History of Bucks
County, Pa Volume 3 by William H. Davis
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SAMUEL SCATTERGOOD VAN
HORN SAMUEL SCATTERGOOD VAN HORN, second son of Moses and Rebecca (SCATTERGOOD) VAN HORN, whose ancestry has been given in the preceding pages, was born in Makefield township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1848, and was reared on the Upper Makefield 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 Lambertville, where he carried on a successful business for three years. He then purchased 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, Hunterdon 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 resident properties. He is a member of the Society of Friends. Text taken from page 97 of: Davis, William W. H.,
A.M., History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania [New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing
Company, 1905] Volume III Transcribed AUGUST 2000 by GRACE T. BURTON of PA as part of the Bucks Co., Early Family Project, www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/bucksindex.html Published September 2000 on the Bucks county, Pa., USGenWeb pages at www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/ |
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