~U STORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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studied veterinary surgery under Dr. 

 Joshua C. Smith, of New Hope, and en- 

 tered upon the practice of his profes- 

 sion. After a short time spent in Yard- 

 Jeyville and in Newtown, he returned to 

 New Hope, where he became the succes- 

 •sor in practice of his uncle, Joshua C. 

 Smith. After more than four years de- 

 voted to the practice of veterinary sur- 

 gery, Dr. Rose turned his attention to 

 farming in Solebury township, where he 

 remained for twelve years, and then came 

 to Buckingham township. F'or eight 

 years he cultivated the farm which was 

 owned by T. Howard Atkinson, and sold 

 that property to accept his position as 

 foreman of the farms belonging to Judge 

 E. M. Paxson, of Bucks county, number- 

 ing eight in all. He has occupied this 

 responsible position for fifteen years, and 

 is thus controlling extensive agricultural 

 interests demanding splendid business 

 and executive ability and keen discern- 

 ment. He has thorough and practical 

 knowledge of farming methods, and is 

 regarded as one of the leading factors in 

 agricultural circles in Buckingham town- 

 ship. His political support is given to 

 the Republican party. On the 26th of 

 October, 1865, Dr. Rose married Miss 

 Annie M. Walton, a daughter of William 

 E. and Lucinda (Ely) Walton, of Sole- 

 bury township. 



CHARLES J. LAUDERBACH. In- 

 dustry, perseverance and enterprise have 

 been the potent and essential factors in 

 the business carer of Charles J. Lauder- 

 bach, a prominent resident of Bensalem 

 township. Bucks county, Pennsylvania. 

 He was born in the city of Philadelphia, 

 May 24, 1850, a son of Harris Y. and 

 Frances Ash (Pearson) Lauderbach, a 

 grandson of Harris and Mary Jarman 

 <_Young) Lauderbach, and a descendant 

 of Peter Lauderbach, who came from 

 Germanv in 1724 and settled near Swedes- 

 boro, New Jersey. _ He brought the 

 brick from Europe with which to build 

 his house, which was used during the 

 revolutionary war as a fort, first by the 

 Americans and then by the British. The 

 old house is still standing, being in a fair 

 state of preservation. The family re- 

 moved to Philadelphia about the year 

 1800. Harris Lauderbach (grandfather) 

 served an apprenticeship at the trade of 

 •carpenter and builder, and throughout his 

 active career this line of worked proved 

 a lucrative means of livelihood. By his 

 marriage to Mary Jarman Young three 

 sons and two daughters were born, 

 -namely: Harris Y., Charles Y., James W . 

 Sarah, and Mary. Mr. Lauderbach and 

 his wife were honest, God-fearing people, 

 respected in the community, and they 

 lived to an advanced age. 



Harris Y. Lauderbach (father) was 

 born in Philadelphia, December 3, 1824. 



He attended the common schools of his 

 native city, after which he learned the 

 carpenter trade and pursued a course of 

 study in architecture, but on account of 

 an accident he was obliged to abandon 

 that vocation. In the meantime he gave 

 close attention to advanced branches 

 of study, and became fully competent to 

 earn a livelihood at teaching. He first 

 took charge of the Darby schools, later 

 was given the principalship of the Wal- 

 nut Street School, Philadelphia, then the 

 Mount Vernon Grammar School, and 

 subsequently the Northwest Grammar 

 School, his duties in all of these being 

 characterized by the utmost efficiency. 

 His sister was also a prominent and suc- 

 cessful teacher in the schools of Phila- 

 delphia. He established the Lauderbach 

 Academy, and having won a reputation 

 of being one of the best educators in 

 Philadelphia, this enterprise proved a 

 success both financially and otherwise. 

 During his life-work he had under his 

 control over twelve thousand pupils, a 

 majority of whom are now promment 

 business men of the city. It was through 

 his efforts that corporal punishment was 

 abolished in the public schools. He was 

 also one of the organizers of the Union 

 League, in which he held membership, 

 and was a prominent member of the 

 Masonic fraternity, having attained the 

 thirty-third degree in that body. He at- 

 tended the Presbyterian church, and his 

 political allegiance was given to the Re- 

 publican party. Harris Y. Lauderbach 

 was married December 27, 1847, to 

 Frances Ash Pearson, a daughter of 

 Joshua Ash and Eliza (Brannon) Pear- 

 son, and the issue of this union was five 

 children: Clara, wife of Marriott C. 

 Smyth, and ' mother of three children : 

 Frances L., IMarion, and Lindley Smyth; 

 Charles J., mentioned at length herein- 

 after; Frances and Julia (twins); Frances 

 died in infancy, and Julia died at the age 

 of eleven years; Frances (2). The 

 father of these children died October 28, 

 1891, in the sixtj'-seventh year of his 

 age. 



Charles J. Lauderbach was educated at 

 the Northwest Grammar School, and at 

 the Lauderbach Academy, established 

 and conducted by his father. After com- 

 pleting his studies he was employed in 

 the office of a broker for a short period 

 of time, and then assisted his father in 

 the management of the institution of 

 learning which was under his personal 

 supervision, he being an expert mathe- 

 matician. He then went to Hazleton, 

 Luzerne county, where he was engaged 

 in Pardee's Bank for a time, after which 

 he went to Pittsburg and engaged in the 

 iron business. While employed in that 

 city he received the contract for the 

 forgings for the East River Bridge con- 

 necting New York and Brooklyn, and ob- 

 tained a patent for the manufacture of 

 the sockets used in the construction of 



