HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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ingham township, where he remained 

 five years. In 1873 he purchased the 

 farm in New Britain township which was 

 ever afterward his home. True to the 

 traditions of his faniily, he followed the 

 calling of a farmer, and in thus treading 

 in the footsteps of his ancestors was ex- 

 ceptionally successful. He was a Repub- 

 lican in politics, and in matters of re- 

 ligion adhered to the belief of his father, 

 being a deacon in the Deep Run Men- 

 nonite church. Mr. Shelly married, De- 

 cember 25, 1862, Mary, born April 10, 

 1844, daughter of Jacob M. and Sarah 

 (Bishop) Leatherman, and thej' have 

 three children: Sallie, who was born 

 March 5, 1865; Jacob L., born December 

 24, 1866; and George W., born February 

 22, 1880. Henry S. Shelly died March 

 17, 1905. deeply regretted throughout the 

 community. 



THOMAS BROWN BEAUMONT. 

 One of the old families of Bucks county 

 is represented by Thomas Brown Beau- 

 mont, of Solebury township. Mr. Beau- 

 mont is a great-grandson of John Beau- 

 mont, who was the first owner of the fam- 

 ily estate in Upper Makefield township. 

 He purchased the land in 1743 from John, 

 Thomas and Richard Penn, sons of 

 William Penn. His son, John A., was 

 born January 10, 1757, married Elizabeth 

 Skillman, and died February 10, 1834. 



John A. Beaumont, son of John and 

 Elizabeth (Skillman) Beaumont, men- 

 tioned above, was born May 29, 1820, on 

 the homestead in Upper Makefield town- 

 ship, where he passed his entire life. He 

 married Catherine Basso, and of their 

 six children three survive: Edward, who 

 is a merchant of Philadelphia, residing 

 at Woodburn Station, Bucks county; 

 Catherine, who is the wife of Isaac Van 

 Pelt, of New Hope; and Thomas Brown, 

 mentioned at length hereinafter. Mr. 

 Beaumont died January 28, 1885. 



Thomas Brown Beaumont, son of 

 John A. and Catherine (Basso) Beau- 

 mont, was born May 16, 1856, in Upper 

 Makefield township, where he attended 

 the common schools. One year after his 

 marriage he moved to a farm in Wrights- 

 town township, near Pineville, which he 

 cultivated as a tenant. At the end of a 

 year he returned to Upper Makefield 

 township, settling on the farm now 

 owned by Edward M. Slack, but then the 

 property of Mr. Beaumont's father. 

 After remaining there four years he took 

 charge of the home farm for his brother, 

 William H. Beaumont, who had become 

 by purchase the owner of the estate. Two 

 years later he removed to Brownsburg, 

 where for three years he was variously 

 employed. In 1893 he bought his pres- 

 ent farm in Solebury township, where 

 he has since resided. The estate com- 

 prises one hundred and sixty-eight acres. 

 He is a member of New Hope Conclave, 



No. 578, Improved Order of Heptasophs^ 

 and is a Democrat in politics. Mr. Beau- 

 mont married, December 25, 1882, Alice, 

 daughter of William B. and Sarah 

 (Quick) Strj'ker, of Lambertville, New 

 Jersey, and on the maternal side a 

 great-great-granddaughter of John Hart, 

 one of the signers of the Declaration of 

 Independence. Mr. and Mrs. Beaumont 

 are the parents of three children: Addie,. 

 who is the wife of George B. Carroll, of 

 Trenton, New Jersey; John A., and 

 Abraham Stryker, who reside at home. 



WILLIAM HENRY BROWN. 

 Among the many highly cultivated and 

 productive farms in the township of 

 Bristol, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, is 

 the one owned and operated by William 

 H. Brown, the products of which are of 

 excellent quality and find a ready sale in 

 the nearby markets. 



William H. Brown was born in Flush- 

 ing, Bensalem township, Bucks county^ 

 January 28, i860, a son of William and 

 Alice (Ramson) Brown, whose family 

 consisted of eleven children, namely: 

 I. Sarah, who became the wife of Jere- 

 miah Spicer, and five children have been 

 born to them: 2. George, who married 

 Elizabeth Potts, and they are the parents 

 of five children. 3. Ella, who became the 

 wife of Nathan Austin, and mother of 

 .hree children. 4. William Henry, men- 

 tioned at length hereinafter. 5. Samuel, 

 who married Louise Buckingham, and 

 their faniily consists of two children. 

 6. Herbert, who married Catharine Mc- 

 Dermitt, and five children ha^-e been 

 born to them. 7. Anna, deceased. 8. Eliza- 

 beth, who became the wife of Franklin 

 Cadwaladej, and rhother of four children. 

 .). Joseph, deceased. 10. Richard, de- 

 ceased. II. Thomas, deceased. The men 

 whom their daughters married were all 

 prosperous farmers, residents of Bucks 

 county. 



William H. Brown attended the com- 

 mon schools of his native village, Flush- 

 ing, and his boyhood days were spent in 

 obtaining a thorough knowledge of the 

 various details of farm life, assisting his 

 father on the old homestead, and this line 

 of work he has followed continuously 

 ever since, deriving a goodly income 

 therefrom. He is the owner of fifty-four 

 acres of land, of which he is justly proud. 



On November 23, 1879, Mr. Brown 

 married Rachel Buckingham, of New 

 Castle, Delaware, and they are the pa- 

 rents of one child, Ira Coan, born De- 

 cember 9. t886. who was educated at 

 Holland, Eddington and Bristol, and is 

 now assisting his father on the farm. 

 Mrs. Brown is a daughter of John and 

 Catharine (Holland) Buckingham, of 

 Newark. Delaware, and a granddaughter 

 of Abel and Louise (Lincoln) Holland, 

 on the maternal side, and of Richard and 



