HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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Charles Gerhart, of Hagersville ; Anne, 

 born July 21, 1S14, married Henry Ochs ; 

 Elizabeth, born September 20, 1816, mar- 

 ried Samuel M. Hager; and Peter G. Sol- 

 liday, born December 8, 1823, married Anna 

 Stover. The children of Samuel and Cath- 

 arine (SoUiday) Weisel are: jNIagdalena, 

 born June 4, 1830, died young; Francis S., 

 born October 27, 1832, of whom presently; 

 Elevina, born December 17, 1835, wife of 

 David H. Bean, of Allentown ; Caroline, 

 born December 17, 1835, wife of Levi Shel- 

 lenberger, of Hagersville; Eve, wife of 

 George Swartz. of Souderton ; and Mary, 

 wife of Samuel Rotzel, of Perkasie. 



Francis S. Weisel. now residing in Phila- 

 delphia, was the only son of Samuel and 

 Catharine (Solliday) Weisel, and was born 

 in Bedminster, three miles above Dublin, 

 October 27, 1832. On March 30, 1868, his 

 father conveyed to him the farm and hotel 

 in Hilltown, known as the Green Tree 

 hotel, on the Swamp Road, opposite the old 

 Weisel homestead, and he was the pro- 

 prietor of the hotel for five years. In 1873 

 he removed to Telford borough, where he 

 owned and conducted a hotel and was the 

 postmaster of Telford for ten years. He 

 then removed to Doylestown and purchased 

 the Railroad House, which he conducted 

 for four years. In 1887 he removed to 

 Philadelphia, where he has since lived 

 a quiet and retired life. He was a member 

 of the Reformed church until his removal 

 to Philadelphia, but for the past eighteen 

 years has been a member of the Presby- 

 terian church, he and his family being now 

 members of North Broad street Presby- 

 terian church. He married in 1866 Annie 

 E. Bowers, born near Jamison, Warwick 

 township, Bucks county. August 28, 1847, 

 daughter of Charles and Franey (Veronica) 

 Delp Bowers. Charles Bowers, her father, 

 was born and reared in Philadelphia, his 

 father, a native of England, having lived 

 and died in that city, where his son Charles 

 was born in 1803. On arriving at manhood 

 'Charles Bowers located in Bucks county, 

 and on his m&rriage in 1842 settled in' 

 Hatboro. ]\Iontgomery county. In the 

 spring of 1849 he purchased about twenty 

 acres of land at Jamison, Bucks county, 

 and resided there until his death, De- 

 cember 31, 1S71. He married Franev Delp, 

 daughter of George and Margaret (Eydem) 

 Delp, of Bedminster, Bucks county, born 

 1820, died INIarch. 1850, and they were the 

 parents of five children : Annie E., now the 

 wife of Francis S. Weisel ; Sarah, unmar- 

 ried; Oliver, died in Warwick in 1874; 

 Margaret and Elvyood. 



George Delp, the pioneer ancestor of the 

 Delp family of Bucks county, came from 

 Rotterdam in the ship "Thistle," arriving in 

 Philadelphia, October 28, 1738. He located 

 in Franconia township, now jNIontgomery 

 county, and became a large landowner there 

 as well as in Hilltown township, Bucks 

 county. He and a number of his descend- 

 ants lie buried in an old burying ground 

 known as "Delp's Grave Yard," in the 



northwestern part of Franconia township. 

 George Delp, son of the pioneer, located 

 in Hilltown township, where his son 

 George, the grandfather of J\Irs. Weisel, 

 was born. The latter removed to Bed- 

 minster township in 1S06, and died there 

 about January i, 1830. He married Mar- 

 garet Eydem, who survived him twenty 

 years, dying in Bedminster in 1S50. They 

 were the parents of tive children : Samuel, 

 who died before his father, leaving a 

 daughter JNIagdalena ; Jacob, who married 

 a Barndt and was the father of Reuben 

 Barndt Delp, of Allentown, before referred 

 to as the husband of Catharine Weisel; 

 Magdalena, who married Ulrick Hockman, 

 both she and her husband dying before her 

 father ; Margaret, who married Daniel 

 Bartholomew ; and Franey, who married 

 Charles Bowers. 



Francis S. and Annie E. (Bowers) 

 Weisel are the parents of two sons : Elmer 

 P. and Oscar W. Weisel ; and a daughter, 

 Florence, w'ho died in infancy. 



ELMER P. WEISEL, of 1132 Green 

 street, Philadelphia, was born in Bedmin- 

 ster township, Februarj^ 23. 1867. His early 

 education was acquired at the public schools 

 of Telford, Montgomery county, and at 

 Sellersville, Bucks county. At the age of 

 fourteen years he entered West Chester 

 State Normal School and graduated from 

 that institution four j-ears later. After 

 three years spent in teaching in the public 

 schools of Bucks county he went to Phila- 

 delphia, and entered the employ of the well 

 known firm of Hood. Bonbright & Co., 

 later Hood, Foulkrod & Co., and remained 

 with that firm until 1894. when he became 

 connected with the Philadelphia Saving 

 Fund Society, 700 Walnut street, wdiere he 

 still holds a responsible position. He joined 

 the Presbyterian church of Doylestown, and 

 during his residence there was a teacher 

 in the Sunday-school connected with that 

 church. Since his residence in Philadelphia 

 he has been a Sunday-school teacher and 

 active church worker there, and has also 

 officiated as organist. He is prominently 

 associated with the ^Masonic fraternity, be- 

 ing affiliated with Lodge No. 2, Harmony 

 Chapter No. 52, R. A. M., and IMary Com- 

 mandery No. 36, K. T.. of Pennsylvania. 

 He is a member of the Young Republican 

 Club, of the Crescent Boat Club, on the 

 Schuylkill river, and of Philadelphia Chap- 

 ter of the American Institute of Bank 



OSCAR W. WEISEL, of 1132 Green 

 street, Philadelphia, second son of Francis 

 S. and Annie E. (Bowers) Weisel, was born 

 in Hilltown township, Bucks county, July 

 22, 1870. He was educated at the public 

 schools of Telford and Sellersville and at 

 the Doylestown Seminary, and later took a 

 two and a half years' course at West Ches- 

 ter State Normal School, and then entered 

 Peirce's Business College, Philadelphia, 

 from which he graduated in 1887. He en- 

 tered the employ of Hood, Bonbright & 

 Company, where he remained until 1890, 



