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survive : Edward H., born 1832 ; Mary, 

 born 183s ; and Hannah, born 1839. 



3. Eleanor H., born 1810, 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 1851; George F., 

 and Catharine S., twins, born 1854; Han- 

 nah E., born 1857; Benjamin F., born i860; 

 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 ISIakefield 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 



*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, 190.5. 



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large trade and his remodeled store in 

 1884 named "Grand Depot"'enjoyed much 

 more than a locak 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 Jersev into their native county, 

 and the country districts and towns of 

 New Jersey. In 1S89, 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, 

 1S79, 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 



