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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



AMOS BURGESS HEADLF.V. de- 

 ceased, was a descendant of one of the 

 early pioneer families of Bncks county, 

 Pennsylvania, who emigrated thence 

 from their home in England. He was 

 born in Bristol township, Bucks county, 

 March 30, 1842, a son of Thomas and 

 Elizabeth (Brown) Headley, grandson 

 of Joseph J. and Edith (Burgess) Head- 

 ley, and great-grandson of Joseph Headley. 



Amos B. Headley acquired an ex- 

 cellent education, having been a pupil in 

 the public schools, Carversville Acad- 

 emy, and Eastman's Business College, 

 Poughkeepsie, New York. He resided 

 with his parents and assisted in the 

 work of the large saw-mill which was 

 owned by his father, who was exten- 

 sively engaged in the lumber business 

 in Bristol for many years. Amos B. 

 Headley succeeded his father in the 

 ownership of this plant, and from 1865 

 to 1880, a period of fifteen years, con- 

 ducted an extensive and flourishing busi- 

 ness. In the latter year he turned his 

 attention to agricultural pursuits, con- 

 ducting his operations on a farm in Tul- 

 lytown, and this line, of work he fol- 

 lowed up to the time of his decease. He 

 served a term as jury commissioner of 

 Bucks county, during which time he per- 

 formed his duties in a thoroughly 

 efficient and competent manner. He 

 was a staunch supporter of the candi- 

 dates and measures of the Republican 

 party, to whom he gave his allegiance 

 upon attaining his majority. All the en- 

 terprises which had for their object the 

 business, political and social growth of 

 the community in which he lived found 

 in him an earnest advocate. 



Mr. Headley was married December 

 10, 1868. to Emma Taylor Ivins, of 

 Penns Manor, Bucks county, daughter 

 of Isaac and Sarah Ann (Hendrickson) 

 Ivins, and granddaughter on the pater- 

 nal and maternal sides, respectively, of 

 Isaac and Patience (Middleton) Ivins 

 and Amos and Sarah (Folwell) Hendrick- 

 son. Her parents were of English or- 

 igin, her father having been for many 

 years a retired citizen of Bristol bor- 

 ough. She was born December 14, 1847. 

 Their children are: Irene, born August 



22, 1870, attended the private schools 

 of Bristol and completed her education 

 in the schools of Philadelphia; on No- 

 vember 24. 1894. she became the wife of 

 William H. Skirm, Jr., of Trenton, New 

 Jersey, and they are the parents of two 

 children: Katharine Irene, born August 



23, 1894, and and William Henry (3), born 

 October 7, 1895. Edith, born May 2, 

 1878, attended the private schools of 

 Bristol, and completed her education 

 at Trenton. New Jersey: on April 27, 

 1899, she became the wife of Stanford 

 K. Runyan, of Bri.stol, and they are the 

 parents of one child. Elizabeth Head- 

 ley, born September 29, T902. The im- 

 mediate ancestors of the family were 



Quakers, and Mr. Headley, during his 

 lifetime, and family attended the 

 Friends Meeting. Mr. Headley died No- 

 vember 17, 1901. Mrs. Headley resides 

 in the comfortable and substantial home 

 left her by her husband, this being the 

 same in which her children were born. 

 She is beloved by a large circle of friends 

 and relatives. 



SAMUEL M. KING. One of Chalfont's 

 honored citizens is Samuel M. King, who 

 has been for more than half a century a 

 resident of the. borough. The great-grand- 

 father of Mr. King emigrated from Ger- 

 many about the middle of the eighteenth 

 century and settled in Pennsylvania. Mor- 

 ton King, son of the emigrant ancestor^ 

 was a lifelong resident of Curley's Mill^ 

 and married Elizabeth Hockman, by whom 

 he was the father of four sons and four 

 daughters, among the former being Peter, 

 mentioned at length hereinafter. Mr. and 

 Mrs. King were true types of the German- 

 American citizens of those early days. 



Peter King, son of Morton and Elizabeth 

 (Hockman) King, learned the shoemaker's 

 trade in New Britain township, and also- 

 acquired a knowledge of the business of a 

 mason. He helped to build the old Bucks 

 county court-house, on the site of which the 

 new one now stands, at Doylestown. In 

 middle age he purchased a farm at Mount 

 Pleasant, Hilltown township, which was his 

 home for sixty years. He married April 

 18, 1812, Catharine Myers, who was born 

 August 31, 1790, and they were the pa- 

 rents of the following children : Annie, born. 

 May 6, 1813 Elizabeth, born July 26, 1819; 

 Susanna, born July 26, 1821 ; Martin M.,. 

 born December 5, 1824; and Samuel M., 

 mentioned at length hereinafter. The death, 

 of Mr. King, the father of the family, oc- 

 curred January 17, 1871, when he had 

 reached the advanced age of eighty-six years 

 and ten months, having been born March 



17, 1784- 



Samuel M. King, son of Peter and Cath- 

 arine (Myers) King, was born November 

 16. 1827, in Hilltown township, and learned 

 the cabinetmaker's trade with his cousin, 

 John F. King, in New Britain township. 

 From 1852 to 1862 he was engaged in the 

 undertaking business in Chalfont. In i86o- 

 he took up his abode on the. farm where he 

 has since resided. The estate is small but 

 well-kept and highly cultivated. Mr. King 

 has always been a good citizen, seeking to 

 serve by all means in his power the best 

 interests of his neighbors, who thoroughly 

 appreciate his sterling qualities. He is 

 identified with the Republican party, and is 

 a member of the Hilltown Baptist church. 



Mr. King married. February 19, 1852, 

 Annie D., daughter of Morton and Magda- 

 lena (Delp) Swartley, and their family con- 

 sisted of the following children: Amanda, 

 who was born December 9, i8s2 : Oliver S., 

 born July 22, 185= • and Milton S.. born 

 April 2, 1857. Oliver S. King married 



