Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Althouse, Milton D.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Rockhill Township


   MILTON D. ALTHOUSE recorder, P.O. Sellersville, is a 
native of Bucks county, and was born in 1841.  The first 
pioneers of the Althouse family were from Germany.  
Frederick Althouse, a descendant of these early settlers, 
married Susanna Schlichter, of this county, and by her had 
nine children, five of whom are deceased.  Elias was the 
third child.  He married Maria, daughter of Abraham and 
Elizabeth (Berger) Deitz, of Lehigh county, Pa.  They were 
the parents of six sons and three daughters.  Five sons and 
two daughters are now living.  The father of these children 
died at the age of 53 years, and the mother is still living, 
and in her 69th year.  Milton D. was the oldest child of 
this couple. Leaving school at the age of 16, he learned the 
cigar trade, serving an apprenticeship of but six months, 
after which he engaged in the manufacture of cigars for 
upward of twenty years.  In 1863 he married Elizabeth, 
daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Nace) Nace.  They are the 
parents of four children:  Anne (deceased), Elmer Ellsworth, 
Howard Ruthford (deceased), and William Henry (deceased).  
Mr. Althouse is a republican, and in 1884 was elected 
recorder of his native county, by a majority of 146, 
although this is a democratic county.  Among other positions 
of trust he has been a member of the school board for three 
terms, and also of the town council.  He is a member of the 
German Reformed church.