HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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ber of city council, and at one time its 

 president. He is a member of Amwell 

 lodge, F. & A. M., and of Wilson Chapter, 

 No. 13, R. A. M., and has served as treas- 

 urer of the former for fifteen years. He is 

 a member of the Lambertville Baptist 

 church, of which he has been trustee and 

 treasurer for twenty years. His wife was 

 Annie E. Hunt, daughter of J. Wesley and 

 Hannah (M. Hunt) Hunt, of Lambertville. 

 They have no children. 



JACOB D. WOLFINGER, a mason of 

 Silverdale and a veteran of the civil war, 

 was born in Nockamixon township, Bucks 

 county, on the loth of February, 1841. 

 His grandfather, Jacob Wolfinger, was like- 

 wise a native of Nockamixon township, 

 which indicates that the" family was es- 

 tablished in that locality in colonial days. 

 He always followed the occupation of farm- 

 ing. He married Elizabeth Sassaman and 

 their son, Reuben S. Wolfinger, was born 

 September 15, 181 1, on the home farm in 

 Nockamixon township, while in the public 

 schools of that locality he acquired his 

 education. On putting aside his text-books 

 he learned the stonemason's trade, which 

 he followed until his later years, when he 

 purchased a small, farm in Haycock town- 

 ship and devoted his remaining days to the 

 tilling of the soil. Upon that place his 

 death occurred December 13, 1889. He 

 married Sarah Diehl, born November 7, 

 1813, died September 8, 1886, daughter of 

 John Diehl. The marriage ceremony was 

 performed by Rev. Samuel Stahr, April 12, 

 1835. Reuben S, and Sarah (Diehl) Wol- 

 finger were the parents of ten children: 

 William, who married Lavinia Croutham- 

 mel; Frank, who wedded ^Mary Shearer; 

 John D.. whose first wife was Susan Walp, 

 and whose second wife was Amanda 

 Schroy; Edwin, who married Hannah 

 Yeake'l ; Lucy Ann, who married Henry 

 Agney; Lizzie, who married Frank Myers; 

 Emma, widow of Jacob Booz : Sarah, wife 

 of Joseph -Musselman; and Catharine, de- 

 ceased. 



Jacob D. Wolfinger was a student in the 

 Nockamixon public schools, and later 

 learned the mason's trade under the direc- 

 tion of Henry Angeney, in Hilltown town- 

 ship. He worked at his trade until^ 1863, 

 and then, responding to his country's call 

 for further aid to crush out the rebellion 

 in the south, he enlisted as a member of 

 Company A, One Hundred and Fourth 

 Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, under 

 Colonel Davis, of Doylestown. Jrle met his 

 regiment at Hilton Head, South Carolina, 

 and participated in two engagements, the 

 battle of Charleston and the battle of Cedar 

 Creek. Virginia. He was also in several 

 skirmishes, and was honorably discharged 

 .from the service at Portsmouth. Virginia, 

 August 25, 1865. Following his military 

 service Mr. Wolfinger settled at Dublin, 

 Bucks county. Pennsylvania, where he fol- 

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lowed his trade until 1890, and then built 

 a home at Silverdale, where he has since 

 lived. For many years he has been identi- 

 fied with building operations in this portion 

 of the county, and is an excellent workman. 

 He belongs to the Bethlehem Grand Army 

 Post, and is a member of the Dublin Re- 

 formed church, while his political support 

 is unfalteringly given to tne Democratic 

 party. 



Mr. Wolfinger was married to Miss Cath- 

 arine Benner, in Nockamixon township, 

 June 29, 1867. She is a daughter of Abra- 

 ham and Mary (Wilson) Benner. There 

 are four children of this marriage : Emma 

 J., born September 15, 1870; Anna Mary, 

 June 29, 1874; Frank, October 18, 1879; 

 and Walter, who was born February 15, 

 1887 and died January 9, 1888. The elder 

 daughter married Damon Myers, a son of 

 Jacob and Maria (Myers) Myers, and 

 they have one child, Anna Myers. 



FRANCIS D. HARTZEL. Among the 

 most honored of Bucks county's venerable 

 citizens is Francis D. Hartzel, of Chalfont. 

 Mr. Hartzel is a son of Abram G. Hart- 

 zel, who was a farmer at Rockhill, and 

 married Catharine Deitz. They were the 

 parents of five children. Among their three 

 sons was Francis D., mentioned at length 

 hereinafter. Two daughters completed the 

 family. Francis D. Hartzel, son of Abram 

 G. and Catharine (Deitz) Hartzel, was born 

 June I, 1824, and received his education 

 in the public schools of his native town- 

 ship. At the age of eighteen he went to live 

 with his uncle, Jesse K. Deitz, in Upper 

 Sal ford township, Montgomery cobnty, in 

 order to learn the milling trade. At the 

 expiration of his time he tooi^ entire charge 

 of the mill and operated it successfully for 

 nine years. In i860 he moved to Chalfont 

 and purchased a mill which he enlarged 

 and rendered extremely profitable. This 

 mill was unfortunately destroyed by fire, 

 but Mr. Hartzel, with undaunted courage, 

 erected another, constructed after a more 

 modern plan, which is now operated by two 

 of his sons. Mr. Hartzel has always been 

 a useful, active and public-spirited citizen, 

 ever seeking to promote by every means 

 in his power the best interests of the com- 

 munity and the welfare of his neighbors. 

 Mr. Hartzel married, November 16, 1850, 

 at Rockhill. Catharine A., daughter of John 

 C. and Catharine (Snyder) Shellenberger, 

 and they were the parents of the following 

 children: i. James Monroe, who was born 

 August 2T,, 185 1, married Isabella, daughter 

 of John Frick, and has three children. 2. 

 Leidy, born July 19, 1853. 3- Benjamin 

 Franklin, born January 9, 1856, married 

 Madora, daughter of Joseph Moyer. and has 

 six children. 4. Levi Morgan, December 

 5, 1859, married Christiana, daughter of 

 John Sowers, and has two children. 5. 

 Wilson, born October 30. 1862, married 

 Margaret Drake, and has one child. 6. 



