History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 23

Author: Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910; Ely, Warren S. (Warren Smedley), b. 1855; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1040

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Christian Van Horn located in North-

*Isaac Van Horn, of Solebury lownship. Bucks county, Pennsylvania, was commissioned January 1. 1776, ensign of Captain John Beatty's company. Bucks county's contingent of the Flying Camp. Fifth Penn- sylvania Battalion, Colonel Robert Magaw, and was taken prisoner at Fort Washington. November 16. 1776. Exchanged in 1778, and promoted to lieutenant, Sixth Pennsylvania Battalion, captain lieutenent. July 1. 1779: caplain, Second Pennsylvania. June 19, 1781. Retired from service January 1. 1783. Settled in West- moreland county. Pennsylvanla. 1784. Member of seventh and eighth congress. (1801-1803) from Pennsyl- vania. Receiver of public monies at Zanesville Ohio. in 1815. Died in Muskingum county, Ohio, February 2, 1834. Pennsylvania Archives. Second Series.

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ampton township. Bucks county, on 294 acres conveyed to him by his fath- er in 1707. In 1737 two hundred acres of the land belonging to the estate of his father-in-law, Hendrick Van Dyck, in Middeltown township was conveyed to him by Jeremiah Langhorne, as "straw man" in effecting the transfer from the devises of Van Dyck to Christian Van Horn. He represented Bucks county in the Pennsylvania assembly for the ycals 1723-1732 and 1734-1737, thirteen years in all. He died November 23, 1751, and his wife May 6, 1760. She was born or Staten Island, July 4, 1681. The will of Christian Van Horn devised to his eldest sor Bernard the home plantation of 205 acres in Northampton, to his son Henry 200 acres on which Henry was living in Newtown, purchased of George and Joseph Randal in 1726; to his son John thirty-two acres in Northampton , to his daughter Charity Van Duren another tract adjoining containing for- ty-one acres, and to his son Christian 187 acres in Northampton, when he should come of age; the other children receiving their shares of his, estate in money. To his, son Barnard he be- queathed his large Bible. This Bible is now in the possession of Dr. Wilmer Krusen, of North

127 Twenty-ninth street, Philadelphia, having descended to him from his ancestors, the Hege- mans, John Hegeman having . married Jane Van Horn, daughter of Christian. who inherited it from her brother, Bar- nard Van Horn, who died in 1760, with- out isstte. It was printed at Dordrecht in 1690, and was purchased by Hen- drick Van Dyck in December, 1701, and presented to his daughter Williamtje, who married Christian Van Horn. On the fly leaf it contains the record of the birth of the children of Hendrick Van Dyck, those of Christian and Williamt- je Van Horn, and those of John and Jannetje (Van Horn) Hegeman.

The children of Christian and Will- iamtje (Van Dyck) Van Horn were:

16. Barnard Van Horn, born February 19, 1701-2, died April 22. 1760. married December 31, 1741, Jannetje Van Bos- kerk, had no children.

17. Henry Van Horn, born Septem- ber 15, 1707, died in Newtown township. Bucks county in 1761. He married his first cousin. Susanna Van Vleck, dangh- ter of Rev. Paulus and Jannetje (Van Horn) Van Vleck. She inherited from her grandfather, Hendrick Van Dyck, one half of his real estate, and 173 acres thereof was conveyed to Henry by the same proceedings as in the case of his father, and the latter at his death devis- ed to Henry 200 acres, in Newtown, and it was devised by the will of Henry in 1761 to his sons, Christian and Henry. Susanna. the widow of Henry, died in June, 1776. They were the parents of four children, Christian, who married.

June 14, 1764, Sarah Vansant,-see for- ward; Henry Van Horn, died 1777, married Elizabeth Vansant; Jane, who married John Johnson; and Susannah, who married Euclides Longshore.

18. Geertje or Charity, baptized May 21, 1710, married Godfrey Van Duren, who was the first innkeeper at Ruck- man's, in Solebury township, Bucks county.

