History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 8

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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THE VANSANT FAMILY. The Vansants of Bucks county are descend- ants of a common ancestor, Gerret Stof- felse Van Sandt or Van Zandt .* (other- wise Garret Van Sandt, son of Stoffel or Christopher), who emigrated from the Netherlands, probably from Zaan- dam in North Holland, or Zandberg in Drenthe, in or about the year 1651, and settled in New Utrecht, Long Island, on the records of which town he is fre- quently mentioned as Gerret Stoffellse. He was one of the fourteen patentees mentioned in the patent from Governor Thomas Dongan, May 13, 1686, for the Commons of New Utrecht, "on behalf of themselves and their associates, the present freeholders and inhabitants of the said towne." His land was located at Yellow Hook, "under the jurisdiction of the town of New Utrecht." He was a magistrate of New Utrecht in 1681.

* For much of the information contained in this sketch, more especially that pertaining to the carly generations of the family, we are indebted to R. Win- der Johnson of Philadelphia, who has made extensive researches covering nearly twenty-five years pertain- ing to the ancestry of the Vansants and other Holland families from whom he is descended. Ile is himself a descendant of Garret Vansandt, through his son, Jacobus (?), and his fourth son, Isaiah Vansant, who married Charity VanHorn, and their daughter, Sarah, who married Christian Van Horn, the descent being shown more in detail in the article in this volume on the VaufIorn Family.

By deed dated July 31, 1695, he con- veyed his Yellow Hook plantation to Derick Janse Van Zutphen, and re- moved to Bucks county, where Joseph Growdon of 12 mo. 10, 1698-9, conveys to him 150 acres in Bensalem township, and on the same date conveys a like tract adjoining to his son Cornelius. It is probable that he was located for a time in New York, as he had two chil- dren baptized at the Dutch Reformed church there in 1674 and 1676, respec- tively. It is generally conceded that he was twice married, as the record of the baptisms above mentioned gives the name of his wife as Lysbeth Gerritz. while the later baptisms at New Utrecht and Flatbush churches give it as Lys- beth Cornelis. It is, however, possible that in one instance her father's sur- name is used and in the other his first name as was common on the Dutch records. Cornelius Gerrets was a mem- ber of the Dutch church at New Utrecht.

Garret Vansand died intestate in Ben- salem township, Bucks county, Pennsyl- vania, prior to June 5, 1706, the date upon which his ten children make a con- veyance of his land purchased as before stated in February, 1698-9. The record of baptism of seven of his ten children appears at the Dutch church of New Netherlands, and will be given in con- nection with a sketch of each child, ta- ken in regular order of birth, later in this article. The names of the ten chil- dren were: I. Stoffell; 2. Cornelius; 3. Josias; 4. Harman; 5. Albert; 6. Johan- nes: 7. Jacobus; S. George; 9. Jesina, and Io. Garret. (Harman was really the third child in order of birth, and Josias fourth).

I. STOFFEL VAN SANDT, eldest son of Garret, was born in the province of New York about the year 1670, and took the oath of allegiance at New Ut- recht, Long Island, as a native of New Netherlands, in 1687. Hle probably re- moved to Bucks county at the same time as his father, in 1699. He was a member of the Bensalem Dutch Re- formed church, with wife Rachel Cour- son; having joined by certificate in J710 He seems, however, to have become a member of Abington Presbyterian church at its organization in 1714. and was made one of its elders. He purchased of Henry Paulin on May 23, 1706, 300 acres of land in Middletown, 200 acres of which lie con- veyed to his sons Garret and John, and died seized of the balance in 1740. He was a justice of Bucks county, 1715-18, 1723-27, and a member of colonial as- sembly, 1710, 1712, 1714. 1719. llis chil- dren were: I. Jannetje. baptized at Brooklyn, September 3. 1693, married November 3. 1711, William Renberg 2. Garret. baptized at Brooklyn, May 4, 1695, probably died young, as the son Garret, mentioned later, was certainly

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a younger man. (These children above were by Stoffel's first marriage with An- netje Stoffels, who probably died prior to the removal to Bucks county.) The chil- dren of Stoffel by his second marriage with Rachel Corson, daughter of Hen- drick Courson, were eight in number and as follows:

3. Joshua, married February 20, 1728, Catharine Johnston, and settled in Kent county, Maryland, on land conveyed to him by his father, October 28, 1728.

