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OF THE
Greater New York
VOLUME III
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW YOEK BIOGRAPHY AND GP]NEALOGY
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(JUDGE BUILDING)
110 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK. U.S.A.
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PREFACE TO THE TIIIKD VOLUME.
IJE iiie^eiit vdhiinc conlaiiis aliout (Jiie tliousaiid brief sketches, giviui;' bioi;iai(liical and geuealogiral iiifoniia- tiou respectiuu' as many citizens, dead and living, whuse careers connect tlicni witli the social, couinier-cial, or official history of the City of Ne^^ Yoi k. The desii;ii has lieen to prodin-c a valnable reference volume, for i)ractical use, and not a mere compila- tion of <ienealo<iical lore. Co-operation has been solicited in every di- rection, and this occasion is tak<Mi to thank the many who have fur- nished information or corrects I jirodls.
The reader will here find the most comprehensive compilation of New York biography which has ever been issued from the press, while a. notable characteristic of this volume is the fact that a. considerable pai-t of its contents conveys information which is not elsewhere acces- sible to the public. On the other hand, it is true that some omissions occuL' which would not have occurred but for the lack of proper co- operation. And this remark a])])lies to the illustrations, as well as to the letter-press.
In order to serve the jjurpose of useful and convenient reference, in the case of the livino- the aim has been succinctly to record public or professional achievements, corporation or otlier business connec- tions, and club affiliations, together with a n-sume of genealogical antecedents. The simple facts, so far as they could be ascei-tained, liave been concisely stated.
The Alphabetical Index gives only the thousand names of the sub- jects of the sketches. But the text will be found to contain numei-ous briefer notices of New York ancestors or other relatives of those whose names appear in the Index.
INDEX. VOLIMK in.
PAGE
Alil)f, Robert 474
Abbott, Austin 215
Abbott, Lyman 512
Abeel, John Howard 78
Acker, Cliiirles Livingston o.jO
Acker, David D 550
Acker, Franklin 551
Adams, Charles Henry 576
Adams, Edward Dean . . 132
Adams, Henry Herschel 581
Adams, John Lanson 498
Adee, Frederic William 283
Adee, George Townsend 282
Adler, Felix 565
Agar, John Giraud 246
Alderton, Henry Arnold 443
Aldridge, Frederick Thurston 605
Alexander, James 46
Alexander, LawTence Dade 103
Alexander, William (Lord Stirling). . . 47
Allen, Ethan 246
Allen, Joel Asaph 590
Ailing, Asa Ailing 259
Allison, Thomas 253
Andersen, Henry 630
Anderson, Elbert Ellery 224
Anderson, Henry Burrall 278
Anderson, Henry Hill 277
Andrews, Constant A 82
Andrews, Loring 81
Angell, Edward L 631
Anthony, Richard Allard 576
Appleton, l>aniel 344
Appleton, Willianj Henry 344
Arkell, William J 346
Arnold, Lemuel Hastings 229
Arthur, Chester Alan 89
Astor, John Jacob 66
Astor, John Jacob 68
Astor, John Jacob 70
Astor, William 69
Astor, William Backhouse 67
Astor, William Waldorf 69
PAGE
Atwood, Joseph Freeman ,501
Aiiehineloss, Hugh D 92
Auehincloss, John W 91
Audsley, George Ashdown 593
Audsley, William James o9'I
Avery, Robert 155
Avery, Samuel Putnam 97
Babcock, Samnel D 129
Baelie, Jules Semon 161
Backus, Brad}' Electus .507
Backus, Henry Clinton 310
Backus, J. Bayard 243
Bacon, Gorham 442
Baird, Andrew D 631
Baker, George F 137
Baker, Sewaid 267
Baker, Stephen 139
Baldwin, Austin 1' 576
Bangs, Lenniel Bolton 472
Banks, David 235
Banta, John 545
Banta, Theodore Melvin 382
Barber, Amzi Lorenzo 406
Barclay, Henry Anthony 72
Barker, Fordyee 499
Barlow, Peter Townsend 235
Barnes, John Sanford 178
Barrett, Clarence Tynan 589
Barron, .John Conner 580
Barrows, Charles Clift'oid 487
Bartholomew, John Olmsted 184
BartU-tt, Homer L 469
Batterman. Henry 183
Bayard, Nicholas 43
Bayard, William 45
Baylies, Edmund Lincoln 220
Beach, John X 581
Beal, William Reynolds 519
Beaman, Charles Cotesworth 221
Beck, Carl 425
Beecher, Henry Waiil 505
Beekman, Gerard .53
Beekman, Gerardus 51
INDEX.
PAGE
Beekmaii, James William 52
Beekiiian, James William 52
Beekmaii, Willicliiuis 51
Bend, George llottmaii 16.3
Beldiiig, Milo Merrick .382
Bekling, Milo Merrick, Jr 383
Bell, Edward 107
Bell, .James D 219
Bell, Isaac 195
Bell, Isaac 190
Belmout, August lO.j
BeliiiDiit. August 107
Belmont, Perry 106
Bend, George Hoffman 163
Benedict, Charles Linnseus 228
Benedict. Elias Cornelius 157
Benedict, Frederic Hart 1.58
Benedict, Heniy Harper .579
Benedict, LeGrand Loekwood 158
Bennett, James Gordon 347
Bennett, James Gordon, Jr 317
Bergmami, Signiund ()24
Berrian, diaries Albert 578
Betts, Frederic Henry 22.5
Billings, Jolm Haskell -i(>9
Bird. Joseph 609
Bishop, George Starr 616
Bissell, Arthur F 509
Bissell, John Xewton 611
Bissell, Pelhani .St. George .551
Bissinger, Philip 174
Blatchford, Samuel 229
Bleything, (ieorge Dacre 425
Bliss, Cornelius Newton 355
Bloss, James Orville 390
Boas, Emil Leopold 369
Bodeeker, Carl F. W 500
Bogart, Jolm 89
Bond, Frank Stuart 380
Booraem, Robert Elmer .599
Bootli, Edwin Thomas .562
Boothby, Jolm William 200
Borne, John Emil 147
Bourne, Frederick Gilbert 390
Bowdoin, George Sullivan 109
Bowe, Leroy E 035
Bowers, Jolm ^lyer 221
Bowman, Henry Hopjier 328
Boyle, Charles Cumberland 503
Bozeman, Nathan 481
PAGE
Bozeman, Nathan Gross 458
Bradshaw, Charles 298
Brady, James Tophaiu 229
Branch, James Ransom 610
Brannan, Jolm Winters 461
Breese, James Lawrence 1 75
Brewer, George Emerson 40,5
Brew ster, Eugene Valentine .323
Brice, Calvin Stewart 252
Bristed, Charles Aster 242
Bristow, Algernon Thomas 434
Bronk, William Rea 290
Broiison, Frederic . . 63
Brower, George Vauderhoof 275
Browai, Alexander, Jr 634
Brown, John Crosby 103
Brown, Vernon Howlaiid 357
Bruggeihof, Frederick William 54.5
Bryant, Joseph Decatur 4.51
Buckingham, Charles Luman 210
Buel, Oliver Prince 2.50
Bulkley, Justus Lawrence 402
Bull, William Lanman 007
Bull, William Tillinghast 470
Burden, James Abercrombie 198
Bnrlee, William Jose])h 647
Burr, Aaron 209
Burrall, Frederick Augustus 439
Biirrill, Middleton Shoolbied 203
Burroughs, James Sehoonmaker 547
Butler, George Henry 427
Butler, Prescott Hall 224
Butler, William Allen 238
Butterfield, Daniel 604
Cadwalader, John Lambert 60
Cahoone, Richards Mott 269
Cameron, Sir Roderick William 191
Camp, Henry 32.3
Campbell, Thomas C 331
Caimou, Henry Wliite 152
Carey, Henry T 98
Carleton, George \\' 348
Carnegie, Andrew 129
Carnochan, Gouverueur Morris 55
Carpenter, Herbert Sanford 183
Carroll, Joseph William 298
Carroll, Royal Phelps 62
Carter, De Lancy 466
Carter, James Coolidge 338
Carter, Oliver Stanley 141
INDEX.
PAGE
Cesnola, Luigi Paliiia di 199
Chambers, Porter Flr-wellen 489
Chandler, Albert Krowii 525
Chandler. Charles Frederick 387
Chauler, Wiiithroj) 96
Chapiii, Alfred Clark 251
Chapiii, William Viall 180
Chaiineey, Elihu 400
Chesebroiigh, Robert A 528
Chew, Beverly 538
Choate, Joseph Hodges 210
Church, Benjamin .Silliman ... 97
Church, James Congdou 267
Clatlin, Horace Brigham 596
ClaHin,Johu 596
Claiborne, John Herbert, Jr 459
Clark, Alonzo 474
Clark, John Mitchell 600
Clarkson, John Van Koskerck 403
Clement, George Ansel 266
Clement, Nathaniel Holmes 292
Clephane, John Ogilvie 266
Cleveland, Clement 472
Clews, Henry 363
Clinton, Charles William 39
Clinton, De Witt 38
Cochran, John 226
Coddington, Gilbert Smith. ... 402
Coe, Henry Clark 440
Cogswell, CuUen van Rensselaer 405
Cole, Abram 641
Cole, Lucius Azel 409
Coles, Edwin Sands 582
Colgate, James Boorman 395
Colton, Frederick C 540
Concanen, Richard Luke 513
Conklin, Roland Ray 538
Conkling, John Terry 454
Connolly, John 514
Counorton, Luke J 324
Constable, James Mansell 187
Constant, .Samuel Victor 247
Converse, Edmmid Cogswell 585
Cook, Henry Harvey 368
Cooke, William Gates 237
Cooper, Fjdward 372
Cooper, Peter 559
Copeland, Henrj' Clay 160
Corhiii, Austin 371
Corliin, ,\ustin 372
PAGE
Cornell, Alonzo B 353
Cornell, John Black 108
Cornell, John M 108
Cornell. William AV 108
Corrigan, Michael Augustine 517
Corson, David T 648
Corwin, Franklin Howard 618
Coster, Charles Henry 162
Cotterill, George Washington 311
Coudert. Frederick Ren(i 283
Courtney, John 294
Cowdin, Eliot Christopher 104
Cowdin, John Eliot 105
Cowing, James Raddift'e 611
Cox, Townsend 181
Crane, John M 140
Creighton, Henry James 625
Crimmins, John D 375
Crimmins, Jolm D.. .Jr 376
Crimmins. Thomas E 375
Cromwell, Frederic 381
Cromwell, (ieorge 333
Cromwell, Oliver Eaton 183
Crook, Abel 287
Crosby, F2rnest Howard 201
Crosby, John Schuyler 200
Cruger, .Stephen Van Rensselaer 16
Crutchtield, .James Thimias 645
Cullen, Edgar Montgomery 333
Curie, Charles 302
Curtis, George William .339
Cushman, Don Alonzo 562
Cushmau, E. Holbrook 562
Cutting, Leonard 53
Cutting, AA'illiam 53
Cutting, William Bayard 53
Cuyler, Cornelius Cuyler 165
Dahlgren, John Vinton 281
Dana, Charles Anderson 340
Dana, Charles Loomis 463
Dana, Paul 341
Dana, Richard Starr 12T
Davenport, \\'illiam Bates 294
Davidson, George Trimble 247
Davidson, Mathias Oliver 583
Davies, Juliou Tappan 287
Davies, William Gilbert 226
Davis, Fellowes 184
Davisou, Charles Everett 250
Day, Clarence Shepard 1 79
IXDEX.
PAGE
Day, George Lord 215
Day, Heury 214
Dayton, Charles Willoughby 3S6
Deau, Mathew 542
DeForest, George B 403
Delirove, Edward R 30(!
DeHart, John 633
Delafleld, Edward 494
Delafield, Francis 495
Delafield, John 192
Delafield, John 193
Delafield, Maturin Livingston 195
Delafield, Matnrin Livingston, Jr 195
Delafield, Richard 194
deLancey, Edward Floyd ... 73
Delatonr, Heniy Beeckman 430
Demarest, John 633
Deming, Henry Champion 367
Depew, Chauncey Mitchell 233
de Peyster, Abraham 18
de Peystei', Frederic 19
de Peyster, Frederic James 42
de Peyster, Johannes 19
de Peyster, Johannis 17
de Pey.ster, John Watts 20
Dew, James Harvie 462
De Witt, George Gosnian 218
Dexter. Henry 366
Dick, William 369
Dickerman, Watson B 172
Dickerson, Edward Xicoll "279
Dickerson, Edward Nicoll 280
Dickinson. Horace Edward 535
Dillon, John Forrest 308
Dinsmore, William B 545
Ditson, Charles Healy 534
Dix, John Adams 64
Dix, John Morgan 64
Dodge, Charles Cleveland 13
Dodge, Cleveland Hoadley 13
Dodge. David Low 10
Dodge, (jrace Hoadley 13
Dodge, Cirenville M 582
Dodge, Norman W 13
Dodge, William Earl 11
Dodge, William I^arl 12
Dominick. William Gayer 171
Doremus, Charles Avery 417
Dorennis, Robert Ogden 416
Dorman, Orlando Porter 588
PAGE
Doty, Ethan Allen 522
Donglas, Orlando Benajah 458
Douglas, William Proctor 406
Douglass, Andrew Ellicott 396
Dowd, William 113
Draper, Henry 492
Draper, John Christopher 493
Draper, William Henry 470
Drexel, Joseph W 114
Dn Bois, John 515
Dudley, Augnstus Palmer 450
Duer, Beverly Chew 26
Dner, James Gore King 25
Duer, John 24
Dner, John 26
Duer, William 23
Dner, William 25
Duer, William Alexander 24
Duer, William Alexander 25
Duer, ^\'illiam Denning 24
Duffie, Cornelius Roosevelt 504
Duffie, Cornelius Roosevelt 505
Duffield, Howard 509
Dun, Robert CJraham 530
Dunlap, Robert 537
Durant, William West 400
Duryea, Hiram 392
Dutcher, Andrew 296
Dutcher, Silas Belden 407
Dyer, Elisha, Jr 62
Earle, Henry 597
Earle, Joseph P 597
Eaton, Dorman Bridgman 215
Edson, Franklin 601
Egbert, George Thompson 648
Egleston, David S 80
Egleston, Thomas 80
Egleston, Thomas Jefferson 79
F^gleston, ^Villiam Couch 80
Elliot, George Thomson 435
Elsworth. John Hughes 643
EIwcll, James William 410
Ely, Albert Heman 470
Ely, George William 175
Ely, Henry Bidwell 175
Emmet, Bache McEvers 433
Emmet, Thomas Addis 431
Emmons, John Frank 181
Englis, Charles Mortimer 603
Engflis, John 603
INDEX.
Eiio. Amos F Ill
Eiio, Amos Riehai-fls 110
Erving, Joliu 241
Evarts, William ilaxwell 337
Faircliild, Charles .Stebbiiis 144
Faiiehiia. Julian D 182
Falconer, William Heury 599
Fanning, William Joseph 304
Farley, Gustaviis 410
Farquhar, Peroival 257
Fay, Sigourney Webster 377
Fearing, Charles F 93
Fearing, Charles Xye 92
Fearing, Daniel Butlei 92
Fearing, William Henry 93
Feeny, John L ... 468
Fernbaeh, Hem-y 594
Field, I'enjamiu Hazard 71
Field, Cortlandt de Peyster 72
Field, Cyrus West 558
Field, Uavid Dudley 334
Field, William Addison 597
Fish, Hamilto;: 2
Fish, Hamilton 3
Fish, Nicholas 1
Fish, Nicholas 3
Fish, Stuyvesant . . 4
Fisk, Charles Joel 595
Fiske, Haley 256
Fiske, WUliam M. h 502
Fiteh, Joseph 293
Fitch, Theodore 298
Fitzgerald, Louis 170
Fitzgerald, Thomas W 327
Fitzpatrick, Richard 644
Flammer, Charles A 288
Fleming, Jolin 276
Fletcher, Austin Barclay 270
Flint, Austin ... 476
Flint, Austin 476
Flint, Austin . 477
Flint, Charles Ranlett 359
Flower, Roswell Pettibone 366
Floyd-Jones, William Chaimcey 59
Folsom, (leorge 236
Forbes, Hem-y Hall 466
Fosdick, Charles B 521
Fosdick, Lewis L 300
Fowler, Edward Payson 437
Fowler, George Ryerson 449
PAGE
Fi-ancis. John AVakefield 489
Freeman, A\ eldon \\ inans . , 612
Frelinghuysen, Theodore 364
French, Amos Tuck 73
French, Francis Ormond 73
Fruitnight, John Henry 490
Fulton, Robert 554
Gallatin, Albert 14
Gallatin, Albert A 15
Gallatin, Frederic 1.5
Gallatin, James 15
Gallaudet, Thomas 507
Garden, Hugh Richardson 263
Gai-diner, John Lyon 17
Gantier, Dudley Gregory 549
Gerard, James Watson 211
Gerard, James Watson 212
(ierard, James Watson 212
Gerry. Elbridge Thomas 98
Gilbert, Alexander 148
Gilder, Richard Watson 341
Gilleu, William W 278
(toddard, Joseph Warren 587
Goelet, Ogden 3.5
Goelet, Peter 33
Goelet, Peter 34
Goelet, Peter P 33
Goelet, Robert 34
Goelet, Robert 34
Goffe, James Riddle 455
Grood, John 535
Goodridge, Frederic 405
Goodridge, Samuel Wadsworth 405
Gould, Etlwin 87
Gould, George Ja\ 87
Crtinld, Helen Miller 88
Goidd, Howard 87
Gould, Jay 82
Goodwin, James Jimius 121
Grace, Joseph P 374
Grace, William Russell 373
Graliam, John Andrew 231
Gi-aham, Jolm Lorime 232
Graham, Malcolm 232
Griham, Malcolm, Jr 233
Grant, Frederic Dent 377
Gray, John Clinton 282
Gray, John Alexander Clinton 282
Greeley, Horace 349
Gi-eenbaum. Samuel . 261
INDEX.
PAGE
(Jreeiie, Francis Vinton 385
(ri'eene, Joseph Warren 274
(ireene, Richard Henry 254
Greenoiigh, John 169
(ireeiiwood, Isaac John 574
(iriffin, Francis Butler 585
Griffith, John S 264
Griniiell, Irving 75
Grinnell, Moses Hicks 74
Grisconi, Clement Acton, Jr 399
(iriswohl, Chester 109
Griswold, Stephen M 160
Grosjean, Florian 543
Gross, Michael C 269
Guernsey, Egbert 500
Gulliver, William Curti- 310
Hagedorn, Hermann C 620
Hall, John 506
Halsey, Stephen .Ailing 532
Hamersley, James Hooker 76
Hamerslej', John William 75
Hamilton, Alexander 26
Hamilton, William Gaston 29
Harrington, Brainerd Timothy 621
Harrison, George Tucker 415
Hartley, Frank 477
Hartley, Marcellus 552
Harvey, Thomas 513
Havemeyer, Frederick Christian 112
Havemeyer, Henry Osborne 112
Havemeyer, William Ill
Havemeyer, William Frederick Ill
Havemeyer, William Frederick 112
Hawes, James William 284
Hays, Daniel Peixotto 312
Hays, Jacob 151
Hays, William H 151
Ilazzard, William H 154
Heald, Daniel Addison 203
Healy, Edmund J 323
Hepburn, Alonzo Barton 609
Hildreth, Jolm Homer 315
Ilillliiiuse, Thomas 119
Hoadly, George 227
Hoag, Daniel T 155
Hoagland, Cornelius Neviu- . 565
Ilottinan, Charles Fredericl 511
llotl'man, Eugene Augustus 509
Hoffman, William Mitchell Vai: 623
lliigan, Charles W 531
PAGE
Hogan, Jefferson 532
Hogan, Timothy ... 531
Hoguet, Robert Joseph 198
HoUister, Henry Hutchinson 178
Holt, Walter H 324
Horrman, August 646
Hornblower, William Butler 309
Horton, Harry Lawrence 173
Hottenroth, Adolph Cluistian 329
Howland, Henry Elias 244
Hoyt, Alfred MilleT- 177
Hi>yt, Mark 362
Huljbard, Thomas Hamlin 222
Hudson, Charles 1 537
Hughes, John 515
Hughson, Frederick 149
Hunt, James Moiu'oe 262
Hunt, Richard Howland 590
Hunter, John 118
Huntington, C.dlis Potter 376
Hume, Williaui Henry 591
Hurlbut, Henry Augustus 160
Hurst, William H 539
Huson, Robert 536
Hutchinson, Henry Elijal 150
Hyde, Henry Baldwin 203
Ingalls, Charles Henry 179
IngersoU, Robert Green 307
Inman, John Hamilton 132
Inman, Samuel Martir 132
Iselin, Adrian 618
Iselin, Adrian, Jr 619
Isliam, William Bradley 606
Ives, Brayton 121
Jackson, Frederic Wendell 607
James, D. Willis 161
James, Edward Christopher 245
James, Tliomas Lemuel 552
James, William Teft 637
Janeway, Edward G 499
Janvrin, Joseph Edwar'1 452
Jarvis, Samuel Millei- 572
Jay, John 29
Jay, John 31
Jay, Willm:.. 31
Jay, William 32
.Jennings, Frederick Beach 231
Jesvip, Morris Ketchum 356
Jewett, Charles 448
Joline, Adrian Hoffman 295
INDEX.
PAGE
Jones, Cliarles Authou 038
Joqiit's, Isaac 513
Keene, James Kobert 388
Kellogg, Luther Lafliii 266
Kelly, Engeue 102
Kelly, Richard 185
Kelly, Stephen 185
Kenned}', John Stewart 104
Kennedy, William Cannon 465
Kenney, Jcilin .1 326
Kent, James 207
Kent, William 208
Kent, William 208
Ketcluinu Alexander Phcenix 305
King, Charles 48
King, Edward 49
King, James Gore 49
King, John Alsop 48
King, Rufus 47
Kiiiniciitt, Francis P 472
Kip, Lawrence 54
Knapp, Jacob Herman 456
Knapp, Sheppard 588
Kdblniann, Anthony 513
Kortright, Lawrence 522
Kouwenhoven, Francis Diiryee 542
Kress, John 643
Laimbeer, Richard Harper 548
Laimbeer, William 548
Lament, Daniel Scott 549
L'Amoreaux, Jesse Seymour 331
Langdon, AVoodbury 383
Langstatf, John Eliott 428
Lanier, Charles 101
Larocque, Joseph 316
Lauterbach, Edward 264
Leggett, Francis Howard 602
Leventritt, David 315
Levi, Joseph Charles 270
Lewis, Daniel 460
Lewis, Morgan 36
Lincoln. Rufus Pratt 464
Little, Joseph James 565
Littlefield, Frederick M 290
Logan, Walter Seth 237
Loomis, Alfred Lebbeus 497
Loomis, Henry Patterson 498
Lord, Daniel 331
Lord, Daniel 236
Lord, Daniel DeForest 236
PAGE
Lorillard, Pierre 79
Low, Abiel Abbott 378
Linv, Abiel Augustus 379
Low, Seth 378
Low, Seth 517
Ludlam, Edwin 600
Lusk, William Thomi>son 421
MacCracken, Henry Mitchell 516
l\Lackay, John W 361
Maekey, Charles William 523
Maclay. Robert 142
Maey, Josiah 119
Macy, William H 120
Mairs, William H 526
Mallory, Charles 527
Mareau, Josiah T 292
Markoe, Francis Hartman 419
Markoe, James W^right 420
Markoe, Thomas Masters 417
Marquand, Henry Gurdon 168
Marshall, Louis 318
Marshall, William Jerome 326
Mayer, William Edwin Cox 292
McAlpin, David Hunter 364
McBreen, Patrick Francis 646
McCall, Edward Everett 268
McCall, John Augustine 202
McCloskey, John 516
McClure, David 313
McCook, Anson George 230
McCook, John James 230
McCready, Benjamin W 489
McCready, Nathaniel L'Hommedieu . 404
JlcCullougli, John (Triftith 258
McCurdy, Ricliard Aldrich 203
McGlynn, Edward 513
McKoon, Dennis Daniel 330
McMahon, James 144
McNaught, James 322
McRoberts, Hugh 638
Melville, Henry 307
Melvin, David Neilson 625
Merrill, John Bryant 325
Miller, George Maccidloeh 217
^liUer, Isaac Newton 260
Miller, Warner 354
Milliken, Seth Melleu 527
Mills, Andrew 610
Mills, Darius Ogden 189
Minturn, Robert Bowne 45
INDEX.
