Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Van Horn, James R.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Newtown Township


    JAMES R. VAN HORN retired, P.O. Newtown, was born in 
Northampton township, this county, March 21, 1818, and is a 
son of Abram and Susan (Ruckman) Van Horn.  His paternal 
grandfather was Isaac Van Horn, a native of Northampton 
township, a farmer by occupation, and a son of Abram Van 
Horn, who settled in Northampton township about 1720.  His 
maternal grandfather was James Ruckman, a son of Thomas 
Ruckman, of New Jersey.  James Van Horn was reared in 
Northampton township, and on attaining his majority engaged 
in farming, and was a dealer in cattle upward of twenty 
years.  In 1869 he removed to Newtown, where he has since 
resided.  He married in 1872 Anna, daughter of John and 
Betsey (Hart) Craven, of Northampton township.