HISrOKV OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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1817, and located in Richland township, 

 engaged in farming. He was a Democrat ni 

 politics, and was largely interested in local 

 affairs. He was a Lutheran in religion, 

 and donated the ground upon which the 

 Lutheran church of Quakertown was built. 



ABEL LODGE. The Lodge Family 

 claim descent from three brothers who came 

 to this country from England and settled 

 in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. These 

 were respectively Thomas, William and Je- 

 hosaphat. It may be assumed that Abel 

 Lodge was descended from the hrst of these 

 three. He had a brother Thomas. Abel 

 Lodge married a woman of Swedish de- 

 scent, and their children were : Elizabeth, 

 who became the wife of John Hoopes, and 

 they reared a family of five children; John 

 Hoopes and his four sons served in the 

 Civil war. Kate, who became the wife ot 

 Azariah Banes, and five children, three 

 sons and two daughters, were born to them. 

 John, mentioned at length hereinafter. 

 Fanny. Abel, who married (first) Susan 

 Brant, who bore him three children : Ida, 

 Frank, and Walter; he married (.second) 

 Sallie Dehart; he married Cthird) Annie 

 Kryder, who bore his one son, Claude. 

 Henry, married Elizabeth McClennen, and 

 three children were born to them : Sallie, 

 Ella and Henry, Mary, became the wife 

 of Aleck Crozers. Susan. 



John Lodge, second son of Abel and 

 Magdalena Lodge, married Caroline W. 

 Green, daughter of Abel Green. John 

 Lodge was born in Delaware county, Penn- 

 sylvania, August 28, 1825. Their children 

 were as follows : Emmor E., born in 1848, 

 married Hannah Mary Eachus, daughter 

 of Homer Eachus ; issue : Corina, ilda. 

 Carrie, Lydia, Sadie, Arthur and Lewis. 

 Matilda, born in 1851, became the wife of 

 William Eachus, and mother of five chil- 

 dren: George, Walter, Marion, Juanita, 

 and Florence Irene. Abel, born December 

 18, 1853, mentioned hereinafter. Elizabeth, 

 who became the wife of Franklin Baldwin, 

 and their children are : Matilda, Emma, 

 Harrison, Anabel and Charles. Thomas, 

 born December 8, i860, married Hettie 

 Stinson, who bore him three children : 

 Byron, Lillian and Reba. John, born in 

 July, 1864, married Annie Henderson, and 

 one child was born to them, Anabel. 



Abel Lodge, second son of John and 

 Caroline W. Lodge, was born in Provi- 

 dence, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, De- 

 cember 18, 1853. He was reared in that 

 county and educated partly in that and 

 Chester county, attending the Westtown 

 Union School in the latter county. He 

 learned the trade of wheelwright with his 

 uncle Croser, but after following the same 

 lor one year turned his attention to agricul- 

 tural pursuits, which have proved both 

 pleasant and remunerative. In 1888 he lo- 

 cated in Bucks county, and during the in- 

 tervening seventeen years has gained the 



the confidence and respect of his neighbors 

 by his honorable life. At the present time 

 (1905) he is serving in the capacity of 

 manager of the Mercur farm, the general 

 appearance of which testifies to the skill and 

 ability displayed in the management there- 

 of. 



Abel Lodge was united in marriage to 

 Anna M. Hall, of Delaware county, Penn- 

 sylvania, born March 16, 1855, a daughter 

 of Jacob and Mary (Hampton) Hall, and 

 granddaughter of Joseph and Lydia (Mius- 

 treth) Hall. Their children are as follows: 

 William T., born March 16, 1879, married, 

 March 20, 1901, Laura Markly, daughter 

 of George Markly. Abel, Jr., born De- 

 cember 27, 1880. Mary H., born February 

 13, 1883. Harvey F., born June 3, 1884. 

 Sarah G., born January 6, 1887. Alice, born 

 jNIarch 21, 1889. Elsie, born March 21, 

 1892. Caroline L. born March 15, 1894. 

 J. Paul Maule, born August 17, 1897. 



JACOB H. COURTER, who is engaged 

 in the marble business at Leidytown, was 

 born October 15, 1852, in New Britain 

 township, Bucks county, his parents being 

 Jacob and Gaynor (Lewis) Courter. The 

 father was a carriage trimmer by trade, and 

 worked at Chalfont for many years. He 

 afterward conducted a restaurant in Nor- 

 ristown for a long period, and lived a very 

 busy and useful life. He held membership 

 in the Baptist church at Hilltown, belonged 

 to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 

 and in politics was a Democrat. In 1861 he 

 fell from a chestnut tree and was instantly 

 killed. He had three brothers, John, Peter, 

 and George, but otherwise no record of 

 the family is obtainable. Jacob Courter 

 married Gaynor Lewis, a daughter of Henry 

 and Margaret Lewis, and they became the 

 parents of six children: Peter L., who 

 married Rebecca Haney; Marg&ret J., the 

 wife of John Harr; Uriah D., who mar- 

 ried Emma Wampole, and after her death 

 wedded Maria Fluck; Jacob H. ; George 

 W., who married Sarah Jane Wack; and 

 Daniel H., who married Mary Lessick. 



Jacob H. Courter, having mastered the 

 common English branches of learning 

 taught in the public schools, learned the 

 marble-cutting trade at Bedminster, Bucks 

 county, and afterward worked as a journey- 

 man. In 1877 he embarked in business on 

 his own account at Leidytown, Bucks coun- 

 ty, where he conducted his establishment 

 until 1885, when he sold out and removed 

 to Philadelphia. There he worked at his 

 trade until 1892, when he returned to Leidy- 

 town and again resumed business. He 

 still engages in marble-cutting, and has a 

 liberal patronage accorded him in recogni- 

 tion of his honorable dealing and his skill. 

 Aside from his business he is interested in 

 local affairs concerning the welfare of the 

 general public, and endorses all progres- 

 sive movements. He votes with the Demo- 

 cracy, holds membership in the Baptist 



