HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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facture of plows until his death in 1826. It 

 was in these shops that anthracite coal 

 was first successfully used for fuel about 

 1812. He married, as above stated, Ann 

 Smith, daughter of Samuel and Jane 

 (Schoheld) Smith, of the other branch of 

 the family. 



William Smith, the third of the twelve, 

 children of Joseph and Ann Smith, was 

 born in Buckingham, 6 mo. 3, 1779, and 

 married, in 1804, Margaret Worthington, 

 daughter of Mahlon and. Mary (Paxson) 

 Worthington, and granddaughter of Rich- 

 ard Worthington, one of the earliest set- 

 tlers ni lower Buckingham, where Mahlon 

 was born 12 mo. 19, 1750. 



JONATHAN SMITH, the father of the 

 subject of this sketch, was the youngest 

 of ten children of William and INIargaret 

 Smith, and was born in Wrightstown 

 township, 5 mo. 31, 1826, and died in Buck- 

 ingham, May 23, 1889. "He was reared on 

 the farm, and acquired his education at the 

 local schools. In January, 1853, he pur- 

 chased the farm upon which the subject 

 of this sketch now resides, and on the 

 third day of ]March following married Sa- 

 rah C. Johnson, and took up his residence 

 in Buckingham. 



He was an active worker in the Prohi- 

 bition party and in all branches of tem- 

 perance work, being one of the organizers 

 of the Good Templar's Lodge. His home 

 was always the headquarters of the lodge 

 in this section. Many of his relatives were 

 also active in temperance work, and he 

 was wont to 'say that he had seventy-six 

 first cousins, of whom fifty were boys, not 

 one of whom used either tobacco or in- 

 toxicating drinks. His team of four black 

 horses, carrying banners, etc., was a feature 

 at many temperance and prohibition dem- 

 onstrations. His wife, Sarah C. Johnson, 

 was born July 31, 1830, and died October 

 26, 1888. They were the parents of six chil- 

 dren, the three eldest of whom died in in- 

 fancy. Elizabeth P. married, 10 mo. 18, 

 1888, Hon. William W. Griest, of Lancas- 

 ter, for many years a county official of Lan- 

 caster county, and secretary of the com- 

 monwealth, under Governor William A. 

 Stone. George A. Smith, the oldest sur- 

 viving son, removed to Chicago in early 

 life, and married Frances A. Kerr, of that 

 city. He died in Chicago, 8 mo. 6, 1892, 

 leaving one child, Esther. 



Charles J. Smith was the youngest child 

 of Jonathan and Sarah Smith. He was 

 born and reared on the farm upon which 

 he still resides, and acquired his education 

 at the Hughesian School and at the Doyles- 

 town English and Classical Seminary. From 

 early life he was active in the manage- 

 ment of the farm, and is considered one of 

 the best farmers in the. valley of Buck- 

 ingham. At the death of his father he 

 purchased the farm, and never has resided 

 elsewhere. He and his family are mem- 

 bers of the Society of Friends. He is one 

 of the trustees of the Hughesian Free 

 School, having been elected in 1899. He 



married in 1888, Mercy Lovett, daughter 

 of Edmund and Clara (Weaver) Lovett, 

 of Penn's Manor, who celebrated their 

 golden wedding on October 31, 1904; both 

 are hale and hearty. To Mr. and Mrs. 

 Smith have been born four children — 

 Willis W., Milton L., E. Lovett, and Eliza- 

 beth. 



MRS. NAOMI A. PADDOCK belongs 

 to a family long resident of Bucks county. 

 Her parents were Phineas and Deborah 

 (Mitchell) Walker, and they had thirteen 

 children, namely : Augustus ; Annie, the 

 wife of Joseph Smith; Margaret, the wife 

 of L. B. Risden ; William H. ; Sarah, the 

 wife of Theodore Vansant ; Susan, the 

 wife of Allen Neil; Phineas; Naomi; 

 Mary, the wife of Edward Twuiing; Eliza- 

 beth, the wife of Charles Risden; James; 

 Lottie, the wife of William Van Horn; 

 and one that died in infancy. 



Naomi Walker, reared in the parental 

 home and educated in the public schools, 

 was married (first) to Edward Burns, and 

 there were five children by that union : J. 

 Walker and Robert W., who are partners 

 in a wholesale grocery business in Will- 

 iamson, West Virginia; Edward, who is a 

 railroad engineer in West Virginia; Mary, 

 the wife of L. H. Phitteplace, who is as- 

 sistant superintendent of the Northwestern 

 Railroad Company, of Virginia; and Will- 

 iam W., who is still at home with his moth- 

 er. She is a member of the Friends' So- 

 ciety. For her second husband Mrs. Burns 

 married George H. Paddock, who is also 

 deceased. ■ He was a civil engineer and a 

 coal operator of West Virginia, and after 

 his death Mrs. Paddock returned to Yard- 

 ley, settling near the place of her nativity. 

 Here she owns and occupies one of the 

 best homes in Yardley, and has good prop- 

 erty interests. 



SYLVESTER H. STONEBACH, a 

 prosperous farmer of Bucks county, Penn- 

 sylvania, was there born July 18, 1854, on a 

 farm in the southern part of Richland 

 township. He is of German descent, the 

 grandson of John and Elizabeth (Tr'esler) 

 Stonebach, and son of Jacob T. and Chris- 

 tiana (Hartzell) Stonebach, the daughter 

 of John and Eva Hartzell. Sylvester H, is 

 one of seven children born to his parents : 

 Kitian, deceased; John Henry; Sylvester, 

 mentioned at length hereinafter; Amanda, 

 the wife of William Saylor ; Lucinda. wife 

 of Quinton Jordan; Anna Marie, married 

 Allen Treisback; and Mary Elizabeth, now 

 Mrs. Ahlum. 



Sylvester H. Stonebach acquired what 

 education the district schools of that day 

 afforded, which he attended until his six- 

 teenth year, meanwhile assisting his father 

 with the farm work. In 1874 his father 

 purchased the farm where Sylvester now 

 lives, about a mile and a half south of 

 Quakertown, on Bethlehem Pike, where 



