Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Michener, Charles T.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Solebury Township


   CHARLES T. MICHENER mail contractor, P.O. Solebury, son 
of Levi J. and Elizabeth P. (Kirkpatrick) Michener, born in 
Solebury township, 10th mo., 24th, 1842.  The pioneers of 
the family came from England with William Penn.  The first 
to come was John Michener.  His wife's name was Sarah.  
Their son, William, was born 10th mo., 1st, 1696, and 
married Mary Kester in 1720.  Their son, George, was born 
6th mo., 10th, 1744; he married first, Elizabeth 
Worthington, second, Hanna Shoemaker, in 1771.  They had a 
son, George, born 11th mo., 10th, 1777, who married Isabella 
Shannon 12th mo., 7th, 1805, and died 4th mo., 10th, 1823.  
Their son, Levi J., was born 12th mo., 8th, 1818, and died 
2nd mo., 12th, 1860. He married Elizabeth Kirkpatrick 6th 
mo., 20th, 1839.  She was born 3rd mo., 8th, 1820, and died 
3rd mo., 7th, 1884.  They had nine children:  Thomas K., 
Charles T., George W., Mary A., Joseph K., Caddie B., Sallie 
M., Jefferson S. and Belle H.   Thomas K. was born 5th mo., 
23rd, 1840.  He enlisted in company E, 19th Indiana 
volunteer infantry, and was at the battle of Gettysburg.  
Charles T. enlisted in company C, 104th Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, 9th mo., 4th, 1861, and was mustered out as 
first orderly sergeant in 2nd mo., 1863.  He re-enlisted in 
the same company as second lieutenant and was honorably 
mustered out with the rank of captain 8th mo., 28th, 1865.  
Since then he has been engaged in various enterprises.  For 
five years he has been mail contractor between Solebury and 
Center Bridge.  He married Martha E. Hamilton 9th mo., 25th, 
1874.  George W. was born 11th mo., 26th, 1843.  He enlisted 
in company G, 104th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 9th mo., 4th, 
1861, and was honorably discharged as color sergeant 9th 
mo., 1864.  He married Mary A. Evans, of Ohio, 4th mo., 7th, 
1870.   Mary A. was born 2nd mo., 24th, 1845, and married 
James S. Michener, 12th mo., 30th, 1866.  Joseph K. was born 
12th mo., 10th, 1850, and died 12th mo., 15th, 1850.   
Caddie B. was born 5th mo., 7th, 1848, and married first, 
Isaac H. Selnor 12th mo., 30th, 1867.  He died 6th mo., 
27th, 1874, and 10th mo., 16th, 1880, she married Frank 
Poulton.  Sallie M. was born 12th mo., 26th, 1851, and 
married Randolph Hauler 11th mo., 8th, 1872.  Jefferson S. 
was born 4th mo., 10th, 1854 and married Mary A. Smith 1st 
mo., 25th, 1885.  Belle H. was born 8th mo., 11th, 1856, and 
died 4th mo., 24th, 1871.  The Michener family are of Quaker 
parentage, and Levi and all his children are republicans.