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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



Mary (Chambers) Buckingham, on the 

 paternal side. These ancestors were ac- 

 tive business men, respected in the com- 

 munities in which they lived. Louise 

 (Lincoln) Holland was a first cousin of 

 Abraham Lincoln, the martyred presi- 

 dent. John Buckingham (father) was 

 an architect and builder, and was well 

 and widely known in his profession and 

 as a benevolent and kind-hearted citizen. 

 He was a member of the Society of 

 Friends, and his wife was a communicant 

 •of the Protestant Episcopal church. His 

 death occurred ]March 20, 1892, and his 

 wife passed away November 10, 1890. 

 They were beloved and respected by all. 



JAMES R. BUCKMAN. The Buck- 

 man family is of English origin, and was 

 established in Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, by Abden Buckman, the grand- 

 father of J. R. Buckman, who settled 

 near Dolington. where he continued to 

 follow farming throughout his remaining 

 days, his death occurring in 1856. He 

 was a member of the Society of Friends. 

 In early manhood he wedded Sarah Har- 

 vey, and their children were Samuel; 

 Ellen, wife of Robert Longshore; Benja- 

 min; and Margaret, wife of William 

 Carr. 



Benjamin Buckman, son of Abden 

 Buckman, was born in Dolington, Bucks 

 county, in 1797. and received a liberal 

 ■education, attending the common schools 

 of this locality and a boarding school at 

 Burlington, New Jersey. When he was 

 but twenty years of age he began teach- 

 ing in the latter state, and followed that 

 profession for several years. After his 

 marriage he purchased a farm in Evesam 

 township, Burlington county,. New Jer- 

 sey, where he spent his remaining days, 

 conducting his agricultural interests in 

 connection with the furtherance of many 

 public enterprises. He was recognized 

 as one of the leading and influential citi- 

 zens of his community. In politics a 

 stanch Republican, he held the office of 

 assessor of his township for several 

 years, and was likewise a justice of the 

 peace and notary public. In 1856 he 

 was elected surrogate of Burlington 

 county for a term of five years, and about 

 1862 was appointed internal revenue col- 

 lector of that county by President Lin- 

 coln. He married IMiss Ann Dobbins, of 

 New Jersey, and their only child was 

 James R. For his second wife he chose 

 Miss Keziah Peacock, and his death oc- 

 curred in Burlington, New Jersey, on the 

 31st of August, 1870, when he was about 

 seventy-three years of age. 



James R. Buckman was born at Mount 

 Laurel, New Jersey, March 10, 1827. and 

 stipplemented his preliminary educa- 

 tional privileges afforded by the comrnon 

 schools by study in the Friends boarding 

 school at Bristol. He began life for him- 



self as a farmer, and in 1861 purchased 

 the farm at Wrightstown, Bucks county, 

 whereon he remained for sixteen years, 

 successfully conducting agricultural pur- 

 suits. On the expiration of that period 

 he sold this property and removed to 

 Smg Sing, New York, where he re- 

 mained for seven years in the employ of 

 the commissioners of the state, building 

 a dam across the Croton river. In the 

 spring of 1884 he returned to Bucks 

 county, and for eight years had charge 

 of the Presbyterian and Methodist Epis- 

 copal church and also the Morrisville 

 school as janitor. Since that time he has 

 lived retired, enjoying a well earned 

 rest, for his entire life has been charac- 

 terized by unfaltering labor and dili- 

 gence, and it is through this means that 

 he gained the competence that now en- 

 ables him to rest from further labor. He 

 married Miss Mary Fort, a daughter of 

 John and Alice Fort, of Penn ]Manor. 



IRA H. CORNELL. The grandfather 

 of Ira H. Cornell was James C. Cornell, 

 and he was born and reared in Bucks coun- 

 ty. Pennsylvania, where he became one of 

 the best farmers in this famous farming 

 section. He married Judith Everett, by 

 whom children were born as follows: Julia; 

 Joseph; Elizabeth; Sarah; Hiram; John; 

 Theodore ; Louisa. 



Hiram Cornell, son of James (i) was 

 born in Holland, Northampton township, 

 Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in October. 

 1834. He followed farming during his en- 

 tire life. He married Henrietta S. Fetter, 

 daughter of Geo. C. Fetter. By this union 

 one child was born, Ira H. 



Ira H. Cornell, son of Hiram and Hen- 

 rietta (Fetter) Cornell, was born January 

 18. 1861. He obtained his education at 

 Newton Academy and the State Normal 

 School at Millersville. In early life lie be- 

 gan farming, and has made that his life 

 vocation, but has also become a popular 

 auctioneer, and has "cried" nearly one hun- 

 dred sales per year. Politically he is a 

 Republican. He has held the office of school 

 director for six years, and is now treasurer 

 of the district. In 1887 he married Miss 

 Anna, daughter of Mahlon Balderston. by 

 whom two children were born : Edna B., 

 February 16, 1890; and Raymond C. Sep- 

 tember I, 1893. 



CHARLES HOWELL CARVER, a 

 prominent business man of Falsington, is 

 a lineal descendant of William Carver, who 

 came from England in the ship "Samson" 

 about the same time as John and Mary 

 (Lane) Carver, of Byberry. William Car- 

 ver married, November 14, 1689 (old style), 

 at Middlctown monthly meeting of Friends. 

 Joan .Kinsey. After her death he married 

 in 1723 at Falls. Bucks countv. Pennsyl- 

 vania. Grace Carter, a widow, whose 



