HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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ALVIN JEFFERSON JARRETT. 

 One of the most highly respected citi- 

 zens of Quakertown is Alvin Jefferson 

 Jarrett. Mr. Jarrett is a grandson of 

 John Jarrett, whose son, Solomon, is 

 mentioned at length hereinafter. The 

 Jarretts were a pioneer family of Lehigh 

 county. Solomon Jarrett, son of John 

 Jarrett, was born on the homestead, re- 

 ceived his education in a subscripton 

 school, and was throughout his life en- 

 gaged in agricultural pursuits. He was 

 an extensive landowner in Mangundir 

 township and a man of influence in the 

 community. He married, October 24, 

 18 — , Lydia, daughter of John and Si- 

 billa (Boyle) Jones, of Freemansburg, 

 Lehigh county, and they were the pa- 

 rents of the following children: i. John 

 Joseph, born April 21, 1821, married 

 Phoebe Fenstemacher, and lives at Al- 

 lentown. 2. William Jones, born Sep- 

 tember, 1823, married Susan Detweiler, 

 and lives in Minnesota. 3. Alvin Jetier- 

 son, mentioned at length hereinafter. 

 4. James Mathews, born February 25, 

 1828, married Elizabeth Foote, of Min- 

 neapolis, Minnesota, and after her death 

 took for his second wife Eva Bodwell. 

 These children were early deprived of 

 their father's care, the death of Mr. Jar- 

 rett occurring while he was still a young 

 man. 



Alvin Jefferson Jarrett, son of Solomon 

 and Lydia (Jones) Jarrett, was born Oc- 

 tober 24, 1825, on a farm adjoining the 

 Jarrett homestead, in McQuiger town- 

 ship, Lehigh county, where he received 

 his primary education in the subscrip- 

 tion school. When his father died he 

 -went to live with his grandfather, Jarrett, 

 with whom he remained until his elev- 

 enth year. He then went to live with his 

 mother at Bethlehem, where he attended 

 school during the winter, returning in 

 the summer to the homestead in order to 

 assist his grandfather in the labors of 

 the farm. In his sixteenth year he went 

 to Manatauney, Lehigh county, for the 

 purpose of learning the tanner's trade, 

 to which he served an apprenticeship of 

 three years. At the end of that time, his 

 grandfather having died, he returned to 

 assist his grandmother until the settle- 

 ment of the family estate. This occu- 

 pied one year, after which he worked for 

 several years as a journeyman tanner. In 

 1849 he hired and afterward bought a 

 tannery in Lower Milford, which he sold 

 a few years later in order to purchase 

 the farm of Jacob A. Shelly, of Milford 

 township. There he has since resided, 

 devoting himself to general farming and 

 to the management of a dairy. 



Mr. Jarrett married, December 7. 1852, 

 Anna Maria, born Mach 31, 1833, daugh- 

 ter of John and Elizabeth Dillinger, and 

 their children are: i. Alniira. who was 

 born in 1854, and resides at home. 2. 

 Charles William, who was born in 1856, 

 and died in 1868. 3. May Lydia. who was 



born in i860, married in 1884 Oscar, son 

 of Milton and Margaret (Byshon) 

 Berndt, of Spinnerstown, and lives at 

 Fennsburg. 4. Emma Martha, who was 

 born June 26, 1862, and died August 16, 

 1864. 5. Sarah Adalaine, who was born 

 November 22, 1864, married Horace, son 

 of Lewis Worman, of Point Pleasant, 

 lived at Allentown, and died in 1899. 

 6. Eva Louisa, who was born in 1868, and 

 resides at home. 7. Isabel Anna, who 

 was born December 4, 1871, and mar- 

 ried Clement, son of Adam and Clara 

 (Drukenmiller) Zweier, of Rosedale. 8. 

 Oliver Alvin, who was born March 20, 

 1874, married Ella, daughter of Louis and 

 Catharine (Bright) Deidler, of Rich- 

 land township, lives in Quakertown, and 

 has one child, Miriam Catharine, born 

 September 3, 1903. 9. Agnes Amanda, 

 who was born April 19, 1877, deceased. 



R. PITFIELD LOVETT. Through 

 several generations the Lovett family 

 has been found in Bucks county. Ed- 

 mund Lovett, the great-grandfather, lived 

 and died in Bucks county, and through- 

 out his active business career carried on 

 agricultural pursuits. 



Daniel Lovett, son of Edmund Lovett, 

 was born in this county, July 21, 1757, 

 and on the 20th of May, I799, when about 

 twenty-four years of age, married Eliza- 

 beth Lucas, and settled on the farm now 

 owned by R. Pitfield Lovett, which was 

 the homestead of the Lucas family and 

 has been in the Lovett family since his 

 marriage. The house, which was erected 

 in 1729, is still occupied by the family, 

 and is yet in excellent state of preserva- 

 tion. It is one of the notable landmarks 

 in the county, and is a testimonial of the 

 enterprising spirit of the builder. Upon 

 the farm Daniel Lovett carried on gen- 

 eral agricultural pursuits for many years. 

 His children were: Mahlon. born Decem- 

 ber 12, 1781; Hannah, May 16; 1784; 

 Sarah, August .30, 1786: Phebe H., Oc- 

 tober IS, 1788; Daniel, February 18, 1791; 

 Elizabeth, October 15, i793; Robert Lu- 

 cas, January 4, 1796; Grace, August 16, 

 1797; Ann. April 8, I799: Robert Pitheld, 

 October 25. 1801; and Jane, October 2, 



Robert Pitfield Lovett, son of Daniel 

 Lovett, was born in the house which has 

 been the family home for four genera- 

 tions. He, too, devoted the greater part 

 of his life to agricultural pursuits, yet he 

 never neglected the duties of citizenship, 

 giving an earnest support to all meas- 

 ures which he believed would contribute 

 to the general welfare. In politics he 

 was a Republican, and was justice of the 

 peace for many years, his decisions be- 

 ing strictlv fair and impartial. He mar- 

 ried Miss "Rebecca Brown, a daughter of 

 Joseph Brown, and they became the pa- 

 rents of four children: Joseph, Ann 



