Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Opdyke, George
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Falls Township


GEORGE OPDYKE farmer, P.O. Tullytown, was born in Hunterdon 
county, New Jersey, April 1, 1815, and is a son of Benjamin 
and Catharine (Snyder) Opdyke.  His paternal grandfather, 
Benjamin Opdyke, emigrated from England to New Jersey at an 
early age with his parents. His maternal grandfather was 
Henry Snyder, who came from Holland with his parents when 
seven years old.  He entered the continental army at the age 
of seventeen and served under General Washington in all his 
campaigns.  After the close of the revolution he married 
Mary Deuzenberry and lived in the Musconetcong country.  
Previously to the war he lived near Durham.  George Opdyke 
was brought up in the vicinity of his birthplace and 
attended the common schools.  He worked on his father's farm 
until 1837, when he took a trip over the Allegheny 
mountains, visiting Gettysburg two or three times.  He spent 
eight months in Knox county, Ohio, and then returned and 
resumed work on his father's farm.  He made a second trip to 
Ohio previous to his marriage.  In 1847 he was married to 
Rosanna, daughter of John Green.  They have had four 
children, all deceased:  Annie and John, who died in 
infancy, and William and Barclay, who died after reaching 
maturity. After Mr. Opdyke's marriage he removed to his 
present farm and has since resided there. The farm contains 
one hundred and fifty-two acres, all under cultivation, one 
row of fields from the river and two miles from Tullytown.  
Mrs. Opdyke's father, John Green, was a native of Falls.  He 
began life with twenty dollars and at his death owned 
thirteen hundred acres of land.  George Opdyke was the 
fourth in a family of nine children.  His parents were 
Presbyterians, but since his residence here he has attended 
Friends' meeting, of which his wife is a member.  The 
burying place of the family is at the Bristol Episcopal 
church.