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Reuben Van Tassel
The Van Tassel family originally consisted of 15 children. The father, Theodore Van Tassel, was a native of Germany [not correct according to Daniel VT history-rmv.], and located at East Durham about about the year 1800. Reuben, his son, married Elizabeth, daughter of Cyrus French, and has a fine boarding house and farm. Allen lives near the Carter Bridge, and is a fine man. Luke, the youngest, occupies a good farm. His wife was a daughter of Deacon R. R. Post, of the Baptist church.
History of Greene County, New York : with biographical sketches of its prominent
men.
New York: J.B. Beers & Co., 1884, p. 283.