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THOMAS C. ,
wholesale dealer in china, glass and queensware, 422
Market street, Philadelphia, was born on his father’s
farm in Haycock township, Bucks county. Through his
mother he is a descendant of Edward McCarty, of
revolutionary fame. His great-grandfather was Nicholas
McCarty, who served under Washington at Valley Forge
and who was widely known in the northern part of the
county as a justice of the peace in the early days of
the republic. The McCartys were among the pioneers of
Haycock and Nockamixon townships. The father of the
subject of this sketch was named Samuel, and was
married to Hannah, daughter of John G. McCarty. They
had three children, of whom Thomas was the second and
the oldest son. His father dying when he was but three
years old he lived with his grandfather, David
Atherholt, until he was 14 years old, when he was
apprenticed for three years to learn the business of
storekeeping. He then entered Hemingway’s academy at
Milford, N.J., where he stayed for more than a year,
and then again engaged in mercantile pursuits. Having a
good education, at the age of 20 he went to Wisconsin,
where he engaged in teaching. Imbibing from his
patriotic ancestors a spirit of hatred to every form of
oppression, and especially to that of human slavery, he
soon went to Kansas and took an active part in the
antislavery ranks under John Brown and James Lane
against the border ruffians. While in Kansas he was
also engaged in surveying government lands. Two years
later, in 1858, he returned to Bucks county and again
engaged in mercantile business, first at Stover’s Mill,
in Haycock, and later at Pipersville and Point
Pleasant. In 1868 he removed to Trenton, N.J., engaging
in the wholesale china and queens-ware trade. In 1872
he removed to Philadelphia and began the wholesale
china business under the firm name of Atherholt, Fisher
& Co., and ten years later sold out to his partners,
and in 1884 commenced his present business under the
firm name of Thomas C. Atherholt & Co. He was married
in 1859 to Martha C., daughter of Henry Fretz, of Bucks
county. They have had five children: Samuel, Edgar
Frank, Arthur Thomas and Joseph Octavius, living, and
Wilson David, who died in infancy. Mr. Atherholt and
his family are members of Trinity Reformed church. He
is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the I.O.O.F.,
and politically is a republican. |
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