HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



685 



maiden name was Paxson, a native of Bris- 

 tol. William Carver died at Byberry, Penn- 

 sylvania, May, 1736. The line of descent 

 from the pioneer ancestor is as follows : 

 William, who married Elizabeth Walms- 

 ley ; Joseph, who married ; John, who mar- 

 ried Ann Carver; John, who married Mary 

 Martindale; Adin, father of Charles H 

 Carver, who was born January 4, 1830, 

 near Buckingham, Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania. November 21, 1850, he married 

 Sarah Howell, daughter of Charles and 

 Sarah (Vansant) Howell. 



Charles H. Carver, the next in line of 

 descent, was born in Buckingham township, 

 Bucks count}', Pennsylvania, September 11, 

 185 1. He now owns and operates the Fal- 

 sington Creamery, which separates milk 

 from cream and pasteurizes milk for the 

 Trenton market. As a citizen he has evei 

 been alert, earnest and conscientious, keenly 

 alive to everything which concerns in any 

 way the well being of the town and county. 

 January 9, 1873, Mr. Carver married Anna 

 M. Bailey, a daughter of , George and Ann 

 (Bailey) Bailey, and a graduate of Millers- 

 ville State Normal School. Their children 

 are as follows : Anna B., born November 

 9, 1873, graduated from \Vest Chester Nor- 

 mal School, and July 26, 1893, became the 

 wife of Charles T. Windle, son of David 

 C. and Annie (Thomas) Windle ; residence 

 Washington, D. C. Rachel B., born Jan- 

 uary 22, 1876, a graduate from the Phila- 

 delphia School of Design. Edward L., born 

 December 30, 1878, died February 19, 1881. 



AARON CLYMER DETWEILER. One 

 of the representative citizens of Quaker- 

 town, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and a 

 man who is held in high regard by his 

 fellow townsmen and who takes an active 

 interest in community afifairs, is Aaron 

 Clymer Detweiler. Mr. Detweiler is the 

 grandson of Jacob and Magdalena 

 (Heist) Detweiler, whose son Henry was 

 born on the home place in Upper Milford 

 township, Lehigh county, April 24, 1817. 

 Henry Detweiler was by occuoation a boot 

 and shoemaker, but later relinquished his 

 trade in order to follow farming. In 1845 

 he removed to Milford township, where he 

 purchased a farm comprising seventy acres, 

 which was formerly the Detweiler home- 

 stead. November 10, 1839, he married Anna 

 Clymer, daughter of Henry and Mary 

 (Shaffer) C^aiier, and nine children were 

 born to them, live sons, one of whom was 

 Aaron C. (mentioned at length hereinafter), 

 and four daughters. 



Aaron Clymer Detweiler, son of Henry 

 and Anna (Clymer) Detweiler, was born 

 August 6, 1842. on a farm then owned and 

 cultivated by his father in Richland town- 

 ship, on the road leading from Quakertown 

 to Spinnerstown. He was afforded but a 

 limited education, received in the district 

 school, which he attended irregularly until 

 his twenty-first year. In the meantime he 



was engaged in cigarmaking and assisted 

 his father with the farm work. In 1866 

 Mr. Detweiler was married to Annie, 

 daughter of John and Elizabeth Taylor, and 

 settled at the home of his wife's parents, 

 where he remained for one year, after which 

 time he removed to the Detweiler farm, 

 which he conducted on shares for his father. 

 He remained there until 1886, when he re- 

 moved to Quakertown and engaged in the 

 butcher and provision business, with his 

 brother, Mahlon, continuing for nine years. 

 In 1899 he was engaged as janitor of the 

 Central, or High School, of Quakertown, 

 in which capacity he is still engaged, and 

 the duties of which positPon he acquits with 

 credit to himself and satisfaction to his 

 employers. In politics Mr. Detweiler is a 

 Democrat, and has always taken an active 

 interest in the affairs of that party. He is 

 a member of the Trinity Lutheran church 

 of Quakertown. 



HARRY PAIST DO AN. For more 

 than a century the family of which Harry 

 Paist Doan is a representative has been 

 resident in Upper Makefield township. The 

 first settler in that region w^as Benjamin 

 Doan, who in 1800 purchased a large tract 

 of land within the limits of the township, 

 paying for it twenty dollars an acre. His 

 wife was Sarah Kirk. 



Amos Doan, son of Benjamin and Sarah 

 (Kirk) Doan, was born December 8, 1817, 

 on the homestead, of which, in the course 

 of time, he became the owner. In 1889 

 he relinuqished the cares of an active life, 

 and has since made his home with his chil- 

 dren. He is now, at the age of eighty- 

 seven, residing with his son, Harry Paist 

 Doan. His wife was Eliza Paist, and their 

 children are : Edward H., who is a practic- 

 ing physician of Newtown ; Eleazer T., 

 who lives in Upper Makefield township; 

 Benjamin F., who is a resident of Wrights- 

 town township ; and Harry Paist, mentioned 

 at length hereinafter. These sons are of 

 the seventh generation of Doans in Bucks 

 county, and also of the seventh generation 

 that owned the old homestead farm, which 

 is still in the family. 



Harry Paist Doan, son of Amos and 

 Eliza (Paist) Doan, was born November 3. 

 1857, on the old homestead, and was edu- 

 cated in the common schools. For two 

 years after his marriage he cultivated the 

 farm for his father, and then took a western 

 trip, going as far across the continent as 

 Montana. After an absence of a year he 

 returned and purchased the Roberts farm, 

 consisting of sixty-seven acres, where he 

 has since resided. He is a member of 

 Newtown Lo4ge, No. 335, Knights of 

 Pythias, and is a Republican in politics. 

 Mr. Doan married, October 14, 1880. Eda, 

 daughter of Harrison and Ella (Walton) 

 Hellyer, deceased, of Upper Makefield 

 township, and two childnen have been born 

 to them : Elsie V.. deceased ; and Marcus 

 P., who resides at home. 



