History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . aken prisoner at thebattle of Long Island. Lord Sterling wrote Washington, that theEnglish General Grant was killed by some of Keichlines riflemen. We do not know where Samuel Kachline learned his trade, but,the first we hear of him, was of his coming to Doylestown in 1812,and working on the public buildings then being erected. We nowlose sight of him for a few years, but, in 1820, he set up in businesshere, and was married the following year. He bought TimothySmiths stock of tools and
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . aken prisoner at thebattle of Long Island. Lord Sterling wrote Washington, that theEnglish General Grant was killed by some of Keichlines riflemen. We do not know where Samuel Kachline learned his trade, but,the first we hear of him, was of his coming to Doylestown in 1812,and working on the public buildings then being erected. We nowlose sight of him for a few years, but, in 1820, he set up in businesshere, and was married the following year. He bought TimothySmiths stock of tools and opened a shop on one of the corners ofGarden alley and Pine street, then called Shewell street. Thiswas probably at the northeast corner, where Judge Yerkes tenanthouse stands. Here he carried on a successful business, as carpenterand nndertaker, for several years, until he was bought out by John , who succeeded him. Subsequently to this, the date not known, I By the Rev. Robert Boyd, September 16, 1821, Samuel Kachline, ofDoylestown, to Miss Huldah Jones, daughter of John Jones of Buckingham. 184. DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 185 Samuel Kachline ^ went into the lumber business with Tobias and John Maugle, who had held public office here, open-ing a yard on the south side of East State street, occupying theDonaldson and Kocherspergers property, including the streetbetween them. While here Mr. Kachline fell from a lumber pilewhich was the cause of his death. He survived his injuries ten weeks,and died October 29, 1853, at the age of sixty-two years and onemonth. Mr. Kachline was a man well liked by his neighbors, andwielded considerable influence, serving one term of three years on theboard of County Commissioners. Six children survived SamuelKachline at his death, three sons and three daughters. Two of thesons, William and Samuel, following their patriotic instincts, and theexample of their ancestors, enlisted in the Union Army at the out-break of the Civil War. Wi
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