Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Cadwallader, Harrison
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Middletown Township


   HARRISON CADWALLADER farmer and carpenter, P.O. 
Langhorne, was born in Montgomery county, Pa., October 22, 
1821, and is a son of Cyrus and Sarah (Shaw) Cadwallader, 
natives of Montgomery county and of English descent.  His 
ancestors were members of the Society of Friends.  John 
Cadwallader, the first American ancestor of this family, 
came from England in 1710 and settled at Abington, where he 
followed farming.  He was an active minister of the Society 
of Friends, and preached for many years.  Our subject's 
father was a carpenter, and was killed in 1826 by a fall 
from a building.  His family consisted of four sons and five 
daughters, of whom Harrison was the seventh.  He worked on 
the farm and attended school until he was 16 years old, when 
he learned the carpenter's trade, serving four years.  He 
then farmed until he was 26 years of age, and since then has 
devoted most of his time to his trade.  In 1847 he married 
Hannah, daughter of Thomas Tomlinson.  She is of English 
descent.  They are the parents of nine children, eight now 
living:  Evangeline, wife of John B. Larue; Francis T., who 
is a farmer; William S., Rebecca, wife of James Hibbs; Lewis 
R., a farmer; Elizabeth, the wife of Charles A. Garrett; 
Sarah and Martha.  Mr. Cadwallader and most of his family 
are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he 
is a trustee, and has been many years superintendent of the 
Sabbath school.  He has also been an exhorter in the church 
for many years.