PAGE
bloody, Leonard 546
IMoore. Harrison S 299
Moure, William Henry Helme 523
Moore, William Oliver 435
Morgan, Edwin Deiiisoii 57
Morgan, Edwin Denison 58
Morgan, Edwin Denison 58
Morgan, John Pierpont 94
Morgan, Jnnius Sjieneer 93
Morris, Augustus Xewbuld 195
Morris, Frederick P 639
Morris, Gouverneur 207
Morris, Hermon 539
Morris, Lewis 206
Morris, Robert Tuttle 442
jMorrison, David Mitchell 146
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese 555
Moss, Frank 289
Mott, Alexander Krowu 414
Mott, Jordon L 409
Mott, Valentine 414
Mund^, Paul Fortunatus 433
Munu, Orson Desaix 529
Murray, James B 317
Mynderse, Wilhelmus 297
Nieoll, De Lancey 242
Xiles, \\'illiam Watson 321
Oakley, William Hem-y 607
O'Conor, Charles 336
O'Donoliue, Joseph J 598
O'Donohue, Joseph J., .Ir 599
O'Donovan-Rossa, Jeremiah 627
Oelrichs, Herman 357
Olcott, Frederic Pepoon 147
Olcott, Horatio Leonard 608
Orr, Alexander Ector 197
Packard, Silas Sadler 620
Page, Charles B 300
Page, Richard Channing Moore 423
Park, Joseph 3S1
Parker, James Heiuy 140
Parker, Willard 490
Parsons. Charles 520
Parsons, Hosmer Buckingham 573
Parsons, John Edward 219
Parsons, William Henry 365
Partridge, Edward Lassell 438
Peabody, Charles Augustus 90
Peckham, Wheeler Hazard 319
Perkins, Charles Lawrence 393
PAGE
Peters, Augustus Winniett 570
Phipps, Charles I>ouis 640
Pierrepont, Edwards 49
Pierre])ont, Henry Evelj'n 527
Pierson, John Fred 389
Pinney, George Miller, Jr 272
Plant, Henry Bradley 188
Plant, ISIorton F 189
Polk, William Mecklenburg 422
Poor, Edward Erie 138
Poore, Charles Talbot 426
Porter, William Henry 158
Post, George B 589
Potter, Henry Codman 508
Powell, Seneca Daniel 496
Power, John 514
Pratt, Dallas Bache 168
Preston, Thomas S '. 514
Provost, Andrew Jackson 303
Pryor, William Rice 437
Pullen, Eugene Henrj- 141
Putnam, (Jeorge Eugene 635
Putnam, George Haven 349
Putnam, George Palmer 348
Putnam, William Henry 634
Quintard, Edward Augustus 167
Quiutard, (ieorge William 391
Rabe, Rudolph Frederick 320
Rae, Robert 610
Randall, Rufus Ritch 636
Randolph, Lewis V. F 153
Raukine, William Birch 573
Rapallo, Edward Sumner 271
Rawson, Sidney Fuller 278
Remseu, Charles 36
Remsen, Henr}- 35
Renisen, Henry 36
Renwick, Edward S 551
Rhiuelander, Frederick William 40
Rhinelander, Frederick William 41
Rhiuelander, Frederick William 42
Rhiuelander, Philip Jacob 39
Rhiuelander, Phili]) M 42
Rhinelander, Thomas Xewbold 42
Rhiuelander, T. J. Oakley 41
Rhinelander, William 39
Rhinelander, William 39
Rhinelander, William 40
Rhiuebuuler, William Christopher . 40
Rhoaaes, John Harsen 142
INDEX.
Rithinoiid, Dean ()17
Rickerson, Charles L 540
Riker, John Lawrence 120
Riker, Sanuiel 259
Robertson, Joseph 1 529
Robinson, Andrew J ()35
Robinson, Samuel Adams 350
Rockefeller, John D 204
Rockefeller. William 205
Rockwell. William B ()19
Rogers, Theodore 146
Roosevelt, James Alfred 9
Roosevelt, Cornelius Van Sehaiek 8
Roosevelt, Robert B 191
Roosevelt, Tlieodoro 518
Roosevelt, William Enilcii 9
Root, Elihu 241
Rossiter, Clinton L 529
Rossiter, Walter King 013
Rutherford, John Alexander 55
Rylance, Josejih H 508
Sackett, Henry Woodward 250
Sage, Russell 131
Sands, Benjamin Aymar 222
Sands, Henry Berton 497
Satterlee, Francis LeRoy 447
Sayre, Lewis Albert 411
Seliaefer, P^dward Charles 53(5
Schell, Augustus 127
Schell, Edward 164
Schell, Edward Heartt 165
Schell, Robert 163
Schenek, Frederick Brett 154
Schermerhorn, Frederick Augustus .... 6
Schermerhorn, William Colford 6
Schickel, William 594
Schieft'elin, William Hem'y 60
Schieffelin, William Jay 61
Schley, Grant Barney 398
Seliroeder, Frederick A 374
Schurz, Carl 80
Schuyler, Philiji 8
Schwab, Gustav 186
Schwab, Gustav H 187
Scribner, Charles 344
Scudder, Townseud 321
Seabury, Robert 328
Seaman, Louis Livingston 420
Seamans, Clarence Walker 534
Selignian, Henry 616
l-AGE
Seligman, Isaac X 616
Seligman, Jesse 015
Seligman, Joseph 614
Seward, Clarence A 220
Seward, Cieorge Frederick 149
Shaffer, Newton Melman 453
Sheldon, Edward Wright 332
Sherman, William Winslow 157
Shoemaker, Henry F 577
Short, Fjdward Lyman 300
Shrady, George Frederick 427
Simmons, Joseph Edward 136
Sims, James Marion 478
Skene, Alexander Johnson Chalmer^ . . 445
Slaven, Henry Bartholomew 586
Sleicher, John Albert 627
Slocum, Henry Warnei 255
Slocum, Henry Warner 255
Smith, Abram Alexander 428
Smitli, Artemas Brigham 303
Smith, Bryan Hooker. 152
Smith, Charles Stewart 206
Smith, Freling H 316
Smith, G. Waldo. 587
Smith, John Sabine 238
Smith, William Alexander 118
Snow, Elbridge Gerry 605
Snyder, Charles B. J 543
Soper, Arthur William 569
Southard, George Henry 176
Spencer, Samuel 370
Speyer, James 166
Spofford, Paul 393
Spofford, Paul Xelsoa 394
Sprague, Cliarles E 166
Sprague, Nathan Turner 611
Stanton, John 397
Starin, John Henry 316
Stearns, Henry S 474
Stephens, George Washington 319
Stephens, Stephen Dover 304
Stewart, John Aikman 135
Stewart, William Rhinelander 117
Stillman, James 139
Stilwell, Stephen J 326
Stokes, Anson Phelps 57
Stokes, James 56
Stokes, Thomas 56
Storrs, Richard Salter 503
Story, Elmer Gildersleeve 326
INDEX.
PAGE
Stout, Charles Herman 539
Sturges, Frederick 0
Sturges, Jonathan 5
Stiirgis, Frank Knight 10!)
.Sullivan, Andrew Theodore 173
.Sutphin, John H 630
Taggart, William Rush 313
Tappan, J. B. Coles 274
Tappen, Frederick 1) 13G
Taylor, Howard Augustus 301
Taylor, Isaac E 488
Terry, John Taylor 359
Thiry, John H 028
Thomas, Theodore (iaillard 486
Thimison, William Hanna 444
Tift'auy, Charles Lewis 115
Tittany, Lewis Comfort 116
Tilden, Samuel Jones 353
Tilford, Frank 162
Tonii)kins, Daniel D 37
Townsend, John Pomeroy 134
Tracy, Benjamin Franklin 335
Trask, Spencer 177
Truax, Charles Henry 243
Truax, Chauncey Shatter 317
Tucker, John Jerome 632
Turner, Aichibald 606
Untermeyer, Samuel 315
Valentine, Ferdinand Charles 455
\'an Den Toorn, Willeni Hendick 604
Vanderliilt, Cornelius 122
Vanderliilt, Cornelius 124
Vanderbilt, Frederick William 126
Vanderbilt, George Washington 120
Vanderbilt, Joseph Mortimer 047
Vanderbilt, William Henry 123
Vanderliilt, William Kissam 125
Van Der Emde. Reinhold 610
\sii\ Name, Calvin Decker 328
Van Nest, George Willett 287
Van Norden, Warner 150
^'an Pelt, Daniel 507
Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen 4
\"an Slyck, George Whitfield 312
Van Vechten, Francis Helnie 307
Van Wormer, John R 541
^'an Wyck, Robert Anderson 280
Vermeule, John Davis 171
Vitt, Franklin Charles 648
Vorgang, Charles Tobias 048
Waite, Henry Randall 629
Wales, Salem Howe 358
PAGE
Walker, Henry Freeman 473
Wall, Charles 568
Wall, Michael W 568
Wall, William 568
Walter, Martin 547
Warner, Charles Dudley 342
Warner, Lueien Calvin 407
Warren, Ira Deforest 262
Warren, Lyman Eddy 288
Warth, Albin 622
Watts, John 559
Watts, John, Jr 501
Webb, William Henry 401
Webb, William Seward 396
Webster, David 457
Weed, Smith Mead 248
Weir, Robert Fulton 490
Weller, Augustus Noble 270
Wells, James L 520
Wendell, Jacob 571
West, (jeorge 543
Westbrook, John 180
Westervelt, Walter 614
Wetmore, George Peabody 65
Wheeler, Charles Emery 617
Wheeler, Everett Pepperell 314
Wheeler, Jerome Byron 575
White, Joseph Baker 540
AVhite, Richard Grant 342
White, Stanford 343
White, Stephen Van Cnllen 273
Whitney, William Collins 213
Wickes, Edward Allen 571
Wight, Jarvis Sherman 446
Wilcox, Reynold Webb 438
W'illiams, George Gilbert 133
Williams, Lewis Alfred 345
Wilson, Richard T 159
Wilson, Washington 584
Windniueller, Louis 602
Winslow, Edward 101
Winslow, James 101
Winslow, Richard Henry 99
Winters, Joseph Edcil 431
Winthrop, Buchanan 63
Wood, James Rushmore 493
Woo<l, John \Valter 468
Wood, Orrin S piire 556
U'oodford, Stewart Lyndon 291
Wylie, Walker Gill 429
Yetman, Hubbard R 546
Young, Charles Titus 156
LIST OF STEEL ENGRAVINGS.
FACE PAGE
Horace Greeley Title
.Folm Jacob Astor 66
Joseph Hodges Choate 210
Lewis Albert Sayre 412
Richard Salter Storrs 504
ILLLTSTEATIOXS IN TEXT.
PAGE
Nicholas Fish 1
Hamilton Fish 2
Van Rensselaer Arms 5
Schuyler Arms 8
Autograph of Nicholas Roosevelt ... 8
Gallatin Arms 15
t'olonel S. V. R. Cruger 16
(iardiner Arms 17
(ieneral John Watts de Peyster 21
Judge William Jay 31
Hon. John Jay 32
DeWitt Clinton 38
de Peyster Anns 42
Bayard Arms 43
Autograph of Nicholas Bayard 44
Autograph of William Bayard 45
James Alexander 46
Autographs of William Alexander, Lord
Stirling 47
Pierrepont Arms 50
Beekman Arms .51
Colonel (ierardus Beekman, M.D .... 51
James W. Beekman 52
Kip Arms 54
Rutherford Arms .55
(Tovernor E. D. Morgan 57
Edward Denison Morgan 59
Schieffelin Arms 61
Autograph of John Wiuthrop 63
Rev. John ^lorgau Dix, D.D 65
Colonel John .Jacob Astor 70
DeLaneey Arms 74
.loliM William Ilamersley 76
.lanu's Hooker Hamersley 78
PAGE
Jay Gould 83
Chester Alan Arthur 90
.Junius Spencer Morgan 93
Richard Henry ^Viuslo^v 100
August Belmont 107
Sturgis Arms 109
Autograph of William Frederick Have-
meyer Ill
Henry Osborne Havemeyer 113
General Thomas Hillhouse 119
" Commodore " Cornelius Vanderbilt . . 122
Cornelius Vanderbilt 124
Andrew Carnegie 130
George Gilbert Williams 134
Frederick D. Tappen 137
Oliver Stanley Carter 141
Charles Stebbins Fairchild 145
Alexander Gilbert 148
Henry White Cannon 153
Warner Van Nordeu 157
William Henry Porter 159
Frank Tilford 162
Robert Schell 164
Edward Augustus Quintard 167
John Davis Vermeule 171
Philip Bissinger 174
George Henry Southard 1 76
John Westbrook 180
Julian D. Fairchild 182
Richard Kelly 185
Darius Ogden Mills 190
Richard Delafield 194
James Abererombie Burden 199
John Augustine McCall 202
ILLUSTRATIOXS IX TEXT.
PAGE
Diuiiel Addison Heald 204
William Collins Whitney 213
Charles Lnman Buckingham 217
Clarence A. Seward 220
Thomas Hamlin Hubbard 223
George Hoadly 227
John James McCook 230
Chauncey Mitchell Depew 233
John Sabine Smith 239
Henry Elias Ilowland 244
Smith Mead Weed 248
Thomas Allison 253
Oliver Prince Buel 256
Percival Farfjuhai- 258
Samuel Riker 259
Ira DeForest Warren 262
Edward Lauterbaeh 265
Edward Everett McCall 268
Austin Barclay Fletcher 271
Stephen Van CuUen White 273
(4eorge Vanderhoof Bi'ower 275
Henry Hill Anderson 277
Sidney Fuller Rawson 279
John Vinton Dahlgren 281
Frederick William Adec 283
James William Hawes 285
Lyman Eddy ^\"arren 288
Frank Moss 289
General Stewart L. Woodford 291
Joseph Fitch 293
Adrian Hoffman Joline 295
Wilhelnius Mynderse 297
Theodore Fitch 299
Edward Ljman Short 301
Charles Curie 302
William Joseph Fanning 304
Edward K. Detirove 306
Henry Melville 308
Henrj- Clinton Backus 310
Daniel Peixotto Hays 312
William Rush Taggart 314
Freling H. Smith 316
Loius Marshall 318
George Washington Stephens 320
James McXanght 322
Luke J. Connortou 324
John Bryant Merrill 325
Thomas W. Fitzgerald 327
Calvin Decker Van Name 329
Dennis Daniel McKoon 330
PAGE
Thomas C. Campbell 332
George Cromwell 333
Benjamin F. Tracy 335
William Maxwell Evarts 337
Charles Anderson Dana 340
Stanford White 343
James Gordon Bemiett, Jr 347
Samuel Adams Robinson 351
Cornelius Newton Bliss 355
John Taylor Terry 359
Henry Clews 303
Roswell Pettibone Flower 367
Samuel Spencer 370
William Russell Grace 373
CoUis Potter Huntington 376
Autograph of Ulysses Hiram (irant. . . . 378
Frank Stuart Bond 380
Woodbury Langdon 384
James Robert Keene 388
George William Quintard 391
James Boorman Colgate 395
Grant Barney Schley 398
William Henry Webb 401
X'athaniel L'Hommedieii McCready... 404
Silas Beldeu Dutcher 408
George Tucker Harrison 415
Thomas Masters Markoe 418
Francis Hartman ilarkoe 419
James Wright Markoe 420
Richard Channing Moore Page 424
Charles Talbot Poore 426
Walker Gill Wylie 430
John Edcil Winters 432
William Oliver Moore 436
Edward Lassell Partridge 439
Roliert Tuttle Morris 442
William Hanna Thomson 444
Francis LeRoy Satterlee 447
Augustus Palmer Dudley 451
Newton Melman Shaffer 454
James Riddle (Joile 456
Orlando Beuajah Douglas 458
Daniel Lewis 461
James Harvie Dew 462
Rufus Pratt Lincoln 464
DeLancy Carter 467
John Haskell Billings 469
William Tillinghast Bull 471
Clement Cleveland 473
Robert Abbe 475
ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT.
PAGE
Frank Hartley 477
Xiithan Bdzeiiian 484
Nathan Gross Bozeman 486
Cliarles Cliif ord Barrows 488
Porter Flewellen Chambers 489
Jdlni Henry Frnitnight 491
Edward Delatield 494
Francis Delafield 495
John Lanson Adams 498
Dr. John Hall 506
Bishop Henry Codman Potter 508
Deaii Eugene Augustus Hott'mau 509
Autograph of Dean Hoffman 510
Dr. Charles Frederick Hoffmau .... 512
Bishop John Connolly 514
Archbishop John Hughes 515
Cardinal John McCloskey 516
Archbisliop Michael Augustine Corri-
gan 517
Governor Theodore Roosevelt 519
Charles B. Fosdick 521
Charles W. Mackey 524
Charles Mallory 527
Jose])h L. Robertson 530
Stephen Ailing Halsey 533
Charles I. Hudson 537
John R. Van Wormer 541
George West 544
Daniel Seott Lamont 549
Thomas Lemuel James 553
Samuel Finley Breese Morse 555
Orrin Squire Wood 556
Cyrus West Field 558
De Peyster and Watts Arms 500
John Watts 560
Statue of John Watts, Jr 561
Edwin Tliomas Booth 563
Cornelius Nevius Hoagland 566
Dr. Daniel Van Pelt 567
PAGE
Arthur William Soper 570
Saunud Miller Jar\'is 572
Jerome Byron Wheeler 575
Henry F. Shoemaker 578
Henry Herschel Adams 581
Washington Wilson 584
Henry Bartliolomew Slaven 586
Clarence Tynan Barrett 589
Joel Asaph Allen 591
Charles Joel Fisk 595
Josepli J. O'Donohue 598
Louis Windmueller •. . . 602
Daniel Butterfield 004
William Lanman Bull 608
Nathan Turner Sprague 612
Jesse Seligman 615
Dean Richmond 617
William B. Rockwell 619
Silas Sadler Packard 620
AlbinWarth 622
Sigmimd Bergmann 624
Da^nd Neilson Melviii 626
John H. Thiry 628
John H. Sutphin 630
John Jerome Tucker 632
Alexander Brown, Jr 634
Andrew J. Robinson 636
William Tefft James 637
Hugh McRoberts 638
Charles Anthou Jones 639
Frederick P. Morris 640
Charles Louis Phipps 641
Abram Cole 642
John Hughes Elsworth 643
John Kress 644
Richard Fitzpatrick 645
Patrick Francis McBreeu 646
William Joseph Burlee 647
Charles Tobias Vorgang 648
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF XKW YORK BTOGRAPITY AND GEXEAL0(;Y.
FISH, NICHOLAS, aiicestoi- of several ilistiii.miif^lied i-itizeus of New York, Ava.s no less eminent in his own day. Born in this city, Au- gust 28, 1758, where he also died, June 20, 1833, he attended Prince- ton College, and subsequently studied law. In ITK;, wlien eighteen years of age, he was appointed Aid-de-camp to Brigadier-Cieneral ( "harles Scott. In November, 177(i, he was commissioned Major of the Second New York Eegiment, and subse- quently became its hieuteuanl-Colonel. He participated in the Battle of Sara- toga. In 1778 he was division inspector under Baron Steuben. He commanded a light body of infantry at Monmouth. In 1779 he was a member of General Sul- livan's expedition against the Indians. He was active at the siege of Yorktown, preceding Cornwallis's surrender. For several years, dating from 178G, he was Adjutant-General of the State of New York. In 1791 he became Supervisor of Revenue. He was elected President of the New York Societv of the Cincinnati
^^ N'lCUOLA.'^ FISH.
in 1797. From 180G to 1817 he was Al-
<lerman of this city, and iiromiuent on important public and social occasions. He was the personal friend of Washington and very inti- mate with Hamilton.
Colonel Nicholas Fish was tlie son of Jonathan Fish and Eliza- beth Sackett, his father being a merchant of New York City. His grandi)a rents were Samuel Fish and Agnes Berrien, of Newtown, L. I. His great-grandfather, Jonathan Fish, born in 1080, died in 1723, was for fifteen yeai's Town Clerk of Newtown. Nathan Fish, great-great-grandfatlier of Colonel Nicholas, was born in Sandwich, Mass., in IfioO, and in 1059 accompanied his father, Hon. Jonathan Msh, from Massachusetts to Newtown, L. I. The latter was born in England, in ICilO, early emigrated with his brothers, Nathaniel and
2 HISTORY OF THE GREATER NEW YORK.
John, to Lyun, Mass., subsequently removing; to Sandwich, and event- ually to Newtown, where for several years he was a magistrate. He is said to have been descended fi-om Simon Fish, a London lawyer, who died about 1531. Colonel Nicholas Fish married Elizabeth Stuy- vesaut, throuyh her father fifth in descent from Governcn' Peter Btny- vesant, and through her mother, Margaret Livingston, descended friun ]{obert Livingston, first lord of Livingston manor. The late Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, was their son.
FISH, HAMH/roN, the distinguished statesman, was the son of Colonel Nicholas I-^ish and Elizabeth Stuyvesaiit, was born in New York City, August ;|, ISOS, and died at f^arrisons, N. Y., September 7, 1S93. He was graduated from Columbia College in 1S27, and, hav- ing been admitted to the bar in 1880, was a successful practitioner, at one time being law partner of \Mlliam Beach Lawrence. He had inherited a large estate from his father, and his activity in public life soon forced bis professional work into abeyance. He was an unsuc- cessful Whig candidate for the Assembly in 1834, but in 1842 was elected to Congress. He was candidate for Lieutenant-Governor of the State in 1S46, John Young being the Whig candidate for Gover- nor, but the ticket was defeated. The office becoming vacant in 1847, however, he was again the candidate of his party, and was elected
by 30,000 majority. In the fall of 1848 he was the successful candidate for Governor of the State, and at the end of his term be- came United States Senator, to which office he had been elected by the Legislature in 1851. He opposed the extension of slavery into the Teri-itories, both as Governor and in the Senate, and became early identified with the Eepublican party. In the Presidential campaign of 1800 lie was a conspicuous sup- porter of Lincoln. With Bishop Ames he ^ was constituted a United States Commission in 1802 to visit the Federal prisoners confined at Richmond, and he successfully arranged with the Confederate authorities the plan of exchange of prisoners which continued until the close of the war. Called into the Cabinet of President Grant as Secretary of State, in 1809. he held this portfolio continuously for eight years, during both terms of Grant's administi'ation. " The career of Hamilton Fish as Secretary of State was marked by the determination of a number of very gi-ave international questions. He was one of the commissioners on b(^lialf of the United States in tlic negotiation of the treaty of Wash-
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW YORK BIOGRAPHY. 3
in.ntdu of 1S71 ; he settled llic old Northwestern boundary controversy with (Treat Britain; lie adjusted the critical questions between the United States and Spain i>rowin<; out of tlie Cuban insurrection, and it was at his instance that the Geneva tribunal for the settle- ment of the ' Alabama claims ' incorporated in its decisions a pro- vision securinu this country against claims for indirect damages re- sultinsi- from Fenian raids or (luban filibusterinj; expeditions." He married in 1830, Julia, daughter of Peter Kean, of Ursino, N. J., and had four married daughters — Mrs. Sidney ^^'ebster, Mrs. Fred. S. G. d'Hauteville, the wife of Colonel S. N. Benjamin, U.S.A., and Mrs. "William E. Eogers; an unmarried daughter, Edith Livingston, and three sons, who are ])romin('nt citizens — Nicholas, Hamilton, Jr., and Stuyvesaut Fish.
FISH, NICHOLAS, eldest son of the late Hon. Hamilton Fish, has been engaged in banking in this city since 1887, while previous to tliat time he was engaged for many years in the diplomatic service of the United States. He was born in New York, I'ebruary l!l, ISIO, was grad- uated from Columbia College in 1807, and from the Dane Law School of Harvard in 1809. From 1871 to 1874 he was second secretary of the United States Legation in Berlin, and from 1871 to 1877 was first sec- retary. l<"'rom the latter date until 1881 be was charge d'affaires to the Swiss Confederation. He was United States Minister to Bel- gium from 1882 to 1880. jMr. Fish is a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, the Metropolitan, University, Tuxedo, Biding, Players", Lawyers', St. Anthony, Univemty Glee and University Athletic clubs, the Century Association, the Downtown Association, the St Nicholas Society, and the New York Historical Society. He married Clemence S. Bryce, and has a daughter living. His only son, Hamil- ton Fish, Jr., was the first American soldier killed in battle in the campaign against Santiago during the recent war with Spain. He was a member of Colonel Theodore Boosevelt's regiment of so-called " Kough Eiders." Volunteering as a ]irivate, he rose to the rank of Sergeant, and died gallantly in front of his coni])any in the first cliarge at Siboney.
