Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Vanartsdalen, Cyrus T.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Newtown Township


  CYRUS T. VANARTSDALEN farmer, P.O. Newtown, was born in 
Northampton township, April 5, 1823, and is a son of Isaac 
and Ann (Torbert) Vanartsdalen.  His paternal grandfather, 
Garrett, was an extensive landholder in Northampton 
township, and a prominent citizen of his day.  His wife was 
Euphemia Hogeland.  He was a son of the pioneer, John 
Vanartsdalen, of Holland Dutch descent.  The maternal 
grandfather of Cyrus Vanartsdalen was James Torbert, son of 
James, a pioneer of Upper Makefield.  Garrett Vanartsdalen 
reared a family of four children:  John, Simon, Isaac and 
Maria.  Isaac Vanartsdalen was a farmer of Northampton 
township where he died.  His children were:  Garrett, James 
T., Theodore M., Cyrus T., Margaret A. (Mrs. Wynkoop 
McNair), Alice E. (Mrs. James Anderson), Maris (Mrs. James 
L. Torbert) and Isaac K.   Our subject was reared in 
Northampton township, and settled in Newtown in 1859, where 
he has since resided.  December 15, 1847, he married Jane 
E., daughter of Jacob and Maria Cornell, of Northampton 
township, by whom he has had three children:  Mary C., 
deceased; Alice E., deceased; and Isaac T., born March 28, 
1857.