19. Antje of Ann, baptized March 22, 1712, died in infancy.

20. John Van Horn, born December 8, 1713, married, May 30, 1739, Lena Van Pelt, (See Van Pelt Family) and died in 1760. John and Lena (Van Pelt) Van Horn were the parents of five chil- dren, all of whom were baptized at Southampton church, viz: Catharine, baptized August II, 1741, married Jan- tiary 12, 1764, John Subers, see forward; Christian. baptized October 4, 1743, died young; Willimentje, baptized May II, 1746, died in infancy; Willimentje, born March I, 1748; and Joseph, born May 30, 1750, married, January 7, 1773, Ann Searle.

21. Ann Van Horn, born July 19, 1716, died 1753, married Cornelius Cor- son, and had seven children, viz: Bland- ia, baptized March 26, 1738, Willemeyn- je, baptized February 24, 1740; Maryt- je, baptized May 23, 1742; Jannetje, baptized July 19, 1744; Antje, baptized December 26, 1746; Benjamin, baptized April 13, 1749; and Cornelius, baptized November 16, 1751.

22. Catharine Van Horn, born April 13, 1719, married Hendrick Hegeman, and had four children, viz: Adrien, bap- tized March 26, 1738; Maria, baptized April 7, 1740; Jannetje, baptized June 6: 1742; Catrintje, baptized March 24, 1745.

23. Jane Van Horn, born May 20, 1721, died September 7, 1783, married, Octo- ber 20, 1741, John Hegeman, born Jan- uary 10, 1718. and had nine children; Mary, born March 8, 1743; Christian, born August 8, 1745; Henry, born Jan- uary 5, 1748; John, born July 26. 1750; Henry. born January II, 1753; Benjamin, horn November 19, 1755; Adrian, born September 16, 1758; Barnet, born Feb- ruary 23, 1761; and Jane, born May 15, 1765.

24. Christian Van Horn, born August 29, 1728, died December 17. 1753.

Christian Van Horn, eldest son of Henry (17) and Susanna (Van Vlecq) Van Horn, born in Newtown township, Bucks county, married, June 14, 1764, Sarah Vansant. daughter of Isaiah and Charity (Van Horn) Vansant, of Lower Makefield. Her mother, Charity (Van Horn) Vansant. being a daughter of Pe- ter (8) and Elizabeth (Gabriels) Van Horn. Christian Van Horn inherited from his father 126 acres of land in Newtown township, on the Neshaminy creek, part of the land purchased by his

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grandfather, Christian Van Horn, in 1726, whereon he lived until his death 11 1777, when it was divided between his sons- Henry and Isaiah. Sarah ( Van- sant) Van Horn died in 1785. They were the parents of but two children, viz:

Henry and Isaiah. Henry, married, April 26, 1787, Elizabeth McCorkle, and had three children; Amos, born March 4, 1792, died at Newtown, September 5, 1823, married, January 8, 1817, Mercy Starkey; Susan, born October 25, 1794, died in Michigan, September 5, 1872, married Joseph Roberts; and Elizabeth, born January 27, 1797, married Joseph Winship, and died at Newtown, May 12, I868.

Isaiah Van Horn, second son of Christian and Sarah (Vansant) Van Horn, was born in Newtown township, Bucks county, married, December 31, 1794, Catharine Suber, daughter of John and Catharine (Van Horn) Suber, and his first cousin. He was adjudged fifty . acres of the homestead farm by the or- phans' court in 1787, but on March 15, 1791, sold it to his brother Henry, and on his marriage in 1794 took up his residence on a farm belonging to the estate of his father-in-law, Isaiah Van- sart, in Upper Makefield, where he died in 1802. His widow, Catharine, married John Wynkoop, January 31, 1805. The only child of Isaiah and Catharine( Van- sant) Van Horn, was Sarah, born Feb- ruary 29, 1796; died January 27, 1838. She married (first) on January 16, 1812, Aaron Winder, and (second) August 24, 1825, Abner Morris. (See Winder Family in this volume). Catharine Wynkoop, the mother, died in Decem- ber, 1820.

