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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 <lied lightning Ju ly 16. 18 7 7 : W aller, bom May in 1792. ^ 3 - >^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
