HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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pered from the beginning, and is to-day 

 one of the prosperous citizens of Solebury 

 township. He has made judicious invest- 

 ment of his capital, and now owns the store 

 at Aquetong and two farms in Solebury, 

 besides other properties, including an ex- 

 tensive peach orchard. His life record is 

 an excellent illustration of the fact that 

 success is not the outcome of genius or 

 fortunate circumstances, but results from 

 industry, experience and business discern- 

 ment. xVIr. Naylor is a Democrat in poli- 

 tics, a Baptist in religious faith, and is 

 interested in general progress and improve- 

 ment to the extent that he has given hearty 

 co-operation to many measures which have 

 proven of public beneht to the community. 

 On the i8th of September, 1856, Mr. Nay- 

 lor married Miss Elizabeth Cummings, a 

 daughter of Samuel Cummings, of New 

 Hope. By this marriage there are twelve 

 children, of whom ten are living : Eliza, 

 wife of D. Krusen Ely, a merchant of Aque- 

 tong ; Alary and Anna, both at home ; 

 George, who is in his father's employ ; 

 Richard, of Solebury township; Warren, 

 who is with the Bell Telephone Company, 

 of Trenton, New Jersey; Jesse, who is 

 foreman for the Bell Telephone Company,' 

 at Philadelphia; Thomas, in his father's 

 employ ; Gabriella, at home ; and Charles, 

 also with his father. Mrs. Naylor died 

 November 13, 1897. Mr. Naylor is a man 

 of strong personality, and added to his 

 notable business traits are personal char- 

 acteristics which have won him uniform 

 esteem wherever he is known. 



ALBERT J. THOMPSON. One of 



Wycombe's most enterprising merchants is 

 Albert J. Thompson. Mr. Thompson is a . 

 grandson of Albert Thompson, who was 

 born in Northampton township but spent 

 the greater part of his life on the homestead 

 in Wrightstown township, a large tract ot 

 land which was taken up early in 1700 by 

 Elizabeth (McGraudy) Thompson and her 

 four sons. He married Susanna Carey, 

 and they were the parents of a son, Warner 

 C, mentioned at length hereinafter. Mr. 

 Thompson moved to Newtown, where he 

 died in 1904. 



Warner C. Thompson, son of Albert and 

 Susanna (Carey) Thompson, was born 

 April 7, 1848, in Wrightstown township, and 

 at the age of two years was taken to the 

 homestead. In '1871 he miarried Lydia M., 

 daughter of Joseph S. and Photbe (Cad- 

 wallader) Ely, and two children were born 

 to them : Albert J., mentioned at length 

 hereinafter ; and Louis E., who was born 

 October 21, 1877, and lives in Philadel- 

 phia. Mr. Thompson, who is a Republican 

 in politics and a man of high standing in 

 the community, recently left the homestead. 

 where he had lived since infancy, and went 

 to reside in Wycombe. 



Albert J. Thompson, son of Warner C. 

 and Lydia M. (Ely) Thompson, was born 



September 27, 1873, near Penn's Park, 

 Wrightstown township, and received his 

 education in the Newtown High School, the 

 Abington Friends' School, and Pierce's 

 Business College, Philadelphia. For some 

 years after completing his education he 

 conducted the home farm, and in 189b es- 

 tablished his present lumber-yards in Wy- 

 combe. He was inexperienced in the busi- 

 ness, but his tact and ability soon brought 

 him to the fore, and he now has one of the 

 leading lumber interests of the county. He 

 is president of the Wrightstown school 

 board, and is a Republican in politics. Mr. 

 Thompson married January, 1900, Kath- 

 arine A., daughter of Joseph J. and Eliza- 

 beth (HainesJ Rogers, ot Aledford, New 

 Jersey, the former a retired business man. 

 Airs. Thompson's parents are both de- 

 ceased. Mr. and Airs. Thompson have one 

 child, Elliott R., who was born June 10,1902. 



JAMES LAAIBERT CADWALLADER. 

 One of the progressive farmers of Bucks 

 county is James Lambert Cadwallader. 

 The Cadwallader family is of Welsh origin 

 and was planted in the country in the seven- 

 teenth century by four brothers who emi- 

 grated from Wales to the American colon- 

 ies. One of them, Lambert, settled where 

 Lambertville, New Jersey, now stands, and 

 it is supposed that the town was named 

 after him. Two of the others settled near 

 Bucks and Alontgomery counties, and the 

 fourth, of whose descendants we know 

 nothing, settled in the western part of the 

 state. Jacob Cadwallader was born in 

 Bucks county, and bought the farm which 

 is now the home of his grandson, James 

 Lambert Cadwallader. He married Ann 

 Taylor, also a native of Bucks county, and 

 was the father of eleven children. 



Samuel C. Cadwallader, son of Jacob and 

 Ann (Taylor) Cadwallader, mentioned 

 above, was born November 7, 1815, on the 

 homestead, where the long years of his 

 active life were passed in the successful 

 pursuit of agriculture. In 1895 he took 

 up his abode with his daughter. Airs. Eyer, 

 in Newtown. For a number of years he 

 held the offices of supervisor and school 

 director. He has also been guardian and 

 trustee for twelve orphans, and executor 

 and administrator for ' several estates. He 

 is a Republican in politics, and a member 

 of the Society of Friends. Air. Cadwalla- 

 der married, in 1844, Hannah, daughter of 

 Jonathan Carr, of Plumstead township, and 

 six children were born to them, four of 

 whom grew to maturity : Ellen, deceased ; 

 Alary, also deceased; Alacre, who is the 

 wife of Samuel F. Piatt, of Upper Make- 

 field ; Alary E., who is the widow of Joseph 

 Eyer, of Newtown; Julia, who is the wife 

 of Thomas Noblp, of Noble Station, Alont- 

 gomery county; and James Lambert, men- 

 tioned at length hereinafter. Airs. Cad- 

 wallader died in 1890, at the age of seventy- 

 two. Like her husband, she was a member 