R. Winder Johnson, of Philadelphia, to whom we are indebted for the above account of the Van Horn family, is a · grandson of Aaron and Sarah (Van Horn) Winder, great-grandson of Isa- iah and Catharine (Suber) Van Horn, great-great-grandson of both Christian and Sarah (Vansant) Van Horn, and John and Catharine (Van Horn) Sub- er, and great-great-great-grandson of Henry and Susanna (Van Vlecq) Van Horn, John and Lena (Van Pelt) Van Horn, and Isaiah and Charity (Van Horn) Vansant, and great-great-great- great-grandson of Christian and Will- iamtje (Vandyck) Van Horn, and Peter and Elizabeth (Gabriells) Vanhorn, the last mentioned Christian and Peter Van Horn, being sons of Barendt Christian- zen Van Hoorn and his wife Geertje Dircks Classen, and grandsons of Chris- tian Baretzen Van Hoorn and Jannetje Jans, the pioneer ancestors of the family in America. An account of the Van Pelt. Vansant, Vandegrift, Winder and Johnson families also largely the result of investigations made by Mr. John- son, will be found elsewhere in this work.

Henry Van Horn, son of Henry and Susanna (Van Vlecq) Van Horn, was reared on the old homestead purchased by his grandfather, Christian Van Horn, in 1726, and at the death of his father, in 1761, inherited a one-half interest there- in with his brother Christian. They made a division of the 252 acres, each con- veying to the other 126 acres in 1773. After the reverses on Long Island in No- vember, 1776, and at Fort Washington when the Continental forces were so badly routed and so many of the Bucks county contingent were taken prisoners, Henry Van Horn raised an independent company of militia and was commissioned their captain, December 6, 1776, (See Penna. Arch. vol. xiv p. 175) and took them into the service. He died of camp fever late in 1777. He married Elizabeth Vansant, daughter of Isaiah and Charity (Van Horn) Van Sant, and they were the par- ents of eight children: Joshua, born Feb- ruary 21, 1759; Isaiah, born October 24, 1760, was drummer in his father's com- pany, 1776-7; Mary, born May 5, 1764, married Isaac Gillam, died April 18, 1823; Christian, . born July 13, 1766; Susanna, born October 9, 1768, married Jesse Wil- lett, who had previously married her sis- ter Sarah; Elizabeth, married an Ander- son, and - died January 26, 1813; Sarah, born February 7, 1773, married Jesse Wil- lett, died prior to 1809; Henry, born Ap- ril 5, 1777. Elizabeth the mother, died November 25, 1807, aged about eighty years.

Henry Van Horn, youngest child of Captain Henry and Elizabeth (Vansant) Van Horn, born in Newtown township, April 5, 1777, learned the trade of a car- penter and cabinet maker and located at Yardley, Bucks county, where he followed the trade of a cabinet maker for several years. His sign uniquely painted is now in possession of his grandson, Richard H. Van Horn, of Lambertville, New Jersey. He also purchased a farm of 93 acres in Lower Makefield in 1805, which, in 1811, he conveyed to his brother-in-law, Isaac Gillam. He purchased a farm of 200 acres in Upper Makefield, near Eagle Tavern, where he resided the balance of his life. He died in February, 1849. He married, in 1798, Hannah Recder, of Canaan, Up- per Makefield, and their six children who grew to maturity were as follows :

I. Abraham, born 1802, married, in 1829, Eliza Hampton, by whom he had one child, Margery. He married (second) Chris- tiana Neald, and a son Henry K. was born in 1834. He married (third) Eliza- beth Sampsel. He sold his farm in Upper Makefield and removed to Sandy Spring. Maryland, where he reared a family of thirteen children.

2. Elizabeth, born 1804, married William Ryan. of Upper Makefield. born 1810. They settled near Rocksville, Northampton township, Bucks county, and engaged in the milling business. Three of their children

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survive: Edward H., born 1832; Mary, born 1835; and Hannah, born 1839.

3. Eleanor H., born ISI0, married Cor- nelius Slack, and settled in Lower Make- field. He was lately a merchant at Dol- ington. Their children are: Watson, born 1832; John H., born 1833; Henry V., born 1836; Jane E., born 1839; Sarah E., born 1841; William H., born 1843; Anna M., born. 1847; and Hannah, born 1850. 4. Moses H., born January 15, 1812, at Yardleyville, removed with his parents to Upper Makefield, where he spent his entire life, inheriting at his father's death, in 1849, 100 acres of the old homestead. He was a successful farmer, and a prominent man in the community, holding many posi- tions of trust and honor. He and his wife and family were lifelong members of the Society of Friends. He married, April 13, 1843, Rebecca Scattergood, born February 7, 1820, daughter of John* and Catharine (Hepburn) Scattergood, of Makefield, who died September 15, 1895. Moses died February 13, 1885. They were the parents of nine children: Richard H., born 1844; Mary Anna, born 1846; Samuel S., born 1848; William T., born I851; George F., and Catharine S., twins, born 1854; Han- nah E., born 1857; Benjamin F., born 1860; and Emma L., born 1863 .**

5. Mary A., born 1816, married Christian Van Horn, born 1814, and settled on a farm near Dolington. Their surviving issue are : Cyrus B., Jane E., Cornelius S., Han- nah E., and Callender C.