FISH, HAMILTON, second son of the late Hon. Ilamillon Fish, was born in Albany, April 27, 1819, while his father was Governor of the State, and in LSOO Avas graduated from Columbia College. From 1809 to 1871 he was ])rivate secretary to his father, then Secre- tary of State in Grant's Cabinet. In 1X~:\ he was graduated from Columbia College Law School, and has actively practiced law in this city since, except when engaged in public life, altliougli maintaining
4 HISTORY OF THE (iREATER NEW YORK.
his rfsidoiice at (lairisons, X. Y. He has been a pvoiiiiiieiit leader of tlie Kepuhlican party in. this State, and for many years lias been Chairman of the lve])nbli(an Cnunty Committee of Pntnam Connty. He was a deleji'ate to the lu'imblican National Convention of ISSi. In l.Slo and 1874 he was Aid-de-camp on the staff of (iovernor .Tolin A. Dix. He was a uiemhei- of the Assembly from Putnam County, as a Kepnbliran, in 1S74, ISTti, 1877, 1878, 1879, 188!), 18iKI, 181I1, 1892, ISii;;, 18!I4, 1895, and 189G. He became Republican leader on the floor by leuiith of service in 1890, and was Si)eaker of the Assembly in 1895 and 1890. From 1S84 to 1880 he was a trnstee of tlie State Ilomeo- ]»athic Asylnm at Middletown. From 188(1 to 1888 he was Aiineduct Commissioner of New Yiwk ( "ity. He is a member of the Union, Met- roi)()litan. Union Lea;iine. and Iie]tublican clubs, the I'atriartdis, tliP Bar Association of the city, and the ('olumbia. .Vlnmni Association. He married, in 1880, Emily M., dani;hter of the late Hon. Francis N. ]\rann, of Troy, N. Y., and has two children.
FISH, STUY'VESANT, third and yonnj^est son of the late eminent Hon. Hamilton Fish, has been iirominent as a banker and railroad tinancier since 1871, in wliich year he was gradnated from Columbia College. In that year he acceiited a responsible position with the Illi- noisCentral I\ailroadCompany,of which corporation he has been Pres- ident since 1887, and was \'ice-President from 188o to 1887. From 1872 to 187() he was connected with I lie well-known banking house of Mor- ton, Bliss & ( "o. In 1877 he became a Director of the Illinois Central Kailroad Com]iany, and secretary of the Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Bailroad Company. In 1S82 he was elected Vice-President of the latter corporation. At t lie present time, in addition 1o the presiden- cy of the Illinois Comtral, lie is President of the Y'azoo and Mississippi ^'alley Kailroad Company, Vice-President of the National Park Bank, of which he has long been a director, and is a trustee of the New York Life Insurance & Trust U(uu])any and the :\lutual Life insurance Company. He is a member of the Union, [Metropolitan, Kiding, Play- ers", and St. Anthony clubs, the St. Nicholas Society, the Southern Society, the Downtown Association, and the Columbia Alumni Asso- ciarion. He was born in New York City, June 24, 1851. He married in 187(; :Marion C., daughter of tlie late YN'illiam Henry Anthon, and granddaughter of dudge .Tolni .\iitlion, and has a daughti'i- and two sons — Stuyvesant, Jr., and Sidney Webster I'isli.
VAN RENSSELAEB, KILIAEN, slock brok.-r, of this city, is President of the Grand Army Mission, President of the Sanitary Aid Society, President of the Dormitiu'y of the Sanitary Aid Society, and
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a director of the Aiiierioan Tract i^ociety and the City ^Missions. He is a member of the Ilollaiul t^ociety, the St. Nicliohis Society, the Huguenot Society, the Military Order of the Loyal l>e;Liioii. and the Graud Army of the Kepublic. He Avas born in Albany in 1845, and despite his youth at Hie time of the Civil ^Yar he eventually enlisted, became a captain in the Thirty-iunth New York Volunteers, and particii)ated in fourteen en,i>a,yements, serving under (Jeneral Hancock and General Grant. After the war he traveled abroad extensively prior to eugagino- iu busi- ness in this city. He married iu 1870 Olivia Atterbury, of New York City, and has three daughters and two sons — Kiliaen, Jr., and William Stephen Y'an Rensselaer. Mrs. X'aii Rensselaer descends from the famous Bishop Atterbury, of England; is the granddaugliter of the late Anson Greene Phelps, founder and original head of Phelps, Dodge and Company, and is great-grandniece of Elias PxMidinot. first President of (lie United States Congress. Mr. Van Rensselaer is seventh in descent frcnu Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the ri(di merchant of Amsterdam, who was, in 1(;;5(), created the first patroon of Reusselaerwyck. He is tiie son of the late AYilliani P. Van Rensselaer and Sarah Rogers, and is grandson of General Stephen 'N'an Rensselaer, fifth and last palroon of Reusselaerwyck, whose wife was Margaret, daughter of General Philip Schuyler, of the Revolu- tion, and whose mother was Catherine, daughter of Phili]i Livingston, signer of the 1 *eilaration of Independence.
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STURGES, JONATHAN, born in Southport, Conn., in 1802, came to New York City in 1821, and was employed with R. ^^ 1>. Reed. In 1828 he became a partner in this firm. The firm style became Stui-ges, Bennett and Company in 1813, and Sturges, Arnold and < 'om- pany in 1865, Mr. Sturges remaiinng at its head under bolli names until his retirement from business in 18G8. He was twice Vice-Presi- dent of the Chamber of Commerce. One of the founders of the T^nion League Club, in l8r>:{ he was elected its President. He was also one of the founders of the Century Association. He was a director of the Illinois Central Railroad, the New York, New Haven and TLirt- ford IJailroad, and the Bank of Commerce, being one of the founders of the latter. He married in 1S2JI Mary, daughter of J<din Cary, and had four sons — Frederick, Edward, Arthur IN^nberton, and Henry Cady. One of his daughters is Mrs. William H. Osborne. Another died shortly after her marriage to John Pierjiont ^Morgan.
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.STri:(iE.S, FilEDEKlCK, eldest sou of the late Joualhaii Stuiiies, entered his father's mercautile tirin iu 1849 aud retired with his father in 1S68. He is. President of the Xew York Warehouse aud Security Compauy, is a director of the Xatioual Bauk of Comuierce, aud is a trustee of the Seaman's Bauk for Savings and the Atlantic Trust Compauy. He has also been a director of the Illinois Central Rail- road. He has been or is an officer aud liberal patron of the Ameri- can Bible Society, the Seameu's Fund Society, the Presbyterian Hos- jiital, and the Hospital for the Kuptured aud Crippled. He is a member of the Union Leaiiue, Century, aud Crolier clubs, aud the Downtown Association. He married in 1863 Mary Reed, daughter of Dudley B. Fuller, and lias a daughter and three sons — Jonathan, Arthur Pemberton, aud I'rederick Sturges, Jr.
SCHERMERHORX, WILFIAM COLFORD, youngest and only surviving son of the late Peter Schermerhorn and Sai-ali Jones, was born iu this city iu 1821, was graduated from Columbia College, and adopted the profession of the law. He has had the care of a large inherited estate, principally invested iu realty iu this city. He has long been a trustee of the New York Life Insurance and Trust Com- pany. Recently he has erected for Columbia University one of the new buildings on Moruingside Heights. He is a vice-president of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, aud is connected with other institutions. He is a member of the Metropoli- tan, Knickerbocker, Century, City, aud Whist clubs, the Uolnmbia Alumni Association, aud the Scientific Alliance, and is a parroii of the museums aud of several art and scientific societies. He married Ann E. H. Cottenet, aud has three daughters — Mrs. Samuel W. Bridg- ham, Sarah Schermerhorn, and Mrs. Jolin I. Kane. Mr. Schermer- horn is first cousin of Mrs. William Astor, who was a datighter of Abraham Schermerhorn, of Yonkers. his father's younger brother. He is the uncle of Frederick Augustus Sehenuerhorn of this city. The residence of Mr. Schermerhorn on West Twenty-third Street is one of the very few fashionable old ri'sidences which have been main- tained in spite of the eucroacluuent of business interests iu sections which were once exclusively residential.
SCHERMERHORN, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, is a mining engi- neer by profession, but has principally devoted himself to tlu- care of the large real estate interests of his family. He has been a trustee of Columbia College, now Columbia University, since 1877, and with his uncle, William Colford Schermerhorn, has erected one of the Tiew buildings of that institution. H(> is also a manager aud Recoi-ding Secretary of the New York Institution for the Blind. He is a director of the Building and Sanitary Inspection Compauy, and of the Na- tional Horse Shoe Association of America. He was boi'u iu this citv
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Xovembei" i, 184:4, and entered Columbia «'ollej;e in I8f>l. In isdi he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of tlie One Hundred and Eighty-fiftli New York N'oinnteers, and in January, 1805, became First Lieutenant of Company C. He went to the front with the Army of tlie Totomac, was Aidde-cam]! on tlie staff of Major-Gen- eral Charles Grittin, was bievetted Captain for gallant conduct at the Battle of Five Forks in 1865, and served till the close of the war. lu 1865 he entered the School of Mines of Columbia College, and was graduated as a mining engineer in 1868. For seven years subsequent to the Civil War he was a member of the Seventh Regiment, National Guard, and rose from juivate through the ranks of Coi*i)oral and Ser- geant to that of First Lieutenant of Company K. He is a member of the Union, Metropolitan, Knickerbocker, Tuxedo, Century, City, Riding, Coaching, Country, New York Yadit, Seawanhaka-Coriuth- ian Yacht, Rockaway Hunting, and .Mendelssohn Glee clubs, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, and the Columbia Alumni Asso- ciation. He is the eldest siirviving son of the late Peter Augustus Schermerhorn, of this city, and Adelin(> E. Coster, daughter of a notable New York mercliant. His father was born in 1811 and died in 1845, and was an older brother of the present William Colford Schermerhorn. Their father, Peter Schermerhorn, married Sarah Jones, and was in turn the son of Captain IV-ter Schermerhorn and Elizabeth Bussing. Cai)tain Peter Schernnn-lioru was an eminent merchant of this city, born in 1749, his death occurring in 1826, and the son of another prominent New York merchant, Johannes Scher- merhorn, born in July, 1715, died in Septeml>er, 1708, whose wife was Sarali, (hiughter of Jan < "aiinon and ^laiia Le Grand, of two old New York families. The parents of Johannes were Arnout Schermer- horn and ^Maria, daughter of Johannes Beekman. Arnout Schermer- horn enjoyed high social position in this city. He was born in Albany in 4680 and removed to New York City with his parents, Symon Schermerhorn and Willempje, daughter of Arnout Yiele, and grand- daughter of Cornelis Yiele. Symon was born in Albany in 1058, sub- sequently resided in Schenectady, and died in New York City in 1(!96. He was still at Sclienectady wlien it was attacked and burned by the Indians on the night of February 8, 1090, and his oldest son, Johannes, was killed, with three negroes. Although himself wounded in the leg, Symon Schermerhorn rode to Albany during the night and gave the alaiin. This experience induced his removal to New York. He was one of the sons of the famous Jacob Janse Schermerhorn, wealthy mercliant and trader of Albany. Son of Jan Schermerhorn, of Waterland, Holland, where he was born in 1622, Jacob Janse Schermerhorn emigrated to New Amsterdam in 1636, and ilied at Albany in 1688. He Avas one of the wealthiest men in the colony.
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S('lirVLI-:R. PHILIP, who sowed with distinction in the regular iirniy during the Civil War, after which he resigned his commission, is the son of the late George Lee Schuyler and his first wife, Eliza, daughter of the late James Alexander Hamilton, and granddaughter
of the famous Alexander Hamilton; is the grandson of Philip Jeremiah Schuyler hy his second wife, Mary A. Sawyer, of Xowburyjxirt, Mass., and is the great- grandson of the notable General Phili]i Schuyler of the Revolution and his wife, Gatlierine Van Rensselaer. The parents of The Revolutionary patriot were- Johannes Schuyler and Cornelia Van Cortlandt; his grandparents were Johannes Schuyler and Elizabeth Staats, while his great-grandparents were the original emigrants from Holland to Xew Amsterdam — Philip Schuyler and ilar- garetta ^'an Slichtenhorst. The present General Schuyler receives a double strain from Major-General Schuyler of the Revolution, and the generations preceding, through the fact that his maternal great-grandmotlier, wife of Alexander Hamilton, was the daughter of General I'liilij) Schuyler and ("atherine \'an Rensselaer. General Scjuiyler is a member of the Patriarchs, and the Union, Knickerbocker. Century, Harvard, Xew York Yacht, Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht, and Hudson River Ice Yacht clul>s, the Society of the Cincinnati, the Seventh Regiment ^'eterans, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, and the Sons of the Revolution. He married Harriet (Lowndes) Langdon. Nevis, his country-seat at Irvington, was the home of Alexander Hamilton.
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ROOSEVELT, CORNELIUS VAN SCHAICK, was an eminent merchant of New York City, ai<d in 1S23 became one of the fotmders and original incorporators of the famous Chemical National Rank of New York. He was the son of Jacobus I. Roosevelt and Mary "S'an Schaick, his father having been commissary in the patriot army dur- ing the Revolution; was the grandson of Jacobtis Roosevtdt and An- natje Bogaei-t, was great-gramlson of J*)hannes ^'an Roosevelt, of New York City, and was great-great- grandson of Nicholas Van Roosevelt. //^'/' / y<^ of Esopus, N. Y., now Kingston, while ^^-/^A^^t^ yi^^t^'i he was removed one generation further
from Claes Martinsen Van Roosevelt and Jannetje Thomas, who emi- grated fi'om Holland to New Amsterdam in KUll. Cornelins V. S. Roosevelt married .Margai-ct, daughter of Robert Rarnliiil, and had
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six sons, of whom the Aoinincst, Willi.iiii W'., ilicd in vontli. Tlic oi hcis wtnx' tlie late Silas Weir Iloosexclt, who became prominent as a lawyer; James Alfred Ivoosevcdt, who died iu 189S; Cornelius \'an Schaiek Koosevelt, Jr., who (lie<] in 1SS7; the present IJobert I'.arnliil! Roosevelt, and the late Theodore Kooscvelt, father of the presiMit The- odoie lioosevelt.
EOOBEVELT, JAMES ALI'K'ED, second son of Cornelius \'an Schaick Koosevelt, 8r., and 3Iar!:,aret Barnhill, was born in this city, June lo, 1825, and died in the summer of 1S9S. In 1845 he became a member of his father's mercantile firm, and eventually succeeded liim as its head. In 1878 he established the bankin<i- firm of Koose- velt & Sons. He was President of the Broadway Improvement Com- pany, \'ice-President of the Chemical National Bank, Vice-President of the Bank for Savings, a member of the Board of Managers of the Delaware and Hudson Canal ('ompany, a trustee of the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, and a director of the Eagle Fire Company, the Greenwich Insurance Company, the Central and South American Telegraph Company, the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, and the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railway Company, ilayor Strong ai>pointed him a member of the Board of Park Commissioners of this city. He was President of the Roosevelt Hosjjital, and was a trustee of I he Society for the Prevention of Cruel- ty to Children. He Avas a. member of the Metropolitan, Knicker- bocker, Century. Riding, Coaching, Country, New York Yacht, Sea- wanhaka-Corinthian A'acht. and Hudson River Ice Yacht clubs, the Somerset Club of Boston, tlie l>owntown Association, and the St. Nicholas Society. He married in 1847 Elizabeth N., daughter of William F. Enileu, of Philad(d])hia, and is survived by his widow, two daughters, and a son — William Emlen Roosevelt. The latter was long his father's associate in business. Another son, Alfred, prior to his death in 1S!I2, was a member of his father's banking house.
ROOSEVF.LT, WILLTAIM EMLEN, only surviving son of James Alfred Roosevelt of this city, has long been a member of the banking firm of Roosevelt ,S; Sotis. aiHJ in 1898-succeeded his father as its head. He is an otticer i>( a largi- number of corporations. He is President of tlie Wessell Silver Company, \'ice-Pnsident of the Sixth National Bank, Treasurer of the Termina] Improvement Comjiany, Secretary and a Dirc-ctor of the Broadway Improvement Company, a trustee of the Union Trust Comjiany, the New ^'ork Life Insurance and Trust €omi>any, and the In.stitiition for Savings of :Merchauts' Clerks, and a director of the Chemical National Banlc, the (iallatin National Bank, tlie National Starch :\Ianufacturiiig < 'ouqiany, and the .Alexican Tele- graidi Comjiany. He married Chrisiiiic. daughter of John Kean, Mce- Pi-esident of the IManliattan Trust Company. He is a member of the
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Metro])((litan, Ceutui-v, Citv, Seawnnliaka-Coriiithinn Yacht, and other clubs, the Downtown Association, and the Sons of tlie American Kevolution.
DODGE, DAA'ID JJJW, one of the founders in New York City in 1805 of Higginson & Dodge, at one time the largest wholesale dry- goods hoiise in tlie United States, with brandies at Boston and Bal- timore, was also the fouiuler of one of the most remarkable merchant families of New York, whose members have now for four generations not merely maintained their social jircstige, but their place in active business circles, and theii- jiromiucnce in the public life of the city, and in connection with its institutions. David Low Dodge was one of the founders of the .Vmerican Bible Society, as he was also of the American Tract Society. He was an elder of the ^^'all Street Pres- byterian Church. He foundi'd the New York Peace Society, the first organization of its kind, and was its president. He was the first President of the American Peace Society. At his r(»sidence was founded the Young Men's ("hristian Association of this city, of which his grandson, the present \\'illiam Earl Dodge, was long the presi- dent, and of which his great-grandson, ('leveland Hoadley Dodge, is now the president. The Young Men's Missionary Society was also organized in his house. One of his ]mblished works, " War Inconsist- ent with the IJeligion of Jesus Christ," was republisheil in England and translated into several European langtiages. Born in Connecti- cut in 1774, he was the son of David Dodge, a friend of General Israel Putnam, who i)lied his trade as wagon manufacturer in the interest of the patriot catise during the Bevolution. and was lineally de- scended from ^Villiam Dodge, wlio settled in Salem, 3Iass., in 1629. This emigrant was of a knightly family long seated adjacent to the city of Chester, near Liver])ool, England. A jiatent dated April f?;, 130(1, was issued to his ancestors for having "valiantly served to- wards the ptiblic good and encour;iged their heirs and successors to follow in like virtue and noble conduct." For some years David Low Dodge was head of a private school at Norwich, Conn. He estab- lished a store at Hartf(n-d, Conn., in 1802, another at Litchtield, Conn., soon after, and in 180.") a third at New York City under the tirin style of Higginson & Dodge. Notwithstanding the immense proportions \\hicli this btisiness assumed, the embargo and loss of vessels during the War of 1812 greatly crippled the house, and this, with the appear- ance of the yellow fever iilague, h-d ^Ir. Dodge to return to Norwich, Conn., where he established one of the earliest and largest cotton mills in New England. Returning to New Y(n'k City permanently in 182r), lie organized the firm of Ludlow & Dodge. He was in retire- ment from active business and engaged in religious and literary activity from 1827 until his death in 1852. He married in 1798 Sarah, dauiihter of Rev. Aaron Cleveland, an ancestor of President Grover
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Clevelaml. She Avas a sister of the eminent preacber, tlic late Dr. Sanuiel Hanson Cox. and annt of the late Rislioii Artlnir < 'Icvdaiid Cox.
DODGE, WILLIA:\r EATJL, son of David Low Dod-e and Sarah Clevehind, was one of the most illustrious aniony- notable New York merchants. He Avas a member of the New York Chamber of Com- merce from is.").") until his ilcath, became its Mce-Presideut in 18(13, and was its I'resideut from 18G7 to 1S75. He was one of the Commit- tee of Twenty-five of this body which in January, 1861, presented at Washiniiton a petition with .38,000 signatures urging a peaceful solu- tion of the slave question. He was also one of ten delegates accred- ited by the New York Legislature to the " Peace Congress " of 1801. During the Civil War he was active in organizing troops and raising funds, contributing bountifully from his own fortune. He was one of the founders of the Union League in support of the Federal Govern- ment, out of which grew the Union League Club. He was elected to Congress from the Eighth New York District in 1S61, and distin- guished himself by his advocacy of sound financial views. He refused a renomination. In 1872 he was a member of the Electoral College. Appointed by President Grant a member of a commission to investi- gate the condition of the Indians, he studied the situation for several years, touring the Indian Territory, and secured a thorough reform in the Department of the Interior in the care of tlie Indians, curbing the powers of the Indian agents and traders, and obtaining better educational advantages for the aborigines. He also interested him- self in the education of the freemen, founding one college in their in- terest and endowing several others. Other colleges endowed by him were Williams, Dartmouth, Amherst, Lafayette, Beloit, Marietta, Oberlin, Hamilton, Grinn<dl, and Maryville. He likewise endowed LTnion Theological Seminary of this city, and the theological semi- naries at Auburn, N. Y., Princeton, N. J., New Haven, Conn., Cincin- nati, Ohio, Bangor, ^fe., and Chicago, 111. He was the founder and presi- dent of several teni]ierance oi-ganizations. He was one of the founders of Union Theological Seminary, and one of its trustees from the begin- ning until his death. He was Vice-President of the American Bible Society. He was President of the Evangelical Alliance. Born at Hartford, Conn., September 4, 1805, he was educated at Nonvich, Conn., and under his uncle. Dr. Cox, at Mendham, N. J. He worked in his father's cotton mill at an early age, and between the ages of thirteen and twenty-one in his father's drygoods establishmcMit in this city. In 1827 he founded the drygoods firm of Huntington & Dodge, which at once became prosperous. He married ^Melissa P., daughter of Anson Green Phelps, founder of Phelps & Peck, the largest estab- lishment in the metal trade in the United States. In 1833 occurred the total collapse of the great warehouse of this firm, which had then
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been nMciitly but faultily erected at ("lift and Fulton streets. In this crisis ^Ir. IMielps persuaded ilr. Dodge to dispose of his dryj;oods busi- ness and join hiui in tlie metal trade, and the tirni of I'helps, Dodge (S: (Jo. was establisiied. .Mr. Dodge was an iniitortant factor in the develoi)nient of its business, and was head of the tirm for many years ]trior to his death in 1883. He also had other large interests. Having ac(|uired in IS'Si't large lr;icts of land in Tioga County, Pa., he or- ganized the T>ackawanna Iron and (Joal (.'ompany. He was chietiy instrumental in promoting the Erie Railway Company, personally obtaining the subscrijttions, and being a member of its oi-iginal direct- orate. He was likewise one of the organizers and oiigiual directors of the Central IJailroad of New Jersey, in 1843 turning the first spade- ful of soil in its construction. The Lackawanna and Western was an- other railroad of winch he was a founder and original director. He was at one time President of (he Houston and Texas Central Railroad.
DODGE, WH>LIA.M 1:AKL, has long been senior member of the notable firm of Phelps, Dodge & Co., metal merchants, which was founded by his graudfatlier, Anson (Jreen Phelps, and of which his father, the late William Earl Dodge, was for many years the senior partner. He is also I'resident of the Ansonia Brass and Copper Com- pany, a Trustee of the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, and the Provident Loan Society, and is a director of the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company, the United (ilobes ]\[ines, the Commercial iMining Com- pany, and the New Jersey Zinc Company. He was one of the New York State Commissioners to supervise the condition of the New York troojts in the field during the Civil Wai', and at its close received the thanks of the State by joint resolution of the Legislature. He was one of the founders of the Union League Club, and an official of the Loyal I'tiblication Society. He was advisory director of the Woman's Central Association of Relief, which led to the establishment of the United States SanitaiT Commission. In respect to religious inter- ests, the benevolent institutions of the city and ])ublic interests, he has sustained a relation not unlike that of his illustrious father. He is a member of the executive committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as he is also of that of the New York Botanic Garden, and rliat of the American iluseum of Natural History. He is a trustee of the Slater Fund and he has been Chairman of the National Arbitra- tion Committee. He has been Mce-President of the American Sun- day-school T'nion, and he succeeded his father as President of the Evangelical Alliance. He was for many years President of the Young Men's Christian Association of this city, and was chiefly instrumental in securing the erection of its building at Twenty-third Street, and I'ourth Avenue, — the first erected especially for the use of Y. M. C. A. members Iti the United States. He has also been Vice-President of the
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New England Soc-iety. He is a meiiibei- of the Metropolitnii, riiidii League, Century, City, h'efonn, Kidini;-, Connti-y. Presbyteiian, West- brouk Golf ami Sontbside Si»ortsineii"s ehibs, the Downtown Associa- tion, Scientific Alliance, and other societies. He was born in this city in 1832, and became a niemlx-r of tiie firm of IMielps, Dodiic & Co. in 18fi4. He mariied in lsr»4 Saiah Tappen, dauiiiitei- of the late David Hoadley, Presideni of (he Panama Railroad Comi>an,\'.
