HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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and Elizabeth (Harwick) Snycler, and they 

 were the parents of the following children : 

 I. Elenora, born September 5, 1847, mar- 

 ried William Smith, of Philadelphia. 2. 

 Mary Elizabeth, born August 27, 1849, at- 

 tended the common schools, and remained 

 at home until her marr-iage to Milton Kline 

 Erdman, mentioned above. 3. Alfred, born 

 September 27, 1851, married Kate Eilen- 

 berger, of Stroudsburg. 4. Anna Catherine, 

 born February 14, 1853, married Milton G. 

 Erney, a cigar manufacturer. 5. Died in 

 infancy. 6. Sallie Amelia, born December 

 ■8, i8b6, married Orlando Bach Sellers, 

 then of Sellersville, now railroad agent at 

 Perkasie. 



MOSES HARVEY IVINS, one of the 

 •enterprising citizens of Langhorne Manor, 

 whose success in life has been mainly due 

 to his own .exertions and business qualifica- 

 tions, is a lineal descendant of Isaac Ivins, 

 a native of England, who left his native 

 land about 1700 to seek a home in the new 

 world. He located in Mansfield, Burling- 

 ton county. New Jersey, where he estab- 

 lished a country store from which he de- 

 rived a comfortable livelihood for his fam- 

 ily, which consisted of his wife, whose 

 maiden name was Sarah Johnson, and ten 

 children. His death occurred July 19, 1768. 

 Aaron Ivins, son of Isaac and Sarah (John- 

 son) Ivins, married Ann Cheshire, and 

 among their children was a son Aaron, who 

 was united in marriage to Hope Aronson, 

 and they in turn were the parents of a 

 son Edward Aronson, who married Annie 

 Brown. 



Moses Harvey Ivins, son of Edward 

 Aranson and Annie (Brown) Ivins, was 

 born in Falls township, Bucks county, 

 March 15, 1862. He attended the public 

 schools adjacent to his home, the Friends' 

 Central School, Philadelphia, and Ryder & 

 Stewart's Business College of Trenton. 

 New Jersey. The early years of his life 

 were spent on his father's farm, whereon 

 he remained until 1890, w^hen he engaged 

 in the various branches of seed farming on 

 his own account. He pursued this line of 

 work successfully for eleven years, in Falls 

 township, after which he disposed of it and 

 since then has been engaged in various 

 iinancial undertakings of a public and bene- 

 ficial nature. Mr. Ivins takes a keen in- 

 terest in all that pertains to the welfare of 

 the community in which he resides, and the 

 esteem in which he is held is evidenced by 

 the fact that he was chosen a member of 

 the borough council. He adheres to the 

 tenets of the Friends' faith, and his politi- 

 can affiliations are with the Republican 

 party. He is a member of Bristol Lodge. 

 . No. 25, A. Y. F. and A. M., of which 

 body he is past master. He is eligible to 

 membership in the Sons of the Revolution 

 through General Jacob Brown, of Bucks 

 ■county. His wife is a member of the Dela- 

 ware County Chapter of the Daughters of 



the American Revolution through Second 

 Lieutenant Cornelius Vansant. 



On April 8, 1890, Mr. Ivins married 

 Sarah Buckman Parsons, of Falls town- 

 ship, daughter of Charles xA.nderson and 

 ]\Iary (Buckman) Parsons, and grand- 

 daughter on the paternal side of Isaac and 

 Lydia (Anderson) Parsons, the latter named 

 dying at the age of one hundred years and 

 one day. On the maternal side she is a 

 granddaughter of Spencer Worthington and 

 Sarah (Williamson) Buckman, and great- 

 granddaughter of Mahlon and Charity 

 (Vansant) Williamson. Their children 

 are : Margaret Parsons, born March 29, 

 1891 ; Maurice Harvey, born April 18, 1896; 

 Ralph Stanley and Alice Loraine (twins), 

 born March 27, 1898. These children are 

 being educated by a private tutor and in 

 the public schools of Langhorne Manor. 



EDWIN K. HALDEMAN, one of the 

 most popular men in the community in 

 which he lives is Edwin K. Haldeman, ol 

 Chalfont. He is a great-grandson of Chris- 

 tian Haldeman, one of three brothers who 

 emigrated from Germany in quest of homes 

 across the sea. Christian setiled in War- 

 rington township, where many of his de- 

 scendants still reside. 



Daniel Haldeman, son of Christian 

 Haldeman, was born in 1799, on the Halde- 

 man homestead, situated on Pickerton road, 

 in Warrington township. This estate, which 

 has now passed out of the possession of the 

 family, has many interesting relics of past 

 times, among them a corn-crib which was 

 built one hundred and fifty years ago but is 

 still in use and in a good state of preserva- 

 tion. Mr. Haldeman spent his life in agricul- 

 tural pursuits. He was a public-spirited 

 citizen and a stanch Republican. His 

 church membership w^as with the Mennonite 

 society in Doylestown. He married Magda- 

 line Myers, and among their children was 

 a son Charles, mentioned at length herein- 

 after. Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman closed their 

 long and useful lives rich in the love and 

 respect of all who knew them. 



(iharles Haldeman, son of Daniel and 

 Magdaline (Myers) Haldeman, married 

 Mary, who was born August 31, 1826, in 

 New Britain township, daughter of Simion 

 Kratz. Their children were : i. Sarah Ann, 

 who married Henry M., son of William 

 Fretz, of Tinicum. 2. Daniel, who married 

 Ella, daughter of Christian Haldeman, and 

 had three children, Edgar, Florence and 

 Daniel. 3. Emma, who became the wife of 

 Abraham G., son of Noah Ruth, of New 

 Britain, and died in March, 1888, leaving 

 one child, Mary H. 4. Edwin K., mentioned 

 at length hereinafter. 5. William, who is 

 deceased. 



Edwin K. Haldeman, son of Charles and 

 Mary (Kratz) Haldeman. was born May 11, 

 1862, in Warrington township, and on Octo- 

 ber 12, 1893, entered the service of Abra- 



