HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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in marriage to Laura Elizabeth Reetz, 

 of that citv. daughter of Ferdinand and 

 Amelia (Fudeka) Reetz, the former 

 named, in connection with his son, hav- 

 ing been very successful in the manu- 

 facture of ha"ircloth, this being a very 

 unique process in this section of the 

 country. Seven children were the issue 

 of this union: Ewald Ferdinand, born 

 August. 1874, died December, 1875. Law- 

 rence George, born August, 1876, died 

 September, 1878. John Casper, born 

 August 15, 1880, is emplpoyed as a letter 

 carrier in the city of Philadelphia. Louis 

 Henry, born June, 1882, died December,' 

 1895. William Frederick, born Sep- 

 tember 23, 1885, now employed in the 

 cotton mill in Hulmeville. Laura Eliza- 

 beth, born December 9, 1888. Ferdinand 

 Henry, born March 23, 1893- These chil- 

 dren received their education in the 

 public schools of Philadelphia and 

 Hulmeville. 



J. HARRIS CARTER. One of the 

 progressive citizens of Upper Makefield ■ 

 township is J. Harris Carter. He comes 

 of Scotch-Irish ancestry, his great- 

 grandfather having emigrated from 

 England. ■ William Carter, the son of 

 this emigrant ancestor, was born in 

 Bucks county, and for many years lived 

 on what was later known as the Harvey 

 Southwaite farm, in Falls township. His 

 wife was Rachael Headley. 



James Carter, son of William and 

 Rachael (Headley) Carter, was born 

 March 15, 1800, in Middletown, Bucks 

 county, and in early life was a farmer, 

 but later moved to LIulmeville and en- 

 gaged in business as a butcher. After 

 his retirement he moved to Oxford, 

 where he lived for ten years, and then 

 went to reside with his daughter, Mrs. 

 Hellings, in Taylorsville, where he passed 

 the remainder of his life. He was a life- 

 long Democrat, and in religion was a 

 member of the Adventists, to which com- 

 ' munion his mother had belonged, his 

 father having been an orthodox Friend, 

 and his brother David a preacher of the 

 Society. He married Rebecca, born July 

 2, t8io. in Middletown. daughter of Jon- 

 athan Hibbs. and they were the parents 

 of nine children, of whom the following 

 survive: James, who lives in North Da- 

 kota- Rachael. who married Wilson Ash- 

 more Kimball, of Trenton, New Jersey; 

 Susan who is the wife of Lafayette 

 Homer, also of Trenton. New Jersey; 

 Lurania, who married Edwin Hellmgs. of 

 Mercer county, New Jersey: Clara, who 

 is the wife of George Brooks, of War- 

 ren Ohio: and J. Harris, mentioned at 

 length hereinafter. Mr. Carter died No- 

 vember 23. 1863. at the home of his 

 daughter. 'Mrs. Hellings. and Mrs. Car- 

 ter, who is wonderfully well preserved 

 at the extraordinary age of ninety-five. 



resides with her daughter, Mrs. Brooks, 

 in Warren, Ohio. 



J. Harris Carter, son of James and 

 Rebecca (Hibbs) Carter, was born 

 Alarch 15, 1848, in Fallsington, Falls 

 township, and received his education in 

 the common schools. At the age of four- 

 teen he apprenticed himself to learn the 

 business of a butcher with his brother 

 James at Dolington. He was then em- 

 ployed by his brother-in-law, Edwin 

 Heilings, in Taylorsville, working during 

 the summer months and attending school 

 during the winter. For thirteen years 

 he was employed by Mr. Heilings, and 

 in 1875 engaged in business for himself 

 at Dolington. At the end of twenty-nine 

 he is one of the substantial and highly 

 esteemed men of this section. He is a 

 Democrat in politics, but has never been 

 an office-seeker. Mr. Carter married, Feb- 

 ruary 18, 1874. Rosa A., daughter of 

 George \V. Slack, of Dolington. and 

 three children were born to them, of 

 whom the sole survivor is Florence, now 

 the wife of Frederick Sernberger, of 

 Hopewell. New Jersey, and the mother 

 of one child, Harris C. 



ISAAC M. LANDIS, a representative 

 of the quiet but useful calling of agricul- 

 ture, conducting his extensive operations 

 on a ninety-two acre farm in New Britain 

 township, Bucks county. Pennsylvania, it 

 being one of the best cultivated and most 

 productive in that section, is a native of 

 that county, born in Springfield township, 

 November 13, 1844. His parents were 

 Jacob S. and Barbara (Moyer) Landis. 

 Jacob S. Landis (father) was born ir» 

 Springfield township, in 1817. He was 

 reared on a farm, educated in the com- 

 mon schools of that day, and up to the 

 time of his marriage assisted his fatlier in 

 the work of the old homestead. He then 

 purchased a farm and also erected a mill, 

 and both these enterprises he conducted suc- 

 cessfully until he was sixty-five years of 

 age, W'hen he disposed of his property and 

 took tip his place of residence in nilltown- 

 township, w'here he resided until his retire- 

 ment from active pursuits. He was a mem- 

 ber of the Mennonite church, and a Re- 

 publican in politics. By his marriage to 

 Barbara Moyer, a daughter of Peter ]Moyer, 

 the following named children were born: 

 Henry. Isaac M. ; Helena, who died at the 

 age of ten years; Abraham, and two who 

 died in infancy. Mr. Landis died at the 

 home of his son. Isaac M. Landis. in 1901. 

 He survived his wife twenty years, her 

 death having occurred in the year 1881. 



Isaac M. Landis was reared under the 

 parental roof, and was educated in the pub- 

 lic schools of the neighborhood, one of 

 his teachers having been William G. Moyer, 

 a well known instructor. He left the home 

 of his parents upon attaining his majority, 

 and from that time until his marriage in 



