GENEALOGIES and HISTORIES
GENEALOGIES and HISTORIES
by H.C. Bradsby, 1891
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"SAMUEL VAN WOERT, farmer, P.O. Athens, was born in Athens, Greene Co., N.Y., May 3, 1837, a son of Nicholas and Maria (Van Gorder) Van Woert, the former of whom was born in Athens, Greene Co. NY, the latter in Orange County, NY. John Van Gorder, grandfather on his mother's side, was a Revolutionary soldier and native of Holland. Nicholas, is a son of Jacob Van Woert, born May 6, 1799; he removed from Athens, Greene Co. NY in 1838, locating in the county and Athens township. In 1841 or '42, he purchased a farm on 'Shutliff Hill," where he made his subsequent home; he died during a short absence at Wilawana, February 15, 1866; his family consisted of six children, all of whom grew to maturity. Our subject, the sixth of the family, was reared and educated in Athens township: at the age of nineteen he began business for himself, and when thiry-one years of age married, February 12, 1868, for his first wife, Miss Isabella, daughter of Fred B. and Anna Weller; November 25,1874, he married his second wife, Miss Mary A., daughter of Samuel and Marion Spear. He is an enterprising farmer, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church."
[Below, I've arranged the vital records cited above in summary for clarity.]
[Note: Athens, Bradford County PA is immediately south of Tioga County NY.] |
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