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to the stockholders by his efficient manage- 

 ment and the high grade of the products he 

 turned out. His health failing, and having 

 a liking for agricultural pursuits, he 

 abandoned the work and engaged in farm- 

 ing, having a good tract of land in Sole- 

 bury township, which he has placed under 

 a high state of cultivation, so that the fields 

 yield to him large harvests annually and 

 bring to him a good financial return. 



In 1886 Mr. Preston was married to 

 Miss Eva Knight, a daughter of Alfred and 

 Ruth A. (Allen) Knight, of Solebury town- 

 ship. Mr. and Mrs. Preston are members 

 of the Friends Meeting. He also belongs 

 to the Farmers' Club and to other local 

 organizations. He is a member of Doyles- 

 town Lodge, No. 245, F. and A. M. ; Doyles- 

 town Chapter, No. 270, R. A. M. ; St. h.lmo 

 Commandery, K. T., of Lambertville, New 

 Jersey, and the Knights of Pythias fra- 

 ternity. In politics he is a leadmg Repub- 

 lican, and at his father's death was elected 

 his successor in the office of constable, in 

 which position he has since served. He 

 exerts considerable local influence in pub- 

 lic matters, and his efforts are always 

 exerted on the side of improvement and 

 progress, whether in interests of private or 

 public concern. 



JOHN SHERWOOD, deceased, for more 

 than a quarter of a century an enterprising 

 business man of Bristol township, his es- 

 tate being located on the banks of the Dela- 

 ware river, was born in Edinburgh, Scot- 

 land, June 29, 1806, a. .son of Thomas and 

 Catharine (Rixby) Sherwood, the former 

 named having been a prominent manufac- 

 turer, a man of substance, and of good 

 standing in the community. 



John Sherwood, the eldest of three chil- 

 dren, was well educated in the schools of 

 Edinburgh, his native city, and came to 

 America in 1827, the year he attained his 

 majority. He studied medicine for two 

 years at the University of Pennsylvania, 

 but, becoming interested in the study ol 

 botany, he abandoned his former studies 

 and took up the business of florist, which 

 he successfully conducted in Philadelphia 

 for several years and until 1850, when he 

 purchased an estate in the township of 

 Bristol, on the banks of the Delaware, where 

 he conducted an extensive business up to 

 the time of his decease. May 2, 1883. He 

 was engaged for over fifty years in the 

 propagation of new and rare plants, and 

 imported from Scotland many plants and 

 shrubs native to that country. He also 

 engaged in landscape gardening and among 

 the many specimens of this art may be men- 

 tioned the beautiful Laurel Hill Cemetery 

 at Philadelphia. He became widely known 

 as an authority on floriculture. 



Mr. Sherwood was married three times. 

 His first wife, whose maiden name was 

 Wilemina Sinclair, died without issue. His 

 second wife, Arrabella (Shuttlewood) 



Sherwood, bore him two children : Joel 

 William, born in 1843, married Emma 

 Rodgers, now deceased; the other child 

 died in infancy. After the death of his 

 second wife, in 1846, Mr. Sherwood mar- 

 ried Isabella Hartley, July 7, 1847, and their 

 children were as follows : Robert Hartley, 

 died in infancy, m 1849; Robert Hartley, 

 born June 15, 1849; John Thomas, died in 

 infancy ; Henry Farnum, born August 10, 

 1854; Edward Caroll, died in infancy; Cath- 

 arine Jane, born April 14, 1858; and James 

 Thorn, born February 21, 1863. Mrs. Isa- 

 bella (Hartley) Sherwood, born February 

 I, 1826, passed on to her reward, January 

 28, 1900, mourned by a large circle of 

 friends. She was one of that band of de- 

 voted women who during the dark days 

 of the civil war aided so materially in 

 alleviating the suffering of the sick and 

 wounded soldiers. In a hospital located 

 near her home she performed most noble 

 work in tenderly caring for the sick and 

 dying soldiers, giving this loving service 

 untiring attention. 



Catharine J. Sherwood, only daughter of 

 John and Isabella (Hartley) Sherwood, be- 

 came the wife of Henry Home Jones, of 

 Philadelphia, June 2, 1886, and their chil- 

 dren are : Henry Sherwood, born April 26, 

 1887, died October 27, 1892; Joel Enston, 

 born September 7, 1890, died October 26, 

 1892, and was buried the same day as his 

 brother Henry Sherwood ; Isabella Sher- 

 wood, born October 29, 1893 ; and Isaac 

 Smithson Hartley, born August 11, 1895. 

 Henry H. Jones is a son of Colonel Charles 

 A. and Elizabeth (Home) Jones, of a 

 prominent Philadelphia family, and his an- 

 cestors were also prominent citizens of that 

 city. Mr. Jones is a Democrat in politics, 

 and a member of the Friends' Societv. while 

 his wife is a member of the Presbyterian 

 church. I\Ir. and Mrs. Jones reside on the 

 Sherwood homestead, where Mr. Jones con- 

 ducts an extensive business as a florist, 

 finding a ready market in Philadelphia. On 

 the maternal side Mrs. Jones is eligible to 

 membership in the Daughters of the Amer- 

 ican Revolution and Colonial Dames 

 through Samuel and Thomas Munson. 



FRANCIS BARTLEMAN. Solebury 

 township has no better known citizen 

 than Francis Bartleman. He is a son of 

 Theodore Bartleman, who was born in 

 Germany and was a shoemaker by trade. 

 He married Margaret Steinle, and seven 

 children were born to them, four of 

 whom are living: Barbara, who is the 

 widow of Jacob Constantine, of Blooming 

 Glen, Bucks county: Teresa, w^ho is the 

 wife of Balthas Schiele. of Plumstead 

 township; Francis, mentioned at length 

 hereinafter; and Robert, who lives in 

 Plumstead towmship. The father of 

 these children died in Germany when 

 about forty-five years of age, and in 1852 

 the mother came with her five children to 



