The Holland Society of New York - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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75 jersey Assembly, and in 1874 and 1875 was a mem- ber of the Jersey City Board of Finance. Mr, Van Reipen was a director in the Hudson County Na- tional Bank for a number of years. He became also a member of the American Institute, a mem- ber of the Holland Society, December 7, 1888, and was Vice-President thereof in 1894, a member of the County Board for Equalization of Taxes, and Hlled that position ever since its organization. He filled almost every position of trust and honor in the locality, and commanded the universal re- spect of the entire community. , On November 25, 1845, he married Miss Caro- line Westervelt, of Hackensack, N. He resided at the old home of his boyhood days, 553 Summit Avenue, jersey City. He was a member of the old Bergen Reformed Church, and a deacon and an elder in that congre- gation for a number of years. He died August 1, 1899. ' DR. TEUNIS SCHENCK was born in the town of Flatbush, Kings Co., N. Y., March Io, 1841. He received his early education at Erasmus Hall Academy, Flatbush, and later graduated at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., Class of 1859, and also at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, Class of 1865. Three years after' gra- duation from Union College he began the study of medicine with Dr. Thomas Turner, and later with Dr. R. Cresson Stiles, during these years hav- ing the advantages of the clinical study afforded by the wards of the Kings-County Hospital and in the course of Microscopy given by Dr. Stiles. In September, 1865, he was appointed Resident Physician of the Kings County Hospital, and so continued until 1872, when he resigned in order to begin the private practice of his profession in the town of New Utrecht, N. Y., now in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York City, where he resided at

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77 Previous to the funeral, the members of the city and county bar held a meeting in the City Hall, It was largely attended. It was called to order by Hon. Amasa Parker. Justice Rufus W. Peckham was made chairman. A committee was appointed to draft suitable resolutions on the death of Mr. Lan- sing. Chairman Peckham spoke feelingly of Mr, Lansing. He had known him for many years, and he spoke of the friendship existing between them, Hon. Hamilton Harris also spoke of his regard for the deceased. He esteemed him not only as a lawyer, but as a personal friend. He was a suc- cessful practitioner in the courts for more than forty years, and was affable andkindly always. He was a native of Albany, having an ancestry which had been identified with the city for years and years. Mr. Harris spoke of the worth of Mr. Lan- sing as a man, as a lawyer, as a citizen, and as a resident of Albany. Hon. Simon W. Rosendale paid his tribute to Mr. Lansing's memory. It was a delight for a law- yer to meet la man of the type which Mr. Lansing represented. He was a conscientious lawyer. As an official he had the loftiest ideals of duty. He reminded one strongly ofthe courtliness, dignity, and politeness of days gone by. Judge Countryman spokeof the splendid record which Mr. Lansing had made in the Supreme Court as a reporter. Mr. Amasa Parker said: MR, CHAIRMAN,--In adding my testimonial on this occasion, I would preface my remarks by saying that it was my great privilege to know Abraham Lansing from my early youth, and intimately. Later on, when I attained my majority and was admitted to the bar, Mr. Lansing was well established in his profession and had already acquired a high reputation. Por upwards of forty years Mr. Lansing was a quiet, thorough, d1l1- gent, and successful practitioner. He was equally able before a jury at 1zz'sz'p1'z'zzs as in the Appellate courts of this State. He was most painstaking in collecting and arraymg his facts., his briefs showed a thorough knowledge of the law, and his