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

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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

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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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21. Qty, noi? Ih fre 1 l law the 'Cm Sellllfir. 3SS1SIedi,, ew l9fSe:i 'rdelld lo ld aided 1 1 1 commant. ltd in 1- M. k 0Il F1111 North on If ol tie He .was sserviccs, p0lIll will ed Status military neral fl' revettei ccessiw: illeren: h he so ly upon t abou and in ng lists n evo U. uarw iid ce- Wif- CVO.ll' of Ul I HC I8Ill have 93 ublished this year. In 18 8 he ub ' Edmirable and exhaustive agcountpof illileieldiasitlleiosi Trenton and Princeton. His separate publicatior? on historical subjects number about twenty each and all exhibiting the true spirit of historicaliresearch as well as a pleasing literary style. In 1899 he rei Ceived from Princeton University the honorary de- gree of LL.D. General Stryker had been President of the Trenton Battle Monument Association since 1384 5 President of the New jersey Society of the Cincinnati since 1897 3 President of the New jersey Historical Society from 1897. He had been 3 member of the New York Genealogical and Bio- graphical Society for many years. . He was 3 Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and was an honorary or active member of most of the historical societies of this country. He was distin- guished and strikingly handsome in his personal appearance, was most attractive and accomplished in social intercourse 5 was a sincere friend, and was an ideal Christian gentleman. Rev. Dr. GEORGE DURYEA HULST, for thirty-one years pastor of the South Bushwick Reformed Church, at Bushwick Avenue and Himrod Street, Brooklyn, died November 5, IQOO. He was pre- paring to visit the sick members of his congregation when he was stricken with apoplexy. He was standing in the doorway of his library, fully dressed for the street, and was talking with his two daugh- ters. Suddenly he straightened up, and then slowly sank to theifloor. He was carried to a couch in his study and a physician summoned. The latter said death had been almost instantaneous. U . Dr. Hulst always appeared in the best of spirits, and it had been only a few days before, in conversation with members of his church, that he had referred to his remarkably good health- He had practically never known a sick day. . He was one of the best known ministers in the Re- formed Church. He was born in the old Duryea