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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



of the Society of Friends. Mr. Cadwalla- 

 der is still living, having reached his nine- 

 tieth year. 



James Lambert Cadwalladcr, son of Sam- 

 uel C. and Hannah (Carr) Cadwallader, 

 was born June 14, 1859, on the homestead, 

 and was educated in the common schools 

 and at a private school in Newtown. In 

 accordance with the traditions of his family 

 he has thus far passed his life as a farmer, 

 and from his devotion to agricultural pur- 

 suits has reaped a full measure of success. 

 He is a member of the school board, and 

 in politics affiliates with the Republicans. 

 He is a member and overseer of the Friends' 

 meeting. Mr. Cadwallader married in 1885, 

 Evelyn, daughter of Charles Janney, who 

 was for many years a merchant of Doling- 

 ton and is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Cadwallader are the parents of a son and 

 a daughter, both of whom reside at home, 

 Ernest J. and Mary E. 



EDWARD C. WILLIAMSON. Among 

 the old families of Bucks county are 

 the Williamsons, who, long connected 

 with agricultural pursuits, have there- 

 by gained comfortable livings, and at 

 the same time, in all duties of citizen- 

 ship have been active and progressive, 

 thus advancing the material welfare of 

 the community and upholding its politi- 

 cal and moral status. Mahlon William- 

 son, the grandfather, spent his entire 

 life in Bucks county, and followed both 

 farming and the lumber business. His 

 children were: Isaiah; John; Peter; 

 Mahlon; Jesse; Sarah, wife of Spencer 

 W. Buckman; and Elizabeth, the wdfe of 

 William L. Moore. 



Jesse Williamson, son of Mahlon Will- 

 iamson, was born on the old family 

 homestead in Falls township, Bucks 

 county, in 1810. In early life he learned 

 the carpenter's trade, which he followed 

 until about forty years of age. He then 

 began farming, and carried on agricul- 

 tural pursuits until his retirement from 

 business life. He spent the evening of 

 his da}^s in the enjoyment of a well 

 earned rest, ' and passed away in 1893. 

 He was twice married, his first union 

 being with Margaret Buckman, by whom 

 he had one son, Mahlon, now deceased. 

 His second wife was Elizabeth Albert- 

 son, and they had five children: Edward 

 C. ; Henry S., a merchant of Lancaster, 

 Pennsylvania; Frank, who is now living 

 .in Lancaster; Ida, the wife of Headley 

 B. Harper; and Ella, wnfe of Dr. Tan- 

 tum, of Trenton, New Jersey. 



Edward C. Williamson, eldest son of 

 Jesse Williaimson, was born in 1851 on 

 the farm which is now his residence. He, 

 too, has made agricultural pursuits his 

 chief occupation, and in carrying for- 

 ward the work he has followed most 

 progressive ideas, so that his place is 

 improved with modern equipments, and 



in its neat and thrifty appearance indi- 

 cates the careful supervision of a pro- 

 gressive owner. Matters relating to 

 local advancement elicits his attention 

 and oftentimes receive hearty and help- 

 ful co-operation from him. He is a di- 

 rector of the Falsington Library Asso- 

 ciation, and is a valued member of the 

 Presbyterian church of Morrisville, tak- 

 ing an active part in its work, and serv- 

 ing as a member of its board of trustees 

 for a number of years. His political sup- 

 port is given the Republican party, and 

 he held the office of school director of 

 Falls township for twelve years. Mr. 

 Williamson has been married twice. He 

 first wedded Annie C. Parsons, and his 

 present wife was Corilla F. Davis, a 

 daughter of Charles Davis, of New 

 Jersey. 



HENRY WINFIELD WATSON, of 

 Langhorne, Middletown township, son of 

 Mitchel and Anna (Bacon) Watson, and 

 grandson of Joseph and ]\Iary (White) 

 Watson was born in Buckingham, Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania, June 24, 1856. 

 The pioneer ancestor on the paternal 

 side was Thomas Watson, who came 

 from High Moor, Cumberland county, 

 county, England, in 1701. He settled 

 for a short time near Bristol, Pennsyl- 

 vania, but subsequently purchased several 

 hundred acres in Buckingham township, 

 where he built a large stone mansion and 

 resided there until his death. The pioneer 

 ancestor on the maternal side was Nathaniel 

 Bacon, grandson of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 

 lord keeper to Queen Elizabeth, w-ho came 

 originally to Barnstable, Massachusetts, in 

 the early part of the seventeenth century. 



Henry W. Watson received an excellent 

 English education in private schools, studied 

 law under Hon. F. Carroll Brewster, and 

 was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 

 1881. He has been actively identified with 

 many of the leading institutions in the vicin- 

 ity of his home. In 188,3 he was largely in- 

 strumental in the organization of the Peo- 

 ple's National Bank of Langhorne, and in 

 the Langhorne Library, of which he was 

 president for a number of years. He served 

 as president' of the first electric street rail- 

 way company operated in Bucks county, and 

 drove the first spike of said road on No- 

 vember 20, 1895. This connection continued 

 until 1898, when the road was sold, and 

 afterward it was leased by the Newtown 

 Electric Railway Company. In 1900 he was 

 appointed receiver of the Washington & 

 Potomac Railroad Company, and at the 

 present time (1905) is president of the 

 Washington, Potomac & Chesapeake Rail- 

 road Company, and director of the Bucks 

 County Trust Company and the People's 

 National Bank of Langhorne. Mr. Watson 

 is a stanch adherent of the Republican party, 

 and has served several times as state and 

 congressional delegate. 



