HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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sition of clerk in the store of Richard 

 R.\ Paxson, at Lahaska, for two years. 

 H^ then taught school in Warwick 

 township for one term, in the meanwhile 

 studying veterinary surgery under Dr. 

 Joshua C. Smith, of New Hope. He be- 

 gan practice as a veterinary surgeon in 

 Plumstead, in 1869, and followed his 

 profession there for seventeen years, 

 most of which time he was located at 

 Danboro. In 1886 he removed to 

 Doylestown, where he has since conducted 

 a large practice. He takes an active in- 

 terest in local affairs, has served for 

 three years as a member of the Doyles- 

 town school board, and is serving his 

 second term of three years each as a 

 member of borough council. At Dan- 

 boro he was affiliated with the local 

 lodges of I. O. R. AI. and the Golden 

 Eagles. He is a member and past mas- 

 ter of Doylestown Lodge, No. 245, F. 

 and A. M., and a past high priest of 

 Doylestown Chapter, No. 270, R. A. AI. 

 He is also a past officer of Aquetong 

 Lodge, No. 193, and Doylestown En- 

 campment, No. 35, L O. O. F., and takes 

 a leading part in the degree staffs of 

 l)Oth lodge and encampment. 



Dr. Price married, at the Doyles- 

 town Presbyterian manse, November 29, 

 1872, Rachel A. Cadwallader, daughter 

 of James and Christianna (Fell) Cad- 

 wallader, of Buckingham, and grand- 

 daughter of Eli and Rachel (Morris) 

 Cadw-allader. On the maternal line 

 Mrs. Price is descended from Joseph 

 Fell, who came from Cumberland, Eng- 

 land, in 1795, and settled in Buckingham 

 two years later, through his son Benja- 

 min, before mentioned. To Dr. and 

 Mrs. Price have been born two chil- 

 dren: Beatty, July 2, 1876. died May 

 8, 1877; and Christianna, February 24, 

 1879, wife of John L. DuBois, Jr.. a 

 member of Bucks county bar. To Mr. 

 and Mrs. DuBois have been born two 

 children: Rachel, who died September 

 29, 1901, and John Latta DuBois, born 

 December 5, 1903. 



WILMER KRUSEN, M. D., was 

 "born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 

 May 18, 1869, a son of John and Eliza- 

 beth A. (Sager) Krusen. He is of 

 Holland-Dutch descent, and his father 

 was a farmer of Bucks county. 



He was educated in the public schools 

 ■of his native county, and read medicine 

 for a year with Dr. Charles B. Smith, 

 •of Newtown, Pennsylvania, before enter- 

 ing Jefferson Medical College, from 

 which he was graduated in 1893, with 

 the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For 

 a year following he was resident physi- 

 cian in the Jefferson Hospital. He 

 then opened a practice in Philadelphia, 

 Tiis specialty being gynecology, and since 

 1894 has been instructor in gynecology 



at Jefferson College. He has been as- 

 sistant gynecologist in the Jefferson 

 Hospital, the St. Joseph Hospital and 

 the Samaritan Hospital. He is chief of 

 the Gynecological Dispensary of St. Jo- 

 seph's Hospital, and a fellow of the 

 College of Physicians. He is at pres- 

 ent (1905) chief gynecologist of the Sa- 

 maritan Hospital, and professor of 

 gynecology in the Temple Medical Col- 

 lege. He is a member of the American 

 Medical Association, of the Philadel- 

 phia County Medical Association, of the 

 Philadelphia County Medical Society, 

 the Philadelphia Medical Club, the Phil- 

 adelphia Obstetrical Society, the North- 

 western Medical Society, and the Phila- 

 delphia Pathological Society. He is a 

 collaborator on "American Medicine," 

 and has written many articles in the line 

 of his specialty. In politics he is a Re- 

 publican. In 1895 Dr. Krusen married 

 Elizabeth W. Gilbert, and his three chil- 

 dren are: Edward M., Francis H., and 

 Carolyn A. 



JOHN H. VANSANT, whose exten- 

 sive agricultural pursuits have brought 

 to him a large degree of prosperity as a 

 result of his reliable and progressive 

 methods, is a native of the community 

 in which he resides, Eddington, Ben- 

 salem township, Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, born October 31, 1840, a son of 

 John F. and Mary (Boozer) Vansant. 



John F. Vansant (father) was also a 

 native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 

 born in 1806. He was a blacksmith by 

 trade, which line of work he followed in 

 Cornwells, opposite the old tavern 

 where the stage horses were changed, 

 and, being an expert mechanic, his trade 

 increased steadily both in volume and 

 importance from year to year, becoming 

 a lucrative means of livelihood. In 1840 

 he purchased the farm at Eddington 

 where his son John H. now resides, and 

 in connection with his farming pursuits 

 conducted a blacksmith shop at that 

 place, continuing until his death. By 

 his marriage to Mary Boozer, of Ben- 

 salem township, Bucks county, nine chil- 

 dren were born, seven of whom attained 

 years of maturity, as follows: Charles, 

 Jesse, Thomas, Margaret, Elizabeth, 

 John H., and James. The family at- 

 tended the Episcopal church, in the 

 work and to the support of which they 

 were liberal contributors. Mr. Van- 

 sant died in 1866, in the sixty-seventh 

 year of his age; his wife died Septem- 

 ber 29, 1889, having attained the ad- 

 vanced age of eighty-six years. 



John H. Vansant was reared on his 

 father's farm, whereon he has resided 

 during his entire lifetime, and thus be- 

 came thoroughly familiar with all the 

 details of the quiet but useful calling of 

 agriculture, to which he has since de- 

 voted his entire time and attention. His 



