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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



Isaac, April 2, 1737; Susanna. December 

 3. 1739; Andrew. June 29, 1742; Jacob. 



, 1744; John. July 18, 1747; and 



Elizabeth. Julj' 28, 1750. Abraham 

 Swartz. son of Andrew and Catharine 

 (Kline) Swartz. was born on the old 

 family homestead in Montgomery 

 count}', and made farming his life work. 

 Abram Swartz, son of Andrew Swartz, 

 was born in Franconia township. Mont- 

 gomery county, April 16, 1790. He was 

 a clockmaker, and followed that trade 

 when all of the work was done by hand, 

 even making his own castings for wheels, 

 in addition to making all the parts' and 

 the frame. He manufactured the kind of 

 timepiece now known as "grandfather's 

 clock," carrying on the business for 

 many years in Lower Salford township, 

 Montgomery county, but later turned 

 his attention to farming. He met with a 

 sudden death, slipping from his wagon 

 and sustaining internal injuries which 

 caused his demise the same night. He 

 married Susanna B. Fry, who was born 

 January 28, 1796. His death occurred 

 in 1832, and she died September 26, 1861. 

 She was a daughter of George Fry. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Swartz Were the parents of 

 seven children, as follows: i. John F., 

 who was born July 2, 1816, died Sep- 

 tember 6, 1897, married Susanna Hen- 

 dricks, by whom he had two children, 

 and after the death of his first wife he 

 married Ester Foiitz, and they had two 

 children. 2. George F., born OctoTaer 26, 

 1818. wedded Mary Moyer and died July 

 15. 1875. 3- Catharine, born September 

 26, 1820. became the wife of Jacob A. 

 Hendricks and they had one child; fol- 

 lowing the death'of her first husband she 

 married Martin Kulp, and they had three 

 children; her death occurred April 9, 

 1864. 4. Mary, '.born September 13, 1822, 

 was the wife of M,artii7 Jlulp, and died 

 December 11. 1843. leaving one child. *>. 

 Elizabeth, born February 10. 1827, was 

 the wife of Edward Thompson and the 

 mother of three children; her death oc- 

 curred August 6, 1857. '6. Sarah A., born 

 February 24. 1829, was the wife of Will- 

 iam R. Christman. and died January 19, 

 1865 ; they were the parents of five children. 

 Abram F. Swartz, seventh and young- 

 est child of Abram and Susanna (Frj-) 

 Swartz, was born in Lower Salford town- 

 ship. Montgomery county. March 21, 

 1832. and was reared by his uncle on a 

 farm at Silverdale, Hilltown township, 

 Bucks county. He was but a babe when 

 his father died, and went to live with his 

 uncle when two and one-half years of 

 age. He obtained his elementary educa- 

 tion in subscription schools of that 

 neighborhood, and completed his studies 

 in the Washington Hall Boarding School 

 at Trappe. Montgomery county. He 

 afterward learned the trade of cabinet- 

 making under the direction of Daniel 

 Rosenbcrger. at Hatfield. Montgomery 

 county, and when he had mastered the 



business he worked at carpentering 

 through the summer months, while in 

 the winter seasons he was engaged in 

 teaching school. He began following 

 that profession when eighteen years of 

 age, and was thus identified with the ed- 

 ucational interests of this part of the 

 state until about sixty years of age. Fol- 

 lowing his uncle's death he purchased the 

 farm upon which he was reared and 

 lived there until 1897, when he re- 

 moved to Blooming Glen, locating on the 

 place which he had purchased the prev- 

 ious year. Here he has since lived re- 

 tired, having in former years acquired 

 the competence which now supplies him 

 with all the necessities and many of the 

 comforts and luxuries of life. Politi- 

 cally a Republican, Mr. Swartz has al- 

 ways taken a deep interest in the party, 

 its growth and success, and has ever 

 kept well informed on the leading ques- 

 tions of the day. He served for seven 

 years as assessor of Hilltown township. 

 Religiously he is a member of the Men- 

 nonite church, and is well worthy the 

 trust so uniformly accorded him. 



Mr. Swartz married in 1855, Catharine 

 A. Siegfried, who was born March 28, 

 1831, a daughter of John H. Siegfried. 

 Her death occurred in 1873. There were 

 six children by that marriage: i. Susanna 

 Louise, born February 11, 1856, married 

 Henry B. Lapp. and. their six children 

 are Nelson, Stella, Agnes, Esther, Mar- 

 tha and W^alter. 2. Mary S., born Septem- 

 ber 23, 1857, is the wife of Isaac B. 

 Beideman and has nine children. Frank, 

 Estella, Harry, Alice. Abram, Raymond, 

 Edna, Bertha, and Harvey. 3. Isaac 

 Franklin, born April 27, i860, married 

 Amanda Elizabeth Bishop, a daughter 

 of Jacob Bishop. 4. John S., born April 

 27, 1864. died June 2. 1866. 5. Abraham 

 Lincoln, born ,June 27, 1866, married 

 Elemanda J. Crouthammel, and they 

 have two children, Mamie, who was born 

 and died in 1894. and Abram Warren, 

 born October 20. 1896. 6. William Henry, 

 born May 31, 1.868, died April 15, 1878. 



Abram F. Swartz was married (sec- 

 ond) December 23. 1882. to Mary C. 

 Swartz, a daughter of Andrew S. and 

 Catharine B. (Cassel) Swartz. They 

 have two children: Norman S., born Oc- 

 tober 12, 1883. and Maurice S.. born De- 

 cember 10, 1884. and died March 27, 1885. 



CHARLES BENJAMIN KRAUSE, of 



Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 

 was born in Copenha.gen, Denmark, June i, 

 1834, ^"d is a son of Carl G. and Johanna 

 (Brinkman) Krause, the former born 

 March 8. 1803 aild the latter in August, 

 180S. 



Carl G. Krause was a manufacturer of 

 cotton goods at Copenhagen. Believing 

 that America offered better facilities for 

 their manufacture, he came to Philadelphia 



