David Van Scoyoc

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From the Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County, PA (p. 40 9);

DAVID VAN SCOYOC, of Mountaindale, Reade township, this county, is a s on of John and Mary (Hutchinson) Van Scoyoc, and was born in what is now R eade, then White township, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, December 8, 1845.
The old-world origin of the family of which our subject is a worthy scio n, is in the prosperous little kingdom of Holland, from which country h is paternal grandfather emigrated to this. He located in what is now Bla ir county, then a part of Huntingdon county, this State. John Van Scoyoc ( father) was born in Huntingdon county, now Blair, in 1802, and died at h is home in Mountaindale, this county, at the age of sixty-six years. In h is early days he was a collier, but in 1845 he removed to the vicini ty of what is now Mountaindale, and purchased a tract of wooded land conta ining one hundred and twenty-six acres. This he cleared for cultivation, a nd devoted the remainder of his life to the pursuits of agriculture. He w as a substantial and thrifty citizen, and a pillar in the Baptist church o rganization at Mountaindale, serving a number of years as a deacon. He mar ried Mary Hutchinson, of Blair county, and their union was blessed in t he birth of twelve children, six of whom grew to maturity. They were as fo llows: Sarah Ann, deceased, was the wife of David Stevens; Rev. Thomas, w ho for a number of years was a minister of the Baptist church. He was a ve ry ardent church worker, was widely known, and did much for the cause of C hristianity. He was largely instrumental in the building of the present Ba ptist church in Mountaindale; John, a farmer of Reade township; Elizabet h, wife of James W. McCartney, a farmer of the same township; Rebecca, wi fe of George Franklin, of Elton, Iowa; and David, subject.
The subject of this sketch is the youngest of twelve children, and was rea red upon the farm. Being reared to agricultural pursuits, he naturally to ok up that line of business when he commenced the battle of life on his o wn account. He owns forty acres of land adjacent to Mountaindale, an d, in connection with the tilling of the soil, has been alive to any pursu it that promised a fair remuneration, and has done some lumbering, etc.
In the fraternal world he stands deservedly high, being a respected memb er of Coalport Lodge, No. 574, F. and A. M., of Coalport, Clearfield count y.
November 3, 1868, he married Mary L. Jackson, a daughter of John Jackso n, a farmer of Blair county, and their union has been blessed in the bir th of the following children Mary Edith, deceased; Charles, John E., Alic e, and Howard.

David married Mary L Jackson.