4. John, who married Rebecca Cox, of Philadelphia, August 19, 1728, and set- tled in Middletown, on land conveyed to him by his father in 1738, and died there in 1750, leaving daughters Ann, Elizabeth, Catharine, Rebecca and Mary and one son, Jolin.

5. James, who was baptised at Abing- ton as an adult September 16, 1716, and had children, I. Rebecca, 2. Flora, 3, John, 4. Jacobus, baptized there 1719- 1733.

6. Garret, purchased land of his fath- er in Middletown in 1742, died there in 1789, leaving large family of children; see forward.

7. Elizabeth, who married John Enoch in 1718, and left a large family.

8. Alice, or Alshe, married Samuel Rue and left a number of children.

9. Rachel, married Lewis Rue, March 24, 1736, and left children.

IO. Jesina, who never married.

II. CORNELIUS VAN SANDT, son of Garret (I) was born in New York, probably about the year 1672. On 12 mo. 10, 1698-9, he purchased 150 acres of land adjoining his father in Bensalem township, Bucks county. On May 4, 1714, he conveyed this tract to Thomas Stevenson. It was probably in exchange for land in Cecil county, Maryland, as on the same date Stevenson conveyed to him 1,035 acres on the west side of Elk river, in New Munster township, Cecil county, Maryland. He was bap- tized at Pennypack Baptist church, Sep- tember 14, 1712, and in 1714, with wife Dericka, was "dismissed to Welsh Tract" Baptist church in Pencader Hun- dred, New Castle county. This church was organized by a colony of Welsh Baptists at Milford Haven, when about , to embark for America, in 1701. On ar- riving in America they located at Pen- nypack, where they remained until 1703. when they located in New Castle on land donated to them by James James, and were ever after known as the "Welsh Tract Baptist Church." Cor- nelius Vansant remained a member of this church, and was buried there May I. 1734. His will, probated in Cecil county, mentions wife Mary and chil- dren Cornelius, Garret and Rebecca, all apparently minors. He evidently mar- ried a second time after his removal.

III. Harman Van Sandt, son of Gar- rett and Lysbeth Gerritz, was baptized

at the Dutch Reformed church of New York, June 10, 1674, and died in Bensa- lem township, Bucks county, in 1759. He purchased August 1, 1704, 250 acres of land in Bensalem of Thomas Stevenson, and on April 26, 1712, 250 more. On May 26, 1713, he purchased 125 acres which had belonged to his brother Johannes, and devised it in his will to his daugh, ter Catharine, wife of Daniel Severns. On May 20, 1741, he purchased 100 acres for his daughter Gazina, wife of Jacob Titus. He also purchased in 1711 50 acres in Southampton, which he con- veyed to his brother Jacobus. Harman Vansant was three times married. His first wife, whom he married in New Utrecht, was Elizabeth Brouwers. He married (second) in 1733 Jane Joudon, and (third) on November 9. 1738, Judith Evans, who survived him. She had been twice married before becoming the wife of Harman Vansant, first to Cornelius McCarty, and second to John Evans, both of Basalem township. The children of Harman Vansant were as follows, all probably by Elizabeth, his first wife:

I. Garret, who died in 1755, leaving a widow Mary and four children-Har- man, Peter, Elizabeth and Garret. Har- man, who married Eleanor Vandegrift, was the administrator of his father in 1755, and executor of the will of his grandfather in 1759. He was devised by the latter 125 acres of the land whereon his father had lived, and subsequently purchased considerable other land in Bensalem where he died in 1815. His children were: Jacob, baptized at South- ampton church, July 7, 1754; Joseph; Mary Van Horn; Eleanor, wife of Rob- ert Wood; Sarah Cox: Ann Pleamess and Garret. Peter was devised 100 acres of land by his grandfather. Elizabeth and Garret were the ancestors of practically all the Vansants of Bensalem.

