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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



later acquiring title thereto. He is an ac- 

 tive and prominent man in the community, 

 and served as county commissioner for the 

 term 1896-1899, and has filled many local 

 posticus of trust. He has three sons, Aug- 

 ustus P., of Doylestown; Elias L., and 

 James W. 



Robert Alpheus Poore was born and 

 reared in Upper Makefield township, Bucks 

 county. He engaged in farming in his 

 native township for many years, and on 

 ]\Iarch 14, 1866, was appointed assistant 

 station agent for the Pennsjdvania Rail- 

 road Company, at Riegelsville, New Jer- 

 sey, he at that time residing in Bridgeton, 

 now Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania. In 

 1872 he was advanced ^to the position of 

 station^ agent and remained with them 

 until January i, 1900, when at the age of 

 seventy years he was retired, having been 

 in their service for thirty-four years. He 

 is now living a retired life at Riegelsville, 

 whither he removed from Bridgeton as 

 soon as a suitable home was procured for 

 his family. 



He married, December 14, 1854, Hannah 

 Bennett, daughter of John and Abi 

 (Doane) Bennett, who was born in Upper 

 Makefield, December 4, 1833, and they 

 were the parents of nine children, four of 

 whom died in childhood — Those who sur- 

 vive are, William Wallace Trego Poore, 

 of Rutlege, Delaware county, Pennsylvania ; 

 Olivia, wife of S. O. Bachman, of Riegels- 

 ville; INIartha Merrick, widow of Rev. J. 

 C. Leimbach, residing in Riegelsville; John 

 B., the subject of this sketch; and Mary 

 Bertha, residing at home. Mrs. Poore died 

 in January, 1901. 



John B. Poore, was born in Nock- 

 aniixon township, Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, May 6, 1867. He was educated at 

 the public schools and at the age of four- 

 teen years entered the railroad office to 

 assist his father, and remained with the 

 Railroad Company for five years. He then 

 entered the employ of Cooper & Hewitt, 

 proprietors of Durham furnace, as book- 

 keeper, and filled that position for fourteen 

 years. In the spring of tgoo he formed 

 a partnership with Henry Sigafoos, in the 

 hard wood lumber business, with offices at 

 Riegelsville, Pennsylvania. The firm has 

 since done a large and profitable business. 

 In the fall of 1904, Mr. Poore was elected 

 on the Republican ticket to the office of 

 county treasurer, and entered upon his 

 duties the following January. He has been 

 active in the councils of his party for sev- 

 eral years, and is well and favorable known 

 in all parts of the county. 



Mr. Poore married, on June 7, 1893, 

 Annie Josephine Adams, daughter of Will- 

 iam F. and Emily (Hunt) Adams, of 

 Riegelsville, the former a native of New 

 York state, and the latter of New Jersey. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Poore are the parents of 

 three children, viz: Dorothy Adams, liorn 

 March 18, 1894; Donald Norris, born Sep- 

 tember 25. 1S95 ; and John B., Jr., born 

 January 25, 1904. 



WILLIAM H. WHITE. The White 

 family, represented in the present genera- 

 tion by William H. White, of Feasterviile, 

 traces its ancestry to George and Mary 

 White, whose family consisted of two chil- 

 dren, namely: Thomas and William. 

 Thomas White, son of George and Mary 

 White, was born July 22, 1797, and died 

 August 26, 1889; His wife, Jane (Krewson) 

 While, born September 8, 1793, died July 

 ;20, 1859, daughter of Garrett and Jane 

 Krewson, bore him the following named 

 children: George, born January 15, 1819, 

 died October 24, 1895, mentioned herein- 

 after. Elizabeth, born March 8, 1823, be- 

 came the wife of John Gifford, and their 

 family consisted of three children : Warner,. 

 George, and Elizabeth. Henry, born Sep- 

 tember 30, 1825, married Anna Lefferts, who 

 bore him two children : George and Eliza- 

 beth. Jonathan, born July 3, 1827, married 

 Rachel Mayurm, and they are the parents 

 of four children: Elizabeth, William T., 

 Ida, and Mary F. Christopher, born No- 

 vember 15, 1834, married Elizabeth Mc- 

 Vaugh, who bore him one child: Lydia. 



George White, son of Thomas and Jane 

 (Krewson) White, was born January 15, 

 1819, on the old Krewson farm near South- 

 ampton village, which belonged to his 

 grandfather on the maternal side. Emily 

 (Margurm) White, his wife, whom he mar- 

 ried October 28, 1841, was born April 30, 

 1821, and she bore him the following named 

 children: Rebecca Jane, born November 

 16, 1842, died November 28, 1870; she mar- 

 ried September 4, 1862, Louis Ashton, who 

 died September 28, 1866 ; they were the pa- 

 rents of one child, Emily, born July 19, 

 1863. Rachel, born April 25, 1846, married 

 December 15, 1864, Theodore Hogeland, 

 who died December 14, 1868; their chil- 

 dren are : Elizabeth, born May 27, 1865, 

 married, January 19, 1887, Howard Lefferts, 

 and two children were the issue of this 

 union : Theodore, born January 8, 1891, and 

 Helen, born in October, 1897. Emily W., 

 born November 23, 1866. George W., born 

 January 22, 1868, died June 17, 1869. Will- 

 iam H., mentioned at length hereinafter. 

 George White, father of these children, died 

 October 24, 1895, and his wi-fe passed away 

 September 28, 1893. 



William H. White, son of George and 

 Emily (Margurm) White, was born on the 

 old Benson farm at Davisville, Southampton 

 township. Bucks county, Pennsylvania, No- 

 vember 4, 1853. He was reared in Bucks 

 county, receiving his education in local 

 schools. At an early age he went to farm- 

 ing with his father, with whom he remained 

 until 1881, when he moved to Northampton, 

 where, however, he only remained one year, 

 returning thtn to Southampton township. 

 He rented a tract of land consisting of 

 eighty-five acres known as the Delaney 

 farm, now owiied by John D. Landis, from 

 whom he now rents it. He makes a 

 specialty of dairying and the raising of fine 

 cattle, from which he derives a goodly 

 profit. In politics he is a Democrat, and in 



