nd their children 

 were : Tranther, who married a Mrs. 

 Dean ; John ; George, mentioned herein- 

 after; and Solomon. George Mill (father) 

 was born in Durham township, Bucks 

 county, and his entire time and attention, 

 after completing a common school educa- 

 tion, were given to agricultural pursuits. 

 During the war of 1812 he displayed his 

 patriotism by enlisting as a private, and 

 throughout his term of service he served 

 valiantly and well. He was a member of 

 the German Reformed church. He mar- 

 ried Miss Citherine Good, and eleven chil- 

 dren, two of whom dif^d in infancy, were 



