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

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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

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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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34 1868 diverted him from his early ambition of being i 1 i er in New York and he returned to Kings- iodmtld take charge of his father's coal and lumber business and later, in partnership with a brother, he became engaged in the blue-stone business, in which he continued until his death. Mr. Osterhoudt was for many years a member of the old Dutch Church, the church of his fore- fathers, and was at the time of his death an elder, the Consistory acting as pall-bearers at his burial in Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery, Kingston, N. Y., De cember 28, 1899 : Mr. Usterhoudt was one of the oldest trustees of the Kingston Savings Bank, who in token of their esteem adopted the following minute, January IO, 1 9oo. The Trustees of the-Kingston Savings Bank feel that they have sustained an irreparable loss in the death of 'their asso- ciate, Howard Osterhoudt. His ideals were high, his integrity uncompromising, his courtesy unvarying, and his business judgment sound and conservative. His presence will be missed at the council table, but the memoryiof his irreproachable character, and genial gentle personality, will remain ever enshrined in the hearts of his fellows. 1 1 7 I REV. MAUNSELL VAN RENSSELAER, D.D., LL. D., after a short illness, died February 17, 1900, at Lakewood, N. J., where he was I temporarily residing. 9 Dr. Van Rensselaer was born in Albany, April 16, 1819. l-le was a son of john S. Van Rens- selaer, of that city, being in direct line of descent from the founder of the Van Rensselaer family in this country. I-le was educated at the Albany Academy and at Union, College. In 1838 he was graduated from the General Theological Seminary, and was admitted to holy orders on june 27, 1841. In, 1859 he was president of Devoe College, Niagara City, N, Y., and in 1872 was elected pres- ident of l-lobart College. . He resigned the presi-