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

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96 lung and was sent home on account of his critical wound. He went to Paterson after the war and se- cured a place in the Erie's office at jersey City. h l entered the employ of A. T. Stewart. l-hrO1r816t7 li? wits married to Miss Nellie Garrison, d h f ohn Garrison. For the past twelve yielgii tlilep iliad been in the employ of the Edison Company, until compelled by his disease to give up work. , He was one of the organizers of Farragut Post, No. 28, Grand Army of the Republic, and was second commander of the post. Upon the organiza- tion of the Paterson Light Guard, he was elected second lieutenant of Company A. Heuwas a very active member of the Second Presbyterian Church, and a Sunday-school worker. He was a manager and for a number of years the Secretary of the Paterson Grphan Asylum Association, in whose interests he was one ofthe most devoted of workers. He was secretary fora long term of the Mechanics' Building and Loan Association. JAMES RoosEvELT died in New York, December 8, IQOO. He was born at Hyde Park, N. Y., july 16, 1828. He was graduated in 1852, as an honor man ' at Harvard. He inherited great wealth, and early in his business life became prominent in railroad circles. For many years he had been one of the Board of Managers of the Delaware Sz Hudson Canal Company, and its vice-president since 1896. He was president of the Champlain Transporta- tion Company, a trustee and one of the incorpor- ators of the City Trust Company and a trustee of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company. He was also chairman of the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua. On Gctober 4, 1878, he was appointed commissioner of the State Board of Charities, and later on was a manager of the Hudson River State Hospital for the Insane, at Poughkeepsie. He was appointed state commissioner from New York to the World's Fair at Chicago. 7 F. half R00 Mou durir gffall Demi of thi boaro Venfif party. friend helpef interes Mr. wife W and sl R. Ro Delano him Wii a stude The 1'CClfO1' It is of affecti Roosevel 1900. N who in su to doing g his life, Born of a constitute 102g resid Combi all who C Strength of yFafr 01' 1110 511115 ener o uflmally tm e Was 'fflV0Catio For mo limes' Chu Convention,

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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

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97 Few men were better kno half a century in Dutchess Count th Roosevelt. His home for many yyearsm wlarlsmif Mount Hope, in the town of Poughke ' during all of his life he took an intergggsuiiq iii affairs of life about him. ln politics h , , e was a Democrat and took an active interest in the affa' . 1r of the party. He twice represented his town in thi board of supervisors. He frequently attended con- ventions and was often spoken of for honors in th party. In the town in which he lived he was a goog h friend to t e worthy, HH intelligent and liberal helper of every good work, and was a kind-hearted, interesting man. R Mr. Roosevelt was twice married. His fu-St wife was the daughter of Gardner G. Howland, and she died, leaving him with one son, james. R. Roosevelt. His second wife was Miss Sara Delano, daughter of Warren Delano, who survives him with one son, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, now a student at Harvard College. e The following tribute of affection is from the rector of the church in Hyde Park : WH for more than It is my sad but heartfelt privilege to offer my sincere tribute of affection to the memory of my late senior warden, Mr. James Roosevelt, who entered into the rest of Paradise December 8, 19oo. N o long and elaborate eulogy would be suitable for one who in such a modest and retiring way gave much of his time to doing good g but a brief expression of loving appreciation of h1s life, with its clear record, may not seem inappropriate. Born of a stock which transmitted to him those traits which constitute a noble life, he wrought out these traits during his l01?g residence in Hyde Park with singular fidelity. ' 'Combined with a gentle courtesy of manner, which lmpressed all who came in contact with him, he possessed unusual Strength of character, never faltering in times of trial. For a Year or more past his health had been failing, but with unflag- 81115 energy and great strength of purpose he devoted himself t0,l:11S many material interests, faithful to the end. He was one of the first lay members of the old Dutchess Cetlvocation, now the Archdeaconry of Dutchess. ' For mere than forty years he was vestryman or warden of St. James' Church, Hyde Park, often its delegate to the DIOCCSRH C0nvention, and always one pf its most munificent supporters.