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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



Mary, Danief and Robert Pitfield. P^or 

 his second wife the father wedded Alary 

 Thompson, a daughter of Hector 

 Thompson, and they had five children: 

 Hector T., Elizabeth L., Benjamm L., 

 John T. and Margaret. 



Robert Pittield Lovett, the youngest 

 child of his father's first marriage, was 

 born May 8, 1835, on the farm where he 

 now resides. He was educated m the 

 Friends school and at the Westtown 

 boarding school, and, being thus well 

 equipped for life's practical duties, he be- 

 gan farming on his own account in early 

 life, and has since devoted his energies 

 to the tillir.g of the soil and raising of 

 stock, with good success. Mr. Lovett 

 married Miss Sarah Satterthwait, a 

 daughter of Michael Satterthwait, of 

 Langhorne, and they became the parents 

 of five children, of whom one died in in- 

 fancy, the others being Anna J., wife of 

 Evan Roberts; Robert P. and William 

 ::3., both at home; and Mary T., a gradu- 

 ate of the Westtown boarding school. 

 The family through many generations 

 have been identified with the Society of 

 Friends. 



WILLIAM PRAUL. Among the rep- 

 resentatives of the quiet but useful calling 

 of agriculture in Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, is William Praul, a resident of Emi- 

 lie, Bristol township, where he is recog- 

 nized as an active, energetic and enterpris- 

 ing man. He was born in Bensalem town- 

 ship, December 22, 1848, a son of Elias and 

 Ardanata (Tomlinson) Praul, and grand- 

 son of John and jMartha Praul. 



William Praul obtained an education 

 which thoroughly qualified him for the 

 active duties of life, in the public schools 01 

 Bensalem and Middletown. He assisted 

 his father in the management and cultiva- 

 tion of the home farm until he was twenty- 

 six years of age, and from that time to the 

 present his work has been along the same 

 lines. In 1892 he purchased his present 

 farm, which consists of one hundred and 

 eight acres, and by close application and 

 miceasing labor has it now under a high 

 state of cultivation, the products being of 

 an excellent quality. He is practical and 

 progressive in his methods, and the neat 

 and thrifty appearance of the entire place 

 betoken the supervision of a master hand. 

 He is a successful farmer, a most exemplary 

 citizen, and a congenial and pleasant com- 

 panion. He has always cast his vote for 

 the candidates of the Republican party, to 

 the principles of which he firmly adheres, 

 and he has brought up his sons in the same 

 political faith. He has never sought or 

 held office, preferring to pass his days 

 quietly in his comfortable and happy home, 

 enjoying the society of his wife and chil- 

 dren. 



Mr. Praul was united in marriage Janu- 

 ary 7, 1875, to JMartha Cox Barton, of 

 Emilie, Bucks county, daughter of Thomas 



and Ann Leah Barton, and granddaughter 

 of Benjamin Barton. Their children are: 

 William Francis, born September 30, 1878^ 

 attended the Pleasantville school. South. 

 Hampton, and on April 19, 1902, was mar- 

 ried' to Charlotte Morris, of Emilie, daugh- 

 ter of James and Alargaret (Stradling) 

 Morris, and they are the parents of one- 

 child, William Joseph. Benjamin Barton^ 

 born September 28, 1882, attended the 

 Pleasantville school, South Hampton. 

 Thomas Elias, born July 12, 1889, attended 

 the schools of Emilie. The sons are intel- 

 ligent, enterprising men, their attention be- 

 ing devoted to assisting their parents on 

 the home farm. Mr. and Mrs. Praul arc- 

 members of the Society of Friends. 



JESSE P. NAYLOR, who for forty- 

 three years has been engaged in the burn- 

 ing of lime, developing a profitable busi- 

 ness, is a native of Solebury township,, 

 where he still makes his home, the date or 

 his birth being January 13, 1831. His pa- 

 ternal grandparents were Peter and Mary 

 Naylor. Peter Naylor's mother was a na- 

 tive of Ireland, but his father died in early 

 manhood, and no record of his ancestry 

 was made. Peter Naylor worked on the 

 Ingham farm in Bucks county for many 

 years, having charge of large flocks of 

 sheep, but he, too, died at a comparatively 

 early age. 



William Naylor, son of Peter and Mary 

 Naylor, was born in Solebury township in 

 1800, and there spent his entire life. In his. 

 youth he learned the blacksmith's trade,, 

 which he followed up to his twenty-fifth 

 year, when he engaged in the burning of 

 lime. He found that profitable, and ac- 

 quired a competence, but in later life met 

 with reverses and died comparatively poor. 

 His political support was given the De- 

 mocracy and he was a member of the Bap- 

 tist church. He married Eliza Righter,. 

 and died in 1874, while his wife died in 

 1876. They were the parents of eight chil- 

 dren, of whom two are living : Jesse P., 

 and Garret, of Lahaska. 



Prior to his twelfth year Jesse P. Naylor 

 was put out to be raised by a neighboring 

 farmer, but, as he did not receive just 

 treatment there, he was placed in the family 

 of Jacob Eastburn, with whom he remained 

 until his fifteenth year. He then returned 

 home and worked with his father until after 

 he attained his majority, when he found 

 employment with Oliver Paxson as a team- 

 ster, continuing with him until 1861, when, 

 having won his employer's confidence, he 

 was told to take charge of some lime kilns 

 which were the property of Elias Paxson, 

 but had been rented and operated b}' Oliver 

 Paxson. The latter volunteered to give 

 ]\Ir. Naylor all the monq\' he needed to 

 conduct the business, and thus Nr. Na5dor 

 entered upon a work that has claimed his 

 attention and returned to him a gratifying 

 income for forty-three years. He pro»- 



