6i8 



HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



seers. He married, in 1719, Phoebe 

 Canby, and their children were: Thomas, 

 mentioned at length hereinafter; Tim- 

 othy; Robert; John; Joseph; Joseph (sec- 

 ond); IJenjamin; Samuel and Jonathan. 

 Robert Smith died June 26, 174S, and his 

 widow subsequently married Hugh Ely. 



Thomas Smith (2), son of Robert (i) 

 and Phoebe (Canby) Smith, was born 

 June 13, 1720, and was the first of the 

 family to own the Smith homestead in 

 Upper jNIakefield, although his having 

 lived there is uncertain. He married 

 Elizabeth Kinse3\ and the following chil- 

 dren were born to them: Robert; . 

 Phoebe; Edmund, mentioned at length 

 hereinafter; Thomas; Elizabeth; Sarah; 

 Eleanor; John; Martha, and David. 



Edmund Smith (3), son of Thomas (2) 

 and Elizabeth (Kinsey) Smith, was born 

 in 1745. and about 1780 tore down the old 

 log house and built the brick house 

 which is still standing. He was thrice 

 married, his first wife being Sarah Daw- 

 son, and his second Deborah Fell. By 

 the latter he was the father of the fol- 

 lowing children: Saul; Edmund; Benja- 

 min; Joshua, mentioned at length herein- 

 after; Jesse; and Deborah. After the 

 death of his second wife he married 

 Mary, widow of James Briggs. 



Joshua Smith (4), son of Edmund (3) 

 and Deborah (Fell) Smith, was born in 

 1782, and married Rachael Briggs, by 

 whom he had three children: Deborah; 

 Thomas Storey, mentioned at length 

 hereinafter; and Elizabeth. After the 

 death of his wife he married Susanna 

 Smith, and two children were born to 

 them: Kinsey and Martha. Mr. Smith 

 died on the homestead, February 3, 1853. 



Thomas Storey Smith (5), son of Josh- 

 ua (4) and Rachael (Briggs) Smith, was 

 born September 20, 1815, on the home- 

 stead, and at the time of his marriage 

 the portion of the estate which forms 

 the present farm of his son, Horace T. 

 Smith, was allotted to him. On this land 

 he erected the present buildings and spent 

 his life. In politics he was a Whig, and 

 later a Republican. He married Han- 

 nah Fell, and four children were born to 

 them, two of whom survive: Horace T., 

 mentioned at length hereinafter; and 

 Albert, who is a resident of San Fran- 

 cisco, California. The death of Mr. Smith 

 occurred where his son Horace T. now 

 resides, March 31, 1870. 



Horace T. Smith (6), son of Thomas 

 Storey (5) 'and Hannah (Fell) Smith, 

 was born December ig, 1853, on the 

 homestead, and received his education in 

 the common schools. Although but six- 

 teen years old at the time of his father's 

 death, the responsibility of the manage- 

 ment of the farm devolved chiefly upon 

 him. and soon after his twenty-first year 

 he had full control of the estate. Soon 

 afterward he purchased the farm, his 

 mother making her home with him dur- 

 ing the remainder of her life. For nine 



years he was a member of the school 

 board. Like his father, he is a Republi- 

 can in politics. In matters of religion 

 he adheres to the traditions of his ancestors, 

 and is a member of the Friends' Meeting. 

 Mr. Smith married in 1877, Rebecca, 

 daughter of John S. and Martha (Hill- 

 born) Eastburn, of Upper Makefield town- 

 ship, and they are the parents of the follow- 

 ing children : Story Wilfred ; Lester L ; 

 Clarence H. ; Howard E., who is a student 

 at Purdue College, Lafayette, Indiana ; and 

 Fnuna H.. who attends the George School. 

 ■The three elder sons reside at home. 



It is worliiy of note that two of the 

 grandsci:^ oi Robert Smith, the emigrant 

 ancestor, namely, Robert and Joseph Smith, 

 brothers, made the first plow ever con- 

 structed with an iron mouldboard. a patent 

 for the plow being granted to Robert 

 Smith. The mechanical genius exhibited 

 by Joseph Smith in the construction of an 

 article so important to agriculturists led to 

 a personal acquaintance with Thomas Jef- 

 ferson and a number of other distinguished 

 men of the day. Joseph Smith, in addition 

 to his genius as an inventor, was the first 

 person in Bucks county to succeed in using 

 anthracite coal for fuel. 



JOHN CASPER BACHOFER, a 

 prosperous business man of Hulmeville, 

 whose success proves conclusively what 

 can be accomplished by strict attention 

 to business and. by a steadfast determin- 

 ation to advance, is a native of Wurtem- 

 berg, Germany, born June 27, 1850, a 

 son of John Casper and Elizabeth 

 (Meomy) Bachofer. His educational 

 advantages were obtained in the schools 

 of his native land, and these he im- 

 proved in such a manner as to be well 

 qualified to enter upon the duties and 

 responsibilities of life. After thor- 

 oughly mastering the details of the 

 trade of wood turner he worked at it for 

 six years, and then, attracted by the 

 possibilities ofifered to young men in the 

 business world of America, he crossed 

 the Atlantic in 1870, settling in Phila- 

 delphia, Pennsylvania, where he contin- 

 ued working at his trade for eight years. 

 He then engaged in the grocery busi- 

 ness, which he conducted during the re- 

 mainder of his thirty years residence in 

 Philadelphia, and the large measure of 

 success he achieved was the direct re- 

 sult of his own ambition and effort. In 

 1900 he located in Hulmeville, where he 

 is held in high esteem by all who know 

 him, anfl he has been honored by elec- 

 tion to the borough council, in which he 

 is now .serving. During his residence in 

 Philadelphic. Mr. Bachofer was a mem- 

 ber of the Independent Order of Odd 

 Fellows. He has twice revisited his 

 native land to visit his parents and 

 friends. 



In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oc- 

 tober 16, 1873, i\Ir. Bachofer was united 



