History of Bucks
County, Pa Volume 3 by William H. Davis
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Name and Page Number (as posted on index page) Cope, John 678 Cope, John F. 678 Cope, Milton L. 678
MILTON L. COPE
Milton L. COPE, of Perkasie, dealer in pianos and other musical instruments, was born in Hilltown township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, March 27, 1857, and is a son of the late John Frank and Maria (Leidy) Cope, grandson of John and Susanna (Savacool) Cope, great-grandson of Adam and Margaret (Hartzell) Cope, and great-great-grandson of Yost and Dorothea Cope, who emigrated from Wurtemburg, Germany, arriving in Philadelphia on October 2, 1727, in the ship “Adventurer,” Captain John Davies, from Rotterdam. Yost Cope settled first in what is now Montgomery county, where 150 acres of land was surveyed to him by Penn’s commissioners by warrant dated January 8, 1734. His sons Abraham and Adam settled in Hilltown, Bucks county, and both have left numerous descendants. Adam Cope, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was one of the earliest settlers in Hilltown, being already a resident there at the time of his purchase of large tracts of land there in 1759 and 1760. He married Margaret, daughter of Henry Hartzell, an early settler and large landholder in Rockhill, who bore him eleven children, six sons: Jacob, Abraham, Michael, Henry, John and Paul; and five daughters. Adam Cope died in 1794*, his wife Margaret surviving him. John Cope, seventh child and fifth son of Adam and Margaret (Hartzell) Cope, was born and reared in Hilltown, and inherited from his father a portion of the old homestead, and spent his whole life there. He married Susanna Savacool, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Miller) Savacool, of Hilltown (see sketch of Aaron Savacool, in this work), and they were the parents of six children: William S.; Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Wambold; John Frank; Henry S.; Maria; and Susanna. John Cope died in 1862, and his wife in 1873. John Frank Cope, second son of John and Susanna (Savacool) Cope, was also born and reared in Hilltown. In the division of his father’s real estate in 1863 he acquired title to a fine farm, part of the land that had belonged to his grandfather, Adam Cope, and lived thereon until his death, August 10, 1902. He married Maria, daughter of Jacob Leidy, who survives him. They were the parents of two children—Milton L., the subject of this sketch; and Dr. Leidy L. Cope, a successful physician of Hatfield, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. Milton L. Cope was born and reared on the old homestead in Hilltown, and was educated in the public schools. He early manifested a taste and talent for music, and has filled the position of organist at his church for twenty-one years. He continued to conduct the homestead farm until 1883, when he started into the music business in a small way, selling pianos from his home on the farm. His business having materially increased, he removed to Souderton in 1896, and carried on the business there until 1902, when he removed to Perkasie, and erected a large music warehouse and now carries a large stock of pianos. He also has a branch establishment in Allentown, at 141 South Eighth street, and does a large business. He is one of the active businessmen of Perkasie, and is well known in business and social circles in upper Bucks and Lehigh counties. He is still the owner of the old homestead in Hilltown. Mr. Cope was married on September 11, 1883, to Susan Savacool, daughter of Aaron and Esther (Shetler) Savacool of Hilltown, who died in 1896, leaving two boys: Howard, born May 11, 1888; and Raymond, born December 17, 1893. On April 29, 1898, Mr. Cope married Mrs. Alice Guth, a widow, and daughter of Jonas H. and Sarah Schmoyer** of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Cope has one child by her former marriage Helen Maria Guth, who was born December 18, 1893.
=========================================================================== * While Adam Cope’s will was written in 1794, it wasn’t proven until 21 Jan 1800. Therefore, Adam Cope probably lived until late 1799 or Jan 1800. ** In Lehigh Co in 1870 was a Jonas Schmoyer, but no Alice in the household and his wife’s name was Elvina not Sarah. Other unverified sources have the name Alice Moyer, daughter of Henry & Sarah Moyer. Therefore, there is a question about the maiden name of Milton L. Cope’s second wife.
Text taken from page 678 of:
Davis, William W.H., A.M. History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania [New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905] Volume III
Transcribed August 2008 by Thera; tsh@harborside.com; as part of the Bucks Co., Pa., Early Family Project, http://pagenweb.org/~bucks/biographies/bucksindex.html
Published Sept 2008 on the Bucks County, Pa., USGenWeb pages at http://pagenweb.org/~bucks
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