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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



to practice in the chancery and federal 

 courts of the state of New Jersey, includ- 

 ing chancery at Trenton. Tlirough his man- 

 agement the title of the Bechtold estate, 

 involving the title of each piece of real 

 estate in the town of Riverside, New Jer- 

 sey, now a tionrishing manufacturing cen- 

 ter, was cleared up. Tliis litigation ex- 

 tended over a period of fifteen years, and 

 was finally decided in the court of errors 

 and appeals of New Jersey, except that of 

 the title of the Philadelphia Watch Case 

 plant, which was decided in the United 

 States circuit court at Trenton, New Jer- 

 sey. Mr. Mayne is a member of the Ma- 

 sonic Fraternity, and associated with Bris- 

 tol Lodge, No. 25, A. F. and A. M. ; the 

 Royal Arcanum of Bristol ; Nonpariel 

 •Council, No. 1037, and the Algonquin Club 

 of Bristol, a social organization. He is 

 a charter member of the Lawyers' Club of 

 Philadelphia, and a member of the Law 

 Association of Bucks county ; is also a 

 charter member of the Franklin Chess Club 

 of Philadelphia, and belongs to Lodge No. 

 144, Ancient Order of United Workmen of 

 Pennsylvania. In his political views he is 

 a Republican, and was a leader of the 

 Quay forces in the assembly contests in 

 Bucks county. 



February 21, 1884, Mr. Mayne married 

 Harriet Ella Greer, of Philadelphia, daugh- 

 ter of Gideon N. and Katherine (De- 

 Pagnier) Greer. A family tradition says 

 the paternal ancestors of Mrs. Mayne have 

 been traced to the McGregors, and on the 

 maternal side to Sir Peter Parker. By this 

 marriage the following children have been 

 born: i. FoUen Corson, born February 28, 

 1885; 2. William Clark, Jr., who died in 

 infancy. Follen C. attended the Penn 

 Charter School at Philadelphia, also the 

 Friends' School. 



ADAM MARTIN. One of the typical 

 business men of the county is Adam Mar- 

 tin, of Chalfont. The father of Mr. Martin 

 was George Alartin, who was born Septem- 

 ber 14, 1800, in Wurtemberg, Germany, and 

 while still a young man emigrated to the 

 United States. He made his home in 

 Reading, and was one of those loyal citi- 

 zens of foreign birth who took up arms 

 in defense of the integrity of the Union. 



Adam Martin, son of George Martin, 

 was born March 25, 1853, and received 

 his education in the public schools. He 

 learned the carpenter's trade with David 

 High, of Hilltown, and followed it in- 

 dustriously for twelve j'ears. In 1880 

 he purchased the old Jesse Garner farm, 

 Jn Warrington tow^nship, and for eight 

 years devoted himself to agricultural 

 pursuits. He then bought the Aaron 

 Weisel farm, in the same township, 

 where he lives at the present time. He 

 added still further to his property by 

 purchasing the adjoining estate, known 

 as the Christian Haldeman farm. These 



two farms, comprising in all one hun- 

 dred and sixty-eight acres, are culti- 

 vated by Mr. Martin as one, and are 

 maintained in a flourishing and highly 

 profitable condition. Mr. Martin is a 

 popular citizen, and in New Britain town- 

 ship served for three years as constable, 

 and the same length of time as charity 

 commissioner. In Warrington township 

 he filled for fourteen years the office of 

 supervisor, and is nowr serving as audi- 

 tor. In politics he is an advocate and 

 supporter of the doctrines of the Repub- 

 lican party. He is a member of the Hill- 

 town Lutheran church. Mr. Martin 

 married Addie Sherm, and they are the 

 parents of the following children : Reu- 

 ben A., who was born March i, 1880; 

 Flora, born February 13, 1882; Alice, 

 born February 8, 1884; Bertha, born 

 April 13, 1886: Walter, born December 

 22, 1889; Jennie, born November 30, 

 1892; and Edgar Harrison, born January 

 18, 1894, and is now deceased. 



OLIVER P. ROSE, D. V. S. Dr. 

 Oliver P. Rose, now following farm- 

 ing in Buckingham township, was born 

 in Solebury township, November 30, 

 1842. His paternal grandparents were 

 Thomas and Letitia Rose, the former a 

 farmer of Solebury township, where he 

 spent his entire life. He gave his politi- 

 cal support to the W^hig party until its 

 dissolution, when he joined the ranks of 

 the new Republican party. John Rose, 

 son of Thomas and Letitia Rose, was 

 born in Solebury township, was reared 

 to the occupations of farming and black- 

 smithing, and made those pursuits his 

 life work. Like his father, he was a 

 Whig at first, and afterward a Repub- 

 lican, and filled several township posi- 

 tions. He was recognized as a man of 

 influence in his community, and his ef- 

 forts were always exerted in behalf of 

 progressive nieasures resulting in the 

 upbuilding of town and county. He 

 wedded Mary Smith, a daughter of Rob- 

 ert Smith, of Buckingham township, one 

 of the well known and prominent farm- 

 ers of his day. John and Mary (Smith) 

 Rose had a family of six children, of 

 whom five are living: Elizabeth, the 

 widow of John Wilkinson, of Philadel- 

 phia; Oliver P.; Rosanna, the wife of 

 Frederick C. Hartman, of Philadelphia; 

 Thomas, who resides in Ambler, Mont- 

 gomery county, Pennsylvania ; and Mary 

 Ella, the wife of Ezra C. Hurley, of Mil- 

 ford, New Jersey. 



Dr. Oliver P. Rose spent his boyhood 

 days quietly upon the home farm, and at 

 the usual age began his education in the 

 public schools of Solebury township. He 

 afterward continued his studies in New 

 Hope, completing a course in the New 

 Hope Academy. W'hen a young man he 



