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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



that wonderful structure. In 1879 he dis- 

 posed of his iron bushics in Pittsburg, 

 and engaged in business ni Philadelphia. 

 In 1882 he came to i3ensaleni township, 

 Bucks county, and purchased the old Pot- 

 ter Hall College, which he tore down, 

 and on the site erected the row of dwell- 

 ings which add so materially to the 

 beauty and attractiveness of the place. 

 Pie also located a plant for the manufac- 

 ture of iron and wire fences, and by close 

 application and reliable methods has 

 built up an extensive and lucrative busi- 

 ness. He is a staunch adherent of the 

 principles of Republicanism. On Oc- 

 tober 26, 1876, Mr. Lauderbach was mar- 

 ried to Ella Virginia Young, who was 

 born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 

 15, 1854, a daughter of Henry C. and Re- 

 becca A. (Wilson) Young, the former 

 named having been a native of Philadel- 

 phia, and a son of Henry and Elizabeth 

 (Dennison) Young, of Philadelphia. 

 Their children are: Helen, born May 5, 

 1878, became the wife of Walter Lef- 

 ferts, June 30, 1904; Edith Iredell, born 

 August 2, 1879; Greta, born April 24, 

 1886; and John, born May 20, 1891. 



DR. JOSEPH HAMMETT SCHENCK! 

 Joseph Hammett Schenck, of Bristol, Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania, a representative of 

 a Holland Dutch ancestry, who has estab- 

 lished an international reputation through 

 his proprietary remedies, was born in Med- 

 ford, Burlington county. New Jersey, May 

 6, 181 1. The first American ancestor of 

 the family was Roelof Martense Schenck, 

 who upon his arrival, June 28, 1650, settled 

 in Flatlands, Long Island, where he resided 

 until his death in 1704. The line of descent 

 is traced through him to his son, Roelof 

 Schenck, who married Nelltje Geretson Van 

 Covenhoven ; to Garret Schenck, who mar- 

 ried Margaret Covenhoven; to John 

 Schenck, who married Cobanche Coven- 

 hoven ; to Courtland Schenck, who married 

 Kitturah Hammett. The latter named 

 were the parents of Dr. Joseph H. Schenck. 



The childhood of Dr. Schenck was passed 

 in Moorestown, New Jersey, receiving his 

 education in the common schools of that 

 town. He early evinced a resolute de- 

 termination to succeed, and at the death of 

 his father, when he was but eleven years of 

 age, began in earnest to become the sup- 

 port of the family. He learned from an 

 Indian woman, who resided near his home, 

 the secret of certain herbs and roots, and 

 from these were subsequently evolved those 

 remedies which have given to Dr. Schenck 

 his great success. He soon achieved a 

 prominence in the business world in this 

 and nearly every other country which 

 brought him ample returns iinancially. 

 This record of his life work clearly 

 demonstrates the fact that he is a selfmade 

 man, and possesses in a large degree the 

 characteristics of success. 



At Flemington, New Jersey, June 4, 1835, 

 Dr. Schenck married Catharine Haward, a 

 daughter of Peter and Sarah (Van Nest) 

 Haward, of Flemington, New Jersey, a 

 granddaughter of Abraham and Catharine 

 (Sebring) Van Nest, and a descendant of 

 a Holland Dutch ancestry. The children 

 born of this marriage are as follows: Sarah 

 Jane, born July 7, 1836, became the wife 

 of Colonel Charles Carroll Knight, and their 

 children are : Joseph Schenck, born Decern- 

 ber 20, 1871; Harriet West, born June 5, 

 1872; and Franklin Comley, born February 

 17, 1877. Maria Van Nest, born March 3, 

 1838, became the wife of William Nathan 

 Rowland, and are the parents of one 

 daughter, Catharine Schenck Rowland, born 

 May 10, i860. Peter Haward died in 1871, 

 aged twenty-seven years. Susan Blackwell, 

 died in infancy. Ann Elizabeth Sebring, 

 died in infancy. Catharine Haward, died 

 aged twenty-one years. Joseph Hammett,. 

 Jr., married Matilda Kisterbock, and their 

 children are: Joseph Haward; Walter G.,. 

 deceased; John, born 1851, died in infancy. 



GEORGE W. RADCLIFF. Buckingham 

 township numbers among its leading farm- 

 ers and citizens George W. Radcliff. Mr. 

 Radcliflf is a grandson of James Radcliff,. 

 w^liose son, also James, was born, it is sup- 

 posed, in Horsham township, [Montgomery 

 county. When a child his parents removed 

 to Bucks county, -where the remainder 

 of his life was passed. Politically he 

 was a Republican.' He married Jane L. 

 Hageman, and three children were born to 

 them, two of whorn are living: George W., 

 mentioned at length hereinafter; and Hart 

 R., who was his brother's assistant on the 

 farm, and who died September 26, 1904. 

 Mr. Radclifif's later years were spent irt 

 Buckingham, Wrightstown and Warwick 

 townships. He died May 10, 1902, at the 

 advanced age of eighty-five years. 



George W. Radclifif, son of James and 

 Jane L. (Hageman) Radcliff, was born 

 April 30, 1858, in Buckingham township, and 

 obtained his education in the common 

 schools and Doylestown Seminary. For 

 some years after his marriage ]\Ir. Radcliff 

 cultivated the home farm in the capacity of 

 a tenant, and in 1901 became its owner by 

 purchase. For fourteen years he was super- 

 visor of the township, and in 1902 was a 

 candidate for clerk of the orphans' court. 

 He was elected to the office of Registrar 

 of wills for Bucks county in 1904. He is a 

 member of Warrington Lodge. No. 447, I. 

 O. O. F., and Mountain Lodge, No. 31, 

 Shield of Honor. He is an earnest advocate 

 and supporter of the doctrines of the Re- 

 publican partj% aiding the organization both 

 by his voice and vote. Mr. Radcliff mar- 

 ried, December 25, 1888, Jennie, daughter of 

 Charles H. Clift, of Meclianics' Valley, 

 now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Radcliff are 

 tlie parents of four children : Sarah, Mary, 

 Emma, and Charles. 