DODGE, CHARLES CLEVELAND, who was a v.dunteer in I he Union Army dnrinii tlie Civil War, became one of the distintiuished cavalry leaders, and rose to tlie rank of Brigadier-General, is the son of the late William E. Dodge and his wife, Melissa P., danghter of the late Anson Green Phel])s. General Dodge has long had important business interests in this city. He is President of the Esmond Inter- national Traction Com]);iny, ami is a Director of the New York City Watch Comjiany. He was born in this city, and is a graduate of Vale College. Since the war he has beiMi Major of the New Vork Mounted Rifles. He is a member of the I'nion and Cniversity clubs and the Yale Alumni.
DODGE, NORMAN W., the eminent lumber merchant of this city, is the sou of the late distinguished A\illiam Earl Dodge and his wife, Melissa P., daughter of the late Anson Gieen Pheljis. founder of Phelps, Dodge & ( \k Mr. Dodge is President of the Normandale Lum- ber Company and a Director of the Hilton & Dodge Lumber Com- pany. He is a member of the Union League and Country clubs and the Downtown Association.
DODGE, CLE^'ELAND HOADLEY, son of the present William Earl Dodge, and grandson of the late eminent merchant and jihilan- thropist of the same name, is a member of the famous firm of I'helps, Dodge & Co., and an officer of a number of corporations. He is a Director of the National City Bank, the Farmers' Loan and Trust Com- pany, the Ansonia Brass and Copjter Company, the Quincy Mining Company, and the Copper Queen Consolidated [Mining Company. He is President of the Young Men's Christian Association of this city, hav- ing succeeded his father in that oftice. He is also identified with va- rious benevolent institutions. He was born in New Vork City in 1S(;0. and was educated at Princeton. He marrie(j (iiace Parish. He is a
member of the Century, University, Cal I. Country, Priucclon. and
University Glee clubs, the Downtown Association, Scientific Al]ianc(>, and other organizations.
1>()DGE, <;RACE HOADLEV, daughter of the present William Earl Dodge, and granddanghtei- of the late William Earl Dodge, enjoys the distinction of being the fii'st woman a])]ioiiite<l a member of the Board of Education of New York City. Tlu^ dis- tinction was earned, however, by her earnest efforts to advance the
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ciuise of the education of women. She founded the system of " Woi'k- iuy Girls' " clubs in this city, and was also the fcmnder of the Teach- ers College, which is now connected with Columbia University.
GALLATIN, ALBEUT (baptized ABKAHAM ALPHONZO AL- BERT ) , takes rank as one of the most eminent of the flnanciere of the United States. ( l-'or portrait, see Volume I., p. 323, of this work. ) The son of Jean (iallatin and Sophie Albertine Rolaz du Rosey, he was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1761, was graduated with high honors from the University of Geneva in 1770, and to escape the im- portunity of members of his family who were deteinnined that he should enter the military service of Frederick of Hesse-Cassel, he emigrated to Boston in 1780. He served in the Kevolutionary Army, and later was instructor in Harvard College. Removing to Philadel- phia he made judicious real estate investments and engaged in busi- ness. In 1790 he was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature. In 1795 he was elected to Congress, where he became the leader of Madi- son's followers. Subsequently he represented Pennsylvania in the LTnited States Senate. He was Secretary of the Treasury from ISOl to 1813, in the cabinets of Jefferson and Madison. He opjiosed Jeffer- son's embargo policy in 1807, declaring war with England to be pref- erable, and, as the third with Jefl'erson and Madison, in directing the policj' of the Republican party and the nation at that period, was the first of the three to urge the War of 1812 as the only sohition of the difficulties with Great Britain. The loan of -f 17,000,000, nego- tiated by the United States in December, 1812, in support of the war, Av ould have been a failure but for his success in intluenciug the taking of over 110,000.000 by his three personal friends — John Jacob Astor, of New York, and Stephen Girard and David Parish, of Philadelphia. He was one of the commissioners who arranged the Treaty of Ghent. In 1815 he was United States Minister to France, and in 182(3 was Envoy Extraordinary to Great Britain. In 1829 he took up his resi- dence in New York City. The same year he became President of the newly organized National Bank of this city, now the Gallatin Na- tional, and remained at its head until his resignation in 1839, when he Avas succeeded by his eldest son, the late James Gallatin. He opposed Jackson's policy in connection with the Bank of the United States, and, the resulting panic of 1837 having forced all the banks of New York City to suspend, he was active in bringing about a con- vention of the banks of the country in this city, and the general agree- ment upon a day to resume not being obtained, the banks resumed in this city alone. May 10, 1838. He declined the presidency of the Bank of Commerce offered him in 1838. The formation of the New York Clearing House Association in 1853 was merely the execution of tlie suggestion made by him as early as 1841 that the banks regu- larlv settle their exchanges. He was the chief founder of the New
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York Uuiversity iu 1S;J0, aud was the tirst Pre.sideut of its Council. He conceived the plan of a great national uuiversity, but finding that *'the clergy had obtained control of the new institution, he aban- doned the idea he had conceived of endowing the City of New York with a great American Sorbonne." In lSJt2 he was elected the first President of the American Ethnnlogical Society, while from 1843 un- til his death in 184!) he Avas President of the New York Historical Society. He married a daughter of James Nicholson, appointed by Congress Commander-in-chief of the Pevnlutionary Navy in 1777.
GALLATIN, JAMES, eldest son of the famous financier, Albert Oallatin, in June, 183!.t, succeeded his father as President of the National Bank of this city, now the C.allatin National Bank, and re- mained at its head for about thirty years, resigning in 18(58. He died abroad a few years later. His administration of the affairs of the bank was very successful aud he (tccupied a foremost place among the financiers of the city. He contributed for his bank |25,0()0 to the Federal Government during the (_'ivil AVar. He was one of the charter members of the original Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals, and was an ofticer of various financial UTid benevolent insti- tutions.
GALLATIN, ALBEPT A., second son of the celebrated Albert Gal- latin and his wife, a. daughter of James Nicholson, Commander-in- chief of the American Navy during the Revolutictn, died in this city at an advanced age in 180(». He was graduated from Princeton, bred to tlie law, and practiced for a time in Philadelphia. Subsequently he engaged in financial enterprises in New York City, being at one period the business partner of tlie fiist Jolin Jacob Astor. He accom- panied his father on his missions to France in 1815, and to England in 182G, and became the personal friend of the Duke of Wellington and other distinguished men. For some years he was Professor of Chemistiy in the University of the City of New York.
GALLATIN, FEEDEKIC, engaged in the practice of law iu New York City, is the son of the late Albert A. Gallatin aud grandson of the famous Albert Gallatin. He is a college-bred man and a well- known yachtsman. He is a member of the -^ -y
Metropolitan, Century, Elding, New York ^^ O ' i '^
Yacht, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Larch-
iiiont Yaclit, and Atlantic Yacht clubs, the
Sons of the Eevolution, and the Society of
Colonial Wars. He is also a Yice-President of
the New Yoi'k Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. He married Amy G.,
, , , , .. G.\LL.\TI.\ ARMS.
Sister of Elbndge T. Gerry and daughter of
the late Thomas E. Gerry, U.S.N. Her mother was Hannah, dangh-
o
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ter of Peter P. Goelet, sister of the late Peter aud Kobert Goelet, and aunt of the present Ogden Goelet aud the lately deceased Eobei't Goelet.
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CKLGEi;, tSTEPllE^ \AX liENSSELAElJ, was the manager of a number of large estates, having been engaged in the real estate busi- ness in this city from 18(57 until his death in ISltS. He was President of the Florida, West Coast Improvement Company, a director of the Illinois Central Kailroad Company, the Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Kailroad. the Yazoo and ^Iississip])i ^'alley Railroad Com- pany, the lr>ilver Hprings, Ocala and Gulf Kailroad Comi)any, the Title Guarantee and Trust Gniiipany, the New York Life Insurance aud Trust Company, the ('innmercial Union Fire Insurance Company, Barretts, Palmei- and Ileal Dyeing Establishment, and Barrett Nephews Company, Old Staten Island Dyeing Establishment; was Treasurer as well as trustee of St. Stephen's C(dlege, and a trustee of the [Mutual Life Insurance Company, the New York Public Library, and the American Bible Society. As Com])troller of Trinity Church Corporation since 1880 he managed all its immense real estate inter- ests. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the T'nion, __ _ M e t r o p () 1 i I a n, I'nion League,
^^' '- ? '^^s^ Knickerbocker, Tuxedo, New York
Yacht, Meadow Brook Hunt, and other clubs. In 1870 he was elected .Major of the Twelfth Begiment, National Guard; in 1875 became Lieutenant-Colonel, and in 1877, Colonel, commanding the regiment until he resigned in 1883. As Chairman of the Army Committee of the Centennial inau- guration celebration in 1SS9, he had the organization of the entire parade. He has held the posi- tions of Treasurer and of Presi- dent of the Bepublican County Committee, and in 1888 was the Bepublican candidate for Lieuten- ant-Governor on the State ticket with Warner Miller. Appointed Park Commissioner by Mayor Strong, he was elected President of the Board. He was born in New Y'ork City, May 9, 1844, the son of the late John Church Cruger by his second wife, Euphemia White, daughter of Stephen Van Rensselaer, last Patroon of Kensselaerwycdc. He thus lineally descended from John Cruger, one of the most famous of early New York merchants, who was Alderman of this citv from 1712 to 17:'.:*., and Mayor from 17:39
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to ITii, aud from Kiliaeu Van Rensselaer, founder and first Patroon of the Colony of KeusselaerwTck on the Hudson, 1030-1646. lie was priucipally educated in Eui-ojje, where lie was at the beginning of the Civil War. Hurrying home he became First Lieutenant in Company E, One Hundi-ed and Fiftieth New York, at seventeen years of age. He distinguished himself at the battle of Gettysburg, aud in August, 1863, became Adjutant. Assigned to the Twentieth Corps in October of that year he participated in Sherman's Atlanta campaign, being twice wounded at Resaca. Recovery seeming hojjeless he was honor- ably discharged, but several months later he revolunteered, was re- commissioned, and returned to his regiment at Atlanta in September, 1861. A horse "nas shot under him at Averysboro during the famous march to the sea. He was commissioned Captain and appointed Chief of Ordnance, First Division, Twentieth Corps, and served in this capa- city until the end of the war. Mustered out in June, 1865, he was bre- vetted Major and Lieutenant-Colonel " for gallant and meritorious conduct during the cam]>aign through (Jeorgia and the Carolinas.'' He married Julie Grinnell, daughter of Thomas \^'. Storrow, of Bos- ton. Mrs. Cruger is a well-known authoress, under her pen-name of •' Julien Gordon."
GARDINER, JOHN LYON, while his town house is on Madison Avenue in this city, maintains his residence on Gardiner's Island, of which he is the present proprietor, being the twelfth of his family who has held this once manorial estate. The first proprietor, Lion Gardiner, purchased the island from the Indians in 1630, and had his title confirmed both by the Dutch of New Amsterdam and the Earl of Stirling, while in 1667 the island was erected under the Eng- lish law into a lordship and manor, and so remained until the Revolution destroyed the feudal riglits attaching to it. Colonel Gardi- ner is the son of the late Samuel Buell Gardi- ner and Mary Thompson, and grandson of John caiuuxfr arms. Lyon frardiner and Sarah, daughter of Joliu
Griswold, of Lyme, Conn., and granddaughter of Governor Maltliew Grisw(dd. He married Elizabeth Coralie Livingston-Jones and has three sons — Lion, John, and ^Vinthrop — and a daughter, wife of Alex- ander Coxe, an English gentleman whose estate is near Sevenoaks, Kent. Mrs. Gardiner was one of the founders of the Society of Colo- nial Dames of America and its first Vice-President.
DE PEYSTER, JOHANNIS, founder of the famous New York familv of this name, was the scion of an old Huguenot family of
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gt'Utle blood, wlikli luul bei-u U)n<x sweated at Tours, Fniiu-e. Soon after the massacre of St. Bartholomew |ir>T2), the family removed to Holland, brandies being established at Amsterdam and Haarlem. Johannis was born in the latter place, of which his Avife, Tornelia Lubberts, was also a native. He r(mioved in Kiio to New Amstenlani, which he had previously visited (1()33), on the former occasion also enlisting in the New .Amsterdam Bni'gher Corps. Between tln^ yeais Id.").") and 1(177 lie held the offices nf Schepen, Burgomasler, .Vlder- iiiau. and Deputy Mayor of New Amsterdam and New York. He was one of the (Committee of Defense in 1(J73, when the English captured NeAV Amsterdam, and was one of tlu^ negotiators of the favorable terms of surrender, (iovernor Nicolls appointed him .Mayoi- of New York City, October 15, 1(>77, but he dcclinetl the oflicc, on tiic ground of his imi)erfect command cd' the English language. Colonel Nic(»lls asserted, however, that de I'eyster " could make a, better platform .sjx^'ch than an\ other man outside (d' I'arliameut." De I'eyster was a mertdiaut, ami ac(|uired a large fortune. Of an (dd and aristocratic armiger family, he and his still uhuc famous son. Abraham, favored ](o]iulai- go\('rnment.
DE TEYSTEB, ABKA11.\.M, .Mayoi- of New Yoik City from 1(;92 to K!!)."), was one of the most eminent tigui'es in the cidonial history of this city and State. He held the commission of Colonel, command- ing the militia of the City and County of New Voik — luue companies (d' horse and fo(d. He was Alderman (d' the city in KiS."! and subse- (jueid yeais. He was a Judge of the Supreme Court, and in 170(1 be- came its ( 'hief -lu-^tice. He \\as a member of the King's Council from l(i!)S to 1702, while in 1701 he served for a time as presiding officer of the Council and Acting (iovernor of the Trovince of New York. He was Ti-easurer t>\' the ])ro\inces (d' New \'ork and New -lersey dur- ing the twenty years from 170(1. He was an esteenu'd friend of Will- iam Tenn, proi)rietor of PcTnisylvania, and was the most intimate friend and advisiM' of the Earl of Bellomont, New ^'ork's best Colonial Governor. In her well-known ■' History of New York," Mrs. Martha d. Lamb asserts that New York City owes its first impulse of real niu- ni(i]tal ju-ogress and im](i()\ement to Cobund Abraham de Peyster. He donated to the city the site of the original City Hall, whi're stands the present Sub-Ti-easury IJuildiug — the scene of Washington's inau- guration as t he first President id the United States. Mayor de Peyster was born in New V(uk ( 'ity, duly S, 1(;.~)7, and died liere August 2, 1728. He was the oldest son of Johannis de Peyster and C(U'uidia jjubberts. Dui-ing a visit to Amsterdam, Holhunk he married his kinswoman of that city. Catherine de I'eyster. The artistic statue of Colonel Abra- ham de I'eystei', whicdi adorns Bowling rjreen, was given to the City of N(n\' Vink by his distinguished descendant, < iemM-al John Watts de Pevster.
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i)i: I'EYl^iTEK, JOHANNES, wealtliy iiicicliaiit of New York, was Mayor of the city in KJDS and ICi'.lit, as liis (ddi'i- and still more eminent brotlier, Chief Jnsticc Abialiam de Peyster, had been from 1<)'J2 to 109."). His (•ont<'ni](oraries credited him with being the handsomest man in New York. He at onetime served as Alderman. He married a dau^i'liter of Gerrit T>an(dver, a rich Indian trader and merciiant of Albany, and died in lil'.i, leaving descendants.
i)K PEYSTEi;, I'illOhEKlC. was horn in X.-w York City, Novem- ber 11. ]7!M;, and. at the lime of his death. Aii.L;nst 17, 1SS2, it was asserted that he had " jmibably been connected as an active oHlcer with more social, literary, and benevolent societies than any other New Yoi'ker wlm ryrv lived." lie was graduated from ("oliimbia College in iNKi; studied law with Hon. Pet<M' Augustus Jay and Hon. Peter Yixn Schaick; began piactice iii ISl'.t. and from 1S20 to 1837 was Master in Chancery. After 1837 lie contineil his legal business to the care of the large estates of himself and his father-in-law. lion. John Watts, Jr., devoting the rest of liis time to literary i)Uisuits and j)hi- lanthropy. He was Corresjionding Secretary of the Ne\\' York His- torical Society in 1827; was its Kecording Secretary from 1820 to 1837; was again Corres])onding Secretary from 1838 to 1813; was President of the Society from 18()4 to 18(>t>. and again, from 1873 until his death, in 1882; was Foreign Secretary in 1844. and Second Vice-President from 1850 to 18.'")3. As a young man he defeated a plan to disrupt the Society and dispel its c(dlections, at the same time obtaining a lib- eral appropriation for it from the New York Legislature. He served terms as Treasurer and President of the St. Nicholas Society of New York, and for thirty years served as Manager. He was a trustee of the St. Nicholas Club from its organization, having been one of its founders, and was its President from 1877 until his death. At the time of his decease he was Vice-President of the Association of the Alumni of Columbia College, and Chairman of its Standing Com- mittee. He was long a trustee of the New York Society l>ibrary, and President of the lioard from 1870 until his death. I'or mon- than fifty years he was a trustee of the Leake and Watts Oriilian Asylum, and Clerk of the Board. He was Vice-President of the Home for Incurables, and a director of tlu^ Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb. He was an original incorporator, a director, and Mce-President of the New Voile Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ciiildren. When he di(^d lie was the oldest member of the Board of Managers of the New York Bible Society, having served for more than fifty years. He was also senior officer of the vestry of the < 'hurch of the Ascension. He was an officer of the Mercantile Lilirary Association, and one of the oldest directors of the Sixth Avenue Kail- road Company. In 18G7, Columbia College conferred upon him the
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degree of Dodoi- of I^iiws, wliile, in 1S7T, the Iiot;i1 Ilistoiical Society of Great I'.ritaiii made him au llouorary Fellow, lie was au honorary member of the historical societies of Massachusetts, Maryland, Pemi- sylvania, NViscunsin, Florida. rSiilfah), and Chicago, and was corre- siJonding member of the Xe\\' England Historic-<;eneah)gical Society. He published "The IMoral and Intellectual Influence of Libraries" (18(30). " William the Third as a Keformer " (ISTi). " Representative Men (d" the English Hevolntion " (1870), "The Life and Adminis- tration of the Earl of llellomont " (1879), "The Culture Demanded by the Age"" (180!»). and "Early Political History of New Y(.rk "" (1805). He was a member of a students" militia company during the War of 1812, and subsequently became Captain oi' tlie 115th New York Regiment. He served on the staff of Governor De \\"\tt Clinton, and was ^lilitary Secretary to the same for the Southern District of New York. He was the son of Captain Frederic de I'eyster and Helen, daughter of Connnissary-Geueral Samuel Hal^e, <d' the British Army, and his wife. Helen Livingston, great-granddaughter of Kobei-t Liv- ingston, first lord of Livingston Manor. Mr. de Peyster's grandfather, James de Peyster, a Axcalthy New Yoi-k merchant, married a daughter of Hon. Joseph Keade, a mend)er of the Kiug"s Council, and was him- self the son of Hon. Abraham de Peyster, for many years Treasurer of New Yoi'k and Ne\\' Jersey, in which oHice he succeeded his fatlu^r, the famous Colonel Abraham de Peyster, Chief Justice, ,\eting Gov- ernor, and ;\layor of New York. The wife of Hon. Abraham de Peyster, Jr., was Afargaret, danghter of Hon. Jacobus Van Cortlandt. Mr. Frederic de I'eyster marric^l Justina, daughter of Hon. John Watts, Jr. She died early, leaving one child, the present General John Watts de Pevster.
itE PEYSTER, JOHN WATTS, jdulanthropist and military his- torian and critic, is the most eminent re])resentative of his family. He is the author of hundreds of volumes, ])ami)hlets, and magazine articles on historical and military subjects, including a group of works on Dutch military and naval Idstory, a grou]) of works on the Ameri- can Revohition, a group on the American Ci^il AA'ar, amither group on the Thirty Years' War, another on the Wars of Frederick the Great, another on the Napoleonic cam]>aigns, and another on Pxdhwell and ;\lary (^)nceii of Scots. His military writings are without jiarallel in any language for their exhaustive use of autliorities. Ins general reference libraiy of 25,(100 volumes having been supplemented by sjie- cial colleciions (dthe known volumes ami ]>aui])ldets in English, (Jer- man, French, llalian, Spanish, etc., on each subject or epoch of history treated. He has also ])ublished miscellaneous studies of the ndlitary leaders of all times, known to sacred and profane history, with military biographies of Torstenson, Gustavus Adoli)hus, ^Va]len-
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stein, Napulfoii, Caiaiisius, the Dutcli Admirals, (ieueial Scliuy- lei", (ieneral Wajue, Sir John Johnston, Marshal Bliicher, (ieneral rhilip Kearney, General Georye II. Tlionias, General Hooker, Gen- eral llaueock, < General A. A. Humphreys, General Heintzelman, and others. He has essayed historical tiction and historical drama, and has published many poems. He donated special li- braries to Columbia
College, the New ^ -^
York Society Li- b r a. r y, the New York Historical So- ciety, and Franklin and Marshall Col- lege. He gave to New Y'ork City the statue of his famous ancestor in Bowl- ing Green, and erected in Trinity Churchyard the no- table statue of his grandfather, Hon. John ^Vatts, Jr. He also gave a beautiful statue to the city of lluds(»n, N. Y., and has erected several foi- institutions endowed by him. He built a Hosiiital for Consumptives and an elaborate Training School for Boys for ilic ( Mdcr of Brothers of Nazareth of Unionvale, Dutchess County; and lo lliis Order gave i;>0 acres of his ancestral domain, togetlier with a librai-y. He has erected and fitted u]i another and larger Home for Consumptives in the same county. He has donated books to the Cazenovia Lyceum and to St. Steplnni's College, Dutchess County. Tlu- new Methodist Episcopal Church, at Madalin, N. Y., was erected and donated by him. To the same denomination he likewise gave the buildings and extensive grounds for the Watts de Peyster [Missionary Home for Girls at Jladalin. He has built and fitted u]> a liandsoiiie Library Building for Franklin and Marshall College. He gave valuable works of art of historic interest to the States of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and to the City of Kearney, Neb., also do- nating bocdvS to the public libraiw of the latter. He erected a chai)el at Nebraska City, Neb., and a church and memorial parisli school at
GENERAL .JOHN WATTS I)K PKYSTKK.
