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sonagc in tlic Province. H e w as one of the o f W illiam F o x, and three children besidtt judges o f ihc County court from 17 5 2 to who died in childhood. 1762. H e bore an imjiortani part in the de­ Daniel P. I.evan, father o f M rs. Fox, « s fense of the frontiers during the French and torn M av 2 t. 1830. and died Ju ly i, 19 11. H« Indian w ar, and w as commissioned to pro­ w as a blacksmith and farm er by occupation vision Fort Allen in 1756. H e died in 1768, in politics he was n firm adherent of the Re­ leaving seven children. H is son, Sebastian. publican party, in religion a member of the wa.s a man o f great prominence. A t the out­ Nfcthodist Church and for years a trustee of break of the Revolution he represented his the church. H e n urried Sarah J. Oiristian. district in the Committee o f .Sarety. H e was who w as torn Dec. 29. 1838. and died Feb a member of the Stale Assem bly in I77<>8y. 7, 1 9 1 1 . H er father w as William Chrisliaa and of the Supreme Executive Council from They had children as follow s: .Anna Marx', 178 2 to 1784. l i e w as also a colonel o f militia. to m Feb. 25, i860, married H enry J. Perry; H e died in 17^4. Emma Corinda, torn M ay 5. 18 6 1. died Jidx' Daniel I.e an, the emigrant, also settled in 1 1, 1868; Rebie. to m Sept. 29, 1863. marrieii M axatawny. I lis son, Daniel, J r ., w as ad- C. S. W. F o x : Flora ••Mice, t o n i Nov. 26, mittixl to the bar at Reading in i j i A, and be­ 1865. married W illiam N. W illiam s; Benjamin came a law yer o f considerable prominence. Franklin, to m Ja n. 15, 1868, w as killed by A fte r filling many important offices, he ^73 - m arried Elizabeth T o b ias; Elmer, Isaac L c V an, also an emigrant, located in bom Jan. 2, 1875. nw rricd Catherine Knittle; E xte r, near Reading, where he died in 1758. .m y Sarah was to m Sept. 6, 18 7 7; Raymocid It is significant that in the same vessel in I)., to m M ay 29. 1879, married Ella Fetterwhich Peter Hcrbcin came to PhiUidclphia in m an; W illiam Cliristian w as t o m Mav 18, 17 3 2 there also appears in the list o f women 1883. and children the lu m cs o f .Anna I..C Van. Christian L e V an, M argaret l,e ’an, Philip I-O U LS W A L T E R B U C K A L E W . a shot L c V an and Barbara L e V an I Pennsylvania merchant o f Bloomsburg. P a., w as bom in Art-hivcs, X V I I ). In 17 3 3 .Anna F.lizatoth L e th.1t city Sept. I, 1882. a son of the late Rus­ Van w as married to Scliastian Zim m cm un. in sell C. Buckalew. M axataw ny. Sh e w as probably a sister of Russell C. Buckalew died in RIoom.d)Uig. Jaco b L c V an, who Hvcil there. where his xvidow still resides. T hey had die According lo another account, .Abraham. following children: Louis W .; l.ilian bar­ Isaac and Jaco b L e 'an came Jan . 9. 1729, ton. who is at hom e: and Raymond (iager. a in the ship *'Mar)' Gaiby,'* and landcil at Phil­ graduate n f the Philadelphia College of Phar­ adelphia. Abraham Lc Van liought 150 acres macy. class o f 19 12 . u f land, Isaac 230 acres, and J a c t o 250 acres, Ixiuis W alter Buckalew w as graduated from in Philadelphia county. Peter L e V an cainc the Bloomsburg high school in 1 ^ 2, and then Sept. 7, 1748. in the ship "Q ueen o f Den­ entering the Bloomsburg State N om ial School m ark." Daniel I„e V an came Sept. 2 1 . 1727, did college preparatory work fo r one year, in the ship "W illiam and Sarah .' A s to the and later studied a l the Pennsylvania State time o f arrival o f Peter .and Daniel L e Van, College. Follow ing this M r. Buckalew wa< this account agrees xvith that o f M r. Staple­ in the employ of the State highway depart­ ment fo r three years, until in Ju ly, 1909. he ton. It docs not appear from which of the emi­ bought the shoe business owned by W. H. grants mentioned in the fori^oin g acc-ounts Moore, and in company with A. II. Amistroi^ the fam ilies in Columbia county, bearing the fonned a partnership known as Buckalew & Co. lu t e r he bought Mr. .Arm.strong’s inter­ name o f l^ v a n, are <lescended. Benjam in Levan, grandfather o f Mrs. est and took Clyde Kem p as a partner. This Rcbic F o x. w ife o f Charles S. W. F o x, was fimi I'onducts the largest shoe store and shoe n urried to M arj' Pohe an<l had the following repairing businc.ss in this section, and con­ children: D.inicl P., father o f M rs. F o x; trols an immense trade. On Ja n. 3 1, 1 9 1 1 . M r. Buckalew married Benjam in, marrieil to L u cy H e ss; lohn P.. who marricil M ary Ellen I..ee; Samuel P.. who Sophia Nelson, daughter o f W. T. and Mary m arried Charlotte I'ox and (second) Ruth- ( F r e y ) Nelson, o f Y o rk, P a. T hey have a anna G able; Sarah, w ife o f Nathan D rics­ son. Ixiuis W., J r .. t o m in December. I9 ‘ ^M r. Buckalew belongs to WasliingUW bach: M ary, w ife o f John Fetlerm an; Eliza, w ife o f John Ilo ld e m u n; Phœbe A nn, w ife Ixjdge. N o. 265, F. & A. M .; Bloomsburg