HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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Harold. After the death of his wife, Mr. 

 Rufe married, in 1903, Mar}-, widow of Dr. 

 Snyder, of Bucks county. 



]\Irs. Rufe is a granddaughter of John 

 and Ann (Christian) Wilhams, whose son 

 James was born August 23, 1809, in Tini- 

 cum township, and in early life was em- 

 ployed on the canal. Later he was for a 

 number of years the proprietor of a general 

 store at Erwinna. He married Phoebe 

 Ann, daughter of David and Ann Treich- 

 ler, and their children were : i'. Emeline, 

 born March 3, 1836, married, 1856, H. E. 

 Warford. 2. Mary Jane, born June 22, 

 1838, died October 21, 1838. 3. Isabel, born 

 November 4, 1839, became the wife of John 

 Ziegler Rufe, as mentioned above. 4. 

 Charles Treichler, born April 19, 1842, 

 married, April 3, 1868, Ella C. Smith, of 

 Philadelphia, and died August 16, 1898. 

 5. Clayton, born June 3, 1846, married, 

 February 14, 1877, Josephine Hartshorn, 

 of Mount Holly, New Jersey, and died 

 January 13, 190D. 6. Mary Emeline, born 

 May 3, 1857, married, January 29, 1880, 

 Frank S. Kern, of Quakertown, and has 

 two children, Frank S. and Ollie, who re- 

 sides at home. Mr. Williams, the father of 

 the family, expired March 14, 1903, having 

 attained to a great age, being then in his 

 ninety-fourth year. 



HENRY RIDGE QUINBY. Solebur; 

 township numbers among its valued citi- 

 zens Henry Ridge Quinby, grandson of 

 James and Margaret (Good) Quinby, of 

 Hunterdon county, New Jersey. The 

 latter was the daughter of Robert Good, 

 a pioneer of Plumstead township. James 

 Quinby, son of James and Margaret (Good) 

 Quinby, mentioned above, was born in 

 1818, in Hunderdon county. New Jersey, 

 learned the miller's trade, and as a young 

 man came to Bucks county. In partner- 

 ship with his brother Isaiah he leased and 

 operated the Lumberton grist mills for a 

 number of years, and then purchased a 

 farm in Solebury township. After spend- 

 ing twenty-one years in the cultivation of" 

 this estate he bought the farm which is 

 now the home of his son Henry Ridge 

 •Quinby, and for fifteen or sixteen years 

 devoted himself to its management. ■ In 

 1903 he retired and moved to Carversville. 

 For a number of years he was supervisor 

 of the township. He is a Republican in 

 politics, and a member of the Society of 

 Friends. He married Grace Ridge, and 

 six of their seven children survive : Ella, 

 who is the wife of William Jay, of Illinois; 

 Elwood, who lives in Iowa ; Joseph, who 

 is a resident of New York city ; George, 

 who resides in Warrington ; Mary, who is 

 the widow of James Winder, of Philadel- 

 phia ; and Henry Ridge, mentioned at 

 length hereinafter. Mr. Quinby, the fa- 

 ther, is now, at his advanced age, reaping 

 the fruits of an industrious and useful life. 



Henry Ridge Quinby, son of James and 

 Grace (Ridge) Quinby, was born October 



16, 1854, in Solebury township, and was 

 educated in the common schools. At the 

 age of twenty he went to Illinois, where he 

 spent a year on the farm of a brother-in- 

 law, and on his return purchased a farm 

 for himself near Centre Hill, Solebury 

 township. Four years later he purchased 

 the Fleecy Dale mills, where he had learned 

 the miller's trade, and operated them for 

 seventeen years. He then sold the property 

 and removed to his father's farm, which 

 he has since cultivated. He is now serving 

 his third term as supervisor and is also 

 overseer of the poor. In politics he is a 

 stanch Republican. Mr. Quinby married, 

 in 1877, Violet, daughter of Jesse Randall, 

 a farmer and wheelwright of Centre Hill, 

 and they are the parents of four children : 

 Violet, who is the wife of Wilson Miller, 

 of Carversville ; Mary, who is married to 

 Lewis Webster, of Solebury township ; 

 Mabel ; and Harry. The two last-named 

 are at home with their parents. 



JOHN K. ALDERFER. It is probable 

 that the Alderfer family was established in 

 Pennsylvania at an early day, although 

 there is little definite information concern- 

 ing this fact. It is known, however, that 

 Joseph Alderfer, grandfather of John K. 

 Alderfer, removed to Bucks county from 

 Salford township, Montgomery county, and 

 it was in the latter locality that John M. Al- 

 derfef, the father, was born on the 14th of 

 March, 1831. He was but nine years of 

 age at the time of his parents' removal to 

 Hilltown township, where he was reared 

 to the occupation of farming, and after he 

 had attained his majority he purchased 

 land in Hilltown township and began farm- 

 ing on his own account. He also engaged 

 in the commission business for many years, 

 dividing his attention between the two Fnus 

 of business activity. He married Eliza-- 

 beth Krout, who \Yas born June 22, 1835, 

 and throughout the period of their married 

 life they resided on a farm, the father's 

 death occurring on the old homestead, 

 October 30, 18S8, while his wife died on 

 the 30th of December, 1903. They were the 

 parents of the following children : Henry, 

 who married Mary Ann Rosenberger and 

 had nine children ; Catherine, deceased ; 

 Joseph, who married Annie Wisler and had 

 six children; Mary K., who was born No- 

 vember 3, 1859, and died September 28, 

 1878; Lizzie, wife of Benjamin George; 

 John K. ; Samuel, who married INIary Alle- 

 bach and had two children, one of whom 

 is deceased ; Willie, who was born April 18, 

 1867, and died October 26, 1872 ; Amanda, 

 born January 21, 1869, died June 8, 1872; 

 Harvey, married Hannah Swartz ; Sallie 

 K., married Joseph R. Landis, and has 

 three children — Malinda K., married Mah- 

 lon D. Detweiler, and has six children. 

 Abraham, married Ella Walters and has 

 three children. 



John K. Alderfer was born upon hif? 

 father's farm in Hilltown township, March 



