HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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known residents of Solebury township, 

 having gained wide acquaintance through 

 his commercial and agricultural interests, 

 -and having won the warm regard of those 

 with whom he has been associated by rea- 

 son of his fidelity to honorable manly prin- 

 •ciples. 



DR. JOHN W. SHADDINGER, a repre- 

 sentative of the medical profession, resid- 

 ing at Chalfont, Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, was born in Lumberville, Bucks 

 county,, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1878, 

 a son of John F. and Wilhelmina (Wor- 

 inan) Shaddinger. 



Dr. Shaddinger obtained an excellent 

 literary education in the public schools of 

 the neighborhood and at West Chester State 

 Normal School. Having decided to adopt 

 the profession of medicine for his life 

 work he matriculated at the Uni- 

 versity College of Medicine at Rich- 

 mond, Virginia, from which institution he 

 was graduated May i, 1901. From the time 

 of his graduation until August, 1901, he 

 practiced at Portland, Pennsylvania, remov- 

 ing from thence to Chalforf, same state, 

 where he has since resided, and by display- 

 ing great skill in the diagnosis and treat- 

 ment of disease has established a large 

 practice. He is devotedly attached to his 

 profession, keeps abreast of the times 

 by study and research, and is noted 

 for his prompt and energetic work. He 

 is a member of the Bucks County Med- 

 ical Society and the State Medical So- 

 ciety. He also holds membership in the 

 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the 

 Patriotic Order Sons of America, and the 

 Knights of the Golden Eagle. Dr. Shad- 

 dinger was married September 17, 1901, 

 to Rosa Michener, daughter of Daniel 

 Michener, of Plumstead township. They 

 are the parents of one child, Elizabeth. 



ABRAHAM B. ROSENBERGER, of 

 Hilltown, was born in that township, March 

 -27, 1853, and is a son of Isaac and Susanna 

 (Bishop) Rosenberger. He is a descend- 

 ant of Henry Rosenberger, the pioneer an- 

 cestor of the family, who became a land 

 owner* in Franconia, Montgomery county, 

 in 1729, through his son Benjamin Rosen- 

 berger, who died in Franconia in 1777. 

 Yellis Rosenberger, son of Benjamin, born 

 about 1735, was the father of Benjamin 

 Rosenberger, who married Margaret Nash. 

 Elias Rosenberger, son of Benjamin and 

 Margaret, settled in Rockhill township ; he 

 was twice married, his first wife being Bar- 

 bara Fretz, and (second) Elizabeth Huns- 

 berger. By the latter he had two sons, 

 Isaac and Henry, twins. 



Isaac, one of the twins above mentioned, 

 born in Rockhill township, was a chair- 

 maker by trade, and later purchased a farm 

 in Hilltown township, where he died No- 



vember 27, 1886. He was a school director 

 111 Hilltown for many years, and a member 

 of the Mennonite Meeting at Blooming 

 Glenn. He married September 25, 1842, 

 Susanna Bishop, born August 10, 1820, 

 daughter of Jacob and Anna (Fretz) 

 Bishop, who bore him seyen children as 

 follows : Rev. Henry B. Rosenberger, born 

 July 22, 1844, married Mary Ann Shad- 

 dinger ; Jacob B., merchant at Dublin, born 

 January 8, 1847, married Sarah Myers ; 

 Elias, died in infancy; Abraham B., the 

 subject of this sketch; Annie, born Decem- 

 ber 19, 185s, married Edward Shaddinger; 

 and Mary, born December 6, 1856, died un- 

 married April 6, 1880. 



Abraham B. Rosenberger, born in Hill- 

 town and reared on his father's farm tnere, 

 received a good common-school education 

 at the local schools and remained on the 

 farm with his parents until his marriage, 

 and then took charge of the farm. In 1887 

 he purchased of his father the farm upon 

 which he still resides, and is one of the en- 

 terprising and prosperous farmers of that 

 vicinity. He is a Mennonite in religion, 

 and in politics a Republican. He married 

 January 10, 1880, Mary Godshalk, born Sep- 

 tember 14, 1852, daughter of Henry and 

 Annie (Gross) Godshalk, and they are the 

 parents of six children, viz. : Isaac G., born 

 'December 20, 1880, married Laura Keller, 

 and has one child, Alvin ; Anna, born De- 

 cember 19, 1882 ; Mary Emma, born No- 

 vember 2, 1884; Edward, born April 6, and 

 died December 28, 1888; Martha, born April 

 25, 1890; and Henry G., born March 22, 

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HOMER TOMLINSON. Joseph Tom- 

 linson, the great-grandfather of Homer 

 Tomlinson, emigrated from Germany, set- 

 tling in Ohio, where he remained until his 

 death. His children were: Joseph, Daniel, 

 John, and Mary, wife of A. Staats. 



John Tomlinson, son of Joseph (i), born 

 in 1782, married and settled in Bucks coun- 

 ty, Pennsylvania, where he died. He mar- 

 ried Martha Ridge, by whom were born 

 five children : Josiah ; Sarah, wife of Paul 

 Blaker; Mary R., wife of Amas Twining; 

 4, Isaac ; 5, John. 



John Tomlinson, son of John (2) and the 

 father of Homer Tomlinson, was born in 

 Bensalem township, September 16, 1825. He 

 followed farming all his life. He married 

 Sarah E. Hageman, by whom four children 

 were born: Homer; Grant; Mark; Valmer. 



Homer Tomlinson was born in North- 

 ampton township, Bucks county, October 

 10, 1856, and, like his ancestors, has fol- 

 lowed farm life. He married Miss Amelia 

 Taylor, by which union one child was born, 

 Willmer, September 20, 1888. He is still 

 on the farm, which he purchased in 1879. 

 It embraces forty-nine acres, and is located 

 about two miles from Richboro. In later 

 days, but few families have followed in the 

 same line of occupation so long as has this 

 family. 



