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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



field Scott, born August ii, 1847, married 

 Mary States, and their family consists of 

 four children: Harry, Ella, Herbert and 

 Lkura. Adaline R., born September 7, 

 1849, married Hogeland B. Stevens, and 

 they are the parents of one daughter, Har- 

 riet H. Ellen G., born October 14, 1851. 

 Charles B., Jr., born April 6, 1854. Millard 

 Fillmore, born December 9, 1857, mentioned 

 hereinafter. Ediivard E., born January i, 

 1863, married Anna Kilmer, who bore his 

 three children : Howard K.. born Novem- 

 ber II, 1891 ; Charles Winfield, born July 

 20, 1897; and Russell Everett, Ijorn March 

 3, 1900. 



Millard Fillmore Terry, fourth son of 

 Charles B. and IMargaret (Worthington) 

 Terry, was born on the old homestead at 

 Trevose, Southampton township, Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1857. 

 Upon the completion of his studies he 

 learned the trade of blacksmith, which he 

 has successfully followed in his native 

 town ever since. He married Mary Wor- 

 rell, daughter of William and Eliza Wor- 

 rell, and their children are : Clifford F., 

 born June 28, 1892; and Margaret, born 

 March 11, 1900. 



ALGERNON S. CADWALLADER. 

 From the time of the establishment of the 

 colony of Pennsylvania down to the present 

 (more than two centuries) the Cadwallader 

 family has figured in public affairs that 

 have moulded the history of the state, and 

 the life record of Algernon S. Cadwallader 

 is in harmony with that of his honorable 

 and distinguished ancestry. He has left 

 the impress of his individuality upon the 

 "business and political history of his county 

 and state, and pre-eminently a man of 

 affairs, he has wielded a wide influence. 

 His birth occurred in Lower Makefield 

 township, Bucks county, in 1828, and he 

 resides in the village of Yardley in the an- 

 cestral home, which was built by his mater- 

 nal great-great-grandfather, Thomas Yard- 

 ley, who came to America in 1704. He is 

 descended in the paternal line from the 

 Cadwalladers and Taylors, prominent fam- 

 ilies for many years in the history of the 

 state, and in the maternal line his ancestors 

 were Yardleys and Staplers. These fami- 

 lies were cotemporaries of William Penn 

 in the early settlement of the colony, and 

 were members of the Society of Friends. 

 Thomas Yardle}% in December, 1706, was 

 married to Ann, daughter of William Biles, 

 of Bucks county, and they became the par- 

 ents of ten children : Mary, born August 

 4, 1707; Jane, November 20, 1709; Rebecca, 

 July 27, 1710; Sarah, July 30, 1712 ; Joyce, 

 October 3, 1714; William, March 25, 1716; 

 Hannah, November 13, 1717; Thomas, No- 

 vember I, 1720; Samuel (i). April 16, 

 172;^; Samuel (2), July 13, 1729. 



(II) William Yardley, son of Thomas 

 Yardley, the progenitor, married Ann 

 Biuld, of New Jersey, and their children 



were: Ann, born April 10, 1749; Sarah, 

 February 17, 1751 ; and Margaretta, De- 

 cember 6, 1752. On the 31st of March, 

 1756, William Yardley was married a sec- 

 ond time to Sarah Kirkbride, a daughter of 

 ]\Iahlon and Mary Kirkbride. There were 

 nine children of this union : Mary, born 

 January 27, 1757; Hannah, October 3, 1758; 

 Achsah, February 17, 1760; Letitia, July 

 12, 1762; Thomas, October 2, 1763; Mahlon, 

 July 17, 1765 ; Samuel, February 28, 1767 ; 

 William, June 22, 1769; and Joseph, March 

 19, 1771. 



(HI) Achsah Yardley, daughter of Will- 

 iam Yardley, became the wife of Thomas 

 Stapler, April 24, 1794. They had two 

 children : Letitia, born October 9, 1795 ; 

 and Susanna, July 2, 1797. 



(IV) Susanna Stapler, daughter of 

 Thomas and Achsah (Yardley) Stapler, 

 was married, October 19, 1819, to William 

 Cadwallader, son of Jacob and Ann Cad- 

 wallader, and the children of this marriage 

 were: Thomas S., born October 3. 1820; 

 Elizabeth, February 16, 1822 ; Achsah Ann, 

 October 29, 1823 ; Letitia S., September i, 

 1825 ; Sarah Y., March 2, 1827 : Algernon 

 S., August 27, 1828; William, February 20, 

 1836; David Willis, March 11, 1837; and 

 Jacob Augustus, December 11, 1838. 



(V) Algernon S. Cadwallader began hit. 

 education in the public schools, which he 

 attended until sixteen years of age, when 

 he was sent to a boarding school in Ches- 

 ter county under the care of Benjamin 

 Price. He remained in that institution for 

 some time, and completed his education in 

 the Attleboro Academy under the direction 

 of James Anderson. Hfe remained upon 

 his father's farm until he attained his 

 majority, and then, removing to the village 

 of Yardley, was identified with its com- 

 mercial interests as a general merchant for 

 several years. 



Though the control of his business inter- 

 ests has claimed much of his time and at- 

 tention, he has, nevertheless, found oppor- 

 tunity to devote to the careful consideration 

 of the great questions and issues which have 

 confronted the country during the long 

 period that has elapsed since he attained his 

 majority and which have left their impress 

 upon our national life. When quite a young 

 man he was an ardent admirer of Henry 

 Clay, stanchly supported the Whig party, 

 and endorsed the principles of protection 

 to American industries. Year by year his 

 faith in this policy of the government has 

 strengthened, and he now considers it the 

 most important issue with which the people 

 today have to deal. Following the disso- 

 lution of the Whig party he became an 

 active Republican, and was a long recog- 

 nized leader in the party ranks in Bucks 

 county. His public-spirited citizenship, 

 combined with his natural ability, led to 

 his selection by his party for the nomi- 

 nation of state senator in i86r. and, al- 

 though the county at that time was largely 

 Democratic, he was defeated by a very 

 small vote. This was the only election that 