2. Gazina, who married Jacon Titus and lived on land devised to her by her father. She died prior to April 30, 1772, leaving children: Elizabeth, who mar- ried Ephraim Phillips, of Burlington, New Jersey; Olshe, who married Joseph Seaborne, of Warwick, Bucks county; Catharine, who married John Baker, of Mt. Holly, New Jersey: Charity, wife of Samuel Sutton, of Byberry, Jacob, Se- ruch and William, of Bensalem; and Sa- rah of Byberry.

3. Elizabeth, who married May 6, 1719, Volkert Vandegrift, and had nine chil- dren, and died before her father. See Vandegrift Family.

4. Katharine, who married Daniel Severns and lived on land in Bensalem devised to her by her father.

5. Harman, who married Alice Craven, daughter of James Craven, of Warmins- ter, Bucks county, and died in 1735, leaving four children, mentioned in his father's will in 1755, three of whom were James, Harman and William. James

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was born in 1731, and died in Northamp- ton, January 31, 1798; he married Ang- ust 23, 1756, Jane Bennett, daughter of William and Charity Bennett, and set- tled in Northampton in 1764: James and Jane were the parents of thirteen chil- dren: Harman, married Alice Hogeland and settled in Warminster; Charity, wife of John Corson, Esq .; William; Charles; Elizabeth; Eleanor, wife of John Brown; Richard; Isaac; John; Alice; James; Aaron, and Mary. Harman, son of Har- man and Alice (Craven ) Vansant, mar- ried Catharine Hogeland, and died in Warminster in 1823; was many years a justice; he left but one child, Elizabeth, wife of James Edams. William died in Warminster in 1805

IV. Josias Van Sandt, son of Garret and Lysbeth Gerritz, was baptized at the Dutch Reformed church of New York, October 29, 1676, but as we find no further record of him he probably died in childhood.

V. ALBERT VAN SANDT, son of Garret (I) was baptized at Flatbush, May 13, 1681. He married November 8, 1704, Rebecca Vandegrift, daughter of Leonard and Gertje (Ellsworth) Van- degrift. He probably removed with the rest of the family to Bensalem, Bucks county, as he joined in the deed conveying his father's real estate, but in 1708-9, in connection with his bro- ther-in-law, Jacob Vandegrift, purchased 500 acres of land in St. George's Hun- dred, New Castle county. He seems also to have purchased land in Georgetown, Kent county, Maryland, which he con- veyed to liis brother George, May 14. 1737. In 1743 he and his wife Rebecca, of St. George's Hundred, New Castle county, Delaware, joined in the deed for his father-in-law's real estate in Bensa- lem. After this date and prior to De- cember 16, 1751, the date of his will, he married a second wife, Sarah, who is named as executrix. His children were: Elizabeth, baptized October 3, 1705, mar- ried a Joudon; Leonard, baptized No- vember 5, 1707, probably died young, not mentioned will: Harmanus; James: John; Garret; Christina, mar- ried a Dushanc; Rebecca, married a Mar- tin; and Ann, who married a Brown.

VI. JOHANNES (or John) VAN SANDT, born on Long Island, son of Garret (1), married at the First Pres- byterian church of Philadelphia, 12 mo. 17, 1702, Leah Groesbeck, probably daughter of Jacob Groesbeck, who ac- companied the Vansants from Long Isl- and „to Bensalem and purchased land there. John Vansand, as he signed his name, purchased August 1, 1704, 125 acres of land in Bensalem of Thomas Stevenson, but reconveyed it to Stev- enson, May 17, 1714, and the latter im- mediately conveyed it to Harmon Van- Sandt before mentioned. On the same date Stevenson conveyed to him 500

acrs of land on Elk River, Cecil county, Maryland. It is probable that his in- tention to move to Maryland was frustrated by his sickness and death. His will is dated October 30, 1714, and was proved the sixth of the following January. It devises to son John forty shillings, and to his wife Leah his per- sonal estate and the use of his Mary- land real estate, if not sold, during life for "the education and maintenance of. herself and children." Believing that it will be necessary to sell his Maryland real estate, he empowers Stoffel Van- sand and Bartholomew Jacobs to sell it. If not sold, to be valued and divided between the two boys, they paying their sisters their equal shares. The only child mentioned was John. It is possible that the other of "the two boys" was Gar- ret, who had a number of children bap- tized at St. Stephen's church, Cecil county, beginning with 1721. A daughter Rachel was baptized June 5, 17II. V

