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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



ing voted for Fremont, the first candi- 

 date of that part}' for the presidency, in 

 1856. He was a quiet citizen, contented 

 to discharge the duties incumbent upon 

 an orderly individual, and never sought 

 official preferment. His death occurred 

 April 2, 1899. 



Mr. Hinkle married in 1859 Maria B., 

 daughter of Michael and Catherine (Alt- 

 house) Biehn. Her father was a son of 

 Abram and Mary (Martin) Biehn, and 

 was born in Rockhill township in 1810. 

 He was a farmer by occupation. He 

 married Catherine Althouse, June 10, 

 1838, and their children were: i. Maria, 

 born 1840, married Tobias Hinkle. 2. 

 Elizabeth, born 1847, who resides with 

 her sister, Mrs. Hinkle. 3. Milton, born 

 1851, arid is engaged in the shoe busi- 

 ness in West Chester, Pennsylvania; he 

 married Sarah Edwards, daughter of 

 Benjamin Edwards, of Quakertown. 



Tobias C. and Maria (Biehn) Hinkle 

 were the parents of the following named 

 children: i. Harry Wilson, born 1863, 

 and who in partnership with his brother 

 Nelson B., succeeded to the business es- 

 tablished by the father; he married 

 Olivia, daughter of Levi and Sarah 

 (Setzler) Clymer, of Quakertown, and 

 their children are Tobias, Dorothy and 

 Elinor. 2. Nelson, born 1869, died Au- 

 gust 9, 1901; he was engaged in the shoe 

 business as aforesaid; he married Clara 

 Weile, daughter of Allen and Harriet 

 (Hedman) Weile. Mrs. Hinkle, the 

 mother of these children, resides on 

 Front street, in Quakertown. 



ISAAC H. MOVER. Almost two cen- 

 turies have passed since the Moyer fam- 

 ily was established in Pennsylvania by 

 Hans Moyer, who came from Switzer- 

 land or Germany about 1725. He settled 

 in Upper Salford township, Montgomery 

 county, where he purchased land in 1729. 

 He died in 1748. His children were: 

 Henry, John, Barbara, Jacob, Elizabeth, 

 Annie and Hester. 



Henry Moyer (2), son of Hans Moyer, 

 was born in either Germany or Switzer- 

 land and was brought to America by his 

 parents when only a year old. He and 

 his father were numbered among the 

 charter members and founders of the 

 Franconia Mennonite church. His bus- 

 iness pursuit was that of farming. He 

 married Barbara Miller, who came from 

 Germany to Pennsylvania when eighteen 

 years of age. His death occurred in 1800. 

 His children were: Henry, born in 1750, 

 who settled in Plumstead township, 

 Bucks county, and married Susan Smith; 

 Mary, wife of Abraham Kulp: Jacob, 

 born April 18, 1754: John, born in 1756; 

 Isaac, born December 31, 1759; Anna, 

 wife of Abraham Kulp: Barbara, who 

 married John Wisler, of Haycock. Penn- 

 sylvania; Elizabeth, wife of Michael 



Shelly; Christian; Abraham, who died 

 unmarried; and Samuel, who was born 

 August 4, 1770, and died April 19, i860, 

 in IMontgomery county, Pennsylvania. 



Christian Moyer (3),' son of Henry 

 Moyer, also engaged in farming as a 

 life work, and like his ancestors was 

 identified with the Mennonite church. 

 He married a Miss Bergey and their chil- 

 dren were: Henry, who married Annie 

 ; Abraham, who married Eliza- 

 beth Frctz; Mary, wife of Isaac Fretz; 

 Susanna, wife of Jacob Button; Chris- 

 tian, who married Barbara Fretz; and 

 Magdalina, who died unmarried. 



Abraham Moyer (4), son of Christian 

 INIoyer, was born April 21, 1784, and in 

 early life learned and followed the mason 

 trade, but after his marriage purchased a 

 farm in Salford township, Montgomery 

 county, whereon he spent his remaming 

 days. He was married November 21, 

 1809, to Miss Elizabeth Fretz, and they 

 were people of excellent worth, highly 

 esteemed in the community where they 

 resided. They held membership in the 

 Mennonite church and were very active 

 in its work. Their children were Mary, 

 Isaac, Christian, Abraham, Anna, Eliza- 

 beth and Barbara. 



'^ Alar am F. Moyer (5), born in Mont- 

 gomery county, September 19, 1822, wa& 

 educated in the public schools of Hill- 

 town. After his mother's death he lived 

 with his uncle, Martin Fretz, and at the 

 age of sixteen started out to make his 

 own way in the world, securing a position 

 as salesman in a general mercantile 

 store, in which he was employed until 

 he had attained his majority. In 1840. 

 he purchased a farm in Hilltown town- 

 ship, Bucks county, whereon he made his 

 home until his death. Long a member 

 of the Mennonite church at Blooming 

 Glen, he was there ordained a minister 

 of that denomination on the 6th of No- 

 vember, 1855, and he continued to act as 

 pastor of the Blooming Glen church until 

 his life's labors were ended in 1900. He 

 was married twice. About 1844 he mar- 

 ried Esther Hunsberger, who was born 

 October 9, 1824, a daughter of Jacob and 

 Mary Hunsberger, of Hilltown township. 

 She died February 28, 1873, and in 1874 

 Rev. Abram F. , Moyer, was married to 

 Mrs. Anna Hunsberger, widow of Henry 

 M. Hunsberger, and a daughter of Abra- 

 ham Moyer, of Upper Salford. Mont- 

 gomery county. There were eleven chil- 

 dren by the first marriage: Mary Ann, 

 the wife of Samuel H. Moyer; Henry H., 

 who married Sallie Bishop; Allen H., 

 who married Sallie A. Derr; Jacob H., 

 who married Emma Kline; Reuben H., 

 who married Agnes Wallace; Isaac H., 

 who married Amanda E. Detweiler; 

 Aaron H., who married Amelia D. Sel- 

 lers: Abram H.. who married Emma Jane 

 Bergey; Elizabeth H.. wife of Charles 

 Cassel; Emma H., wife of Christopher 

 S. Gulick; and Annie H., who died at 



