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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



dren blessed this union : Jesse Clyde, Mary 

 and Frederick. The motlier died July ij, 

 1888. J. Clyde Crouse married Florence 

 Souders, of Riegelsville, Pennsylvania, June 

 1, 1904, and settled in Elizabeth, New Jer- 

 sey. He is a civil engineer in the employ 

 of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Stewart C. 

 Crouse was married twice, his second wife 

 being Miss Kate Giant, of' Philadelphia; 

 they have four children : Margarite, Wil- 

 mot, Grace, and Emily. He resides in 

 Bound Brook, New Jersey, and is employed 

 in the telegraph department of the New 

 Jersey Central Railroad. Clara, daughter 

 of Frederick Crouse, was born June 25, 

 1864; she married John W. Thompson, of 

 Riegelsville, Pennsylvania, by occupation a 

 carriage painter. They settled in Riegels- 

 ville and have two children living, viz : 

 Florence May, and John.Elsworth; a third 

 child, died in childhood, named Alma. Gert- 

 rude, second daughter of Frederick Crouse, 

 was born June 21, 1874; she married Syl- 

 vester Dillon, a mechanic of Lehnensburg, 

 and they reside in Riegelsville, and have 

 three children : JMildred Rebecca, Laurence 

 and Evelyne. Sallie May, third daughter 

 of Frederick Crouse, was born in July, 

 1876; she married Peter Heater, a foundry- 

 . man of Durham. They reside at Alburtis, 

 Pennsylvania, and have one daughter, Mal- 

 vene. 



Catharine, daughter of Michael Crousc, 

 Jr., was born March 27, 1837; she remained 

 single and died March 20, 1885. 



Hannah, the youngest daughter, born 

 September 29, 1839, died December 8, 1852. 

 Andrew Jackson Crouse, youngest sou 

 of Michael Crouse, Jr., was born January 

 I, 1843. He grew to manhood and married 

 Mrs. Helena Kerbaugh, widow of John B. 

 Kerbaugh, a member of Company C, One 

 Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment, 

 Pennsylvania Volunteers, who was killed 

 at the battle of Antietam, Maryland, Sep- 

 tember 17, 1862, leaving a daughter, Lizzie, 

 who married Oscar Tettemer, of Tinicum 

 township, where they reside. Andrew Jack- 

 son Crouse resides in Riegelsville, and is 

 employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad 

 Company as clerk at the Riegelsville Sta- 

 tion. He served his country during the 

 Civil war in the Forty-fifth Pennsylvania 

 Militia, Union League Regiment, and after- 

 wards as a member of Company G, Twenty- 

 eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. 

 He is a past commander of Colonel Sapiuel 

 Croasdale Post, Grand Army of the Repub- 

 lic. He is also a member and holds office 

 in St. John's Reformed church of Riegels- 

 ville. In politics he is a Democrat, al- 

 though he never sought office. They had 

 four children, viz. ; Charles W., Ada A., 

 Idia and Jennie ; the two latter died in child- 

 hood. The daughter, Ada A., born April 

 14, 1875, holds a position in the Durham 

 Knitting Mill. The son, Charles W. Crouse, 

 born March 5, 1868, was married to Anerta 

 Rader, of Martins Creek, Pennsylvania, on 

 June 10, 1891. They reside in New York 

 city, where he holds the position of book- 



keeper for a large firm. Two children have 

 blessed this union : George, and Aubrey. 

 Helena, wife of Andrew J. Crouse, died 

 April 21, 1892. Mr. Crouse married, Octo- 

 ber 24, 1894, Miss Emma Lear, of Plum- 

 stead township, Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



MRS. RACHAEL P. IRELAND oc- 

 cupies the beautiful old homestead "Winde- 

 mere," which was the property of her par- 

 ents, Thomas S. and Martha (Scarboro) 

 Radcliff. Descended from English an- 

 cestry, her grandfather, John' L. Radclifif, 

 was born in Bucks county, being a repre- 

 sentative of one of the old families of 

 this part of the state. He always followed 

 farming, and while he did not seek to fig- 

 ure in public life his influence was always 

 on the side of right and progress and he 

 was identified with the Friends' meeting, 

 thus adhering to the religious faith of his 

 ancestors. He married Patience Smith, 

 also a native of Bucks county, and his 

 death occured on the old homestead farm. 

 Their children were : Thomas S., Mrs. 



Mary -, Mrs. Sally Cozens, Isaac 



N., who is living in Illinois; Charlotte, 

 wife of H. Funk; Lew, a physician, who 

 died unmarried ; Theodore, who served 

 through the civil war ; Dewitt C, who was 

 a soldier of the Union army and is now 

 'a resident of California ; Harriet, who died 

 unmarried ; Wesley, a farmer, now de- 

 ceased ; and Amanda, wife of J. Neal. 



Thomas S. Radclifif, son of John L. and 

 Patience (Smith) Radcliff, was born in 

 Bucks county in 1815, and was reared 

 near Warrington on the old home farm. 

 He received a liberal education, and in 

 early manhood engaged in teaching school 

 for a number of years. Subsequently he 

 settled upon what was the old Scarbor- 

 ough farm, formerly the property of his 

 father-in-law, and there remained until his 

 children had attained years of maturity. 

 The property had at one time been owned 

 by Jonathan Roberts, who afterward sold 

 it to Mr. Scarborough and eventually Mr. 

 Radclifif purchased it. It is noted for its 

 productive soil, its attractive location and 

 for the splendid view which it commands. 

 In 1867 ]\Ir. Radclifif sold the property and 

 removed to Philadelphia, where he was 

 employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad 

 Company, and subsequently he bought a 

 farm in Maryland which remained his- 

 place of residence throughout his life. 

 His political -iews accorded with Repub- 

 lican principals, and he gave to that party 

 unfaltering support. He was called to 

 several local oflSces, the duties of which 

 he discharged with promptness and fidel- 

 ity, and he was widely known and highly 

 respected for the possession of many ster- 

 ling traits of character. He held friend- 

 ship inviolable, was chararitable and be- 

 nevolent to the poor and needy, and in 

 his home was an indulgent and devoted 



