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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



Germans. Having been reared upon a 

 farm, he was thoroughly familiar with the 

 details of farming, which occupation he 

 followed until his death, July i, 1855. By 

 his marriage to Catherine Newmaker nine 

 children were born, three of whom died in 

 infancy, the surviving members of the fam- 

 ily being: David N., mentioned hereinafter; 

 Rosanna, born in 1844, died in 1895, who 

 became the wife of Tobias N. Myers; Irv- 

 ing, married Laura Jacoby first and (sec- 

 ond) a German lady; he died in Septem- 

 ber, 1902; Emma, wife of Theodore Hol- 

 comb; Phillip, born July 19, 1853, married 

 Emma Dudbridge and died November 12, 

 1904. 



David N. Kratz attended the common 

 schools of his neighborhood, but his edu- 

 cational advantages were 'limited owing 

 to the death of his father when he was bui 

 twelve years of age. He remained on the 

 homestead farm with his mother until he 

 was thirty years old, and during this time 

 managed the affairs in a thoroughly satis- 

 factory and successful manner. After a 

 residence of one year in Doylestown he 

 purchased the farm where he now resides, 

 located one and a half miles south of 

 Doylestown, and has since given his at- 

 tention to agricultural pursuits and slate 

 roofing. The esteem in which he is held 

 by his fellow citizens is evidenced by the 

 fact that he was elected school director 

 in 1898, which office he held three terms, 

 performing the duties to the satisfaction 

 of all concerned. He is a Republican in 

 politics. In 1873 Mr. Kratz married An- 

 nie Selver, daughter of Daniel and Sarah 

 Selver, and one child was born of this 

 union, Mary Jane, October 13, 187S. 



CALEB SCATTERGOOD, actively and 

 successfully engaged in agricultural pur- 

 suits, has also been the promoter of busi- 

 ness enterprises of importance to his lo- 

 cality and is prominent in social affairs. 

 Although his ancestors in early generations 

 were not residents of Pennsylvania, they re- 

 sided in this part of the country, the grand- 

 father, Caleb Scattergood, being a native 

 of Columbus, New Jersey, born on the loth 

 of April, 1768. He followed farming and 

 surveying throughout his entire life, and 

 was active in business circles in his locality. 

 He married Sarah Atkinson, who was born 

 February 8, 1772, and they became the pa- 

 rents of eleven chldren : Ann, who became 

 the wife of William Wright, and after his 

 death married William Cooper; Joseph; 

 Jonathan; Mary; Sarah, wife of Robert 

 Wright; Caleb and Nathan, both deceased; 

 William A.; Martha, wife of Aaron Mid- 

 dleton; Hannah, wife of Joseph Rogers; 

 John, who died in childhood. 



William A. Scattergood, son of Caleb 

 Scattergood, was born February 17, 1806, 

 in Columbus, New Jersey, and entering 

 upon his business career in early life learned 

 the tailor's trade, which he followed for a 



number of years on Fourth street, in Phila- 

 delphia. Later he established his home near 

 Trenton, New Jersey, where he carried on 

 farming for six years, and then removed to 

 Salem, that state, where he was engaged in 

 farm work for twelve years. He after- 

 ward established his home at Rancocas, 

 where he purchased a tract of land, giving 

 his attention to its further development and 

 improvement for twenty-four years. His 

 careful management of his business inter- 

 ests and his unflagging energy brought to 

 him a competence sufficient to enable him 

 to live retired, and, putting aside the active 

 duties of the farm, he established his home 

 in the village of Rancocas, where he passea 

 the evening of life, his death occurring De- 

 cember 7, 1878. He married Miss Rebecca 

 Heaton, and they had ten children ; Ellen, 

 wife of Benjamin Hilliard; Hannah Ann, 

 wife of David Ford ; Catherine ; Sarah ; 

 Rachel, wife of Mahlon K. Hendrickson ; 

 William W. ; Caleb ; Heaton and Harvard, 

 who died in infancy; and Rebecca, wife of 

 Alexander Thompson. 



Caleb Scattergood, son of William A. 

 and Rebecca (Heaton) Scattergood, was 

 born in Salem, New Jersey, October 20. 

 1841. His preliminary education, acquired 

 in the common schools, was supplemented 

 by three terms attendance at the Trenton 

 Academy. He was reared to the occupation 

 of farming and remained with his father 

 until thirty-one years of age, when he pur- 

 chased his father's land within two miles 

 of the city of Trenton, and there carried on 

 farming on his own account for ten years. 

 On the expiration of that decade he re- 

 moved to the farm upon which he now re- 

 sides, situated about two miles from Tren- 

 ton, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He has 

 here ninety acres of land lying along the 

 river, this being one of the best farms in 

 Lower Makefield township. The property 

 is well improved with modern equijjments, 

 the fields are very highly cultivated, and 

 every facility of a model farm of the twen- 

 tieth century is there found. Mr. Scatter- 

 good, being a man of resourceful business 

 ability, has likewise extended his efforts 

 to other lines. He conducts a commission 

 business, and loaded the first carload of 

 potatoes that was ever shipped from Yard- 

 ley Station. He was also one of the or- 

 ganizers of the Yardley Water and Power 

 Company, of which he is still a director, 

 and is a member of the board of directors 

 of the Building and Loan Association of 

 that place, his enterprise proving of a char- 

 acter that promotes public prosperity as well 

 as individual success. 



Mr. Scattergood married Miss Emma 

 Reeves, who died November 24, 1896. 

 They were the parents of three children: 

 Mary and Nellie, who died in child- 

 hood ; and David T., who is with his father 

 upon the home farm. Mr. Scattereood 

 married March 23, 1905. Miss Lizzie Ellett 

 Smith, daughter of Samuel T. and Lydia 

 S. Smith, of Salem. New Jersey. The 

 members of the family all belong to the 