JACOBUS (or James) VAN SANDT, son of Garret (I), was baptized at Flat- bush, Long Island, February 15, 1685, and removed with his father to Bensa- lem, Bucks county, in 1699. He married at the First Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, on January 7, 1707-8, Re- becca Vandegrift, daughter of Nicho- las and Barentje (Verkerk) Vandegrift, who had come to Bensalem from Long Island at the same date as the Vansants, (See Vandegrift Family). Jacobus and his wife joined the Bensalem church, Neshaminy branch, at its institution in 1710. On April 7, 1711, Benjamin Hop- per conveyed to Jacobus Vansand, of Bensalem, yeoman, 100 acres of land in Southampton, and on January I, 1712, his brother Harman Vansandt and Eli- zabeth his wife conveyed to Jacobus fif- ty acres adjoining the 150 which had been purchased by Harman of Ezra Bowen, June 13, 1711. He later purchased 144 acres of land of Cornelius Egmont. which he devised to his son Nicholas. The will of Jacobus Vansandt, of South- ampton, is dated December 12, 1744, and was proven January 9, 1745. It devises to son Jacob the 150 acre farm on which he dwelt. reserving certain privileges to his wife Rebecca; the Egmont farin to son Nicholas; mentions daughters Eliza- beth and Rebecca as having received their shares, the latter being deceased; sons Jacobus, Garret and Isaiah, and grandson Charles Inyard, to have equal shares. The will names "kinsman John Vansand" and friend Nathaniel Brittian as executors, but they renouncing, as also did the widow, letters were granted to the sons James and Nicholas. The will is signed "J. V." His widow Re- becca survived him two years, leaving will dated November 18, 1746, and proved January 13. 1746-7, and men- tions the sante children, and grandson Charles Inyard. The children of Ja-

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cobus and Rebecca Vandegrift Vansandt were: Jacobus (or James) baptized De- cember I, 1708; married 10 mo, 1, 1732, Margaret Breece. daughter of Hendrick and Hannah ( Field) Breece of Bensalem; see ancestry of Lewis R. Bond, in this volume.

2. Elizabeth, baptized May 21. 1710; married 4 mo. 1, 1732, Charles Inyard, of Warminster, and left one son, Charles Inyard.

3. Garret, married May 13, 1739, Ann Groome of Southampton.

4. Nicholas, baptized January 1, 1711-12, married May 18, 1744. Mary Brittian.

5. Rebecca baptized August 7. 1716, married Isaac Larue.

6. Isaiah, married June 6, 1732, Char- ity (or Gertrude) VanHorn. 7. Jacob.

James, who married Margaret Breece. was a mason, and in 1734 purchased of Gidean de Camp roo acres in Warmin- ster, which he sold in 1748. At about the same date he signed a release to his brothers-in-law, Hendrick, and John Breese for legacy left his wife by her father, and probably accompanied his brother-in-law Hendrick Breece to Har- ford county, Maryland. Garret, the sec- ond son, was a blacksmith in Southamp- ton. His will dated 9 mo. 29. 1779, is on file in the register of wills' office of Bucks county, but does not appear to have been proven. It mentions wife Ann and the following children: Will- iam; Phebe, who married Miles Strick- land. December 24, 1760; Mary and Re- becca Walton: Margaret Foster; daugh- ter Elizabeth's three sons. Amos, Breece and Mahlon Vansant: John; Ann Rich- ardson; Esther Vansant and James.

Nicholas, the third son, married Mary Brittian and had two children. Captain Nathaniel Vansant, of the Revolution; and Rebecca, who married January 9. 1768, Daniel Boileau. Nicholas died about May I, 1801, and his widow Mary in March, 1808.

