HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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erhood of the Union, and American 

 Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, No. 

 2, of Bristol. 



On June 26, 1872, Mr. Wright married 

 Levina (Doble) Lyndall, of Bristol, 

 daughter of James and Eliza (Emmons) 

 Lyndall. The members of the Lyndall 

 family were prominent citizens and suc- 

 cessful business men of this section of 

 the state. The following named chil- 

 dren were the issue of this marriage: 

 George Cannel, born June 12, 1873; John 

 Mattison, born January 4, 1875, who is 

 now assisting his father in the manage- 

 ment of his business; Arthur, born May 

 27, 1877, is also engaged likewise; Jessie 

 Wells, born December 11, 1879, now liv- 

 ing at home with her parents; and Hor- 

 ace, born December 21, 1881, a graduate 

 in electrical engineering from the 

 Drexel Institute and now employed m 

 the electrical department of the Cramp 

 Ship Building Company of Philadelphia. 

 All these children \vt.ve. educated in the 

 public schools of Bristol. The family 

 are prominent in the social life of the 

 community. 



MICHAEL G. HANEY, of Tinicum 

 township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 

 belongs to an old and honored family of 

 the county, its members in general being 

 industrious and lawabiding people. His 

 grandfather, Michael Haney, lived and 

 died in Tinicum township, and there fol- 

 lowed farm life all his days. He was 

 eminently successful, and before his 

 death gave each of his sons a home. He 

 was a member of the Roman Catholic 

 church. He married a Miss Shaffer, by 

 whom these children were born: i. An- 

 thony; 2. Joseph; 3. Samuel; 4. John; 

 5. Michael ; 6. Susan, wife of Nicholas 

 Buck: 7. Lena. 



Anthony, the father of Michael, was 

 born in 1805, in Tinicum township, where 

 he followed farming and milling all his 

 days. He died in 1882. He was a mem- 

 ber of the Roman Catholic church. He 

 married Miss Mariah Geary, and they 

 had ten children to bless their home: 

 I. Isabella, died in childhood; 2. Ellen, 

 deceased; 3. Anthony, died young; 4. Eliza- 

 beth, wife of Jonas Yost; 5. Thomas, de- 

 ceased ; 6. William, deceased ; 7. Hiram, a 

 wholesale notion merchant of Philadelphia; 

 8. Milchael G. ; 9. Sallie, wife of John Mills ; 

 10. Annie, wife of Isaac Seifert. 



Michael was born in Tinicum town- 

 ship, March 2, 1842, and educated in the 

 public schools. When quite young he 

 learned the blacksmith trade with Jonas 

 Yost, and in 1864 bought him out at 

 Ottsville. He successfully carried on the 

 business at the glowing forge until 1899, 

 since which date he has turned his atten- 

 tion to farming. He is a member of the 

 Lower Tinicum church (Lutheran), and 

 politicall}^ he is a staunch Democrat. He 

 has served as school director for six 



years. In 1892 he was appointed mer- 

 cantile appraiser by the county commis- 

 sioner. In 1869 he married Mary Ellen, 

 only daughter of Jacob Swarts. By 

 their union eight children were born, 

 three of whom died in infancy. The liv- 

 ing are: Oscar, a clerk at Ottsville; 2. 

 Minnie, wife of David Trauger; 3. 

 Maggie, deceased, wife of Thomas 

 Kramer; 4. Alica, at home; 5. Ruth, at 

 home. 



ALFRED MILNER WILDMAN. The 

 progenitor of the American branch of 

 the Wildman family was Martin Wild- 

 man, who in 1693, accompanied by his 

 wife and six children, came to Bucks 

 county from Yorkshire, England, and 

 settled in Middletown township. They 

 were members of the Society of Friends, 

 and brought a certificate of membership 

 with them from the Monthly meeting of 

 Settle, Yorkshire. England. Joseph Wild- 

 man, third son of Martin and Ann Wild- 

 man, born January 23, 1683, in England, 

 married and among his children was a 

 son John, who was born in Middletown, 

 July 8, 1732, and was united in marriage 

 to Mary Tomlinson. John Wildman, 

 son of John and Mary (Tomlinson) 

 Wildman, was born in Middletown, 

 March 28, 1771, married Mary Knight, 

 and among their children was a son 

 Charles, who was the proprietor of a 

 country store at Fallsington, who mar- 

 ried Susannah Shoemaker Albertson, 

 daughter of Benjamin and Ann (Knight) 

 Albertson, and they reared a family of 

 seven children, as follows : Chalkley Al- 

 bertson. John Knight, Mary Ann. Ben- 

 jamin Albertson, Charles, Ellwood, and 

 Jane, who died in infancy. Chalkley Al- 

 bertson, the eldest child, was a mer- 

 chant in Philadelphia, in which city he 

 resided up to the time of his death. He 

 married Emeline Reed Tatum, and 

 among their children was Alfred Milner, 

 whose name appears at the head of this 

 sketch, who was born in Philadelphia, 

 January 12, 1862. 



The public schools of ^Philadelphia af- 

 forded Alfred M. Wildman the means of 

 obtaining a practical education which 

 prepared him for an active career. He 

 then entered the employ of James M. 

 Vance & Co., of Philadelphia, hardware 

 merchants, with whom he remained nine 

 years. He then located in Langhorne, 

 and shortly afterward established a hard- 

 ware business on his own account, which 

 he has successfully conducted up to the 

 present time. Although his time is so 

 fully occupied with the varied duties of 

 this enterprise, Mr. Wildman takes an 

 active interest in the management of 

 affairs in the borough in which he re- 

 sides, and is now serving as secretary 

 and treasurer of the Langhorne Elec- 

 tric Light and Power Company, and sec- 

 retary^ of th.e ^Mutual Beneficial Associa- 