6. John R., born 1820, married Rebecca Feaster, and settled on a portion of the old homestead in Upper Makefield. Their surviving children are: James P., David F., Emeline, Watson, Martha F., and Jo- seph F.

RICHARD H. VAN HORN, eldest son of Moses and Rebecca (Scattergood) Van Horn, born at the old homestead of his grandfather, in 1844, was reared on the Upper Makefield farm, acquired a limited education at the public school and later took a course at Union Business College in Philadelphia. After a few years ex- perience in the mercantile business in Philadelphia, he started into that business for himself at Lambertville, New Jersey, in 1868. By strict application to business and a close study of the wants and needs of the community, he soon built up a

large trade and his remodeled store in 1884 named "Grand Depot"enjoyed much more than a local reputation and soon out- grew its early modest quarters. In 1877 an adjoining building was added and the vol- ume of business doubled. Seven years later the entire property was remodeled and both stores thrown into one, making a large and commodious department store, and his brother, Samuel S., who had been for some years a clerk in the establishment was given an interest in the business, and the firm name became R. H. Van Horn & Brother. The partnership of the grow- ing establishment extended far beyond the limits of Jersey into their native county, and the country districts and towns of New Jersey. In 1889, the brothers dis- solved partnership and Richard H. contin- ued the business alone until 1892, when his son Henry came of age and was admitted as a partner. Ten years later the younger son, Edmori E., becoming of age, also be- came a partner, and the firm of R. H. Van Horn & Sons, continue to conduct the popular and successful establishment that has grown from its modest beginning of 1868. To an additional L a new building, the floor space of which combined with the original "Grand Depot" covers now (1904) about three-quarters of an acre.

Richard H. Van Horn married, in 1869. Lydiana Beatty Warner, born in 1845, daughter of Edwards Edmunds Warner, of Philadelphia, and of New England an- cestry, and they are the proud parents of two sons, both of whom, as before stated, are members of the firm. Henry E., the eldest, born April 21, 1870, married Era Runkle, of Hunterdon county, New Jer- sey; and Edmori E., born in October, 1879, married Jessie Hoffman of the same place. Mr. R. H. Van Horn is an active member of the Society of Friends, having many years since transferred his certificate of membership from Wrightstown Monthly Meeting to Solebury Friends' Meeting where he and his wife Lydianna were sub- sequently appointed elders. R. H. Van Horn has always shown an active spirit in his town affairs but little interest in "Political Pulls"; he has, however, served in the school board, acted as a member of the board of trade, and at present is next to the oldest director in the Amwell Na- tional Bank of Lambertville.

SAMUEL SCATTERGOOD VAN HORN, second son of Moses and Rebec- ca (Scattergood) Van-Horn, whose an- cestry has been given in the preceding pages, was born in Makefield township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1848, and was reared on the Upper Make- field farm; acquiring his education at the public schools of that township. In 1870 he went to Lambertville, New Jersey. In 1889 Samuel S. Van Horn embarked in the general merchandise business in Lam- bertville, where he carried on a successful business for three years. He then purchased

*John Scattergood (a descendant of Thomas Scatter- good, of Burlington county, New Jersey, a noted min- ister among Friends was born 6 mo. 14, 1774. He married 5 mo. 4. 1794, Sarah Forman, and second Catharine Hepburn, who was the mother of Mrs. Rebecca (Scattergood) Van Horn. John Scattergood died 1 mo. 12, 1842.

** George F. and Benjamin F. Van Horn, sons of Moses H., left the Upper Makefield homestead on arriving at age. George learned the printing business, and subsequently both brothers, after a few years engagement with their brother, Richard H, learning the mercantile business at Lambertville, New Jersey, went in 1890 into business on their own account near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where by much energy and hustle they met with great success, but owing to poor health both have retired from business, 1905.

