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

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82 Resolved That we take this occasion to express our appre- ciation of the many virtues of his character, displayed through a life of remarkable length and of almost unbroken activity. ' 11 ould we record our admiration ofhis fidelity to all Especia y W , his responsibilities as a businessman and a c1t1zen, his unfail- ing cheerfulness of spirit, and his extreme winsomeness of manner in all his social relations. c I l The Society has been fortunate in bearing upon its mem- bership list from its formation until now' the name of so worthy a representative, and while we deeply deplore the breaking of the earthly t1es,.we rejoice in -the character of the memories that areleft as the heritage of his associates. JoHN L. Swrrs, JAMES R. TRUAX, JACOB W. CLUTE, Committee. JOSEPH C. HOAGLAND, founder of the Royal Bak- ing Powder Company, who joined the Holland So- ciety, June 30, 1892, died December 8, 1899, at his home, No. 27 West Fifty-first Street, at the age of fifty-eight years and five months. Last October lVlr. Hoagland was stricken with paralysis at his country home on the Shrewsbury River, N. J., and was, brought to his home in Manhattan. Mr. Hoagland was born in the village of Troy, Ohio, and attended the village schools there. He was preparing to engage in mercantile pursuits when the war broke out, and he entered the Union army in 1861, serving mainly in the quartermaster's and subsistence departments, having been detailed by Governor Tod, of Ohio, to service at Camp Chase, Columbus. After the war he went to Port Wayne, and was part proprietor of a ,drug store there when he conceived the idea of compounding 'a baking powder that would make housewives happy by producing certain results. He experi- mented till he got a powder that seemed to meet the necessary requirements, and then he began t0 sell it over the counter to local customers. That was the beginning of the Royal Baking Powder, and the young druggist, with his brother, Dr. Col'- nelius N. Hoagland, soon extended the business. The brothers finally moved to this city, and with William Ziegler successfully conducted the busi- ness of the Royal Baking Powder Company.

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81 At the bank of which he was president, he per- formed conSt-211112 Week-day duty, with a handwriting and figures equal to those of the best bookkeeper, He was a ready mental computor of the interest on notes, which made him of invaluable service to the bank clerks. In politics Mr. Van Vorst was always a staunch Democrat' .Besides being Mayor of Schenectady in 1853, 1854, 1869, 1870, 1882,,and 1883, he has had considerable prominence in politics, having served in the Board of Aldermen and been a member of the Democratic county committee. V Mr. Van Vorst was very popular, and was a well- known man in the many fraternal organizations of the city. He was the oldest Free Mason and also the oldest Odd Fellow in Schenectady, and was a charter member of St. George's Lodge, F. Sz A. M. He was also one of the first members of,Mohawk Valley Lodge, No. 12, I. O. O. F. He was long a devout and earnest worker in St. George's Episcopal Church, and was connected with the vestry of that church for over sixty years. He was married in 1830 to Miss Amanda Hul- bert, of Pennsylvania, who died in 1880, six months after the celebration of their golden wedding. The local paper, referring to the funeral, said: Seldom 'or never in the history of the city has the loss of a private citizen occasioned such widespreadlamentation. There were evidences of profound grief on every hand throughout the burial services, and it is almost superfluous to say that the sympathy of the entire community goes out to the members of the stricken family in their bereavementf' At a meeting ,of the Schenectady Branch of the Holland Society of New York, held Tuesday, December 5th, 1899, to take suitable action re- specting the death of Hon. Abraham A. Van Vorst, the following resolutions. of respect were unanimously adopted : U Whereas, Death has recently removed from us our highly esteimed and oldest member, Hon. Abraham A. Van Vorst,

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83' A dispute about business policy separated the brothers a few years ago, and Dr. Cornelius N. Hoagland purchased the Cleveland Baking Powder Company. After the death of Dr. Hoagland in Brooklyn about two years ago, Joseph C. Hoag- land brought about a combination of the com- panies and retired from active business pursuits last spring. Mr. Hoagland served as a Republican presi- dential elector in 188o. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and the Down Town, Lawyers', and Union League clubs of Manhattan. At one time he was Commodore of the American Yacht Club, and owned the steam yacht Sz'1'amge1f.' Until about three years ago Mr. Hoagland lived in Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, his house there being opposite Dr. Talmage's Tabernacle when it was burned in the summer of 1894. His country home on the Shrewsbury River was one of the hand- somest places in ,New Jersey, the grounds having been laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted. His collection of paintings was one of the most note- worthy in the city. 9 In 1865 he married Miss Caroline C. Matlack, of Dayton, Ohio, and they have had three children. . ' 1 ' . HowARD GSTERHOUDT, one of the early members of the Society, having been elected December 20, 1886,died at his residence, Eastwood, Kingston, N. Y., December 25, 1899. Mr. Osterhoudt was born in Kingston, N. Y., December 9, 1842, and was descended from a long .line of . honorable Dutch ancestors. His early American ancestor was Jan Jansen Van Oosterhout, who married, February 18, 1663, Annetjen jellis. Mr. Osterhoudt graduated from Columbia College in 1864, having taken the Classical Course, and from the Law School of the same College in 1866. The death of his father, Jacob P. Osterhoudt, in