Robert Van Voorhis and Jane Hoffman

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Husband Robert Van Voorhis ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Jul 1822 - Fallowfield Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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           Died: 26 Jan 1892 - Fort Collins, Larimer Co, CO 2
         Buried:  - VanVoorhis Cemetery, Pigeon Creek, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: Abraham Van Voorhis (1785-1871) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Ann Watkins (      -1828) 1 4 5 7

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       Marriage: 1887 2

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   Other Spouse: Caroline Frye (      -1885) 1 2 - 2 Mar 1848 2

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Wife Jane Hoffman ²

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Van Voorhis

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He was born July 6, 1819. [HWC 1882, 696]

He married, and they lived for a short time in the old log house near where Cornelius Carson later resided. From that house he moved up the hill to the old family home, shortly after his father had finished the brick house on the original Van Voorhis homestead. Some years later he sold this farm to James Sampson, and purchased from Hon. G. V. Lawrence a beautiful and highly-improved farm on the turnpike two miles above town, now called the "Keystone Farm." Robert was engaged in the thoroughbred sheep-raising business beginning in 1848. He was the highest authority in that line of business, and his advice and sheep were sought after in all parts of the United States. His ability as a shepherd was recognized by the Commissioners of Agriculture, at whose instance he communicated a valuable paper, which appeared in a book published by authority of Congress, entitled "Diseases of Domestic Animals." Orders reach him from all parts of the United States, and strains from his choice flocks were to be found in Texas, Colorado, and every one of the middle states. As for premiums, they never failed to take wherever exhibited. His clips were the largest ever known in this or any other country, some of them being eight hundred per cent. above the average. His fine infantado sheep, Don Carlos, was beautifully lithographed, and had the place of honor as the frontispiece of the "Pennsylvania State Agricultural Report for 1878." His eye was like a microscope in determining the firmness and other qualities of the wool fibre.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 696.

2 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 197.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 695.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1059.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1220.

6 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 187.

7 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 196.