Isaiah, the fourth son, married Gertje (or Charity) Van Horn, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Van Horn of Mid- dletown. On March IS. 1736-7, he pur- chased at sheriff's sale 17814 acres of land in Makefield township. In 1754 he purchased a small tract adjoining, and in 1768 purchased of John Scott 100 acres in Upper Makefield. His children were: Isaiah: Elizabeth, wife of Cornelius Van- degrift: Rachel, wife of George Merrick, married 4 mo. 12. 1769: Charity: Sarah, who married Christian VanHorn, June 14, 1764: Mary, who married Gabriel VanHorn, January 18. 1772; Joshua; Peter, who married Elizabeth Wollard April 8, 1778, and (second) Alethia Cur- tis: Gabriel; and Cornelius, who married Mary Larzelere. The will of Isaiah Van- sant is dated April 15. 1786, and was proved September 28. 1786. It

devises SON to Joshua the land bought of John Scott in Upper Make- field, and to Gabriel and Cornelius the lome plantation, "reserving one-fourth of an acre for a graveyard, where I have began to bury, for myself and my rela- tions:" mentions Elijah, eldest son of Isaiah. daughter Rachel's three children; daughter Charity's four children, and daughter Mary, and her daughter Char- ity: and daughter .Elizabeth.

Jacob, the youngest son of Jacobus and Rebecca Vansant, inherited from his father the homestead in Southampton, and died there in 1812, devising ninety acres thereof to his daughter Elizabeth Vansant. His other children were: Jane, who married Samuel Dickson; and Mar- garet, who married Jacob Roads.

VIII. GEORGE VAN SANDT, son of Garret (1) was baptized at Flatbush, Long Island, April 24, 1687, and re- moved with the family to Bensalem, Bucks county, in 1699. He married 12 mo. 17, 1706, Micah Vandegrift. He joined his brother Jacobus in the pur- chase of his father's Bensalem farm in 1706, and purchased his brother's inter- est on April 2. 1711. On May 17, 1714, he and wife Micah conveyed this 150 acres in Bensalem to Thomas Stevenson, and removed to Cecil county, Maryland, where he purchased of Gideon Pearce, February 20, 1721, a tract of land called "Forks and Revision," and in 1737 pur- chased of his brother Albert part of a tract called "Tolchester." On October 17, 1733, he and wife "Mary" convey to his son Nicholas, a tract called "Nich- olas' Inheritance," and on same date, they convey to son George other lands. In 1745 they convey parts of "Tolches- ter" to sons Ephraim and Benjamin. From the will of George Vansant, proven March 22, 1755, we learn that his chil- dren were Nicholas, Cornelius. George, Benjamin, Ephraim, John; Elizabetlı, wife of Peter Cole; Hester Newcombe, Resultah Salisbury, and Ann Smith.

X. GARRET VAN SANDT, young- est son of Garret (I) was a minor when his father's real estate was conveyed in 1706. He settled in Wrightstown town- ship, near Penn's Park, where he had a large plantation. He died in 1746, leav- ing a widow Claunchy, sons Garret and Cornelius, to whom he devised the plan- tation; and daughters Sarah Sackett, Rachel Dungan and Rebeckah Vansant. the latter a minor. Cornelius married Mary Lee. December 6. 1748, and died in March. 1789, without issue. His wife Mary died in August, 1808. Garret, eld- est son of Garret and Claunchy, inher- ited one-half of the Wrightstown home- stead, and died there in June: 1806. He married April 30, 1760, Rebecca Evans, who survived him. She was possibly his second wife. Their children were Eliza- beth Addis, Rebecca MeClellan, and Mary, wife of Joseph Carver. Rebecca,

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daughter of Garret, Sr., married a Brit- tian, whose son Joseph and grandson Cornelius are mentioned in the will of Cornelius Van Sant.

