Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Clymer, Henry S.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Richland Township A-M


   HENRY S. CLYMER deceased, Quakertown.  According to the 
best information, the Clymer family (name originally spelled 
Klemmer) came to this county prior to 1730.  Two brothers 
from Germany, one of whom was Christian Clymer, settled in 
what is now Lower Milford township, and in 1734 his name 
appeared on the record as a petitioner to divide the 
township.  He was born in 1697.  His wife, Barbara, bore him 
twelve children, seven sons and five daughters.  He died in 
1759, and his wife January 14, 1776.  Jacob, one of the sons 
above mentioned, was born in 1729, and reared a family of 
children, among whom was Henry, who married Maria, daughter 
of Peter and Maria (Zeingenfuse) Shaffer, of Northampton 
county. To Henry and Maria were born nine children, seven 
sons and two daughters.  Of this number we find Henry, whose 
name heads this sketch, born in 1819 between Quakertown and 
Milford Square, in Milford township, where all of the 
above-mentioned were born.  Henry married Lavina, daughter 
of Jacob and Sarah (Trumbauer) Treichler.  He was brought up 
to farming, and afterward followed shoemaking up to the time 
of his death, in January, 1863.  His wife died in 1859.  Ten 
children were born to them, seven of whom grew to maturity, 
viz:  Edwin T. Christian T., William T., Francis T., Sarah 
A., and Jacob T.   Henry T. resides in Seven Valley, York 
county, where he is a Lutheran minister.  Sarah A. is the 
wife of Aaron Steiner of this place. Jacob T., William T. 
and Francis T. are residents of Wilmington, Del.  Francis is 
a leading carriage manufacturer of that place.  Edwin T. and 
Christian T. are residents of this place, and associated 
together in 1866 in the boot and shoe business, which they 
now carry on.  The former married Mary A., daughter of 
Samuel and Catherine (Trumbauer) Troxel, and has two 
children:  Charles F. and Ida T.  Christian married Andora 
Troxel, sister of Mary A., and has one son, Benjamin F.  The 
religion of the family is the Evangelical Lutheran.  The 
older members of the Clymer family were of the Mennonite 
faith.  Some of the descendants are yet living on land that 
was settled by the pioneer Christian, which has not since 
passed out of the family.