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AltooiKi, I'm. lie crcctpd the "Annex"' to the Leake and Watts Orphan IJonse. (ieneral de I'eyster's inililaiy career be^an in 1S45. when he enlisted in the ^<tate Militia in Dntehess Connty, bein;L; tlien twenty-fonr years of aiie. He receiv(-d rajiid ]H'oniotions. and after the reorjianization of lS4()-47. for " meritorious conduct," lie was com- missioned Colonel of tile lllrh i{ei;imeiit, comiiiaiidiiio- the 22d Ue^i- meiital District. Tlie Anti-rent ai;itation was at its heii>lit, while the rank and tile of the militia was mutinous on account of the reorgan- ization tliroughotit the State, ("(doiul de Peyster was commended l)y (loveriior Hunt and Adjutant-* ieneral Stevens as beinii' the only ('oloiiid in the State, with the single exception of one old army officer, who maintained i]isci])line dnrin.i;' this period. In 1851, Governor Hunt a](](ointed liim P>ri<iadier-( ieneral of New York State troops " for important services." ^leanwhile (ieneral de Peyster had be^un the ac(]nisition of his remarkable military library, while he estab- lished and edited a monthly, the EcJii'ircur, in which were ])ublished Enijjlish translations of tlie standard military treatises of ^'on llard- ego- and other Europeans. I'roiii 1S.")1 to 185:5 he was in Europe, engaged at his own expense in tlie discharge of the trust committed to him by his appointment as " .Military Agent of the State of New York, to examine and report on such of the military systems of Eurojie as slionid be adapted to the use of his native State of New York." He made two remarkal)le reports, which were published as Senate documents, and in an A])ii('iidix to the Kepoi't of the Adjutaut- Oeneral, being widely circulated. They are said to " have been the foundation of every improvement that our State troops have under- gone since that time." They set forth the value of the brass twelve- ]iounder, and led to the introduction in our cities of the jiaid tire de- partment, with steam tire-engines. On January 1, 1855, General de Peyster was appointed Adjntant-General of the State of New York by (iovernor Clark, and at once inaugurate<l vigorous reforms. He issued revised regulations, and, for the first time, secured uniformity of mnskets and uniforms throughout the State, achieving a vast econ- omy as well as efficiency. He introduced apiirojiriate artillery, and prepared every branch of the service for enu-rgencies. He n^organ- ized the Adjutant's Department, and demanded an honest manage- ment of the finances. But this displeased tiie politicians, and, finding the Governor frightened at tlieir outcry. General de Peyster resigneil in disgust. Thenceforward he dexoted himself to military authorship, most of his studies in Dutch history being ]inblislied jirior to the Civil War. When this occurred, although suffering from frightful hemor- rhages, he offered three r(>giments to President Lincoln at one time, and two at anothei-. A Prigadier-Gf^neralshiji, however, was not of- fered him. while the hardships connected with a lower rank prohibited his ac<('iitance of it. Rach of his three sons enlisted before reaching Their majoiities, while each rose to the rank of Brevet Colonel. But
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the Geiu'iars pen tliroii^liout the war was iiiighticr tliaii the swurds of most of the geuerals in the tiehL Duriii"; the earlv years he ren- dered a service of ediu-atioii by the publication of siicli works as " Facts or Ideas Indispensable to the Comprehensions of War," " No- tions on Htratejij and Tactics," - Military Lessons," " Winter Cam- paigns," and " Practical Strateiiy — IMeld-iMarshal Traiin." Every in- cident of the war afforded a text for newspaper and magazine articles, while still more valuable service was performed through private cor- respondence with a large number of the leading Tnion Cenerals. On May 25, 18(i(;, theNew York Legislatni-e conferred upon him the brevet of Major-lJeneral of New York State troops, with rank frnni April 20, 1802, for "meritorious services ren<lered to the National (luard and to the United 8tates, prior to and during the Rebellion." Tlie only child of the late Frederic de Peyster and Justina, daughter of the late John ^Yatts, Jr., (Jeneral de Peyster was born in New Y'ork City, 3Iarch !l, 1821. He had as tutor Professor Lutz, and traveled much in Europe during his youtli, but was never graduated from college. Ue himself mastered Latin, (ireek, FrencJi, and (Jerman, also acipiir- ing a working knowledge of Italian and Spani-^h. He subseijuently received the degree of blaster of Arts from ( "ol unibia College, has twice received the degree of Doctor of Laws, and is the recipient of that of Doctor of Literature. In IS!);! he was made an Honorary Fellow of the iSociety of Science, Letters, and Art of London, while, in 1894, lie was awarded its gold medal for " Scientihc and Literary Attain- ments," He received three medals from Oscar 1. nf Sweden, in recog- nition of his work as a, military ciitic. He is a life member of the lioyal Historical Society of ( treat Britain, is an honorary memlter of the Claren(h)n Historical Society of Edinburgh, is a member of the ]\Iaats(Iia])iiij Nederbindsche Letterkunde of Leydeu, Holland, is Vice- President of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Pliiladel- jdua, and is. in fact, a member, or honoraiy or cori-(^si)onding iiieudx-r, or fellow, of between foi-ty and fifty historical, scientitic, and literary societies of the ruited States, Canada, and Euro])e.
DUEK, WILLIAAL founder of tli«' New York family of this name, was born in D(M'onsliii-e. lOngland. March 18, 1747, and died in New Y'ork City, May 7, 17!t'.l. He was the son of John Duer, a wealthy planter of Antigua, by his wife, Frances, daughter of (Jeneral I'red- erick I'rye, of the P.ritisli West India sei-vice. Having been educated at Eton, in 17(i2 ^^'illianl Duel' accomi)anied Lord Clive to India as Aid-(le-cani]i. lie iidierited his father's estates in Antigua, and, sto])])ing at New Yoi-k City to arrange for some sujiitlies of lumber, made real estate Investments and settled in the city. Here he be- came very prominent. He was Colmiel of tlie militia. County Judge, a member of the New York Provincial Congress, a member of the Revolutionary Comnnttei' of Safety, a delegate to the first Constitn-
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tioual ronvention of 177G-7, a delegate to the Coutiueiital ('on,i;ress of 1777-8, Secretai*y of the Treasury Board in 1789, and Assistant Seci'etary of the Treasui-j' iinder Hamilton. In 1792 he failed foi- $3,000,000, causing the first panic in the country due to speculation. He married Lad}- Catlierine, daughter of William Alexander, Lord Stirling, Major-General in the Revolution, and his wife, Sarah, daugh- ter of Philip Livingston, second lord of Livingston manor, a grand- daughter of the first Johannes de Peyster, and a descendant of Kobert II. of Scotland. Their sons, Hon. William Alexander Duer and Hon. John Duer, became eminent, and are the ancestors of the present well- known members of the family.
DUER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, eldest son of Colonel William Duer and Lady Catherine .Alexander, Avas born in Rhinebeclc, N. Y., September 8, i780, and died in New York City, May 30, 1858. He Avas bred to the law, and was the partner of Edward Livingston, both in this city and for a time at New Orleans. He was also at one time law partner of his brother-in-law, Beverly Robinson. For a time he removed his practice to Rhinebeck, and was elected to the Assembly. From 1822 to 1829 he was a Judge of the Supreme Court. From 1829 to 1812 he was President of Columbia College. He wrote and lectured extensively, and in 1847 published a life of his grandfather, William Alexander, Earl of Stirling. He married a daughter of William Den uing, of New York City, and had a son, the late William Denning Duer.
DUER, JOHN, second son of Colonel William Duer and Lady Cath- erine Alexander, was a distinguished jurist of this city. He was born in Albany, October 7, 1782, and died on Stateu Island, August S, 1858. Between the ages of sixteen and eighteen he was in the United States Army, subsequently studying law with Alexander Hamilton. He practiced in Orange County at first, and distinguished himself as a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1821. He revised the statutes of the State in conjunction with Benjamin F. Butler and John C. Spencer. In 1827 he was appointed United States Attorney at New York City, and subsequently became one of the prominent corporation lawyers of the city. Lie was elected to the Superior Court of the city in 1849, and in 1857 succeeded Thomas J. Oakley as Chief Justice. He edited five volumes of reports and was author of tw^o vol- umes of an exhaustive '' Treatise on tlie Law and Practice of :Marine Insurance." He married Anna Bnnner, and had a son, Hon. William Duer, who became prominent in public life.
DUER, WILLIAM DENNING, son of Hon. William Alexander Duer and a daughter of William Denning, was born in 1812, and died in 1891. He married Caroline, daughter of James Gore King, the mer-
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chant of this city, and graiuWaugiiter of the celebrated Kufus Kiu}-, aud had two daughters and live sons — Edward Alexander, James Gore King, a well-known banker of New York; Kufns King, an officer of the United States Army, now dead; William Alexander, a well- known lawyer of New York, and Denning Duer, of New Haven, Conn.
DUEll, \\l Lhl A31, whih* boin in New York City, May 25, 1805, and while a resident during his declining years, from 1858 until his death, August 25, 1879, ])ursued liis more active career elsewiiere. He was tlie sou of the late Chief Justice John Duer and Anna Bunuer, and having been graduated from Columbia, College in 1824, was admitted to the bar, and began practice in Oswego, N. Y. In 1832 he removed to New York City, in 1833 removed to New Orleans, aud in 1835 returned to Oswego, where he was District Attorney from 1815 to 1847, was elected to Congi-ess in 1847, and re-elected in 184!). Subse- quently, for several years, he was United States Minister to Chile. Having practiced law in San Francisco, from 1854 to 1858, he retired to this city. He married his cousin, Lucy, daughter of Beverly (.'hew, of New Orleans, and .Maria Tlieodora, daughter of Colonel William 1 >uer. She still survives him, Avith three daughters aud three sons — John Duer, a well-known New York lawyer; Beverly Chew Duer, and Alexander Duer.
DUEE, JAMES CORE KING, who has been long engaged in the banking business in this city, is a Director of the Long Island Kailroad Company, the ^Manliattan I>each Comjiany, and the Manhattan Beach Hotel and Land Company. He was born in this city, was educated at Columbia College, and is a member of the Union and Westminster Kennel clubs, and the Columbia College Alumui Association. He married in 1804 Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Orlando IMeads, of Albany, and has three daughters, one of whom is Mrs. Joseph La- roeque, Jr. He is the son of the late William Denning Duer and Caro- line, daughter of James Gore King, tlie New York mercdiant, and gran(hlaughter of Uufus King, the statesman; is the grandson of Will- iam Alexander Duer, President of Columl»ia College from 1829 to 1842, and is great-grandson of tlie famous Colojud William Duer and Lady Catherine, daughter of William Alexander, titular Earl of Stir- ling.
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DUER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, has long Vieen engaged in the practice of law in New York City, and is prominent in its social life. He is a trustee of the Union Trust Comitany. and is a member of the Union, Knickerbocker, City, Iliding, :Mauliattan, and Lawyers' clubs, the City Bar Association, the Sons of the Revolution, and the Colum- bia College Alumni Associatioii. The son of the late William Denning Duer aud Caroline, daughter of James Gore King, he was born in New
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York (MtY, and in ISGlt was siradnated from Columbia College, of which his grand father was long president. lie married Ellen, daugh- ter of William II. Travers, and granddaughter of Keverdv Johnson. They have one child, Katherinc Alexander, who, in May, 1S!)8, became the wife of Clarence W. ilackay, only surviving sou of John W. Mackay.
DI'EII, JOHN, who, for many years, has been engaged in the prac- tice of law in New York Citj', is the Treasurer of the Lawyers' Title Insurance Company, and is a director of the E. ^. Higgins Carpet Comjiany. He is a member of the Metropolitan, Knickerbocker, City, and other clubs, the Bar Association of the city, the St. Nicholas So- ciety, the Downtown Association, and the Columbia College Alumni Association. lie was born in the City of New York, and in 1859 was graduated from Columbia College. He married in 1871 Sara, daugh- ter of Henry Du Pont, of Wilmington, Del. Son of the late Hon. Will- iam Duer, and his wife, Lucy, daughter of Beverly Chew, of New Orleans, and Maria Theodora, daughter of Colonel William Duer and Lady Catherine Alexander, he receives a double strain from the founder of the Duer family of New York, and from Lord Stirling, the Revolutionary 3Iajor-General, as well as from the tii-st Johannes de Peyster, and the first aiul second lords of Livingston manor. Beverly Chew, his maternal grandfather, was a itrominent New Orleans mer- chant, Collector of tiie Port there from 1817 to 1829, President of the branch bank of the United States at New Orleans, and Yice-Consul of Kiissia; while through him Mr. Duer is seventh in descent from John Chew, a cadet of the ancient family of Chew, of Chewton. Somerset- shire, England, who emigrated to Mrginia in l(i20, and became a wealthy merchant and planter, a member of the House of Assembly, and of the House of Burgesses.
DUEPv, BEYEIJLY CHEW, Cashier of the Bank of the State of New York, was born and educated in New York City, and is the son of the late Hon. William Duer and of his wife, Lucy, daughter of Bev- erly Chew, of New Orleans, granddaughter of Colonel William Duer, and great-grandilaughter of Lord Stirling, Major-General in the Revo- lutionary Army. From the two last-mentioned ancestors he also lin- eally descends through his father, as well as from the founders of the de Peyster and Livingston families in this country. Hon. John Chew, of Yirginia in 1(520, is a maternal ancestor. He is a member of the Union and City clubs. He married Sophie Lawrence Pool, and has a son, Bevcily Duer.
11A3IILTON, ALEXANDER (see steel engraving, Yolume I. of this work, facing page 29(ii. wielded an intiuence in shaping the United States Government wliich singles him out among all the citi-
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zens el' New Yoilc < 'ity. He was liorii (in Xevis, West ludies, Jaiiiiai y 11, 1757, and was killed in a duel by Aaron Burr at Weehawkeu opposite New York, July 11, I.SOL At thirteen years of age he held a responsible position with a ^Vest India merchant, while his eon- tribntions to a local newspaper led friends to send him to New York to be educated. Here he iiileresled himself in tiie agitation in re- sistance of tlie right of (Ireat Britain to levy taxes in the colonies at discretion. At a mass meeting in the city, July 5, 1774, he made an eloquent address, lie was then seventeen years of age and a stu- dent at King's College, now ( 'olumbia University. Soon after he pub- lished two brilliant pamphlets against British oppression, " A Full ^'indication " and " The Farmer Refuted. " ^Yhe^ the Revolution began, he entered the ])atri<it service in command of a company of artillery, and in this cajiacity i>articii)ated in the battles of Long Is- land and \Yhite Plains. He was then ajipointed to Washington's personal staff, serving until a re]»rimand from ^Yashington led him To resign in 17S1. He studied law and began practice in New Y'ork ( "ity, rajiidly winning a reputation in tin* courts. Soon after the Bevo- lurion lie was »dected to the ( "ongress of the Thirteen Colonies, as con- stituted under the Articles of CoTifcderation, and at once became con- s])icuous in this Ixidy. Kcalizing that a stable future could be hopefl for only through the unili'ij action (d" the Colonics, whereas this Con- gress could only make recommendations, the execution (d' which was merely ojttional with the various States, Hamilton sTreuTiously la- bored for the formation of a Constitution which would comjiact the Colonies into a nation. He was the leader of the (dement which la- bored for a powerful centralized (iovernment, and had his ideas pre- \ailed to a still greater extent than was the actual fad, the c(ndral- ization of power would have been still greater than the Constitution of the rnit(Ml States made it, and the (|uestiou of State rights which was settled by the Civil War, might, perhaps, have been settled from the beginning. On the other hand, it is of course jiossible that greater jKiwer might have proved a temjitation to some of our Presidents. Hamilton founded the Fvdvralist, and his articles contributed to it were influential in bringing about the adoption of the Constitution. Having accepted the ottice of Receiver of Taxes at New Y'ork City un- der the Confederation, he made a careful study of linancial (piestions. and upon the election of Washington as President, he entered his cabi- net, becoming the tirst Secre+ary of the Treasury of the Fiuted States. Not alone did he S(dve the great i>roblem of ]>lacing the new (iov- ernment upon a sound financial basis, but his intiuence was power- ful, if not dominant, in evei';v department of executive administration. He established the credit of the new Government at home and abroad by defeating the project to repudiate the domestic debt of f42,0()(),()()0, and by inducing Congress to assume the various State debts, aggre- gating .|2.1,()()0,()00. There was also a. foreign debt of .*!12,U(»0,()00,
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Fi-nnce, Ildllaiid, and Spain beini; the creditors. Direct taxation be- ing nnpopuiar, lie devised a schedule of tariffs on imports and a tax upon the domestic nmnufacture of distilled liquors. With the res- toration of credit, commercial and industrial trade revived, while the re\enue soon exceeded the need for current expenses and to meet the interest on the national debt, funds accruing for the liquidation of the jirincipal. Hamilton also secured the establishment of a National bank in IT'Jl, and of a Government mint in 1792. But, despite his practicable and I'esourceful statesmanship, and the keenness of in- tellect, in which he had no peer among his brilliant contemporaries, he had defects of character which can not be extenuated. He was proud, autocratic, and selfish, and unwilling either to curb his ambi- tion or to temper his dislikes and animosities for the sake of the pub- lic good. His rupture with Thomas Jefferson, who was Secretary of State in the same cabinet in which he was Secretary of the Treas- ury, was a grief to Washington, who found it impossible to reconcile the rivals. Their rancor descemled to their adherents, causing the stiiTing up of party spirit to the perilous pitch which caused W^ash- ington to deplore it as a danger to the Kepublic in his famous addi'ess at the close of his administration. In apportioning censure, there is little to choose between Hamilton and Jefferson. Both wei'e ambi- tious to dominate ^^'nshington's administration, while they were ex- ponents of quite opposite theories of government. But nothing can be said in extenuation of Hamilton's intrigues against John Adams, whereby he disrupted the Federalist party. In 1788 he employed his influence to make the vote for Adams as Vice-I'resident as small as possible. Yet. as President of the Senate, Adams cast the deciding ballots which alone saved from defeat many of Hamilton's projects to establish the credit of the United States. In fact, the importance of Adams's support of W^ashington's administration can scarcely be exaggerated. At the end of Washington's second administration, Adams being the Federalist choice for I'resident and Thomas Pinck- ney for Vice-President, Hamilton unsuccessfully attempted to elect Pinckney to the tirsi: office by urging Adams's New England sup- porters to divide their votes equally betwe(Mi Adams and Pinckney, while he knew sonu' Soiithern Federalist electors would withhold votes from Adams so as to give Pinckney a majority. The scheme only succeeded in creating a feud which i)laced the Federalist p.arty permanently out of power. Hamilton's life finally paid the penalty of his political rancor. Aaron Burr had long been his rival in law practice at the New York bar, and had defeated his father-in-law, Gen- eral Philip Schuyler, for the United States Senate in 1791. Hamilton had several times retaliated by laying obstacles in the way of Burr's ambition, and when Burr ran for (^lovernor of New York in 1801, Ham- ilton was active in securing his defeat. During the campaign he had voiced insinuations against Burr's trustworthiness of character (no
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doubt justifiable, iu point of nww fact), and, under the atiwj; of de- feat, BuiT took up these rcproaehes, clialh'Uiied Hamilton to a duel, and killed him. ^\'e must add that it was undoubtedly Hamilton's inflnence which secured the election of Jefferson as President when the tie between Jefferson and Burr in the Electoral Collej;e threw the decision into Conjiress. The brilliancy of Hamilton's ca- reer is the more remarkable when we reflect that he was but forty- seven years of a,ine at the time of his death. As a practitioner at the New York bar he had no peer. lie was made Inspector-(ienera.l of the United States Army, with the rank of Major-General, in 1798. Two years later he was elected Trcsident of the Society of the Cincin- nati. He married, in 17S0, Elizabeth, dauf^hter of CJeneral riiiliit Schuyler, and had a number of children. Three of his sons, James Alexander, Jcdm Church, and Thili]) Hamilton, practiced law in New York City. Another son was killed in a duel at Weehawkeu, prior to his father's death from Burr's bullet.
HAMILTON, WILLIAM GASTON, the well-known civil and me- chanical engineer, is a son of the late Colonel John Church Hanul- ton, and a grandson of the famous Alexander Hamilton. He has been prominently connected with many business enterprises and many public institutions of this city. At the present time he is President of the Kamapo Wheel and Foundry Company, and a di- rector of the Mexican Telegraph Company and the Central and South American Telegraph Company. He was formerly Presid(Mit of the Jersey City Locomotive Works, as well as engineer, and was President of the Hamilton Steeled Wheel Company. He was Mce- Presideut of the Mexican and Central Telegraph Company, as he was also of the South American Telegraph Company. He was Con- sulting Mechanical Engineer to the Pennsylvania Railroad. Under the administration of ^Mayor Strong he was Chairman of the :Mayor's Advisory Committee on Public Baths. He is a Manager of the Woman's Hospital, of the New York Cancer Hospital, and of the New York Blind Asylum, is Vice-President of the Deniilt Dispen- sai-y, and is Vice-President of the New York Association for Improv- ing the Condition of the Poor. He is a member of the Metropolitan. Tuxedo, Century, City. Players', and Church clubs, the St. Nicholas Society, the American Society of Engineers, and the Sons of the Revolution. He married Charlotte (Jeffrey) Pierson. and has two daughters and a son — William Pierson Hamilton. The latter is Treasurer of the Manhattan Trust Company, a Trustee of St. John's Guild, and married Juliet P.. daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan.
JAY, JOHN (see s,teel engraving in Volume I. of this work, facing page 196), second Governor of the State of New York, was born in New York City, December 12, 1745, and in 17G1 was graduated from
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Kind's ( 'olli'ne ( now C'oliiuibia L'nivcrsilv i. lie was aihnittcd to the bar in 17G8, and practiced in i)artiiersliiii \\ itli Robert R. Livingstou, afterward Chancellor, day eai-jy and actively esponsed tiie cause of the colonists ai;ainst <ireat Ri'itain. and. next to Alexander Hamil- ton, was the most able and intlneiitial citizen of New York dnring tlie Kevohition and the formative ]ieriod of the Fnited States. He was a member of the Committee of Fifty appointed in 1774 to link the colonies together throngli coiTespondence. He was a member of the New York Provincial Congress in 177(> and 1777, as he was of the first Continental Congress, in whi(di he drafted the address to the people of Great Britain. He was sinularly active in the second Con- tinental Congress. In 1777 he drafted the first Constitution of the State of New York, and the same year became the first Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court. While u]»oii this bench he was elected to the ( 'ontinental < 'ongress (d' 177S, and became its I'resident. The following yt^ar he was a])|)ointed .Minister from tlie Thirteen Colo- nies to S]»ain. H(M\'as one of the f(nir Commissioners who negotiated the treaty of peace with (Ireat Rritain, November :^0, 1782, Franklin, John Adams, and Laurens being the otliers. He st-rved five years as Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Confederation of the Colonies, and was one of the great leaders wlio assisted in franung the Con- stitution of the United States. He divided witli Hamilton the honor of the authorship of the brilliant arti(des in the I'nit rails/, which were so potent in infiuencing the a<loi)tion of that document by the Colo- nies, creating the United States of America. Ry a])]iointment by President Washington, Jay became the first Chief Justice of the Su- preme Court of the United States in 1789. He resigned this ])osition in 1704 to accept his ap])ointment as Ihiited States ^finister to (Jreat Britain, to avert, if |)ossible, the threatened war on account of dis- criminations against American commeice. A treaty with (Jreat Brit- ain was negoti.ded by him and concluded, November lit, 17!I4. ^Vhile it did not cover all the causes of grievance, it was the best tjiat could tiien be obtained, and averted war at a tinu' when peace was of super- lative importance to Hk^ young nation. In A]>7-il, 1795, Jay was elected ( lovemor of the State of New York. In this capacity he se- cured the mitigation of the crinunal laws, secured the estal>lishment of institutions for the employment and attem])ted reformation of ciiminals, and brought ;tbout the abolition of slavery in the State of New Yoi'k, signing the bill which abolished this institution in 1799. He served a second term, and then determined to retire to private life, hiiving inherited an estate at Bedford, Westchester County, N. Y. Adams desired to reai>iioint him to the Chief Justiceshi]) of thefT^niti^l Slates Suiireme Court, but he declined. He died in lSi:9. He was the great-grandson of I'iei're Jay, a Huguenot merchant of Ikochelle, France,whofied to England n])on theRevocation of theKdict of Nantes, in 1085. The hitter's son, Augustus, grandfather of John Jay, immi-
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grated in turn to New York. Augustus Jay was a wcallliv New York meroliant, and married tlie dauglitci- of IJaltliazar Itayard, an elder brother of Colonel Nicdicdas I5ayard. His business passed to his sou, Peter Jay, father of -John Jay. The latter s mother was ]\Iary, daugh- ter of ]Mayor Jacobus Ynu Cortlaudt, the second son of the original Oloff Stevensen Van Cortlaudt. Jolin Jay married Sarah Yan Rrugh, daugliter of Governor William Livingston, of New Jersey, and great- gianddaughter of the first Ilobert Livingston in America. She was also great-granddaughter of Philip French, ^layoi- of New York City in 1702.
JAY, WILLIAM, one of the smis of Chief Justice Jolm Jay, prac- ticed law in New York City, and foi- about a (piarter of a century was first Jud'^c of Westchester County, lie was one of tlie earliest influ- ential ad\()cates of the abolition of slavery in the United States, and se- cured its abolition in tlie l>istrict of Columbia, fie also cham])ioned the cause of int<'rnational arbitration of differences, iind obtained recognition of the ]>i-inci]de in a substantial way l>y various lOurojiean nations. Tlie pirogress since nmde in this direc- tion is (diiefiy due to his efforts. He was one of the founders of the Amer- ican Pilde Society in ISlC. The lim attitude of France toward the Amer- ican Colonies during the IJenolution was fiist made ]>ublic by his ])ul)li- cation of the ■■ Life and Writings of J(thn Jay" in is:?3. lie also pub- lished an " ln(|uiiy into the ( Miaracter and Tendemy of the .\merican C(dou-
ization and .\meiican Anti-Slavery Societies" (ls;Ul, a " \'iew of the Action of the Federal Covernment in I'.ehalf of Slavery" ( l>;:!Ti, "The Condition of the Free Peojde of Cohu- in the United States" (1S31)|, an "Address to the \on-Slaveholders of the South, on the Social and Political Evils of Slavery " (lS4'.tl. " War and Peace: the Evils of the First, with a Plan for Securing the Last " (1S4NI, and " Causes and Consequences of the ^lexican War " ( ISiU i.
