History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . ned a leather store on the Easton roadbelow Fields and Petitts taverns on South Main street. Rudedge Thornton succeeded Anderson & Smith in the samebuilding, the old frame on the site of the Thompson brick. Thornton,who was born in Buckingham township, was keeping store in NewHope, 1834, and, in his advertisement, calls that the Village ofPlenty. He moved thence to Kintnerville, Nockamixon township,where he kept store until 1839, when he was elected Sheriff. In 1844Mrs. Johnson, his mot
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . ned a leather store on the Easton roadbelow Fields and Petitts taverns on South Main street. Rudedge Thornton succeeded Anderson & Smith in the samebuilding, the old frame on the site of the Thompson brick. Thornton,who was born in Buckingham township, was keeping store in NewHope, 1834, and, in his advertisement, calls that the Village ofPlenty. He moved thence to Kintnerville, Nockamixon township,where he kept store until 1839, when he was elected Sheriff. In 1844Mrs. Johnson, his mother-in-law, bought the store property whereAnderson & Smith had kept, and Thornton opened there the follow-ing spring. The brick store was built in 1853, and Thornton keptthere until near the close of the fifties, living in the adjoining framehouse. He subsequently bought the Harvey lot, corner of State andChurch, on which he built a handsome frame where he resided to hisdeath. The property is now owned and occupied by Louis Buckman. The third occupant, of this historic store, was William Thomp-. DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 169 son,^ a descendant of Scotch-Irish ancestors, who came to thiscountry at an early day, and estabhshed a home in Northamptontownship. The Thompsons, father and son, were prominent in themercantile life of Doylestovvn. Mr. Thompson, the elder, removedto Doylestown about 1849, and followed his trade, that of a carpenter,until 1851, when he was elected Register of Wills. In 1856, herented the Thornton store property and continued in business untilhis death, 1892, a portion of the time the firm being William Thomp-son & Son. Under this roof the Thompsons rounded out their bus-iness career, the son dying two years after the father. The son wasexecutor of Mrs. Thornton, the widow of Rutledge, and purchasedthe property, 1890, subsequently selling it to Hellyer & Son, whoerected the new store house now on it. Robert Thompson was bornin Northampton township, 1825, ca
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