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• HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, 



WORM AN STONEBACK. For many 

 years one of QuaKerLO\. .is most highly re- 

 spected citizens was vvorman Stoncback. 

 'ihe name was originally spelled ijleinbacli, 

 the family having been tounded in this 

 country by Henry Steinbach, who was born 

 in 1750 in Germany, died in 1795, and was 

 buried at Keller's cnurch, Bedmmster town- 

 ship. He left a son John, wlio was born 

 in 1782, married, and became tlie lather of 

 nine children. His death occurred m 1864. 

 Robert Stoneback, son of John Sloneback, 

 was born September 21, 1806, m Uublm, 

 Bucks county. He was much interested in 

 local and political affairs, and hlled many 

 posiitons of trust, among them that of 

 recorder of Bucks county; this office he held 

 for one term. In politics he was a standi 

 Democrat of the old school, and in re» 

 ligion adhered to the Dutch Reformed 

 church. He married June 21, 1835, Lydia, 

 daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (.Cope) 

 Worman, and their children were : i. One 

 who died in infancy; 2. Worman, men- 

 tioned at length hereinafter; 3. Emeline, 

 born September 17, 1840, became the wife 

 of Jonas Ai. Harley, of Germantown, and 

 has two children, Laura S. B., and Walter, 

 who is a teacher and lives in Brooklyn; 4. 

 Amanda, born November 30, 1842, died Jan- 

 uary 8, 1863; 5. DeWitt Glmton, born Feb- 

 ruary 16, L84b, died July 27, 1846. Mr. 

 Stoneback's latter years were spent in re- 

 tirement at Quakertown, where he died in 

 1880. 



Worman Stoneback, son of Robert and 

 Lydia (Worman) Stoneback, was born 

 February 14, 1838, in Bedmmster township, 

 where his father was engaged in the milling 

 business. He attended the district school 

 of his birthplace until his parents moved to 

 Philadelphia, where his father was for 

 some time with Stoneback & Snyder, cloth 

 merchants. During the residence of the 

 family in Philadelphia, Worman Stoneback 

 attended the Central High School, from 

 which he graduated in 1S55. During the 

 construction and finishing of the ^North 

 Pennsylvania Railroad he was agent for 

 the company at Quakertown, holding this 

 position for twenty-one years. In 1880, 

 when the' North Pennsylvania Railroad was 

 leased by the Philadelphia & Reading Rail-, 

 road, he engaged with David J. Ambler in 

 the coal and lumber business, which he car- 

 ried on successfully until 1885, when he 

 sold out to the firm of the Walps. After 

 spending one year in the stove- foundry 

 business, succeeding to the interest of 

 Oliver Scheetz, he established himself in 

 Philadelphia as a wholesale queensware 

 dealer, continuing to reside in Quakertown. 

 He served a number of years as school di- 

 rector and in town council, and also acted 

 as delegate to county conventions. In poli- 

 tics he was a Democrat, always taking an 

 active interest and prominent part in the 

 affairs of the organization. In early life 

 he attended the Dutch Reformed church, 

 but later became a member of Emanuel 



(Protestant Episcopal) church, in which 

 he served as lay reader and superintendent 

 of the Sunday School. Mr. Stoneback mar- 

 ried, E'ebruary 20, 1868, Joanna B., daugh- 

 ter of William H. and Christiana 

 (Cope) Bush, and granddaughter of 

 Jacob and Elizabeth Cope. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Bush were at one time residents of 

 Philadelphia, where their daughter Joanna 

 was born March 13, 1849, and was educated 

 in the Northeast Grammar School and at 

 the Oakland Seminary, Norristown. After 

 moving to Quakertown, Mr. Bush became 

 proprietor of the Bush House, which he 

 conducted for many years. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Stoneback were the parents of the follow- 

 ing children : Ella Christiana, born Octo- 

 ber 13, 1869, died May 16, 1870; Blanche 

 Lydia, born June 4, 1871, resides at home; 

 Robert Eugene, born June 4, 1874, and lives 

 in Philadelphia, where he is one of the firm 

 of Bodine, Son & Company, bankers and 

 brokers. 



The death of Mr. Stoneback, which oc- 

 curred January 26, 1890, deprived his family 

 and the community of one whose place 

 could not easily be filled, and who, as a 

 business man, a neighbor and a citizen, 

 commanded the sincere respect and cordial 

 friendship of all to whom he was known. 



DR. FELIX A. MURPHY, a general 

 practitioner of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 

 was born in Ireland, June 7, 1877. He 

 is a son of John and Anna McCjurgan, 

 but upon his adoption by Timothy J. Mur- 

 phy, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, he took 

 the name of Felix A. Murphy. His ances- 

 tors on both the paternal and maternal sides 

 were natives of Ireland. 



The early educational advantages enjoyed 

 by Felix A. Murphy were obtained in the 

 public schools of Doylestown and the Cath- 

 olic high school of Philadelphia. After 

 completing this course of instruction and 

 having decided to lead a professional life, 

 he entered Je-fferson Medical College, and 

 was graduated therefrom in 1901, when he 

 received his diploma as Doctor of Medi- 

 cine. He then received the appointment 

 of Resident Physician of St. Joseph's Hos- 

 pital, Philadelphia, in which capacity he 

 served for fourteen months. In October, 

 1902, he established an office in Doyles- 

 town for the general practice of medicine 

 and surgery, and by displaying both ability 

 and skill in his treatment of disease he has 

 commanded the confidence of his patients, 

 and his patronage is steadily increasing. 

 He keeps in touch with the thoughts of the 

 day along his line of profession by member- 

 ship in the American Medical Society, the 

 Pennsylvania State Medical Society, and the 

 Bucks County Medical Society. He is a 

 Republican in his political views, and was 

 chosen by his party to serve in the oftice 

 of overseer of the poor in the borough of 

 Doylestown. Dr. Murphy is unmarried. 



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