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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



MILTON L. COPE, of Perkasie, dealer 

 in pianos and other musical instruments, 

 was born in Hilltown township, Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania, March 27, 1857, and 

 is a son of the .late John Frank and Maria 

 (Leidy) Cope, grandson of John and Su- 

 sanna (Savacool) Cope, great-grandson of 

 Adam and Margaret (Hartzell) Cope, and 

 great-great-grandson of Yost and Doro- 

 thea Cope, who emigrated from Wurtem- 

 burg, Germany, arnvmg in Philadelphia 

 on October 2, 1727, in the ship "Advent- 

 urer," Captain John Davies, from Rotter- 

 dam. Yost Cope settled first in what is now 

 Montgomery county, where 150 acres of 

 land was surveyed to him by Penn's com- 

 missioners by warrant dated January 8, 

 1734- His sons Abraham and Adam set- 

 tled in Hilltown, Bucks county, and both 

 have left numerous descendants. Adam 

 Cope, the great-grandfather of the subject 

 of this sketch, was one of the earliest set- 

 tlers in Hilltown, being already a resident 

 there at the time of his purchase of large 

 tracts of land there in 1759 and 1760. He 

 married Margaret, daughter of Henry Hart- 

 zell, an early settler and large landholder 

 in Rockhill, who bore him eleven children, 

 six sons : Jacob, Abraham, jMichael, Henry, 

 John and Paul ; and five daughters. Adam 

 Cope died in 1794, his wife :\largaret sur- 

 viving him. 



John Cope, seventh child and fifth son 

 of Adam and Margaret (Hartzel) Cope, 

 was born and reared in Hilltown, and in- 

 herited from his father a portion of the old 

 homestead, and spent his whole life there.. 

 He married Susanna Savacool, daughter of 

 William and Elizabeth (Miller) Savacool, 

 of Hilltown (see sketch of Aaron Savacool, 

 in this work), and they were thg parents of 

 six children; William S. ; Elizabeth, wife 

 of Isaac Wambold; John Frank; Henry S. ; 

 Maria; and Susanna. John Cope died in 

 1862, and his wife in 1873. 



John Frank Cope, second son of John and 

 Susanna (Savacool) Cope, was also born 

 and reared in Hilltown. In the division of 

 his father's real estate in 186^ he acquired 

 title to a fine farm, part of the land that 

 had belonged to his grandfather, Adam 

 Cope, and lived thereon until his death, 

 August 10, 1902. He married Maria, daugh- 

 ter of Jacob Leidy, who survives him. 

 They were the parents of two children— Mil- 

 ton L., the subject of this sketch; and Dr. 

 Leidy L, Cope, a successful physician of 

 Hatfield, Montgomery county, Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Milton L. Cope was born and reared on 

 the old homestead in Hilltown, and was 

 educated in the public schools. He early 

 manifested a taste and talent for music, and 

 has filled the position of organist at his 

 church for twenty-one years. He continued 

 to conduct the homestead farm until 1S83, 

 when he started into the music business in 

 a small way, selling pianos from his home 

 on the farm. His business .having materi- 

 ally increased, he removed to Souderton in 

 1896, and carried on the business there un- 



til 1902, when he removed to Perkasie, and 

 erected a large music warehouse and now. 

 carries a large stock of pianos. He also> 

 has a branch establishment in Allentown, at 

 141 South Eighth street, and does a large 

 business. He is one of the active business 

 men of Perkasie, and is well known in busi- 

 ness and social circles in upper Bucks and 

 Lehigh counties. He is still the owner of 

 the old homestead in Hilltown. 



Mr. Cope was married on September 11,. 

 1883, to Susan Savacool, daughter of Aaron 

 and Esther (Stetlerj Savacool of Hilltcnvn, 

 who died in 1896, leaving two boys; How- 

 ard, born May 11, 1888; and Raymond, 

 born December 17, 1893. On April 29,, 

 1898, Mr. Cope married JNIrs. Alice Guth, a 

 widow, and daughter of Jonas H. and Sarah. 

 Schmoyer of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. 

 Mrs. Cope has one child by her former 

 marriage Helen Maria Guth, who was born 

 December 18, 1893. 



THOMAS STRAWN, one of the retired 

 business men of Quakertown, is a grandson 

 of Thomas and Elizabeth (Johnson} 

 Strawn, who were residents of Bucks coun- 

 ty not less than a century ago, and his 

 maternal grandmother was Rebecca Ball. 



Johnson Strawn, son of Thomas and 

 Elizabeth (Johnson) Strawn, was born in 

 181 1, on Fellman's farm, in Richland town- 

 ship, and attended the subscription school 

 of his birthplace. He learned the carpen- 

 ter's trade and later the manufacture of 

 agricultural implements. In 1856 he erected 

 the grist and saw mill which he afterward 

 operated. He married Jane Penrose (see 

 Penrose, in this work), and they were the 

 parents of the following children: i. Evan. 

 Penrose, born September 16, 1834, died 

 October 5. 1838. 2. Joseph P., born August 

 16, 1836, died October 8, 1858. 3. Thomas,. 

 mentioned at length hereinafter. 4. Mary 

 Ann, born April 18, 1841, married, in 1869, 

 Edwin A., son of David Johnson, a painter, 

 formerly of Richland township, now of 

 Philadelphia. 5. Johnson, born October 13,. 

 1849, married, in 1871, Florence, daughter 

 of Charles F. Mendith, and they are the pa- 

 rents of the following children: Ollie ]M., 

 born ]\Iarch 18, 1872, died May 4, 1876; 

 Thomas B.. born March 3. 1874. lives in 

 Richland township, and married a daugh- 

 ter of Dr. Callahan, of Philadelphia; 

 Charles M., born August 13, 1879, lives at 

 home and is an electrical engineer; Harry 

 M., born October 15, 1885, lives in Phila- 

 delphia. Mr. Strawn died in 1858. 



Thomas Strawn, son of Johnson and Jane 

 (Penrose) Strawn, was born April 4, 1838, 

 on the farm of his grandfather Penrose, in 

 Richland township, and received his 

 preparatory education in the subscription 

 school, later attending the Friends' school 

 at Quakertown. At the age of twenty he 

 succeeded by the death of his father, to- 

 the milling business, and al?o to the manu- 

 facturing of agricultural implements. Irt 



