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

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:iminlci my tllllct t wht Wilm- If :Ma 'lillwi SI hm, ms. Uaf llllli 0l mi 3 . 5 Helllll. hsllllllll. twill- Hi: 'input A ll! nys a tltrlu, IS me oi the amem- z7,1887,died s, Neljmel M He was H315 . me roi ull ill' QI served either as deacon, elder, or tl- Dutch Reformed Church of Bergen.eaS1lfIi3rd?iCi his ancestral home in Bergen, which has been the family residence for six generations. I-Ie leaves a son, VVilliam Knickerbocker Sur- geon-General of the Navy, a member of theil-101- land Society, and two married daughters, HARMAN WORTMAN VEEDER died October 15, I oo. 9 At a meeting of the Schenectady Branch of the Holland Society of New York held Wednesda October 17, Igoo, to take suitable action respecting the death of Harman W. Veeder, the following resolutions of respect were unanimously adopted :QQ Y, Whereas the Schenectady Branch of the Holland Society of New York has again suffered loss in the removal by death of an esteemed member, Harman W. Veeder, one of the youngest in our group, Resolved, That we express our deep sorrow at the untimeli- ness of his death, when he was upon the very threshold of man- hood and surrounded by all that lends attractiveness to life,- that we extend our profound sympathy to the home from which he has been withdrawn so soon after its establishment, and that we also bear testimony to his marked ability as a man of busi- ness, his enterprise as a citizen, and particularly to the kindli- ness and geniality of his nature, by which we became attached to him as a comrade, and to that charitableness which made so many of the needy his debtors. U Res0Zvea1 That these Resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the Society, and that acopy of them be sent to the family of the deceased, and to the parent Society, also that they be printed in the city papers. JAMES R. TRUAX, . H JAMES A. VAN VoAs'r, Cammzliee. JACOB W. CLUTE, Adjutant-General WILLIAM SCUDDI-313 STRYKER died at his home in West State Street in TYCIHOH N. J., October 29, Igoo. He had been 1ll for four days. His health was affected by overwork. The Organizing of the New Jersey soldiers for the Spanish-American War fell heavily on him, and his .4'!l3!'

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QO was reversed. When in 1895, from failing health, he resigned, the authorities at Washington 'in ac- cepting his resignation made mention of this fact and referred to his inflexible honesty and trust- worthiness in language of the highest encomium. p PETER LE FEVER VAN WAGENEN died at his home in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Sunday june Io, 19oo. Death resulted from a congestive chill and heart failure. He was one of Poughkeepsie's best known busi- ness men. He went there from Ulster County and had- been engaged in various kinds of busi- ness there for thirty years. He was best known as a dealer in meat, and later in ice. He was a man of rugged health and vigorous industry. He was a prominent free mason and took great pride in that order. The news of his death shocked the business community, as he was always a cheerful, robust man. In his home he was one of the kindest husbands and fathers. CORNELIUS C. VAN RUYPEN, who became a mem- ber of the Holland Society October 27, 1887, died at his home in jersey City Heights, New jersey, june 17, IQOO, in his eighty-eighth year. He was born in Bergen, New Jersey, April 8, 1813. He was a descendant of Juriaen Tomassen from Reypen, who came to America from Holland in the Spoifed Cow in April, 1663. His grandfather, Daniel Van Reypen, was a lieutenant inthe New jersey Militia during the Revolution, was taken pris- oner by. the Tories and locked 'up in the old Sugar House in. New York. lVIr. Van Ruypen never held any pOl1t1C3.lOfHCC, but he was the first Whig candi- date for sheriff when Hudson County was organized In 1349, and was beaten byonly one vote. He was 9g representative man in the community in which he l1VCd, and was universally esteemed for his upright- ness and integrity. He was much interested in church work, and, for the greater part of his life,

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Q2 strength was overtaxed and he became ill. Soon after his recovery he again took up his work. He was born in Trenton, July 6, 1838. He was d t d at the College of New Jersey, now e uca e , . Princeton University, graduating from there in f l 1853. He had commenced the study o aw and had nearly completed the course when the Civil War broke out. He entered the military service in res onse to the first call for troops. He assisted in P anizin the Fourteenth Regiment, New Jersey Qfiiciilunteeiii, and in February, 1863, was ordered to ' ' d 'd -d Hilton Head, S. C., and made major an ai e e- camp to Major-General Gilmore, then in command of the Tenth Army Corps. He participated in the capture of Morris Island and the attack on Fort Wagner. Subsequently he was ordered North on account of illness and placed in charge of the Pay Department at Columbus, Ohio. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for meritorious services, and resigned in june, 1866. He was the oldest Adjutant-General in point of service in the National Guard of the United States and had an extended acquaintance in military circles. He was appointed Adjutant-General of New Jersey, April 12, 1867, and was brevetted Major-General February 9, 1874. By successive appointments of various governors, of different politics, he was continued in the office which he so highly adorned, until his death. Immediately upon entering on the duties of his office he set about perfecting the war records of New Jersey, and in 1872 issued a stout octavo volume containing lists of officers and men of New jersey in the Revolu- tionary War. In 1876 he issued two large quarto volumes of 1930 pages, giving the rosters and de- tails of service of Jerseymen in the Civil War. For many years he had been perfecting the Revolu- tionary l1sts, and had also compiled records of the service of jerseymen in the Colonial Wars, the Whiskey Insurrection of 1794, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War, which he hoped to have ublis Edmir Tfefllfo 011 hist an exh as well Ceived gfge of of lille . 18815 Cincinni Histortca rnembel' g1'3pl1fC3.l Fellow oil an honor historical . guished a appearanci in social i an ideal Crl -Rev. Dr. years paste Church, at Brooklyn, d paring to vig when he w standing in t, for the street ters. Sudden sank to the fl Study and a I death had bet DV- Hulstg and if had Conversation , :ad referred I ad Practicalb H formgdlzghggig