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

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94 homestead, at the Penny Bridge, Brooklyn, on March 18 6 and prepared for college at Jonesville Acad- 2inyjiS,aratoga County, N.Y. He entered Rutgers College, in New Brunswick, N. J., and was gradu- ated there as an honor man 1866, receiving the gold medal for proficiency in classical languages. He was graduated from the Theological Seminary in 1869, and was installed pastor of the South Bush- wick Reformed Church on july 4, 1869. Since that time he has remained without change the pastor of this church. I . He had always been much 1nterested in en- tomology and botany, and had been regarded as an authority upon these subjects. ln entomol- ogy he did much original work, and published, in various journals, the results of his investigations. He was at one period Professor of Entomology in Rutgers College, and was also for a time State Entomologist of New jersey. He was offered a professorship in Rutgers about ten years ago, but declined, preferring to remain with his Brooklyn congregation. - He was a member of the Department of Bot- any ofthe Brooklyn Institute, and was president of this branch of the Institute work at the time of his death. He was elected a member of the Amer- ican Association for the Advancement of Science in I88O, and a fellow in 1888. He was given the hon- orary degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Rutgers College in ISQI. He leaves a wife, two daughters, and one son. JOHN SCHUREMAN SUTPHEN died of pneumonia, N0VCmbC1' 17, IQOO, at his residence, 160 West Seventy-second Street. He was born at Bedmin- stef. S0mCI'SQt County, N. J., December 13, 1825. He engaged in the grain, Hour, and feed business in 1343, being connected with the Hrm of Young 8: Bonnell. Later he started business for himself at 53 Whitehall Street. In 1879 he retired from its active management, but always retained an interest

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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

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in the business, which had, under his administra ' , grown to be one of the largest in the city. He was also largely interested In real estate. He was a member of the New York Produce Exchange, Colonial Club, and Blooming Grove Park Associa- tion, a life member of the Museum of Natural His- tory, and of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. HENRY VEIGHT YVILLIAMSON was assistant super- intendent of foreign mails in the New York Post- Oflice, and died suddenly in his office, November 18, I oo. I . 91-Tor thirty-six years Major Williamson was an employee of the local post-ofHce. He resigned when Postmaster Dayton took the office, but was reinstated after a brief absence. He was at differ- ent times superintendent of Highbridge Station and of Station H. He entered the service on july I, 1864, when twenty-four years old. He had just returned from the war, where through heroic con- duct in battle he had been raised from a private, to the rank of major of his regiment, the Eighth New York. V f I He was also a member of the Loyal Legion, Heights Club, 'Lafayette Post G. A. R., and of the Sterling Republican Club. He was awarm friend of the Boers. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON STRYKER died at the Flower Hospital, New York, November 26, 1900, whither he had gone for an operation for cancer. He was born at Gravesend, Long Island, Gcto- ber 26, I84I. He was a relative of' the late Adjutant-General Stryker, of the New jersey National Guard. When a young man he was Employed as a clerk in a furnishing store in Brooklyn. When the war broke out he enlisted 111 Company H, 14th Brooklyn National Guard regiment, becoming in the United States ser- vice the 84th Regiment of New York Volunteers. At Falls Church, Va., he was shot through the tion 1