JAY, JOHN, next to his faiiions grandfather and namesake, the most distinguished m<'mber of the Jay family, was the son of Judge William Jay, and was born in New York ( Mty, June 2;j, 1S17. lie di<'d May .■"), 1S!»4. lie was graduated from Columbia College at the head of his class when nineteen veais of a^c. while, as a student, he had
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been fur two yerii's manager uf the New York Young .Men"s Ami-Slav- ery Society. He studied law with Daniel Lord, Jr., enjiaged in prac- tice in this city, and enjoyed a lar,ij,e and lucrative practice. He was ever the zealous champion of the fui.iitive slaves, and, in addition to numerous cases of less note, appeared in the slave cases of Kirk, Da Costa. Lemon, and Lonsi'. He opposed tlie admission of Texas into the Union. In 1818 he visited Europe. In 1854 he became President of the Free Democratic Chib of this city, an ors>anizatiou which opposed the I'epeal of the ^Missoini Comproniise. He became one of the active founders of the llepublican party, supporting Fremont for tlie Presi- dency in 1856, wliile his address on •■ America Free or America Slave," was extensively used as a campaign document. He predicted Lin- coln's election in 18G0, and the consequence that slavery would be
abolished, in an address on " The Rise and Fall of the Pro-Slavory Democracy and the Ilise and Duties of the Repub- lican Party." By appointment of Pres- ident Grant he succeeded the historian Motley as United States Ministtn- to Austna in April, 18011, holding the office until his resignation in the fall of 1871. He was President of the Union League Club of New York City from 1866 to 1869, and again in 1877. He was President of the American Uis- / ffi^ #' / M ""- i tM'ifiil Society of America, and was
f^fai / ji- ^5^H^ ' President of the National League for
the J'rotection of American Institu- tions. He was for many years Man- ager and ('orresi>onding Secretai-y of the New Y'ork Historical Society. He was one of the founders of the Freednuin's Aid I'nion, and was a manager of the I'reedman's Aid Society of New York. He was one of tlie incoriiorators of the Ameri- can Geographical Society. As President of tlie I'nion League Club, he was active in tlie organization of the ^letropolitaii IMusenm of Art. He was a member of the Century, University, and Reform clubs, and of many societies of America and Europe. He maiTied, in 1887. Eleanor, daugliter of H. W. Fiehl. The ]pres('iit ( "nlmiel ^^■iilianl Jay is their onlv son.
HON. .JOHN .LAY.
JAY, WILLI. V^l, only son of the late Hon. .Tolin Jay and Eleanor Field, Mas born in New York City, was graduated from Columbia Col- lege, and lias been engaged in the practice of law in this city since the Civil War. He served witli distinction from tlie beginning of that conflict to the end, being attached, at various times, to the staffs of
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General ^^'ool, General Morrell, General Sykes, and General Meade, and attaining the rank of J.ientenant-Colonel. He is President of the New York Cab Company, and a director of the Continental Trnst Company, the Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Company, the Com- mercial Cable Telegraph Company, and the American Horse Ex- change. He is a well-known whip, and has been President of the Coaching Club. He is now President of the Meadow Brook Club. He is a member of the iletropolitan, Century, Knickerbocker, (ity, Church, Lawyers", and other clubs; the Bar Association of the city, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, the Sons of the Kevolution, and tlie Columl)ia Alumni .Vssociation.
GOELET, PETEK, founder of the fortunes of the well-known fanv ily of this name although in the fourth generation of the family in this city, was born in 1727, and became one of the most wealthy ant! prominent merchants of New York. Originally in partnership with Peter T. Curtenius, for many years sul)sequent to 17()3 he conducted the business alone. Hi' was an importer of hardware and cutlery, and was also one of the first in the city to import violins, guitars, flutes, and other musical instruments. His place of business was in Hanover Square. He was a member of New York's tirst "Com- mittee of Fifty" (literally, fifty-one), or Committee of Correspond- ence, appointed in May, 1774, to resist British oppression. He was also a member of the Committee of One Hundred of 1775, which had charge of local affairs, and issued the call for a Provincial Congress, upon receipt of the news of the Battle of Lexington. He married in 1755 Elizabeth Uatse, daughter of another wealthy merchant of the city. He was himself the son of John Goelet and Jannetje, daugh- ter of Jean Cann(jn, a New York merchant of French Huguenot de- scent; was the grands(in of Jacobus Goelet and Jannetje Coessar, both of Huguenot descent, and was the great-grandson of Francis Goelet, of a family which had removed from La Roclielle, France, to Amsterdam, Holland, as early as 1(121. Francis reached New York in 1676, accompanied by his son, Jacobus, then ten years of age. Es- saying to return to Holland on liusiness soon after, Francis was lost at sea, while his son was brought up in the family of Frederick Phil- lipse, the most opulent of the New York merchants of his day, and the first lord of Phillipsi- manor.
G0ELP:T, peter p., son of Peter Goelet and Elizabeth Ratse, in- herited from his father considerable real estate, which rapidly in- creased in value, and to which he added by judicious investment. He was born in New York City in 1761 and died in 182S. In 1790 he married Almy, daugliter of Thomas Buchanan, ont^ of the leading merchants of this city and a member of the Revolutionary Commit- tee of One Hundred "of 1775. They had two sons— the late Peter
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aud the late IJobeit (iiielet — aud twu daughters — Jean 1>. aud Han- nah, wife of the late Captain Thomas Gerry, TJ.S.N., and mother of the present Elbridge (lei-i'v.
GOELET, PETEK, eldest son <>( Peter P. Goelet and Almy Bnehan- an, ^Yas born in New York City in ISOO and died in 1871). He was one of the largest holders of real estate in New York, and was an officer of varions financial institntions. He was one of the fonnders of the Chemical I>ank. Dnrin^ the Civil War he contrilmted liberally in aid of the sick and wonnded Union soldiers. He resided in the old (Joelet mansion on Broadway, at the corner of Nine- teenth Street, and indnli^cd liis mechanical Renins in the frequent forging of ingeniously contrived locks and other inventions, having established a forge in the basement. He never married, and left the bnlk of his fortune to his nephews, the present Kobert Goelet and the late Ugden Goelet.
GOELET, ]{()I;EKT, the younger of the two sons of the late Peter P. Goelet and Almy Buchanan, and who alone married and left isstie, was born in this city in lS(t;» and died in 1879. In his business relations he was closely associated with his brother Peter, their for- tunes being largely invested in real estate in New York City, of which they were extensive owners. They were also among the founders and first officers of the famous ('heniical Bank. Bobert Goelet married Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Ugden, of the notable New Jersey family of that name. His two sons, the present Kob- ert Goelet and the late Ogden Goelet, have long been among the most prominent citizens of New York City.
GOELET, KOBEKT, the present head of one of the most prominent of the old New York families, is the eldest son of the late Itobeit Goelet and Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Ogden, was born in New York City, September 29, 1841; in 18(;o was graduated from Colum- bia College, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He has never practiced his profession, bnl luis devoted himself to directing the business policy in connectii'n with the large estates inherited by himself and liis brother, the late Ogden Goelet, who Avere heirs not only of their father, but of their uncle, Eobert Goelet, who died in 1879. He has been a pioneer among the inheritors of extensive real estate holdings in this city in erecting notable and attractive build- ings, from au architectural stand])oint, upon tJic ](roperties under his control. He is also an officer of some of the most powerful finan- cial institutions of the city. He is a trustee of the I^nion Trust Company and the New York life Insurance and Trust Company, and a director of the Cliemical National Bank, the Bank of New Amsterdam, the Guaranty Trust Company, and the ^letropolitan
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()l)era and Ileal Estate Company. His fatber and his nncle were anionc; the founders of tlie Chemical IJank, wlule he was himself in 1887 one of the founders of the Bank of New Amsterdam, estab- lished with a financial policy similar to that which has yiveu the older institution its novel iire-emineuce. He has country places at Newpoi-t, II. I., and Tuxedo, X. Y. His steam yacht, Nahma, is one of the most magnificent pleasure palaces afioat. He is a member of the Patriarchs, the Union, Metropolitan, Knickerbocker, Tuxedo, Racquet, Players', New York Yacht, and Southside Sportsmen's clubs, the City Bar Association, the Ui)town Association, the St. Nich- olas and Holland societies, and the Columbia Alumni Association. He is also a member of the Metropolitan Club of Washington, the Philadeli)hia Club of Philadelphia, and the Royal Cl.vde Yacht and Royal Northern Yacht clulis of (iiasgow, Scotland. He married in 1870 Henrietta Louise, daughter of the late (ieorge Henry Warren, Sr.. an eminent lawyer of this city, and of Mary Caroline, daughter of Hon. Jonas Phillips I'hoenix. and has a son, Robert \\all(in Goelet, and a daughter, Beatrice.
COEI.ET, OGDEN, the younger son of the late Robert Goelet and Sarah Ogden, was born in New York City, June 11, 181G, and died on board his yacht, Mayfiower, at ('owes, England, August 27, 1897. He gave much attention to the management of the large estates inherited by himself and his brotlier, and was prominent as a patnm of yachting. The most important annual priy-es for sloops and for schooners racing in American waters are the Goelet Cups, which he gave to the New York Yacht Club in 1882. He also gave a num- ber of prizes for races in European waters, one of which was won by the Prince of Wales's Britannia. At one time tlie owner of the fast schooner yacht Norseman, more recently lie built the ^layfiower, which, when launclied in 18!t(), had few rivals among luxurious steam yachts, and added tlie novel feature of mounting six rapid- fire guns. This craft was acquii-ed by the United States Govern- ment for the war with Si)ain, and equipped as a torpedo-destroyer. -Ml'. Goelet was a member of the Patriarchs, and of the Union, Metro- politan, Knickerbocker, Tuxedo, Raccpiet, Riding, Players', New York Yacht, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yaclit, \Yestminster Ivennel, and Southside Sportsmen's clubs, as well as of the Royal Yaclit Scpiad- ron and other Eurojican clubs. He married in 1877 Mary E., eldest daughter of Richard T. Wilson, well-known bankcn- of this city, and had a son, Robert Goelet, and a daugliter. ]\larv. His widow and both children survive him.
REMSEN, HENRY, born in Brooklyn, April .-), 178r), died in New York City, ^larcli 13, 1702, was one of tlie largest drygoods imjiorters of his day, establishing the firm of Henry Renisen iV; Comiiany. He
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was oue of the iueurporators of the Xew York fciocietj Library. He was active against British aggressiou duriug the Revolutiouary pe- riod, and iu 1774: was cue of the Committee of One Hundred, of which Isaac Low was Cliairman. As Deputy- Chairman, on May 18, 1775, Eerasen signed tlie address of the General Committee to Lieutenant- Crovernor Coldeu. In 1770 lie aided the Provincial Congress by im- Ijorting supplies for tlie patriot troops. He retired to Morristown, X. J., during the British occupation of New York City, subsequently returning and resuming business. He married, in 17G1, Cornelia, daughter of Charles Dickenson, and had nine children who reached laatnrity, although but two of them were ever married. He was the son of Heudiick Kemsen, also a New Y'ork merchant; was the grand- son of Rem J\emsen, the great-gi'andson of Ivem Vanderbeeck Ifemsen, and great-great-grandson of Keiii Jansen \'anderbeeck, who early im- migrated to New Amsterdam from Holland, and here married a daughter of Joris Jansen de Eapalie.
KEMSEN, HENKY", son of Heui-y Kemsen and Cornelia Dickenson, became his father's partner in the drygoods importing btisiness in New Y'ork City under the firm st^'le of Henry Kemsen iS: Son. This was in 171)0. Three years later he was appointed Teller in the United States Bank. In 1709 he became Cashier of the Manhattan Company, the second corporation in New Y'ork City to engage in the banking busi- ness, while from ISOS to 1826 he was President of this institution. He was Secretary to John Jay in 1786, when the latter was Secretary of Ft>reign Affairs under the Congress of the Thirteen Colonies. He was also Private Secretary to Thomas Jefferson when the latter was Sec- retary of State iu the CalHuct of President Joim Adams. He was born in New York City, No\ember 7, 17(>2, and died in February, 1843. He mariied, in 1808, Eliza, daughter of Captain Abraham K. de Peys- ter, and had four sons and five (laughters.
KEMSEN, CHARLES, is a director of the Third Avenue Railroad Company, of the Forty-second Street. Manhnttanville and St. Nicholas Avenue Railway, of the Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Rail- road ( 'ompany, and of the Empire City Traction Company. He was born in New Y'ork City, February 7, 1856, and Avas educated at the University Grammar School in this city, at Princeton College, and at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is the son of the late William Kemsen and Jane, daughter of John Suydam, and is the grandson of Henry Kemsen and Eliza de Peyster. On the ma- ternal side he descends from Henydr\ck Rycken von Zuutdam, who emigrated from Holland to New Amsterdam in 1663.
LEWIS. ]\rOR(TAN, third Governor of the State of New Y^ork (see cut. Volume IT., of tliis work, page J30 ), was born in this city in 1754,
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and (lied April 7, 1SJ:J:. He was graduated from i'rincetun (Jollege, eulisted in the New York Militia, and marched to Boston after the Battle of Lexington. Keturning to ^ew York he raised a regiment. He was present at the surrender of Burgoyne. After the Revolution he practiced la^^■ in Xew York City, becoming one of the leaders of the bar. He marrii'd a sister of Chancellor IJobert il. TJvingston. He was elected to the Assembly, subsequently becoming Judge of the Dutchess County Ccnirt of Common Pleas. In 17!»1 he was appointed Attorney-Ueneral of the i^tate, succeeding Aaron Burr, who had been elected to Congress. In 1801, Lewis was appointed Chief Justice of tlio Xew York Sujircme T'ourl. In 1804 he defeated Aaron Bun- as a candidate for ( iovernor of New York, through tlie fact that Alex- ander Hamilton, of Bnrr's party, exerted his influence against Buit. The foundation of the present common school fnnd was laid during the adnunistration of LeAvis, the Legislature acting on his suggestion that 1,500,000 acres of the public lands be set aside for this purjiose. (iovei-noi- Lewis served as a Bi-iiiadier-(!enera] during the Wai- of 1812.
TOiMPKINS, DANIEL D., fourth Governor of the State of New York (see cut, Yolume II., of this work, page 183), was born in Scars- dale, Westchester County, N. Y"., June 21, 1774. and died at his home on 8taten Island, June 11, 1825. He was graduated fi'om Columbia Cidlege at the head of his class in 1795, studied law with Peter Jay .Munro, and j^racticed in New York City. lie married a daughter of Alderman Minthorne, and became active in politics as a Be]niblican. He was elected to tlie Constitutional Convention of 1801, and subse- quently to the Assembly. In 1804 he was elected to Congress, but did not take his seat, accepting his aiipointmeut as a Justice of the Supreme Court, serving until 1807. In 1800 he declined an appoint- ment as Justice of the United States District Court for New York. In the spring of 1807, when thirty-two years of age, he resigned from the Su])reme Court bench to accept his nomination as Governor of New York, and was elected, defeating Governor ]\Iorgan Lewis. He served in this office, by continuous re-elections, until 1817, Avhen he r(>signed to take the oath of office as Vice-President of the United States. He was re-elected Vice-Pi-esident in 1S21. As Governor he energetically supported President Madison throughout the War of 1812, and during the exciting years ]>receding the war. To prevent the incoi'])oration of the Bank of Nortli America in 1812, lie prorogued the Legislature for the first and only time in the history of the State. This action was not po])ular, and failed to gain the desired end. In 1810, Governor Tom])kins strongly advocated the construction of the Erie Canal. In bis later years he resided on Stateu Island. He was elected to the Constitutional Convention of 1821 from KiclniKind County, and was the President of the Convention.
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CLINTON, J)K WITT, was .Mavui- of the City of New York duiiug the years 1803-7, 180S-10, and lSll-15. while he was Governor of the State of Xew York from 1817 to ISl*:',, and from 182o until his death, FebruaiT 11, 1828. He was born in Little Britain, Orange County, N. Y., March 2, 17G9, the son of General James Clinton, of the Revo- lution, and the nepliew of <ieorge Clinton, the hrst Governor of the State of New York, who held that position durinj;- the years 1777-05, 1801-4, and was Vice-President of the United States from 1801 to April 20, 1812, dyin^ in oflice. De Witt Clinton was craduated from Columbia College at the head of his class in 1780, and served as Secre- tary to Governor George Clinton from 1789 to 1795. He was elected to the Assembly from the City of New York in 1797, and the following year was elected to the Senate. In 1801 he was made a member of the Council of Appointment. As State Senator he advocated a con- stitutional amendment providing for the election of President and ^'ice-President of the United States by dividing each State into dis- tricts, in each of which one Presidential Elector should be designated by po])ular vote. lie was elected to the United States Senate from New York, February 4, 1 802, but resigned at the end of two years to become Mayor of New York City. He was State Senator between 1805 and 1812. while in 1810 he became a member of the commission whicli recommended the construction of a State canal connecting the Hudson River with the Great Lakes. In 1812 he received eighty-nine electoi"al votes as candidate for the Presidency of the United States against James Madison. In 1816 he organized a great mass meeting in New York City, Avhich petitioned the Legislature in favor of the
Ei"ie Canal. The Legislature author- ized the project, and appointed Clinton one of five Commissioners to cari-'y out the enterprise. He was Governor dur- ing most of the i^eriod of construction, as he was when the canal was com- l)leted. His contiilintion, in this way, to the commercial supremacy of New "N'ork City can scarcely be overestimated. De Witt Clinton was the third son by his fatliei-"s first wife, Mary De Witt. His grandfather, Charles (Tinton, immi- grated to America from Ireland, and was in ttiru the great-grandson of Henry Clinton, second Earl of Lincoln, and also descended from the Kennedys, Earls of Cassilis. Admiral George Clin- ton, Colonial Governor of New York from 174.'i to 1753, and Sir Henry Clinton, British General during the Revohition, Mere of the same familv.
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CLINTON, CHAKLES WILLLUI, one of tlu- prominent architects of New York ritv, has served seven years as Vice-Presiihmt of the New York Chapter of the American Institnte of Architects, and has given to the city a number of its most notable buildinsis, of which the Seventh Re.ijiment Armory and the Mutual Life Insni'ance Build- ing- are examples. He is a director of the Clinton Apartment Company, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Architectural League, and the Municipal Art Society, and likewise a member of the Tuxedo and New York Yacht clubs, and the Centni-y Association, lie was born and educated in this city, studying architecture under the late Richard I'njohn. He was long a member of the Seventh Regiment, and during the Civil War three times volunteered when it was called into active service. He is the son of the late Dr. Alexander Clinton and Adeline Arden, daughter of Alexander James Hamilton, a Brit- ish officer, (xoveruor De Witt Clinton was his grand-uncle. His great- grandfather was General James Clinton of the Revolution, elder broth- er of Governor George Clinton, while the first ancestor in this country, Charles Clinton, was a descendant of Henry, second Earl of Lincoln.
RHINELANDER, PIIILII' JACOB, founder of the New York fam- ily of this name, was of Hugueiujt descent, but was lioru near Ober- wesel, on the Rhine, over which district France then exercised sover- eignty. Two of his descendants, Thomas Jackson Oakley Rhineland- er and Philip Rhinelander, the sons of William Rhiuelander, of this city, have in recent years purchased for an European counti"y-seat the ancient Schonberg Castle at Olierwesel, overlooking the home and lands of their ancestors. Emigrating to New York in 1GS6, Philip Jacob Rhinelander settled at New Rochelle, Westchester County, w here he acquired considerable property. He died in 1737.
RHINELANDER, WILLIAIM, one of the three sons of Philip Jacob Rhinelander, of New Rochelle, established himself as a mer- chant in New York City, and is the ancestor of the members of the family who have been prominent. He was born in New Rochelle in 1718 and died in this city in 1777, being buried in Trinity church- yard. His residence on Spruce Street was upon land which is still owned by the family. He was an importer of crockei^ at Burling Slip, and established the precedent of investing his estate in city realty. He married ^Ligdalen. daughter of Ste])hen Renaud, of New Rochelle.
RHINELANDER. WILLIAM, son of the merchant of the same name, and grandson of the original Phili]) Jacob Rhinelander, was born in this city in 17r):> and died in 1S2."). He was his father's partner and successor in the iuiiiorting business, and continued his policy of investing in city realty. In 1790 he purchased the Cuyler sugar house in this city, wliich was sold under forfeiture, having been used as a British prison during the Revolution, and added greatly to the
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family fortuiips as a su^ar refluer. lie married in 1785 Mary, daugli- ter of Cliristopber Robert and ilary Dyer, sister of Colonel Robert, a Continental officer in the Revolntion, and great-granddaiijihter of Daniel Robert and Susanue dn Galilean, Huguenots who emigrated to America in IGSG. They had two daughters — Mrs. Horatio (iates Stevens and Mrs. Robert J. Renwick — and tive sons: Philip Rhine- lander, who married ^lary Colden Hoffman, and had issue; William Christopher Rhinelander, father of the present William Rliinelauder, and grandfather of T. J. O. and Philip Rhinelander; John Robert Rhinelander, who married but left no issue; Frederick William Rhinelander, whose son and grandson of the same name are well- known New Yorkers, and Bernard Rhinelander, wlio married Nancy Post.
RHINELANDER, WILLIAAl CHRISJTc >P1IER, second son of William Rhinelander and Mary Robert, was born in this city in 1790 and died in 1878. The large estate, which he inherited, was greatly increased by his skillful management and wisdom iu making invest- ments, the family policy of holding and imiuoving city real estate being closely adhered to. Du.ring the War of 1812 he was Quarter- master in Colonel t^te^ens's regiment, and rose to the rank of Lieuten- ant. He married in 1810 Mary, daughter of John Rogers and Mary Pixton, and granddaughter of John Rogers and his wife, Mary Dav- enport, niece of Benjamin Franklin. Their only son is the present William Rhinelander. Of the three daughters, Julia and Serena have never married. The eldest child, JMary Rogers, became the second wife of the late Lispenard Stewart, and was the mother of the present William Rhinelander Stewart and Lispenard Stewart.
RHINELANDER, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Avas the fourth son of William Rhinelander and Mary Roberts. He was born in 1790 and died in 1830, at the early age of forty. He married Mary Lucy Ann, daughter of General Ebenezer Stevens, a distinguished officer of the Revolution and the War of 1812, and a successful New York mer- chant, and had three daughters and a son, the pi'esent Frederick Will- iam Rhinelander. Sr. The daughtt-rs became Mrs. George F. Jones, Mrs. Thomas H. Newbold, and ]\Irs. ^\'illiam Edgar.
RHINELANDEi;, ^^•1LL1AM, only son of the late ^^■illiam Chris- topher Rhinelander and Mary Rogers, is the present head of this well- known family. He was boi-n in tliis city, September 19. 1S2.~». atteTided private schools and was graduated from the Columbia College Gram- mar School. He was long associated with his father in the manage- ment of the large vested interests of the family, and, since his father's death in 1878, has also been trustee of his estate. He married in 1853 Matilda Cruger, daughter of Chief Justice Thomas Jackson Oak- lev and Matilda Cruger, and has two sons, Thomas Jackson Oaklev
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and Philip IJliiuelander. Judge Oaldey, Mrs. Rhinelander's father, was graduated from Yale, and, in addition to holding the Chief Jus- ticeship of the 8ui)erior Court of this oitv from 1850 until his death in 1858, had been a Jlember of Congress in 1814 and 1815, and again in 1828 and 1829; was elected Attorney-General of this State in 1819, and had refused solicitation to become a candidate for the Presidency of the United States. His wife w^as the daughter of Henry Cruger, who was born in this city and died here, but being for some years a resident of Bristol, England, was ilayor of that city, served two terms in the Bntish Parliament as the colleague of Edmund Burke, and in that body opposed the taxation of the American Colonies. Upon his return he became State Senator from this city. He was the grandson of John Cruger, notable merchant and Mayor of this city, whose wife was Maria, daughter of Major Hendrick ("nyler, of Albany.
