HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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National Bank, and an extensive land- 

 holder in Buckingham and elsewhere. 

 His wife was his cousin, Amy Worthing- 

 ton, daughter of Israel and Mary (Lov- 

 ett) Worthington. They were the pa- 

 rents of five children: Francis L., a suc- 

 cessful merchant and business man of 

 Doylestown ; Lewis, of Mozart; Rienzi. of 

 Doylestown; Edwin, of Bridge Valley; 

 and Laura, wife of William P. Ely, of 

 Doylestown. 



Lewis Worthington was reared on the 

 farm connected with his father's store in 

 Buckingham, and acquired his education 

 at the public schools. He married', De- 

 cember 5, 1872, Henrietta Large, daugh- 

 ter of Mathew and Elizabeth (Cress) 

 Large, of Buckingham, both now de- 

 ceased, and purchased a farm in War- 

 rington, where he resided for three 

 years. On account of ill health he sold 

 his farm and returned to Buckingham. 

 After residing one year at Forest Grove 

 he took charge of his father's farm at 

 Dark Hollow, Warwick township, where 

 he remained for twenty-seven years. In 

 1903 he purchased his present farm from 

 his father's estate, as well as the Dark 

 Hollow farm, and another near Mozart, 

 and removed to the former. In politics 

 he is a Republican. To Mr. and Mrs. 

 Worthington have been born five chil- 

 dren: Olivia T. L., wife of William R. 

 Bye, of INIozart; Gertrude H.; Rienzi W.; 

 Florence B., residing at home; and John 

 W., deceased. 



JONAS H. GRUVER, farmer of 

 Pipersville, is a native of Tinicum town- 

 ship, and was born November 8, 1855. 

 He is a descendant of the family that 

 spells its name Gruber, Groover and 

 Gruver. His great-great-grandfather, 

 Nicholas Gruber, Sr., came from the Pal- 

 atine district, on the Rhine, to America 

 on the ship "Samuel" and landed in Phil- 

 adelphia, December 3, 1740, and later 

 settled in Tinicum township, Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania. Nicholas Gruber, 

 Sr., had two sons, Philip and Nicholas, 

 Jr. Philip made his home on the old 

 homestead. He was twice married, and 

 is the father of seven children: Eliza- 

 beth, wife of Arnold Lear; Peter, who 

 moved to Harrisburg; Elias, who lived 

 in Haycock township; John, who moved 

 to Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania; 

 Adam, who moved to Nockamixon town- 

 ship; Joseph, who lived on a farm join- 

 ing his father's; and Andrew, mentioned 

 hereinafter. 



Andrew Groover, son of Philip Gruber, 

 was born in Tinicum township, Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania. December 17. 1800, 

 and died May 6, 1883. He spent his en- 

 tire life as a farmer on the old Gruber 

 homestead in Tinicum township, and 

 was a member of the Lutheran church. 

 He married Miss Sarah Deterly. and 

 their children were: Fannie, wife of John 



M. Swope; Mary, wife of Jeremiah Dot- 

 terer; Lydia Ann, wife of Michael Kohl; 

 Sarah, who married first, Aaron Croutha- 

 mel, and second, Jacob Shull; a son, who 

 died young; Cathrine, who died young; 

 and John, mentioned hereinafter. 



John Gruver, son of Andrew and Sarah 

 (Deterly) Groover, was born on the old 

 homestead in Tinicum township, July 

 28, 1830. He followed the life of an in- 

 dependent farmer until his death, August 

 8, 1880. He was an active member of 

 the Lutheran church, in which he served 

 as deacon for ten years. On November 

 16, 1854, he was married to Miss Hannah 

 Hillpot (born October 27, 1833). by 

 whom seven children were born ; Jonas 

 H., mentioned hereinafter; Noah, born 

 May I, 1858, a farmer of Bedminster 

 township, Pennsylvania ; Eva, born Jan- 

 uary 17, i860, who moved to Elizabeth- 

 ville, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and 

 there married Franklin Uhler ; Sarah 

 Ann, born May 11, 1862, wife of Abra- 

 ham M. Myers, living in New Britain 

 township, Bucks gounty, Pennsylvania; 

 Emma, born July 4, 1863, and died No- 

 vember I, 1866; Jerome, born September 

 30, 1867, who is now a barber b}^ trade, 

 which occupation he follows in Doyles- 

 town, Bucks county, Pennsylvania ; and 

 Susanna, born December 25, 1873, who 

 married Frederic Wolf, and died with 

 consumption in December, 1898. Mr. 

 Gruver was a man of quiet and reserved 

 disposition, was temperate in every- 

 thing, and educated his children as well 

 as possible in the schools of the day. 



Jonas H. Gruver, son of John and Han- 

 nah (Hillpot) Gruver. was born in Tini- 

 cum township, on the old homestead, 

 November 8, 1855. He received his ed- 

 ucation in the township schools and very 

 early in life began to work as a farmer, 

 and has made that a study and his chief 

 occupation for years. In early youth he 

 was confirmed in the Lutheran faith, and 

 has since been a devoted member of the 

 Lower Tinicum church, serving as dea- 

 con for seventeen successive years. He 

 has held the office of school director of 

 his township for nine successive years. In 

 politics he favors the Democratic party. 

 In 1872 John Gruver, father of Jonas H., 

 moved with his family on a farm about 

 one mile southwest from the old homestead, 

 in Tinicum twnship, where Jonas H. has 

 since made his home. 



On October 16, 1880. Jonas H. Gruver 

 married Miss Ellen Trauger. daughter 

 of Elias and Susanna (George) Trauger, 

 and by this union were born seven chil- 

 dren: Bertha, born January 7, 1882, who 

 took up the study of stenography and 

 typewriting, and in December, 1900, 

 graduated from Schissler's College of 

 Business, Inc., Norristown, Montgomery 

 county, Pennsylvania. She then took up 

 ■ her occupation in Philadelphia until Feb- 

 ruary 24, 1904. when she was married to 

 Norman L. Worman, and now resides in 



