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WILLIAM J. HALLOWELL, a prominent farmer and descendant of one of the oldest families in Pennsylvania, was born at the homestead in Horsham township, near Davis Grove, where he yet resides, October 9, 1851. He was reared to farm pursuits, and educated in the Friends’ schools of the vicinity and Philadelphia. He is the son of William J. and Tacy A. (Paul) Hallowell, she of Bucks county, and he of Abington township. William J. Hallowell, Sr., was born August 12, 1813. His wife was born March 28, 1817.

William J. Hallowell (father) was the son of John R. and Ann (Jarrett) Hallowell. Ann, his mother, was the daughter of William Jarrett, who owned the homestead which later became the Hallowell homestead. William Jarrett was a prominent farmer. He was a son of John Jarrett, and he a son of John, Sr., who was the third in the order of generations of the Jarrett family who have resided in the township. All were practical and successful farmers, and all were highly respected in the community. All were members of the Friends’ Meeting at Horsham, and as a rule attended regularly. William Jarrett was thrown from his horse, which caused his death. By his will John R. Hallowell and his wife became possessed of the homestead, provision also being made for his other children. Ann, wife of John R. Hallowell, died July 26, 1867. At her death William J. Hallowell, Sr., succeeded to the homestead, he paying an equivalent to the other heirs.

William J. Hallowell (father) was a native of Abington township, in the vicinity where his immigrant ancestor, John Hallowell, settled in early colonial times. He died January 24, 1886. His brothers and sisters, children of John R. Hallowell, were: Joseph, died in April, 1904, at the age of eighty-one years; Lydia, married Morris Paul; Martha, married Edwin Satterthwait, both being deceased; Penrose, deceased. William J. Hallowell was the oldest of the family. He married Tacy Ann Paul, of an old Bucks county family, being the daughter of Joseph Paul. The children of Joseph Paul: Susan, married Joseph Lukens; Sidney married John Lloyd, a farmer; Rachel, married Elias Kirk; Hannah, married Edward Mather; Tacy, mother of William J. Hallowell; Lydia, married Lukens Shoemaker, she being the only child by his second wife.

The children of William J. Hallowell, Sr. : Anna J., born August 10, 1846, married Ellwood Lukens, died October 7, 1873; Hannah P., born November 9, 1848, married William Satterthwait; William J., Jr., subject of this sketch; Elizabeth W., born May 10, 1854, married Israel H. Ely; Mary C., born June 17, 1858, graduated as a physician, married Dr. Charles B. Hough, of Ambler, and is herself a successful physician practicing in Ambler and vicinity.

William J. Hallowell is a successful farmer, maintaining a large dairy, and keeping a fine herd of cattle. He has been twice married, first to Anna E. Thomas, of Upper Dublin township, daughter of Abner and Sarah A. (Moore) Thomas, the family being of Welsh descent. The children of Abner and Sarah Thomas: Ellen, married Charles Jarrett: Howard, died at the age of eighteen years; Anna E., wife of William J. Hallowell. The children of William J. and Anna E. Hollawell: Howard C., born June 30, 1877, graduated as a mechanical engineer, and is now president of the Standard Pressed Steel Company, of Philadelphia; Elizabeth, born March 7, 1879, is a student at the Industrial Art School, Philadelphia; Charles J., born February 1, 1881; died May 9, 1888; Eleanor M., born July 11, 1891, and is attending Abington Friends’ School. Mrs. Anna E. Hallowell died February 6, 1894. On March 10, 1900, Mr. Hallowell married Mrs. Anna E. Paxson, born February 23, 1864, daughter of Chalkley and Elizabeth Cutler, and widow of Joshua W. Paxson. Joshua W. Paxson died March 12, 1897. He left one son, Walter R., born January 1, 1891, who resides with his mother and is attending school at Abington. Mrs. Hallowell is the daughter of C. B. and Elizabeth (Wilkinson) Cutler, she a native of Pennsylvania and he of Maryland. He was the son of Benjamin and Miriam Cutler. Chalkley B. Cutler’s children: Charles, married Lizzie Smith; Edith, married F. Heller; Anna M., Mrs. Hallowell. By a former marriage Chalkley Cutler had three children, namely: Rebecca A., a physician, who married Dr. Peeples, of Philadelphia; Benjamin, died at the age of nineteen years, and Joseph P., married Mary Kegan.

William J. and Anna M. Hallowell have one son, William J. (3d), born May 26, 1903. For a number of years Mrs. Hallowell taught the Friends’ school at Horsham.