RHINELANDEl^, T. J. OAKLEY, was bred to the law. but has long confined himself to the care of the immense real estate interests of the Rhinelander estate. Born in this city in May, 1858, he was graduated from the Columbia (/(dlcgc Academic Department in 1880, and subsequently from the Ci)lumbia College Law School. He is a member of the Union, Metropolitan, and Country Clubs, and the Co- lumbia College Alumni Association. He is, or has been, President of the Delta Phi Club, A'ice-President of the Seventh Regiment ^'eterau League, a Covei-nor of the Seventh Regiment Club, a De])uty Gover- nor of the Society of Colonial Wars, and is a member of the Seventh Regiment, the Society of Sons of the Hevolution, and the St. Nicholas Society. He is the sou of William Rliinelander, grandson of the late William C. Rhinelander, and lineally descended from Philip Jacob Rhinelander, the founder of the family in this country. Through bis mother, [Matilda Caroline Oakley, he is the grandson of tlie late Judge Oakley and great-grandson of Jesse Oakley, the Uevolulionary pa- triot, who raised and equipped his own company. He is also a lineal descendant of Mayor John Cruger. 17.'>9-44. and Major ITendrik Cuy- ler, of Albany, a soldier in the I'^rench and Indian wars.
RHINELANDER, FREDERICK WILLIA:\L has for many years been Yice-President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is the only son of the late Frederick AX'illiam Rhinelander of this city, and has been occupied with the care of the estate inherited from his father and with various liusiness enterprises. lie is a member of the Knick- erbocker, City, [Mendelssohn Glee and Southside Sportsmen's clubs, the Downtown Association and the Columbia Alumni Association. He was born in this city in 1828, and in 1847 was graduated from Columbia College. He married in 1851 Frances D., daughter of Rev. Thomas H. Skinner. Of their eight children, five were daughters, three of them being Mrs. ^N'illiam C. Rives, [Mrs. Le Roy King, and the
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wife of Ilev. Lewis ('aiiiei-dii, while two, Frances L. and Alice K. Rbinelander, never married.
Fredericlv William Iiliinelander, Jr., tlie eldest of tlie three sons, was gradnated from IJarvard in 1SS2, and has since been associated with his fatlier in the care of the large real estate interests of the family. He is also Vice-President of the West Point Foundry Com- pany, and is a member of the Knickerbocker, City, University, Har- vard, and Sonthside Sportsmen's clubs, and the Downtown Asso- ciation.
Thomas Newbold Iiliinelander, the second son, was graduated from Harvard in 1887, from the Columbia College Law School, and is en- gaged in the practice of law in this city. He is a member of the Knick- erbocker, University, and Southside Sportsmen's clubs, the Down- town Association, the City Bar Association, and the Columbia Alumni Association.
Philip M. Uhinclauder, the third son, was graduated from Harvard in 1891.
DE PEYSTER, FlfEDEKlC JAjMES, is in the line of primogeniture of his famous family. He was born in this city, February 5, 1859, was graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1860, and from Columbia College Law School in 18G2. During the few years in which he practiced he did some good work at the bar, successfully arguing cases in the Court of Appeals. He has since been prominently con- nected with social organizations and benevolent institutions. He is President of the Holland Society, President of the St. Nicholas Society, President of the Orpheus Society, President of the New York Dispensary, Chairman of the New York Society Library, a governor of the Society of Colonial ^^'ars, and a member of the City, University,
St. Nicholas, Century, and New York Yacht clubs.
He is a trustee of the Home for Incurables, of the
(jflt'i ! (xood Samai-itnn Dispensary, of the Institution of the ''■■ Deaf and Dumb, and of the American School of
Classical Studies in Athens. He was President of the Associate Alumni of the College of the City of New York from 1S82 to 1881; in'^ 1887, 1888, and 1889 was President of the St. Nicholas Club, and was President of the American Arcluvolonical So-
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ciety from its organization to 1889. He is a graceful speaker, and holds the degrees of X.M. and LL.D. He married, in 1871, Augusta McEvers, daughter of William H. Morris, grandniece of Gouverneur Morris; great-granddaughter of Lewis Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Jacob Walton and Maria Reekman, and also great-granddaughter of Augustus Van Cortlandt and Helen Barclay. They have three daughters and a son — Frederic Ashton de Peyster. J\lr. de Peyster
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is liiiu.self (seventh iu dese-eut from Johannes de Pej-ster, eminent merchant of New Amsterdam, of gentle blood, who was Scliepen, Alderman, and Burgomaster, and refused the appointment as lirst Mayor under the English; is sixth from Johannes's still more eminent son. Colonel Abraham de Teyster, commander of the city troops, wealthy merchant, Councilor, Alderman, Judge of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice, Mayor of New York for three terms, Acting Governor and Treasurer of Xew York and Xew Jersey; is fifth from Abraham de Peyster, who, for more than forty-five years, was Provincial Treas- urer, and married Margaret, daughter of Jacobus Yau Cortlandt and Eve Philipse; is fourth from James de Peyster and Sarah, daugh- ter of Joseph lieade, King's Councilor; is the grandson of Frederic de Peyster and Helen, daughter of General Samuel Hake, and is the son of the late Captain James Ferguson de Peyster, U.S.A., a member of the Board of Education of this city, and a trustee of the College of the Citv of New York, and his wife, Frances Goodhue Ashton.
BAYARD, NICHOLAS, was one of tliree brothers (the others being Peter and Balthazar i , relatives of Governor Petrus Stuyvesaut, who, with their widowed mother, accompanied the Dutch Governor to Xew Amsterdam in 1647. Their mother was the sister of Stuy- vesaut, while Stuyvesant's Avife was the sister of their father, Samuel Bayard, a wealthy Amsterdam merchant of French Huguenot de- scent. Nicholas, wlio achieved the greatest distinction of any mem- ber of the family during the colonial period, was born in Alpheu, Holland, about 1644, and died in New York City in 1707. He was .Mayor of New York in 1685, and held many important positions. In 1664 he was appointed Clerk to the Common Council, subsequently became Stuyvesant's pri- vate secretai-y, and was also made Sun'eyor of the Province. When the Dutch reconquered New York, in 1672, he was made Secretaiw of the Colony. He was a member of Governor Dongan's Council, and is said to have drafted the Dongan Charter, granted the year that he was ]\Iayor. As Councilor, he was a member of Dongan's Court of Exchequer, constituted in December, 1685. He served frequently as Al- derman, and was Colonel, commanding the Ne\\-
York :\Iilitia. He was a member of the Council of Lieutenant-Gov- ernor Nicholson, in 1688-89, when James II. fled from England, and William of Orange became King. The permanency of William's suc- cess was yet in doubt when the Leisler ti-ouble occurred, for news traveled slowly in that day, although at Boston Governor Andros had been precipitately deposed. Botli he and Nicholson had their commissions from James. The captains of the militia companies
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favored William, and when a, (jiiestiou of authority was raised, on June 3, 16S9, tliey signed an agreement to hold the fort for "NYilliam, refusing to recognize the authority of the Lietttenant-Governor and his Council, who represented James. Three days later, June 6, news arrived from Boston that William was King. Nicholson and his councilors, Bayard, Philipse, and Xnn Cortlandt, sought recognition as the government as now acting for William. This was refused; the popular party did not trtist them. The captains recommended the election of a Committee of Safety to maintain law and order until iustrtictions could come from William. This was on June 10. The election was held June 26, the government of the Province thus pass- ing into the hands of tAvelve delegates elected from the cotinties of New York, Kings, Queens, Westchester, and Orange, Albany and Ulster counties not participating. This Committee appointed Jacob Leisler, the senior captain, militaiw commander of the Province, sub- seqtiently constittiting him Lietitenant-Governor. Bayard violently opposed this government, and for a year was lodged in Jail. This form of government continued until the arrival of Governor Blotigh- ter. March 19, 1601. Unfortunately, however, Lietitenant-Governor Ingoldsby, separated from i^loughterin a storm, arrived at New York nearly three months before him, in Jantiary, 1691. Incited by Bay- ard's party he instantly demanded the surrender of the fort, which Leisler declined, tinless he should show credentials. He neither had any, or any instructions from the King respecting the <lc facto gov- ernment at New Y'ork. I?^ince he cottld not establish his right to receive the government, Leisler awaited the arrival of Bloughter. The latter, when he assumed control, was induced to arrest Leisler and his Council for treason in resisting Ingoldsby. They were inde- cently tried b^- tlieir enemies on these trumped-up charges, and con- dcniucd to death, wliile two. Leisler and his son-in-law, Jacob Mil- borne, were executed. The Earl of Bell- ^-O y^j _/> /S cuO oHHint, New Y'ork's best Colonial Gover- (^^^^^^'^'^ T'^ nor, subsequently declared ''that the
execution of these men was as violent, cruel, and arbitrary a proceeding as ever was done upon the lives of men in any age under an English government." He si;)oke of " Nic- olls. Bayard, Brooks, and the rest of the bloodhounds,'' and of *■ Bay- ard, Nicolls, and the rest of the murderers of these men." Leisler was vindicated by a Parliamentary investigation. Bayard was a man much like Aaron Burr, — intellectually brilliant, a born politician, but a narrow-minded aristocrat, who had little conscience, and was im- perious, cruel, and utterly unscrupulous. And his later life, like that of Burr, was under a cloud. He was implicated in the piracy and smuggling which went on under Governor Fletcher, and went to Eng- land to protect himself in tliis matter and plot against Bellomont. In 1702 he was convicted of high treason in a trial under Chief Justice
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Atwood, bis offense consisting of intiammatoi-y language in one of his jtoliTieal panijdilcts. His conviction was only possible because he had himself procured the law defining his crime at the time of the Leisler trouble. Having wrung a confession from him, however, his ])ersecutors pardoned him. and tluis he escaped the liumiliating retri- bution of having his neck cauglit in a noose, contrived by his own craft. His wife, Judith \'erlet, whom he married in 1666, had been condemned as a witch at Hartford. (_'onn.. in 1662.
BAYAKD, WILLIAM, was one of the eminent and wealthy mer- ciiants of New York City prior to the Revolution. He was born in Xew York, June 1, 1729, and died in Southampton, England, in ISOl. He was a member of the Provincial Legislature, and in 1771 a member of its Committee of Correspondence, in which capacity lie visited Massachusetts, influencing the Legislature of tliat colony to address a protest to the British Government against unjust taxation, similar to the one adopted by the New York Legislature. He was also a member of the first Continental Congress — the " Stamp Act Con- gress." He was a prominent member of the Committee of Fifty-one of 1771, and joined the Sons of Liber-ty. Nevertheless, when war seemed inevitable, he grew very cautious, be- came intimate with General Gage, and jjlayed a double i^art as long as possible. He was doubtless influenced by the fact that a son and a son-in-hiw were in the British Army,
while another son was in the service of the East India Compan3\ Two of his sons, Lieutenant-Colonel John Bayard and Major Samuel Vetch Bayard, were British officers during the Kevolution. At the close of that war Bayard was himself attainted, his large estates, in New York City and on the present site of Hoboken, N. J., being con- fiscated. One of his four sons, William Bayard, established himself in business in New York after the Revolution, and was for many years at the head of the notable mercantile Arm of Bayard, Leroy & kcEvers.
:\IINTURN, ROBERT ROWNE, was an equal partner with the late Henry Grinnell and Moses Hicks Grinnell in the notable ship- ping firm of Grinnell, Minturn & Company, of New York, and became known for his liberal charities. He was one of the founders of St. Luke's Hospital and its first President, was one of the founders and Treasurer of the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, and was one of the founders and Vice-President of the Hospital for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled. He was active in securing Central Park — a movement which his wife originated. He was one of the foremost supporters of the Government during the Civil War and was the first President of the Union League Club.
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He was oue of the iu(.oi-[K)iiit()is of the Natioual Bauk of Commerce, as lie was also of the EmiyTaut ludiistiial Sa^iniiS Bank. He married a daujj;hter of Jiid.ne John Lansing- Wench^ll, of Albany. His eldest son, Eobert Bowne Miuturn, Jr., died in 188'). The present Robert Shaw Mintnrn is the eldest son of the latter. Robert Bowne Mintnru, Sr., had been the partner of a well-known ]S'ew York merchant, Pre- served Fish, prior to the formation in 1829 of the firm of Griunell, Minturn & Company. He was the son of William Mintnrn, Jr., and a danghter of Robert Bowne, a leading merchant of this city, and was a grandson of William Mintnru and Penelope Greene, cousin of Gen- eral Nathaniel Greene, of the Revolution. His father was a promi- nent shipowner of New York, while iiis grandfather was a shipping merchant first in Newport, R. I., and subsequently in New York.
ALEXANDER, JA.AIES, heir to the Earldom of Stirling, Avas born in Scotland about 1<>9(). He was an officer of engineers in the Stuart cause, and in 181(! was obliged to fiy to America. He became official recorder of Perth Amboy, N. J., in 1718, being subse(]uent]y ap- pointed Sui-veyor-C^eneral of New York and New Jersey. He stutlied law and became a leader of the bar of New York City, and at the
same time a leader of the Whig faction in the colony. He and (^"hief Justice Morris were two of the principal contributors to. Peter Zenger's Xcir York Wccl-lii ■hixnidl, which advocated Demo- ciafic principles. He was one of the counsel for Zeuger in tlie fa- mous trial in wliicli the (|uestioii of the liberty of tlie press was at issue, and, for venturing lo maintain that the court before which Zeuger was hauled wns not projjcrly constituted, he was disbarred, together with his as- sociate, William Smitli, Sr. I'n- der another administration, two years later, they were reinstated. Alexander served several terms in the Colonial Legislature; was Attorney-General liom 181il to 1823; was a member of (iovernor Burnet's Council, and was also Secretain' of the Province of New York. He was an able mathematician, a corres]t()ndeut of Halley, the astronomer. He was one of the founders of the American I'lii- losophical Society, Benjamin Franklin being another. He married Mrs. Samu(d Provoost, of New Y(n'k Citv, and had a sou, Major-
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General ^^"illi;lIll Alexauder, Lunl Stirling-. He died iu New York, April 2, ITuG.
ALEXANDER, WILLIAM, titular Earl of Stirliii<;, and Major- General in tlic patriot ariiiv duriii;H' the Kevohitiou (for portrait, xee ^'oluiuc II., of this work, ])aiie 'J7|, was born in New York Citv in 1726, and died in Albany. Januaiy 15, 1783. He eng-aged in the pro- visidii business in New Y'ork for a time, snbse(|uentl_v beconiinji' Aid- de-Canip to Governor Shirley. His claim to the Earldom of Stirling- he prosecuted before the House of Lords with- out avail in 17."')7. He returned to New York,
in 17iil mari'ving a daughter of Philip Livings- /^ ^^ ^^£-^a,^^S^C^ ton. He became Surveyor-General, as his father had been bef(ire him, and was a member of the Governor's Gouncil. He joined the I\ev(/lutionary Army, in October, 1775, being commissioned Colonel of an East New Jersey battalion. In March, 177<i, Congress made him a Bi'igadier-Genei-al, in recognition of his capture of a British transport. His command was nearly extermi- nated, and he himself captured, in the Battle of Long Island, General Putnam having ordered him to attack a superior force. Having been exchanged, in Febiuary, 1777, he was made a Major-General, and, in the latter part of this year, w;is, for a time, in command at New' Y'ork. He captured a Hessian i-egiment at Trenton. He was defeated at Metuchin, Imving disobeyed Wash- -, ington's (U'der to retreat before the enemy. He vo distinguished himself at Prandywine, German- town, and .Monmouth, while, in 1779, he sur- prised a British force at I'aulus's Hook, being then in command of New Jersey. He commanded at Albany in 17S1. He was one of the founders of King's College ( luiw ( "olumbia Univer- sity ), and was its first Governor. He was also oik^ of the founders of the New Y'ork Society Library. He published " Tlie Conduct of Ma- jor-General Shirley, Briefiy Stated," and "An Account of the Comet of June and July, 1770."
KING, RUFl'S (see steel engTaving, Volume II.. of tliis work, facing page 368), was a resident of New Y'oi'k City from 1788 until his death in 1827. In 178!» he was chosen, with General Schuyler, in the first election of United States Senators in this State. From 1796 to 1803 he was United States Minister to England. He was again elected to the United States Senate from New Y'ork in 1813, while in 181!) he was re-elected. Appointed Minister to England once more in 1825, at the end of two years of service sickness coni- ])elled him to resign, while his death occurred soon after his return to New Y'ork. He had become prominent in public life in ^lassacbu- setts prior to his residence in this city. He was born in Scarborough,
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Me., in 1755, his father, Kichard King, being a merchant. In 1777 he was graduated from Harvard, and in 177S was Aid-de-camp to General Glover, and participated in a military expedition to Rhode Island. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to Congress fror^. 1784 to 17S(!, and in this body proposed the immediate prohibition of slavery in the Northwest Territory. (Subsequently, as Senator from New York, he vigorously o[»posed the ^lissouri Compromise. He married in 178G Mary, daughter of John Alsop, one of the most eminent New York mercliants of tliat day (for portrait of Mrs. Eufus King, see Volume II., page 112 I, and had three sous, all of whom became prominent — John Alsop King, who was elected Governor of this State in 1857; Charles King, President of Columbia College for many years, and James Gore King, a notable banker of this city.
KING, JOHN ALBOr, Governor of the State of New Y'ork, was one of the sons of the famous Kufus King. He was born in New Y'ork City, January :!. 1788, and was educated in the public schools of New York and of Harrow, England. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. During the \\ar of 1812 lie was Lieutenant in a cavalry company. Afterward he engaged in farming on his father's estate at Jamaica, L. I. In 1819 he was elected to the Assembly, re- signing to become Secretary of the Legation at Ivondon wlien his fa- ther was appointed United States ^Minister to England. In 1838 he was again elected to the .Vssembly, while in ISlil he was elected to Congress as a ^Vlng from a Long Island district. He opposed the passage of llic fugitive slave law and advocated the admission of California as a free State. As a leader of the ^Vhig■ forces, he presided over tlie Whig Convention at Syracuse, N. Y'., in 1855, from which event dates the origin of the Republican party. He attended the National Republican Conxcntion in 1850. and favored tlie nomination of I'lMMiunit for tlie Presidency. The sanu' year he became the Repub- lican <an(li(lale for Governor of the State of New York and was el('(i<'(l. ruder his administratinu tlie Erie Canal was enlarged, and the public school system improved. At the end of his term he retired to private life, his death occurring July 7, 18(!7. He A\as one of the fduii'lers of the T'm'ou Club in is;!7, and was its second President.
KING, CHARLES, one of the sous of Eufus King, was born in New York City, March 10, 1789, and died in Frascati. Italy, in October, 18(17. He was educated at Harrow, England, and Paris, subsequently engaging in business in New York. He was elected to the New Y^'ork Legislature in 181.S, while he served as a volunteer dui'ing the year following. His firm having failed, lie became jiartner in the publi- cation of the New Y'ork Ainvricaii. while he edited this journal from 1827 to 1815. Between the latter date and 1849 he was editor of the Courier and Inquirer, while from 1849 to 1803 he was President of C/olumbia College.
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KING, JAMES GORE, third son of the (•(dcbratcd Knfus Kino-, was euf;aiie(l in mercantile business at Uverpnol, Eni;land, from ISIS to 1824, after Avliidi lie letiirned to New York Gitv and beoaiue a lueiu- jer of the ])roinineiit bankiuti' firm of Prime, Ward & Kinj^-. He was elected to Coni^ress in 1S1!», and snbseqnently was I'l-esident of the New York Clianiber of ( 'oninierce. The resumption of specie payments in this country after the panic of IS.'JT was broufiht about by liis success in visit imj, London and inducinii' the P.ank of Entiland to advance sr),()(IO,(l()0 in j;old to his tirm. lie was prominently con- nected with many financial corporations and public institutions. He was the first President of the Erie Railroad. He was a member of the first Board of Trustees of the Astor Library. Long a member of the Board of Education of this city, he was one of three who constituted its special committee whose efforts led to the establish- ment in ISiiJ of the Free Academy, now tli(» Gollege of the City of New York. He was born in this city in IT'.tl, was educated in Europe, and died in 1853. He married in 1813 Sarah iJoocrs, daughter of Archibald Gracie. The present Edward Kiny is their sou.
KING, EDWARD, for many years engaged in banking in this city, and at one time President of the New York Stock Exchange, in 1873 acce]>ted the presidency of the Union Trust Company, at a time when its alTaii-s required skillful nianageinent, and iiaving made it one of the soundest financial institutions in the city still continues as its executive head, lie is a member of the Board of Trustees and is Treasurer of the New \'ork Library, Astor-Lenox-Tilden foundations, is a governor of the New York IFospital, is President of the St. Nicho las Society, and was formerly President of the Harvard Club. He is a trustee of the ilanhattan Savings Institution and the Northern Asstirance C()m]»any of London, and a director of the Citizens" Insur- ance Coni])auy. He is a member of the University, Century, Riding, Harvard, and University Glee clubs. He mai'ried, first, Isabella Ram- sey Cochrane, niece of Dean Ramsey, of Edinburgh; and. second, Elizabeth Fisher, of Philadelphia. He is the son of the late James Gore King, eminent banker of this city, and grandson of Rufus King, of New York, the illustrious statesman. He was born in 1833 at his father's country-seat, Highwood, Weehawken, N. J., and was gradu- ated from Harvard College.
PIERREPONT, EDWARDS, having graduated with honors from Yale College in 1837, and studied in the New Haven Law School, practiced law in the State of Ohio from 1810 to ISKi, in ]iartnersidp with Hon. Phineas Bacon \Yilcox. He then rc^noved to New York City, where he Avon recognition as an able lawyer. In 1857 he was elected a Judge of the Superior Court to succeed the late Chief Jus-
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tice Oaklej, but in 18G0 resigued to i-esuuie practice. A Democrat prior to tlie Civil ^Var, lie addressed the meeting- of loyal Democrats at Union Square, April 20, 1801, convened to express sympathy with the policy of I'resident Lincoln, while soon after he co-operated with other prominent citizens in organizing the Union Defense Committee of New York City. With ^^'illiam M. Evai-fs and Thurlow Weed he
acted as a Committee to convey the message of
'\-. ^h \^ tl^ - / fidelity of New York City to Lincoln. He and Tf p'')^.-.^; I General Dix were in 1862 appointed a Com- mission to trj' prisoners confined in the prisons and forts of the United States on charges of treason. Tlirough his effective organization of the loyal Democrats in 1801 he materially aided in the re-election of President Lincoln. He piERREPoxT ARMS. ^^'^^'^ *^^'^ ^^ the Committee of citizens of New York who attended the funeral of the assassi- nated President. In 1867 he took charge of the prosecution of John H. Hurratt for the murder of Lincoln. He was a member of the New York Constitutional Convention of 1867, and served on its Judiciary Com- mittee. He was an active supporter of the Presidential candidacies of Ceiieral Grant from the platform in 1868 and 1872. He was appointed United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, but in 1870 resigned. In the latter year he was active in the prosecution of tlie Tweed ring. In April, 1875, he entered the Cabinet of Presi- dent Grant as Attorney-General of the United States. In 1873 he had declined an appointment as United States Minister to Russia, but in INIay, 1876, he resigned from Grant's Cabinet to become Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James. \\Uh diplomatic skill he restored official relations between the two countries, when differences on the (juestion of the extradition of crim- inals had led to their suspension, while he negotiated the Trademark Treaty with the Earl of Derby. Iveturning, in 1878, he resumed the practice of law in New York, and was counsel in many important cases, some of them being suits prosecuted by the United States Gov- ernment. In 1871 he became a director and Treasurer of the Texas and Pacific Kailroad. He was one of the founders of the Manhattan Club, and one of its Governors until his resignation on account of its attitude during the Civil War. He then became a member of the LTnion Club. He received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Yale, and that of Doctor of Common Law from Oxford University, Eng- land. He was born in North Haven, Conn., November 4, 1813, and died in New York City, March 2, 1892. He married, in 1846, Mar- gai'eKa, daugliter of the late Samuel Augustus Willoughby, of Brook- lyn, and liad a son, Edward, who pre-deceased his fatlier, leaving no issue, and a daughter, Margaretta, the wife of Leonard Forbes Beck- witli. The son of Giles Pierrepont and Eunice, daughter of Jonathan
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Munson, Judge Pierrepont descended from Hon. John PieiTepont, who settled in Koxbury, Mass., in 1G50. Tlie latter was a descendant of Sir George Holme Pierrepont, of a notable family of Nottingham, England, the elder line being Dukes of Kingston.
BEEKMAX, WILHELMUS, founder of one of the old Xew faniilies, came to New Amsterdam in 1647. in the same shii Governor Stuyvesant, and died in this city in 1707. He was the son of Hendrik Beeknian, r>ecretary under the States-General of Holland, and grand- son of Gerardus Beekman, of Cologne. Bcekman acquired lands in New Amsterdam, and filled sev- eral minor offices. From 18.58 to 18(>2 lie was Vice- Director for the West India Comjiany on tlie South I\is-er — the Delaware. Snbsei|nenlly he was Chit^f Judge at Esopus, now Kingston. IJerurning to New York City, lie served for some time as Alder- ~'
man. He married Cathei-ina De Boog, and had several sons who became localh' prominent, one of ihem bciiu ing Governor of Ne^v York.
