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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



: ber 21, 1850, died I"cl)riiary 21, i8<S6; 

 Frank; and John G., born May 17, 1854, 

 and died in infancy. 



Frank Heaton, the only surviving mem- 

 ber of the family, was born October 25, 

 1852, in the house where he now resides, 

 . and it has continuously been his home. He 

 early became familiar with the duties and 

 labors that fall to the lot of the agricul- 

 turist, and throughout his business career 

 has carried on farming. He was prepared 

 for life's practical duties by thorough train- 

 ing m the common schools and in the 

 Doyleslown Seminary. His interest in 

 community affairs is that of a law-abiding 

 citizen who desi-res the substantial im- 

 provement and upbuilding of his county, 

 and therefore gives earnest co-operation to 

 many movements for the general good. He 

 belongs to the Doylestown Presbyterian 

 church, of which he is one of the trusttes. 

 In politics he is a Democrat, and has held 

 the office, of school director for several 

 years. In 1902 he was elected justice of 

 ^the peace by a large majority, although the 

 Republican vote in his locality is usually 

 the stronger. His election therefore was a 

 direct compliment to* his ability, and an in- 

 .dication of the confidence and trust reposed 

 in him by his fellow townsmen. 



Mr. Heaton married Miss Catherine ^I. 

 Histand, a daughter of Joshua and Cather- 

 ine Hi.^tand, and they have one son, Ed- 

 win M , born December 10. 1880. 



EDWARD LIVEZEV. a farmer and 

 ■connnission merchant of Buckingham 

 township, was born near Buckmanvillc, in 

 Bucks county. Pennsylvania, January 30, 

 1866. His paternal grandfather, Edward 

 Livezey, was a farmer of Philadelphia 

 county. He married Mary Shallcross, and 

 among their children was Jacob Livezey, 

 whose birth occurred near Fox Chase in 

 Philadelphia county. May 5. 1842. He was 

 reared in that county, receiving the benefit 

 of a collegiate education, and at the age 

 of eighteen years began teaching, which 

 profession he followed for two or three 

 terms. He then began farming in 

 Upper Makefield township. Bucks county, 

 and in 1869 purchased and removed to the 

 farm in Buckingham township upon which 

 Edward Livezey now resides. There he 

 continued to engage actively in agricultural 

 pursuits until 1888. when he sold this pr^p- 

 .erty to his son and established his home in 

 Upper Makefield township, where he has 

 since lived. He is one of the respected 

 and worthy resident of his community, and 

 enjoys the respect of many with whom he 

 ha.-, come in contact. His political views 

 accord with Republican principles, and he 

 has filled several township offices. In his 

 religious faith a Friend, he is rpiite active 

 in the Wrightstown Friends' meeting. He 

 married Hannah C. Smith. 



Edward Livezey, only child of Jacob and 

 Hannah C. (Smith) Livezey, was reared 



in his parents' home and attended the pub- 

 lic schools. When but seventeen years of 

 age he began the study of telegraphy, and 

 for some time was employed in the Bald- 

 win Locomotive works in Philadelphia as 

 a telegraph operafor. He next accepted 

 a position in a store in Yardleyville, where 

 be remained for a short time, after which 

 he returned home aild became his father's 

 assistant in the operation of the farm in 

 Buckingham township. This he purchased 

 in 1888, and as the years have come and 

 gone he has not only cultivated his lana, 

 but has also carried on extensive commis- 

 sion business in connection with farming, 

 shipping his produce to New York city. 

 He is an extensive raiser of pigeons, breed- 

 ing between eight and ten hundred a year. 

 In his business he has prospered and the 

 secret of his success lies in close applica- 

 tion, keen sagacity and unfaltering indus- 

 try. In his political views he, too, is a 

 Republican. ^Ir. Livezey was married in 

 the spring of 1888 to Miss Ruth Betts, a 

 daughter of William and Emily (Walton) 

 Betts, of Solebury township. They have 

 two children : Charles W. and IMartha. 



HENRY T. WILLIAMS, the subject of 

 this sketch, was born at Neath, Glamor- 

 ganshire, England, in the year 1855, and is 

 the oldest of five sons. His father was 

 John Williams, who for many years was a 

 resident of Hokendauqua, Lehigh county, 

 Pennsylvania. He attended and completed 

 the course of the British School in his 

 native town and subsequently completed 

 the course of the Davies Academy, also ari 

 institution of his native town. At. the age 

 of fifteen he secured an appointment as 

 clerk in the general offices of the Great 

 Western Railway Company, located at 

 Neath, and was assigned to the private 

 office of Joshua Williams, general managei 

 of the road. At the age of seventeen he, 

 together with the rest of his. family, came 

 to America, taking up their residence at 

 Hokendauqua. During the time Mr. Will- 

 iams lived at Hokendauqua he served an 

 apprenticeship to the machinist's trade in 

 the shops of the Thomas Iron Company, 

 later taking a course in general literature at 

 the Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, 

 Pennsylvania. 



For two j'cars, beginning in the fall of 

 1877, he taught school at what is known 

 as Almont, in Rockhill township, and at 

 the end of that time was elected assistant 

 teacher of the Sellersville grammar school, 

 which position he held for three years, 

 when he was elected to the principalship of 

 the Sellersville high school. He remained 

 in that position for a period of eleven years. 

 During the winter of 1892 and 189.3 he 

 was appointed professor of mathematics 

 and business calculations at the Peirce 

 lousiness School of the city of Philndel- 

 phia, and placed in charge of the graduat- 

 ing department. Mr. Williams resigned 