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his present location, where he has since conducted a successful business.

Mr. Van Horn married, in 1888, Ella M. Dilley, daughter of Louis and Caroline (Larison) Dilley, of Kingwood, Hunter- don county, New Jersey. To this marriage has been born two sons, Lloyd and Earl. Mr. Van Horn is an extensive real estate owner in Lambertville, owning fifteen resi- dent properties. He is a member of the Society of Friends.

LAWRENCE JOHNSON AND HIS DESCENDANTS. The family of John- son, from which Lawrence Johnson de- scended, belonged to the yeomanry and lived in Lincolnshire, England, having set- tled in Barrow-on-Humber in 1684, after the marriage of Robert Johnson and Mary Hall, nec Ledgard. Here five generations of the family lived and owned property. Edward Johnson removed to Hull after his marriage in 1796. Previous to 1680 the family had lived and owned property at Grasby, in Lincolnshire.

Edward Johnson had a large family of children, and, believing that their prospects for advancement would be greater in America, he was induced by his sons to sell his property in Hull, and emigrate with his family to America: On July 4, ISIS, with his wife and ten children, he sailed from Grimsby on the brig Gen- eral Ripley" for New York, where the vessel arrived August 28, ISIS. The people of New York looked so pale that Edward Johnson thought it could not be a health- ful place, and accordingly sailed immedi- ately up the Hudson to Albany, where he bought a farm of one hundred and twenty- fice acres near Cato, Cayuga county, New York.

Lawrence Johnson, son of Edward and Ann (Clayton) Johnson, was born in Hull, England, January 23, 1801, and was bap- tized in Holy Trinity church, March 2, 1801. Immediately after coming to Amer- ica with his parents in 1818, he found em- ployment in the office of the "Troy Budg- et," a newspaper published at Troy, New York, but the following spring went to New York city, where he was employed in several printing establishments. About 1820 he settled in Philadelphia and estab- lished a stereotype foundry, to which he later added the industry of making type, under the firm name of L. Johnson & Com- pany, and built up an immense business. He became interested in many prominent enterprises in Philadelphia and elsewhere in Pennsylvania, the development of coal lands, building of street horse-car lines, and many other enterprises, and acquired a fortune. He was also president of the Commonwealth Bank. He died in Phila- delphia, April 26. 1860.

In the spring of 1851 Lawrence Johnson purchased a farm and country seat in Bristol township, Bucks county, known as

"Lansdowne," where he spent much of his time, and which has ever since been occu- pied by members of his family.

Mr. Johnson had married May 3, 1825, Sarah B. Murray, of Philadelphia, who died August 21, 1834, leaving one child, a daughter. He married a second time, on May 29, 1837, Mary Winder, daughter of Aaron and Sarah (Van Horn) Winder, of Lower Makefield township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, who was born June 18, 1814. and died February 16, 1877. (See Winder Family). Lawrence and Mary (Winder) Johnson were the parents of ten children, viz: I. Edward Winder; 2. Anna Rebec- ca; 3. Mary Ella; 4. Caroline Fletcher ; 5. Howard Lawrence; 6. Russel Hamp- den; 7. Lawrence; S. Walter Richards ; 9. Robert Winder; 10. Alfred Clayton.

