Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Carver, James W.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Tinicum Township


   JAMES W. CARVER hotel proprietor, P.O. Uhlertown. The 
ancestors of this gentleman came from England with Penn in 
1682. James Carver, the father of James W., was born in this 
county and was for many years a constable in Nockamixon 
township. He was a boatman and was drowned in the Delaware 
in 1837, when but 40 years of age. His wife, Margaret 
Snyder, a native of this township, was of German descent. 
They had one son, James W. After the death of Mr. Carver she 
married Thomas Purdy, by whom she had one son, who died in 
1887. She died in 1880, when she was 81 years old. James W. 
Carver was born October 3, 1836, in Nockamixon township. He 
followed teaching for twelve years, boating on the Delaware 
and Lehigh canal in the summers. After his marriage he 
farmed for several years in this township, when he went to 
Headquarters and kept hotel there for two years, and was two 
years in the legislature. In 1877 he removed to his present 
place in the hotel at the end of the Frenchtown bridge. 
January 26, 1862, he married Adeline, daughter of John Rufe, 
of this township, who died in October, 1872, leaving four 
children:  Maggie, who died when 18 years old; Herman and 
Minnie, living with their father, and Ella, who died in 
infancy. On September 25, 1873, Mr. Carver married Mary, 
daughter of Franklin Laubenstein, of this township. She was 
born in October, 1853. They had six children:  James, who 
died in infancy; and Addie, Harry, Clara, Minnie and Mamie, 
who live with their parents. Mr. Carver has filled many of 
the township offices, and was for five years justice of the 
peace, giving up that position when elected to the 
legislature in 1874. In 1876 he was again elected, serving 
four years. Since that time he has served continuously as 
school director. He is a member of Lodge No. 245, A. Y. M., 
of Doylestown; Tinicum Tribe, No. 168, I. O. R. M., Home 
Lodge, No. 195, K. of P., of New Jersey; and has represented 
the two latter bodies in the Grand Lodge. He is a stirring, 
energetic man, and has much influence in his township.