BEEK:\IAX, GEBABDUS, son ot Willichnus Beekman and Catli- ei-ina De Boog, was born in New AmsterdaTu, studied medicine, and settled at Flatbush, Kings County. Here he became a deacon. Colonel
of the ililitia, and Justice of tlie Peace. He was one of Leisler's sup- porters, to whom lie administered the oath of oftice, afterward sitting in his Council. He was one of those tried and condemned to death, two of which, Leisler and Milborne, were actually e.\ecu1e(l. ()ffei-ed his lib- erty if he would apidogize for su]i- porting Leisler, Beekman refused. By order of the King he was subse- quently pardoned. He served as commissioner to press tlie claims of the Mohegan Indians against Con- necticui. He was a raember of the Councils of Governors Coriibury and Ingoldsby, and Avas President of tiie Council and Acting Governor of New York, from A]iril 10, to June U, 171(1, lietween the removal of Ingoldsby and the ari-ival of <b)ver- nor Hunter. He was also ;i memlxu- of Hunter's Council. He died in November, 1721.
COLONEL GER.^RDUS BEF.KMAX, M.D.
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BKEKMAX, JAMES WILLIAM, was a moraber of tlie New York Assembly for oue year, wliile, iu 1850, be was elected to tbe Seuate, servinjj,- two terms. He effected important clianiies in the tax laws, and was Cliairnian of the Senate Committee wbicli rejiorted the bill creating Central l*aik. lie served on the New York Board of Ednca- tion, was a trustee of Columbia College, and was a trustee of Green- wood Cemetery. He was a])pointed on a committee by New Y'ork citizens, Thurldw Weed and Erastns Corning being the other mem- bers, to solicit President I>iichanan to guarantee protection for a steamer i)rovisi(ined by private enterinise to relieve I'ort Snmter jnst prior to the Civil \Yar. He was Presideiir of the Woman's Hospital,
Vice-rresident (d' the New York Hos- ](ital, and a trustee of tlie New York Dispensary. He was one of the fonnd- ers of the St. Nicholas Cln1>. and its first President. He was one of the founders of the Union League Club, and one of its \'ice-Presidents; was A'ice-President of the New York His- torical Society; was an oflicer of the St. Nicholas Society, and was a member of the Century Association. He pub- lished an address on " The Pounders of New York" (1870). delivered before the St. Nicholas Society, in 18()!t, and a " Iveport on a A'illage of Cottage Hos- pitals " (187C)l, made to tlie Governors of the New York Hospital. He was b(n-n in this city, November 22, 1815, and died Jiere .Tune 1."), 1877. He was the son of (ierard Beeknian, and tiftii in <lesceiit from \\illielmus BeeUman and Cath- eiina He Boog. His mother was a. daughter of Captain John San- ders, of Scheneclady, an officer iu tlie Bevolution, and a descendant of Major John Alexander Glen. .Mr. Beekmaii was graduated from Columbia College iu 1834. He studied law, but did uot practice. He inherited a fortune from his father in 1833. and another from his uncle, James Beekman, in 1837. He traveled mucii in Europe. He married, in 1840, Abian Steele, daughter of Bev. Philip IMilledoler, D.I)., President of Rutgers College, aud granddaughter of (ii'ueral John Steele of t he Kevolutiou.
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BEEKMAN, JAMES WILLIA.M, sou of the late eminent citizen of New York of the same name, is a lawyer and trustee of his father's estate. He was born in this city, and in 1871 was graduated from the Columbia College Law School and aduutted to the bar. He is a trus- tee of the New York Hosjiital, and like his father devotes much atten- tion to the benevolent organizations of the city. For the hospitality
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extended by liiin to the olliiers of the Dutch warship, \'aii Six'ijk. dur- iiii; the Cidninbiau naval review uf IHiVA, the (Jneen IJegent of the Netherhiuds made him a Kuit;ht of the Order of Oranj;e Nassau. He is a member of the Union, ^Metropolitan, Knickerbocker, University, City, New York Yacht, and Heawanhaka-Coriiithian Yacht clubs, the Ontury, and Downtown associations, the Holland Society, the Sons of the Kevolution, and the Society of Colonial Wars.
BEEKMAN, (iElJAlID, lawyer and joint-manaiicr with his brother, •Tames William Beekinan, of the lari^c est at i' left by ilieir father, the late distiufiuished James \\'illiam IJeekman, was born in this city, and is a liraduate of Columbia ( 'oHcm'. He has been for some years a trus- tee of this university, and is a luember of the University, City, Sea- wanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, and Oyster Bay clubs, the Century and Downtown associations, the Holland Society, the City Bar Associa- tion, and several historical and scientific societies.
CUTTlN<i, l.EOXAUD, founder of the New "^'ork family of this name, was born and educated in Eniiland. lakinu (trders in the Church of Eniiland. and comiuji' to Annu'ica, served (diuiclies at New liruns- wick, N. J.; Hempstead, L. L, and Oyster ]>ay. E. I. He was for a time Tutor and subsequently I'rofessor in Kint;'s ( "olle.uc now ( 'olnm- bia, and later established a famous scliool at Hempstead. He mar- ried a daujihter of John I'intard. who in 17:58 Avas an Aldermau of New York. His oidy son became a prominent lawyer.
CUTTINC, WILEIA.M, an enunent lawyer of New Voilv' City dur- infi' the first quarter of the present century, was the only son of Bev. Leonard Cutting and his wife, a dauiihtei' of Alderman John I'intard. He was graduated from Columbia College in 17!»o, and formed a law partnershiji with F. K. Tillou. In 1S07 and 1S08 he was Sheriff of New Y'ork <"ounty. He married (iertrude. daughter of Walter Liv- ingston, and niece (»f Chancellor Livingston. She was the grand- daughter of Peter Schuyler and of Hon. Kobert Livingston, Lord of Livingston Manor, County Judge and Speaker of the New York As- sembly, and was a sister-in-law of Tiobert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat. ^Ir. Cutting secured for I'ulton and the Livingstons the franchise for a term of years for the ferry between New Vork and Brooklyn, at the foot of the present Fulton Street.
CUTTIN<!. WILLIA.M BAYABD. a i)rominent lawyer of New York City, has been a Civil-service Commissioner of the city, and has taken an active ]>art in movements looking to tln^ achievement of reform in municipal government. He has long enjoyed a large corporation l)ractice, and is an officer of many im])ortant cor])orations. lb' is President of the Improved Dwellings Association, Treasurer of the
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►Soutli Erooklyu iliiiii-uad aud Termiual Compauy, member of the Ex- ecutive Committee of tlie New York Chamber of Commerce, member of the Advisory Committee of the Audit Compauy. aud a director of the Americau Exchauge Natioual Bauk, the City and Suburban Homes Company, the New York and South Brooklyn Ferry and Steam Transportation Company, the Florida Central aud Peninsula Eailroad Compauy, aud the Tropical Laud Compauy. He is also a Trustee of the United States Trust Company. He is a member of the Union, Metroi^olitau, Tuxedo, City, University. Riding, Church. Players'. Gro- lier. Lawyers', Delta Phi, Southside Sportsmen's, and ^Yestminster Kenuel clubs, the Patriarchs', the Downtown Association, and the Columbia College Alumni Association. He was born in New York City, January 12, 185U, aud was graduated from Columbia College and Columbia College Law School. He is the son of the late Fulton Cut- ting aud Justine, daughter nf Robert Bayard aud Elizabeth ^IcEvers; graudsou of William Cutting aud Gertrude, daughter of ^Valter Liv- ingston and Cornelia Schuyler, and great-grandson of Rev. Leonard Cutting, aud a daughter of Aldenuau John Piutard. He married Olivia, daughter of Brou.sou Murray aud Anne E. Peyton, and grand- daughter of James B. Murray aud Maria Bronsou. and has two daughters and two sous — William Bayard. Jr.. and Bronsou Murray Cutting.
KIP, LA\YRENCE, is President of the Coney Island Jockey Club, and a director of the National Horse Show Association. He has been Vice-President of the last-mentioned corporation. He has been prom- inent in efforts to elevate the character of the turf in this country, and has maintained both road aud racing stables. Having attended the Churchill Military School at Sing Sing, X. Y., he entered West Point Academy in 1853, and was graduated four years later, receiving the commission of Second Lieutenant of Artilleiw. Througliout the Civil War he served on the staff of General Sheridan. He re- ceived brevets for bravei-y on the field as ^lajor and Lieutenant-Colonel, and in 1S6G was commissioned Cai>tain in the regular army. In 1867 he resigned from tlie service. He is a member of the Union, Metropolitan, Tuxedo, Suburban, and Riding and Driving clubs, the Patriarchs, and other organiza- tions. He married, in 1861, Eva, daughter of Peter Lorillard and Catherine Griswold, and has a daughter, Edith Kip McCreery. His only son, Lorillard Kip, died in 1896. He was himself bcu'n in ]Mor- ristowu. N. J., aud is the sou of the late Dr. William lugraham Kip, Episcopal Bishop of California, and his wife, Maria Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Isaac Lawrence aud Cornelia Beach. He is the grandson of Leonard Kip and Maria, daughter of Duncan lugraham, of Philadel-
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pliia, aud descends fi-om Heudrick Heudrickscu Kip, who arrived in Xew Amsterdam in lG4o, became a member of Govi-rnor Stuyvesanf s rouncil, aud was elected ychepen.
RUTHERFUED, JOIIX ALEXANDER, well known stock bro- ker of this city, and member of the New York Stock Exchange, has been actively interested in railroad aud industrial development in the Southern States. He has been A^ice-President of the Rich- mond and West Point Terminal Company, as he has been also of the Richmond and Danville Railroad. He is now a director of the Wheel- ing Bridge and Terminal Railway aud the Sloss Iron aud Steel Com- pany of P.irmingham, Ala. He is a member of the Metropolitan, Manhattan, Players', Larchmont Yacht aud Adirondack League clubs, the Society of the Cincinnati, and the Sous of the Revolution. He was born at Edgerston, N. J., March 2, 1S48, and was graduated
from Rutgers College. He is the sou of the
late Walter Rutherfurd, a [irominent lawyer of this city; is the grandson of Robert Walter Rutherfurd, who was prominent in the public life of New Jersey; is gTeat-graudsou of John Rutherfurd, United States Senator from New Jersey, and is removed one generation further from Walter Rutherfurd (sixth sou of Sir John Rutherfurd 1, an officer of the IJoyal Scots, who. hithf.kkurd arms. having served in Flanders and Germany, was Ma- jor and Judge Advocate in tlie British Army on this continent in the French and Indian War; acquired a grant of 5,000 acres in N<'w Jer- sey, married the great-granddaughter of the Earl of Stirling, and after the Revolution resided in New York City, aud was a f<iuud('r of the Society Library. President of the Agricultural Society, and Presi- dent of the St. Andrew's Society. Mr. Rutherfurd's uuither was Isabella, daughter of David Brooks, Revolutionary officer, and origi nal member of the Society of the (j'inciuuati. She was granddaughter of Daniel Niel, another patriot officer, who was Aid on the staff of General Hugh Mercer, and was killed in the Battle of Prince- ton; and was likewise granddaughter of William Walton [Morris, Aid on the staff of General Autliony Wayne during the Revolution, and the son of General Lewis Morris, signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence.
CARNOCHAN, GOUVERNEUR MORRIS, banker and broker, and ^femberof the New York Stock Exchange, is the only surviving son of the late eminent surgeon of New York City. Dr. John Murray Carno- chan. Born in this city, he was educated at Harvard, and being in- tended for the medical profession by his father, was matriculated at the Ecole de Medicine in Paris. He preferred, however, to engage
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in the banking and hidkciayc bnsiness. He is Inspeotoi* of Eifle I'raetioe, witli tlie rank of First Lieutenant, in the Seventli Kegiment. He is a member of tlie Cahimet. Military, Country, New York Athletic, and Delta IMii clubs; the Society of Tolonial Wars, and the Seventh Regiment ^'eterau Association. He married, in 188(S, Matilda Gros- venor, daughter of the late Frederic (xoodridge, and has living two sons. His grandfather, John Carnochan, was a wealthy planter of Georgia. His motlrer was Estelle, daughter of Brevet-Major-Geueral \Yilliam Walton Morris, Fnited States Army; granddaughter of Lieu- tenant ^Villiam Walton Morris, Second Artillery Continental line, and Aid-di'-camp to General Anthony Wayne in the Kevolution; great-granddaughter of General I>ewis Morris, signer of tlie Declara- tion of Independence; great-great-grand<huighter of Lewis Morris, Lord of the .\hinor of Morrisania, and Chief Justice of the Vice-Ad- miralty Court; great-great-great-granddaughter of Lewis Morris, Chief Justice of New York and New .Jersey, and one more generation removed from Ivichai-d Moi-ris, (d'ticer in CromwelTs army.
STUKES, TH()-MAS, foiimk'r of the hrst missionary society in London in 1795; the associate of Robert Raikes in organizing the first Sunday-schools there, and one of those who fitted out the lirst mis- sionary ship, the Dnfl', sailing from that port, removed to New York City in 17"J8. Here he became a founder of the American Bible So- ( iety in 1810, as also of the New York Peace Society and the Ameri- can Tract Society, serving as Chairman of the Distributing Committee of the latter until his death, October 10, 1832. He likewise served as Treasurer of the American P>ai)tist INFissionary Union. Horn in Lon- don, in December, 17(;5, the son of \\illiam Stokes, he was of gentle blood and occupied high social position. He came under I he influence of the famous Rowland Hill, and became a non-conformist. Although a layman, in early life he preached to the poor of London. His only brother. Judge William Armstrong Stokes, also came to New York. Thomas Stokes married Elizabeth Ann, daughter of James I'.oulter, Esq., of Lowestoff, Wales, and had twelve children, of whom one was the late James Stokes of this city.
STOKES, JAMES, sou of Tliomas Stokes ami Elizabeth Ann, daughter of James Boulter, of Lowestoft, Wales, was born in tliis city in 1804, and died in 1881. In early life he was in business with his father. In 1837 he married Caroline, daughter of Anson (ireene riielps, head of the nu'tal imi)orting firm of Phelps, Dodge c& Com- pany, and subsequently Mv. Stcd^es became a member of this firm. About forty years later he became one of the founders of the New York banking house of IMielps, Stokes & Company. He was the co- adjutor of Peter Cooper in the development of the luiblic-school sys- tem, and was otherwise active in connection with educational and be-
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uevolont institutions. Three (lani;litei's survived liim, oue of wlioiu bcciime ^Irs. lleury Dale, toji'etlicr witli four sons — tlie present Anson Phelps Stolces, the present James Stokes, the ]>resent Thomas Stokes, and the present William E. Dod^c Stokes.
STOKES, ANSON I'lIELl'S, eldest son of the late James Stcdces, and grandson of Thomas Stokes, the noted philanthropist and reli<;- ious worker, who came to tliis city from London in 17!tS, was for some time a member of the metal house of Phelps, Dodge (& Company, siib- setpiently was associated with his father in the well-known banking firm of IMielps, Stol^es & Company, and in recent years has mainly confined himself to the care of his large real estate and other interests. He is a trustee of the Uniteil States Trust Company and a director of the Ansoiua Brass and Copper Comjiany and the Woodbridge Company. He was the first Pi-esident of the Eeforni Club, and has twice been Vice-Pi-esident of the New York Yacht Club. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, lie is a member of the Metropoli- tan, Knickerbocker, Union League, Tnxedo, Century, City, Itiding, Reform, Lawyers", (Jhurch, New York Yaclit, and Mendelssohn (ilee clubs, and the Society of Colonial Wars. He married Helen L., daugh- ter of Isaac Newton Phelps, in his day one of the l)est known l»ank«'i-s of this city, and has four sons — Isaac Newton Phelps, J. (}. Phelps, Anson Phelps, Jr., and Harold M. Phelps Stokes, and five daughtei-s, of whom two are married — the wife of Baron Halkett and Mrs. Jolin Sherman Iloyt.
MORGAN, ED^\ IN l>b:XlSON, engaged in business in New York City as a wholesale grocer in 1830, and made a large fortune. In 1850 he was elected to the State Senate, being re-elected two years later. In 1850 he was Chairman (d" the Whig State Central Commit- tee, while from 1857 to 1800 he was Cliairman of the I\e])ublican State Connnitlee. lie was elected Governor of the State in 1858, and was elected again in 18()0, the first time by a ma- jority of more than 17.000, and the second time by a majority of nearly !)0,000. He was one of the stanchest of the "War Governors," vigor- ously su])i)orting Lincoln's policy. He oi-gan- ized and sent to the front 4!»2,000 Cinon soldiers. At the close of his term he wa.s elected to the United States Senate, where he serwed during the six years from 1808 to 1800. He Avas again the Republican candidate for Governor in 1877, but was (h'feated by Lu- cius Robinson. The son of Jasper Moi'gan, a farmer, he was b()rn \u Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Eebruary 8, 1811, and had only a
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common sclioul education. Bet^^■een 1822 and ISoO lie was engaged in the grocery business in Hai-tford, Conn., and tlien establislied liini- self in New Yorlc. He always remained at the head of the firm of E. J). Morgan & Company until his leath, in 1883, but after retiring from public life gave his cliief attention to financial institutions in which he was interested. He was long a director of the United States Trust Company, the National Bank of Commerce, the ^^'estern Union Telegraph Company, and the New York, Lake Erie and Western Rail- road Company. He was Vice-President of the American Tract So- ciety from 1875 until his death. He was President of the Board of Trustees of the Brick Presbyterian Church, and President of the Board of Governors of the Woman's Hospital. He was also President of the Board of Managers of the Presbyterian Hospital, and was a Manager of the Association for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females. He endowed Union Theological Seminary and Williams College. He was a member of the Union League Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Maritime Association of the Port of New- York. At the age of twenty-one he had been elected a member of the City Council of Hartford, while in 1849 he was elected to the Board of Assistant Aldennen of New Y'ork City. He was Commis- sioner of Emigration from 1855 to 1858. He twice declined the port- folio of Secretary of the Treasury, tendered him by President Lincoln and President Arthur, respectively. Tn the latter case his nomination had been confirmed by the Senate. He was eighth in descent from James Morgan, who emigrated from Llandalf, Wales, to Boston, Mass., in 1G3G.
MORGAN, EDVk'ARD DENISON, son of Governor E. D. Morgan, was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1831, and died August 15, 1879. At the age of fifteen he made a. voyage around the world in a sailing vessel. He attended the Literary Institute at Suffield, Conn., and, from 1860 to 1862, served as Colonel on the staff of his father, then Governor of New York. He visited Europe in 1867, and upon his re- turn a year later began the study of medicine with Dr. Austin Flint. In 1S71 he was grmluatcd from thcBcllevne Hospital Medical College, while from tliat time until shortly before his deatli he devoted himself to the medical care of the poor in New York City, without compen- sation. He married Sarah E. Archer, of Suffield, Conn., who died soon after his decease, leaving their only son, Edward Denison Morgan.
MORGAN. EDWIN DENISON, the third to bear this name, is the only surviving son of the late Dr. Edwin Denison Morgan, born in 1834, died in 1881, who in turn was the only son to reach maturity and have issue in the familv of the late Hon. Edwin Denison Morgan,
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GovciiHir and United States Senator, and ing- tirni of E. D. Morgan & Company. Tlu- of the family was gradn- ated from Harvard in 1877, and since that date lias been engaged in banking in this city He is a director of the Corral itos Company, the Phillipsburg Coal and Land Company, and the Monterey and Mexi- can Gnif Kailroad Com- pany. He is a yachtsman and sportsman, and has country seats on Long Is- land and at Newport. He married Elizabeth Moran. He is a member of tlie Union, Metropolitan, Union League, Knickerbocker, Tuxedo, Racquet, Harvard, Country, Meadow Brook Hunt, New York Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, and At- lantic Yacht clubs, the New England Soiicty, and IJevolution.
founder of the bank- present representative
K.D\VAKI> IIK.NISON MORCJAN.
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FLOYD-JONES, WILLIAM OHAUNCEY, has been long in busi- ness as a stockbroker in New York City, and is a member of the Stock Exchange. He is a member of the Union, Racquet, Country, and Westminster Kennel clubs, and, in addition to his city residence, occupies the estate which has long been in his family at Massapequa, L. I. He is the son of the late William Floyd-Jones, merchant of this city; grandson of Brigadier-General Thomas Floyd-Jones, and grand- nephew of Major-General Henry Floyd-Jones. His great-grandfather, David Richard Floyd-Jones, who married a daughter of Henry Onder- donk, was tlie only sou of Richard Floyd and his wife, Arabella, daughter of Judge David Jones and sister of Judge Thomas Jones, and, becoming the heir of his uncle. Judge Thomas Jones, of the New York Supreme Court, who died without issue, added the latter's sur- name to that of his father by virtue of legislative act of 1788. Rich- ard Floyd, father of David Richard Floyd-Jones, was a Judge and Colonel of militia, and, through his loyalty to the king during the Revolution, suffered the confiscation of his estate at Mastic, L. I. He was the son of Ricliard Floyd, also Judge and Colonel of the militia; was the grandson of Richard Floyd, Colonel of the militia
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of Suffolk Coiuity, New York, iiiid .JiuI^l' of the Court of ("oiinuon I'lcas, his wife beiug Marj^aret. oldest, daughter of Colonel Matthias Nieoll, cousin of (iovernor lUchard Xicoll, and first Secretary of the Eniilish province of New York; and was the grandson of Kichard Floyd, of Brecknockshire, Wales, Avho came over with Richard Wood- hull in 1()54, acquired a large estate in Suffolk County, and was Judge of the county and ( 'olonel of the militia.
CADWALADEK, JOHN LA.MI'.EIJT, who has long been engaged in the successful practice of law in New York City, was in 1874 As- sistant Secretary of State of the United States. lie has a large corpo- ration practice and has been an officer of a number of coi-porations. He has also been active in connection with public and benevolent interests in the city. He is now I'resident of the Board of Trustees of the New Y'ork I'ublic Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden founda- tions, having previously for some years been a member of the Board of Trustees of Astor Library. I'or some years he has been counsel to the BoaT-d of Trustees of the Ne\v York .Vssociation for Imjiroving the Condition of the Poor. He is a member of the Union, Metropoli- tan, Knickerbocker, City, University, Biding, Lawyers', Princeton, New Y^)rk Yacht, and Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht clubs, the Cen- tury and r>owntown associations, and tlie Sons ol the IN'Volution, and is a prominent member of the Bar Association of the city. Born November 17, 1830, and a graduate from Princeton College, he is the son of the late Major-General Thomas Cadwalader and Maria C, daughter of Nicholas Gouverneur and granddaughter of Lawrence Kortriglit, both prominent citizens of New '^'ork and members of famous old families. The Cadwalader family of l'hilad('l]iliia is the peer of any in the United States in respect both to ancient lineage and the eminence f)f its members. Its founder in this country, John Cadwalader, was a member of the Pliiladelidiia Common Council from 1718 to 1733, and of the Provincial Assembly from 1729 to 1731, and traced his line through distinguished ancestors to Bhodri ^Slawr, who died 87(! A.D., having been King of United AVales. ]\Ir. Cadwala- der's grandfatlier. Colonel Lambert Cadwalader, was Colonel of the New Jersey line in the Kevolution, represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress from 1784 to 1787, and was subsequently a mem- ber of the Constitutional Convention and a member of Congress. He married ^Nfary, daughter of Ai-chibald McCall, of Philadelphia. JMr. Cadwalader's great-grandfather was the famous Dr. Thomas Cadwal- ader of Philadelphia, member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council and Medical Director of all tlie Continental forces during the Revo- lution.
SCHIEFFELIN, \YILLIA3f HENRY, from 1805 until his death in 1895, Avas hea<l of W. H. Schieffelin & Comjiany, the well-known whole-
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sale niiinulaciiiiiiiL; dnii; house eslahlislied ]>y liis ureat-gTandfatlier, Jaeeb ScliielTeliii, uioic than a hundred years aiio, and which, iu re- spect to its veuerahh' liistory and extent (d' business, is the most nota- ble house in tli is line in the Tnited States. Under his luanaiienieiit this tii-ni led iu intro(lucin;Li- the synthetic dru|ns of chemistry to Amei-ican