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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



jMakefield in 1800, and died there in 1872. 

 lie was a line type of the worthy descend- 

 ants of a worihy Scotch-Irish ancestry, 

 and hlled throughout his life a high and 

 honorable position in the social, religious 

 and political life of the community. He 

 was an elder of the Presbyterian church 

 at Newtown. For many years he was an 

 officer of the local militia, and enjoyed a 

 wide acquaintance in Bucks county. He 

 took a lively interest in the political ques- 

 tions of the day, and frequently served as 

 a delegate to district and state conventions 

 of his party. He was elected to the office 

 of clerk of the orphans' court of Bucks 

 county in 1848, and served for three years. 

 During the later years he lived a retired 

 life on his farm in Makefield, where he 

 died September 5, 1872. He married Feb- 

 ruary 20, 1837, Jane C. White, daughter of 

 James and Margaret (Cooper) White, of 

 Philadelphia, who survived him. Their 

 only child was Sarah Jane, who married 

 Nathaniel D. Irwin. 



James White^ the father of Mrs. McNair, 

 was for many years connected with the 

 Merchants' Bank of Philadelphia, and had 

 a large circle of friends among the fin- 

 ancial institutions of the city of Philadel- 

 phia. 

 • Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel D. Irwin had 

 two children : James, in the lumber busi- 

 ness in Philadelphia; and Robert Irwin, a 

 physician and a graduate of the Marylana 

 Medical College of Baltimore, now a sur- 

 geon in the hospital at Lafunta, Mexico. 



JOHN HIRAM KAULL. A name 

 honored in Quakertown is that of John 

 Hiram KauU. He belongs to a family 

 which was founded in this country by John 

 Kaull, a native of Germany, who came to 

 America about 1740 or 1750, and took up 

 land. His wife was Eliza Steininger, and 

 they were the parents of a son, George, 

 xnentioned at length hereinafter. Mr. Kaull 

 was distinguished in the community for 

 the zeal with which he espoused the cause 

 of the patriots during the revolutionary 

 struggle. 



George Kaull, son of John and Eliza 

 (Sterninger) Kaull, was born on the pa- 

 ternal farm in Lehigh county, on which he 

 was reared, obtaining his education in the 

 subscription schools of his district. He 

 learned the trade of cigar making, which 

 he followed in conjunction with the culti- 

 vation of a farm. He married Elizabeth 

 Kinder, by whom he was the father of the 

 following children: i. Jemima, who mar- 

 ried Thomas Steckle. of Allentown, and 

 died in 1899. 2. Lavina, who became the 

 wife of Steven Strauss, of OhiQ,. 3. John 

 Hiram, mentioned at length hereinafter. 4. 

 Herina, who married David Daubert, of 

 Allentown. 



John Hiram Kaull, son of George and 

 Elizabeth (Kirder) Kaull, was born April 

 g, 1822, on his father's farm, in Macum- 



gie township, Lehigh county, lie attend- 

 ed the subscription schools of his birth- 

 place and learned the trade of tanner. Foi 

 three years he worked as a journeyman, 

 and was then engaged for a time as a shoe- 

 maker and also as a clerk in a general 

 store. In 1845 he settled at Ruchville, 

 North Whitehall township, where for three 

 years he was engaged in a general store 

 business. He then purchased a hotel at 

 Tylersport, Montgomery county, of which 

 he was for a time the proprietor, and then 

 settled near Salfordville, where he was 

 again a hotel proprietor for the space of 

 two years. For three years he was engaged 

 in the same line of business at Bunker 

 Hill, and then moved to Quakertown, 

 where he added to his reputation as a 

 genial host, his hotel standing on the site 

 now occupied by J. S. Harley's harness 

 works. At the end of three years he re- 

 tired from the hotel business, and became a 

 traveling salesman for the Duster Woolen 

 Mills, of Bethlehem, where he resided for 

 two years, and erecting a desirable resi- 

 dence at Quakertown. For fifteen years 

 he was traveling salesman for John Lentz 

 & Company, retiring from the business in 

 1886. Mr. Kaull took a lively interest in 

 politics, and for^ five years filled the ofiic*- 

 of justice of the peace. He also served 

 as deputy coroner of the county and acted 

 as delegate to county conventions. Soon 

 after coming to Quakertown he received 

 the appointment of postmaster of that place, 

 an office which he administered with jus- 

 tice, discretion and fidelity. His vote and 

 influence were given to the Democratic 

 party. He was an active member of the 

 First Reformed church. 



IMr. Kaull married, in 1845, Anna Caro- 

 line Deshler, of North Whitehall town- 

 ship, and their family consisted of the fol- 

 lowing children : I. Mary Elizabeth, born 

 January 27, 1847, married in 1S68, Ezekiel, 

 son of Ezeral and Sarah (Hager) Thomas, 

 of Spring City, Chester county. Their 

 children were : Florence, deceased ; Anna 

 Caroline, who married Charles R. Smith, 

 of Quakertown; and James Kaull also de- 

 ceased. 2. Alice Almyra Christina, born 

 ^lay 21, 1848, attended the Quakertown 

 public schools, and resides at home. 3. 

 George Franklin Pierce, born December 20, 

 1852, died in 1853. 4. Martha Josephine, 

 born December 20, 1854. was educated in 

 the Quakertown schools and at Dickinson's 

 Seminary, Williamsport, and lives at home. 

 5. James Deshler, born November 27, 1856, 

 died at Dickinson's Seminary. Williams- 

 port, in 1872. 6. Peter Grimm, born IMarcn 

 19, 1862, attended the Quakertown public 

 schools, engaged in mercantile business in 

 Philadelphia, and now resides at home. In 

 politics he is a Democrat, but has not 

 been active in the organization. He is a 

 member of the First Reformed church of 

 Quakertown. 



]\Irs. Kaull is a granddaughter of David 

 Deshler, who inherited from his father a 

 farm in Whitehall township, Lehigh county. 



