History of Bucks
County, Pa Volume 3 by William H. Davis
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WILLIAM B. SAVACOOL WILLIAM B. SAVACOOL son of Jacob and Lydia (SNYDER) SAVACOOL, whose ancestry is traced in a preceding sketch, he being a grandson of William and Elizabeth (MILLER) SAVACOOL, and a great-grandson of Jacob SAVELKOOL who came to Pennsylvania in 1731, and settled in Rockhill, was born on the old homestead in Hilltown, August 27, 1833. He was educated in the public schools of Hilltown, and remained on the farm with his parents’ until his marriage in 1856, when he removed to Sellersville, where he lived for five years. He then returned to the homestead and worked for his father for five years. In 1880 he settled at South Perkasie, and opened a flour and feed store, and also purchased calves for the New York and Philadelphia markets. He continued the business until 1904, when he leased the mill and feed store to his nephew, W. Elmer SAVACOOL, and now lives retires in South Perkasie. He is a member of the Lutheran church of Perkasie, and in politics is a Democrat. Mr. SAVACOOL married in November, 1858, Christiana FULMER, daughter of Jacob and Mary (KRAMER) FULMER. Test taken from page 291-292 of: Davis, William W. H., A.M., History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania [New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905] Volume III Transcribed November 2001 by Joan Lollis of Merrillville, IN. as part of the Bucks Co., Pa., Early Family Project, www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/bucksindex.html Published December 2001 on the Bucks County, Pa., USGenWeb pages at www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/ |
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