Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Vandegrift, Theodore D.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bensalem Township


THEODORE D. VANDEGRIFT farmer and stock-grower, P.O. 
Eddington, was born in Bensalem township, December 24, 1822. 
 His parents were Joseph J. and Hannah (Jacoby) Vandegrift, 
natives of this county, and of German descent.  His father 
was a carpenter, and assisted to rebuild the Capitol when it 
was burned by the British.  He afterward embarked in the 
mercantile business, and also in farming.  His family 
consisted of six children, of whom Theodore was the oldest. 
He was reared in Bensalem township, attended subscription 
school, and also boarding school at Andalusia.  He chose 
agricultural pursuits as his occupation, but early in life 
served an apprenticeship at the broom business, though he 
never made his trade a permanent business.  He is the owner 
of 45 acres of well-improved land on which he now resides.  
The buildings are substantial and comfortable.  He was 
married in 1862 to Sarah Ann, daughter of Gilbert Green, of 
Penn's Manor, and Sarah Ann Vansciver, of Beverly, both 
natives of New Jersey, and the latter of German descent.  
Mrs. Vandegrift is a member of the Episcopal church.  In 
politics he is a democrat.