Garret Vansant of Middletown, son of Stophel, received by deed of gift from his father on October 21, 1742, 951/2 acres of land, part of 300 acres purchased by Stophel of Henry Paulin in 1706, and on January 10, 1748, purchased 214 acres in Middletown of Charles and Ann Plumly. On June 25, 1789, he conveys the last mentioned tract in about equal parts to his sons, Garret, Jr., and John, and on July 31, 1789, he conveyed to his son George the 951/2 acres conveyed to him by his father. No record appears of the name of his wife. A Garret Vansant married Leah Nixon at Churchville, April 15, 1747, which was probably this Garret, although it may have been his cousin Garret, of Wrightstown. The will of Garret Vansant is dated July 7, 1789, and was proven August 7, 1789. only a week after the conveyance of his land. It mentions the children of his son Jacob, and their mother Mary Vastine: daughters Rachel Harrison, Keziah Sweetman, Vashti Vansant and Sarah Hise; sons John, Garret and George, and grandson James Vansant. Jacob. the eldest son, married Mary Richardson. daughter of Joseph Richardson, and set- tled in Falls township, Bucks county. where he died in April, 1785, leaving chil- dren: Elizabeth, James, Catharine and Garret. His widow married Benjamin Vastine prior to 1789. George Vansant married Sarah Johnston, December 24, 1783. He sold the old homestead to Joshua Woolston in 1794, and removed to Bristol township. John married Le- titia Leaw and died in Middletown in 1812, leaving a son John, and daughters Ann Leah Lovett and Amelia Booz. Gar- ret Vansant. Jr., remained on the home- stead purchased of his father in 1789 1111- til 1822, when he conveyed it to his sons James and John, and soon after removed to Newtown, where he died in 1842 at an advanced age. His wife Mary had died many years previously. The children of Garret and Mary Vansant were John. James, Martha: Jane, wife of Isaac Ran- dall; Rachel, wife of Eber Randall; and Mary, wife of Jonathan Hunter. James died in Middletown in 1833, leaving a widow Amy and two children, Elizabeth. born March 1I, 1821, and James born May 1, 1826.

JAMES TITUS VANSANT, of Mid- dletown township, son of John and Mary (llunter) Vansant, and grandson of Gar- ret and Mary Vansant, last mentioned, was born in Middletown township May 23. 1837, where he was educated at the public schools, and has spent his whole life on the farm that has been the prop- erty of his direct ancestors since 1748. and part of it since 1704. On January 21, 1863, he married Lucy Ann Carman,

daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann (Brown) Carman, of Bensalem township, and granddaughter of Barzilla and Beu- lah Carman. Her maternal grandparents were Israel and Sarah ( Hellings) Brown, the latter being a daughter of Nathan and Rachel Hellings, of an old Middle- town, Bucks county, family whose pro- genitor was Nicholas Hellings, an early settler in Northampton. Mr. and Mrs. Vansant are the parents of eight chil- dren, viz .: Samuel Jennings, born Au- gust 15, 1865, died February 28, 1904; William Carman, born May 14, 1867; John Andrew, born August IT, 1869; Howard, born September 12, 1871; Clar- ence, born August 22, 1873; James Mer- ton, born November 15, 1875. Joseph Winder, born January 10, 1879; Lucy Ann, born June 16, 1883. Samuel Jen- nings Vansant married August, 1891, Martha A. Tomlinson of Fox Chase, and they are the parents of three children -- Roy. Arthur and Frederick. William Carman Vansant married January I, 1894, Melvina Search, and they have four children-Charles Search, James Merton, Mary, and Edward. Mrs. Mel- vina Search died in December, 1904. John Andrew Vansant married April 13, 1900, Ella Sickle, and had one child Esther Helen. Clarence Vansant married, January 25, 1898, Clara Worthington, and their children are: Harriet, born Oc- tober 21, 1898: and Samuel, born Octo- ber 19, 1901. James M. Vansant married, March 6, 1900, Ada K. Hibbs, and their children are: Albert Hunter, born De- cember 31. 1900; and Clifford Randall, born July 31, 1903. Joseph Winder Van- sant married June 1, 1904, Matilda Pre- vost McArthur.

Mr. Vansant is one of the prominent and successful men of the county, and has held many positions of trust. He owns a large amount of real estate. in dwellings and farms and takes a lively interest in the affairs of the county. He and his family are members of the Methi- odist church. In politics he is a Re- publican. He is a member of Nesha- miny Lodge, No. 422. I. O. O. F., of Hulmeville.

HOWARD VANSANT, fourth son of James T. and Lucy Ann (Carman) Van- sant, was born in Middletown township, September 12, 1871, and received his ele- mentary education at the public schools. He graduated from Pierce's Business College in 1891, and for one winter filled the position in that institution as teacher in the banking department. Fle then accepted the position of bookkeeper for Angustes Beitney, which he filled for six years, and then entered into the em- ploy of Walton Bros., grain merchants of Philadelphia, as bookkeeper, and after a short time was promoted to the posi- tion of general superintendent, having general charge of their large warehouse. The firm has for many years done a

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History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 8

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