I. EDWARD WINDER JOHNSON, eldest son of Lawrence and Mary ( Winder) Johnson, was born in Philadelphia, April 12, 1838. In the summer of 1847 he accompanied his father on a trip to Europe. He was edu- cated at Mr. Fay's boarding school at Elizabeth, New Jersey, and at Dr. Faires' and other private schools in Philadelphia. In 1856 he traveled under the care of an agent of his father to Havana, Mexico, Texas, and up the Mississippi river, and to Cincinnati, Ohio, In the latter place he remained for some months, working in a branch type foundry established there by his father. On October 23, 1857, he was commissioned. as a midshipman on the flag- ship "Powhattan," and on December 9, following that frigate left Norfolk, Vir- ginia, on a long cruise, with ex-President Franklin Pierce and wife on board. She sailed first to Maderia, St. Helena, and Cape Town, preceeding thence to Hong Kong, stopping on the way at Mauritius and Singapore, and arrived at Hong Kong in May, 1858, and proceeded to Japan in the following July. Becoming ill in Japan, Midshipman Johnson obtained a dismissal from service on the U. S. frigate "Pow- hattan," and embarked as a passenger on board the "Minnesota," October 2, 1858, to return home, arriving in Boston, Massa- chusetts, May 29, 1859. On September 26, 1860, he sailed from New York on the clip- per "Messenger" for Hong Kong, intend- ing to enter into business with A. W. Hab- ersham, in Japan. He arrived in Yoko- hama, April 20, 1861, where he remained for some time, engaged in business. On learning of the outbreak of the civil war in America he left Japan on the steamship "Carrington," and arrived in San Fran- cisco, California, October 20, 1861, from which place he proceeded at once to New York. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company G of the Anderson Cavalry, and fought in the battles of Antietam and Mur- freesboro. Afterwards his regiment was reorganized, and he became a member of Company A of the Anderson Cavalry. He was also in the battle of Chickamauga, under General Rosencrans. On December 30, 1863, he returned home on a furlough,

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and did not again enter the army. He died at Lansdowne, Bristol township, Bucks county, January 12, 1874, unmarried.

2. Anna Rebecca Johnson, second child of Lawrence and Mary ( Winder) Johnson, was born in Philadelphia, December 15, 1839. She was educated at the school of Professor Charles D. Cleveland, in Phila- delphia. In 1858 and 1859 she traveled extensively in Europe, Egypt, and Pales- tine, under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Gar- del. She was married in Philadelphia, De- cember 3, 1863, to Theodore Hoe Mead, of New York. Theodore Hoe and Anna Re- becca (Johnson) Mead have been the par- ents of six children, three of whom survive, viz : Lawrence Johnson Mead, who mar- ried, June 29, 1901, Anna Frances Ely, of Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Samuel L. and Mary (Knight) Ely; Anna Johnson Mead, who married, October 7, 1902, Herbert Gordon Thom- son, of New York; and Gilbert Mead, who married, July 25, 1903, Mary Comly Ely, daughter of Samuel L. and Mary Comly (Knight) Ely, of Doylestown, Bucks county. (See Winder Family.)

3. Mary Ella Johnson, third child of Lawrence and Mary (Winder) Johnson, was born in Philadelphia, September 22, 1841. After spending five years in Profes- sor Cleveland's school in Philadelphia, she . traveled in Great Britain, Europe, Egypt, the Sinaitic Peninsula, Palestine and Syr- ia, as well as the rock-hewn city of Petra, to which, it is said, no ladies had previously ventured with the exception of two Eng- lish ladies, somewhat earlier in the same year. Miss Johnson married, December 4, 1862, William D. Stuart of Philadel- phia, who died April 7. 1863, leaving no children. Mrs. Stuart married a second time, January II, 1870, Dr. James Ches- ton Morris, of Philadelphia, by whom she has eight children, all residing in Phila- delphia.

4. Caroline Fletcher Johnson, fourth child of Lawrence and Mary (Winder) Johnson, was born in Philadelphia, July 10, 1843, and was educated at Dr. Cleve- land's school. She married, February 21, 1871, Anthony Taylor, son of Robert Tay- lor, and a nephew of Hon. Caleb Newbold Taylor, of Bristol, Bucks county, Penn- sylvania. Anthony Taylor enlisted in the Pennsylvania cavalry August 8, 1862, was promoted sergeant, October 30, 1862; first sergeant, March 1, 1863; first lieutenant of 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, May 8, 1863 ; and captain, June 1, 1865. He was awarded a medal of honor for signal acts of bravery, and was honorably mustered out June 21, 1865. He died in Philadelphia, May 21, 1894. Anthony and Caroline F. (Johnson) Taylor were the parents of two children Mary Lawrence Taylor, who married, Feb- ruary 25, 1893, Bromley Wharton, now pri- vate secretary to Governor Samuel W. Pen- nypacker ; and Elizabeth Elmslie Taylor, who married, December 31, 1904, Houston Dunn.

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History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 23

Author: Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910; Ely, Warren S. (Warren Smedley), b. 1855; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921 Publication date: 1905 Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1040

Author: Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910; Ely, Warren S. (Warren Smedley), b. 1855; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1040