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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



tion to general agricultural pursuits in 

 connection with the commission business. 

 During thirty-four years he has only 

 twice failed to make a weekly visit to 

 the Philadelphia market. His business 

 affairs have been conducted with capa- 

 bility, and he has so directed his labors 

 as to gain a very desirable competence. 

 Mr. Myers exercises his right of fran- 

 chase in support of the men and meas- 

 ures of the Republican party, and has 

 been honored with a number of local 

 offices, the duties of which he has dis- 

 charged with promptness and fidelity. 

 He was supervisor of his township for 

 four years, was school director for six 

 years, and has been the appraiser for the 

 Dublin Protective Company for nine or 

 ten years. His religious faith is indi- 

 cated by his membership with the Old 

 Mennonite church. Oliver Myers 

 wedded Miss Catherine Leatherman and 

 they have become the parents of five 

 children, of whom one died in infancy. 

 The others are Newberry L.', a resident 

 farmer of Plumstead township; Harry 

 L., who is engaged in the fertilizer bus- 

 iness at Doylestown; Willis L.; and 

 Clara L., at home. 



LEDNUM L. WHITE, agent for the 

 Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company 

 of Philadelphia, and a representative of 

 an English and French origin, was born 

 in Lower Makefield township, Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania, January 13, 1841, a 

 son of Charles A. and Alartha D. (Larue) 

 White, natives of Falls township, the for- 

 mer named having been a farmer and one of 

 the early settlers of that place. Charles 

 A. White (father) was a farmer and 

 auctioneer by occupation, and resided on 

 a farm in I>ower Makefield township 

 from 1830 until his death, which oc- 

 curred in 1862. He and his wife, who is 

 also deceased, were the parents of seven 

 children, nameh^: Caroline, Julia, Abbie, 

 Ella, Anna, Martha, and Lednum L. 

 White. 



Lednum L. White was born and reared 

 on the farm whereon he now resides, 

 and the house in which his birth oc- 

 curred was used during the revolution- 

 ary period as headquarters for a party 

 of soldiers, whose meals were prepared 

 in the large oven in the old fireplace 

 which extended across the whole of one 

 end of the structure, which is built of 

 stone, and still standing. Since that time 

 the house has been thoroughly remod- 

 eled and equipped with more modern ap- 

 pliances. For a number of years Mr. 

 White dealt extensively in agricultural 

 implements, this proving highly remun- 

 erative, but for some years has served in 

 the capacity of'agent for the Penn Mu- 

 tual Life In.surance Company, one of the 

 leading corporations along that luie. 

 There is an extensive pond on his prop- 



erty in Lower Makefield township, which 

 is used for pumping water for the Bound 

 Brook railroad, and also in putting up 

 ice in winter. He is one of the prom- 

 inent and influential citizens of his com- 

 munity, and has been chosen to serve in 

 many political offices, among them being 

 that of justice of the peace, in which 

 capacity he rendered capable and efficient 

 service for several terms. He is an ad- 

 herent of the Republican party, anu a 

 member of the Ancient Order of United 

 Workmen. In 1865 Mr. White- was 

 united in marriage to Georgiana Scat- 

 tergood, who bore him three children: 

 Fretz E., deceased; Emma, and Helen. 

 Mrs. White is a member of the Episcopal 

 church. 



CHARLES MONROE DOLL, the cap- 

 able and efficient station master at Elkins 

 Park, near the city of Philadelphia, Penn- 

 sylvania, was born in Quakertown, Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania, November i, 1869, 

 son of Charles and Amanda (Althouse) 

 Doll, and grandson of Christopher and 



(Rosenberger) Doll. Charles Doll 



(father) was born in Milford township^ 

 Bucks county, Pennsylvania. 



Charles M. Doll attended the public 

 schools of his native town and graduated 

 from the high school in the class of 1887. 

 He then took up the profession of teaching 

 at the Salem and Keystone public schools 

 in Springfield township, Bucks county, in 

 the meantime assisting as station agent in 

 the employ of the North Pennsylvania Rail- 

 road Company at various places until 1890', 

 when he became station agent at Shelly Sta- 

 tion, where he remained for a period of 

 six months. He was then removed to Hat- 

 field, later to Ashbourne, and May 15. 1899, 

 at the opening of the station at Elkins 

 Park, near Philadelphia, was promoted to 

 that position and has since fulfilled the du- 

 ties pertaining thereto with ability and zeal. 

 Apart from his services as an employee of 

 the railroad company. j\Ir. Doll takes an ac- 

 tive part in local afifairs. He is a Republi- 

 can in politics, and exercises a certain in- 

 fluence in behalf of the party whose prin- 

 ciples he advocates. He has served as dele- 

 gate to county conventions, and in various 

 other ways has aided its interests. He is 

 a member of the McKinley Republican 

 Club, at Ogontz, of which he is treasurer. 

 He is actively identified with various fra- 

 ternal organizations, and has attained the 

 thirty-second degree in Freemasonry. He 

 is a member of Philadelphia Consistory, 

 Abington Chapter No. 245. of Jenkintown, 

 and past master of Shiloh Lodge No. .:;!;8, 

 of Lansdale, Free and Accepted Masons. 

 He is also a member of the Knights of 

 Malta, of Quakertown. Knights of the 

 Golden Eagle. No. 40. of Onakertown, and 

 Lodge No. 63T, Junior Order of United 

 Americnn Mechanics, of Philadelphia. 



"Nfr. Doll married. August 22. iqot, Car- 

 oline Frances, daughter of John and Anna 



