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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



the United States. She made her home 

 inPlumstead township, where she subse- 

 quently married Anthony Seifert, by 

 whom she had one child, Magdalena, 

 who is the wife of Philip Klein, of 

 Brooklyn, New York. 



Francis Bartleman, son of Theodore 

 and Margaret (Steinle) Bartleman, was 

 born June 27, 1836, in Wurtemberg, Ger- 

 many, and received his education in the 

 schools of his native land. After passmg 

 his fourteenth year he was apprenticed 

 to the potter's trade, but before the ex- 

 piration of his term of service the fam- 

 ily came to America. He finished his ap- 

 prenticeship in Plumstead township and 

 Monroe county, and then worked as a 

 journeyman in Plumstead township un- 

 til i860, when he leased the pottery of 

 James Maginnis for a period of three 

 years. Shortly after the breaking out of 

 the civil war Mr. Bartleman rallied to 

 the defense of his adopted country. Oc- 

 tober 29, 1861, he enlisted in Company 

 A, One Hundred and Fourth Pennsyl- 

 vania Regiment, Colonel Davis com- 

 manding, for a term of three years. The 

 regiment participated in the battles of 

 Fair Oaks, Bottom's Bridge, Savage Sta- 

 tion, and the siege of Yorktown. At the 

 battle of Fair Oaks he \vas twice slightly 

 wounded, in the space of a few minutes, 

 by two spent balls, one in the neck and 

 one in the leg. When the change of base 

 of the Army of the James began, this 

 regiment was part of the command as- 

 signed to prevent the enemy from cross- 

 ing the Chickahominy until the heavy 

 trains should be safe from attack, a duty , 

 which was gallantly performed. The 

 enemy was held in check until the 29th 

 of June, when the bridge was destroyed 

 and the One Hundred and Fourth Regi- 

 ment was ordered to protect the rear. 

 This dangerous service was again per- 

 formed at White Oak Creek crossing, 

 under a heavy artillerj^ fire from the en- 

 emy's batteries. The command then 

 inarched to Malvern Hill, where they 

 were held in reserve during the engage- 

 ment. The hard service seen by the reg- 

 iment may be inferred from the fact that 

 it arrived at Harrison's Landing after 

 the Seven Days' battle with but twenty 

 officers and four hundred and thirty-three 

 men, the entire force at the time of en- 

 listment having been eleven hundred and 

 thirty-five. The command distinguished 

 itself at the siege of Charleston, occupj'- 

 ing a position on North Edisto Island 

 during the assault. The term for which 

 Mr. Bartleman had enlisted expired Oc- 

 tober 29, 1864, at which time he was hon- 

 orably discharged, after being promoted 

 to Corporal, Sergeant and Orderly Ser- 

 geant, respectively. 



After his return to civil life Mr. Bartle- 

 man went to Flemington, New Jersey, 

 where he was ernployed in a stone-ware 

 pottery. In 1866 he returned to Bucks 

 county and purchased the farm and pot- 



tery of James Maginnis, conducting the 

 pottery until 1880. In that year he was 

 elected clerk of the court of quarter ses- 

 sions, oyer and terminer, serving for 

 three years with honor to himself and 

 satisfaction to his constituents. After 

 this he returned to business until 1892, 

 when he went once more to Flemington 

 and worked in the pottery of Fulper 

 Brothers & Company until 1898. He 

 then took up his abode in Cottageville, 

 Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where he 

 has since lived a retired life. For six 

 years he served as school director in 

 Plumstead township. He was the first 

 commander of Major Edward L. Rogers 

 Post, No. 448, G. A. R., which was 

 eventually disbanded, and he is now a 

 member of Lambert Borman Post, No. 

 48, G. A. R., Department of New Jersey. 

 He is a past officer in the I. O. O. F. 

 Lodge, the Knights of Pythias, and a mem- 

 ber of Darcy Lodge, No. 27, F- & A. 

 M., of Flemington, New Jersey. In pol- 

 itics he is a staunch Democrat. Mr. 

 Bartleman married, January 19, 1865, 

 Maggie W. Hellyer, of Mechanicsville, 

 and the following children have been 

 born to them: Theodore, who lives in 

 Philadelphia: William H., who is also a 

 resident of that city; Frank, who makes 

 his home in California; Eugene, who re- 

 sides in Philadelphia; and Watson, who 

 died in infancy. 



THEODORE LIPPINCOTT, of 

 Cornwells, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 

 whose reputation in business circles is an 

 enviable one, having been gained by 

 thoroughness, promptness, ability and a 

 capacity for details of a high order, was 

 born in Byberry, Philadelphia county, 

 Pennsylvania, July 8, 1855, a son of 

 Joshua and ]\Iary (Wright) Lippincott. 



When only six years of age Theodore 

 Lippincott was deprived by death of a 

 mother's care, and at this tender age he 

 began to make his own living, assisting 

 to the best of his ability in the family of 

 Nathan Tyson, with whom he lived for 

 a year and a half. The following four- 

 teen years he resided with the various 

 members of one family, and after his 

 marriage in 1879 he farmed for Edward 

 Comley at Byberry. He then assumed 

 the mana.gement of the Pancoast farm in 

 Bensalem township, remaining there five 

 years, and at the expiration of this pe- 

 riod of time purchased a farm on the 

 Newportville road, which he sold one 

 year later. He then rented the Middle- 

 ton farm for three years, after which he 

 purchased a store at Cornwells. where he 

 conducted a general inerchandise busi- 

 ness for five years. After disposing of 

 this he became a commercial traveler, in 

 which capacity he served for a timp. and 

 then purchased the store at Cnrnwtlls, 

 which he conducted successfully from 



