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

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al ess l has 'Jew sol s to able moe i UCC Nlllt Ent of ake unt r m fhe l on Y, 7 IOI UlsterCo NY Dec 27 18 ..,.., .,31,I-Ib hh , of law in 1853 and was admitted to Sh eiiiant C Studi e ar in 1855. In the following year he settlellit llhlgaalilli gerties and began the practice of his profession which he continued till his death, beinor Connected with most of the important litigations iii the county during the past thirty years. He s was surrogate of Ulster County for s1x years, from January 1, 1872, The pastor of the Reformed Church t h' hh b - longed said of him : OW IC e e He . g o y. He had remarkable powers of observation and memory, analysis and judgment, acquisition and ready use. He was conscientious in counsel, exact in knowledge of law. He had the high respect and confidence of the bar and th b . e ench, and what signified much, the cordial regard and best wishes of his communit H . . . Y- C was amanofumque characteristics frank generous h 0 . . , , , onorable, and h1s memory will be widely cherished for generations. At a meeting of the Ulster County Bar the fol- lowing memorandum was adopted and ordered t o be presented at the next term of the Supreme C . . ourt with a request that It be entered upon the minutes :. was a man of strong mind in a stron b d The death of Peter Bar and to the profession. Cast in a large mould, his notions of professional conduct were of so high a character as to make him an exemplar to a generation which at times manifests a tendency towards the cultivation of baser methods. ndly by nature, with a strong intellectual Cantine is a distinct loss to the Ulster Generous and ki grasp upon the fundamental principles underlying the adminis- tration of justice, he was an able lawyer and a just man. WILLIAM LEDYARD VAN DER VooRT was born in Baltimore, Md., March 18, I83O. He was the son of Robert Bruce Vander Voort, of New York City and a grandnephew of Peter L. Vandervoort, .who in 1798 kept a dry-goods store next to old Trinity Church. He left Baltimore at an early age and WHS fOI' many years in the employ of A. T. Stewart 85 Co. He went to St. Louis in 1860 Where he became 3

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IOO ret at the loss to the bench of this our deep and lasting reg State resulting from his death. John E. Parsons moved the adoption of formal resolutions, and then delivered a eulogistic address on the latejustice, dwelling on his judicial imparti- ality, and his qualifications for the bench. Justice Scott seconded the resolutions, which re- cited of justice Beekman: His ancestors, through a long line of distinguished members, illustrated the best characteristics of the race from which they sprung. No one was more distinguished as a citizen or has left a more notable record. None could have been a better rep- resentative of the sturdy Dutch people who settled in New York. He was gifted with a great capacity for work, and with cor- responding industry. He had an exalted sense of the duties of citizenship. He identified himself with every reform move- ment which looked to the better government of the city. To his work as ajudge he contributed great dignity of char- acter, and a love for justice which commended his decisions to both lawyers and laymen. His career has left an ineffaceable mark upon the history of the city. He lived in accordance with the highest standard of civic duty, and he died at his post. Abram S. Hewitt sent a letter recalling justice Beekman's services as Acting Mayor, Mr. Hewitt having been ill for a period in his term as Mayor. He and justice Beekman, the latter then President of the Board of Aldermen, had much to do with re- organizing the Health Board, furthering rapid tran- sit, and laying out parks in crowded sections of the city. Ex-judge Howland, and L. L. Delafield spoke at some length on the character and works of Jus- tice Beekman, and then Chief Justice Van Brunt closed .the exercises by saying : We all concur in the opinions which have here been expressed. The mfiuence of such a man as Justice Beekman is not :goin lo,st. It has an impetus which will go on on. DHon. PETER CANTINE died at Saugerties, N. Y., ecembel' 21, I goo. He was born in Marbletown, U lstei of 12W in 155 efflef gvhich with IU during Ulster T he Pa longed u He 1 remarkal judgmen Counsel, and cont much, thi was a ma and his n At a lowing be pres Court v minutes ' The 4 Bar and t Cast i were of sc generation cultivatioi CC Gener grasp upon tration of WILL: B3.ltlI1'101 0fsRobe1 and 3, gr ln Church. He le: many yet He Wenn

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IO2 f h firm of Vandervoort, McClelland Sz partner o t e Scrucf s which later was changed to the CO1'pO1'a- g B Dr Goods tion if Scruggs, Vandervoort 81: arney y- ' Company. After a few years he left St. Louis re- ' to New York City Where he represented up to the time of his death, on December 31, IQOO. , ', He was a member of the Union, Union League, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Suburban and otlgir glubs of . ' S New York City, also of the St. Louis U u , o t. Louis and the Maryland Club of Baltimore. He was a member of Holland Lodge, No. 8. F. 81 A. M. He was a great traveller and was cosmopolitan in his tastes. He was unmarried. RALPH SAXTON LANSING died in New York jan- uary 5, IQOI. He was the son of James Lansing, our fellow-member, former Surrogate of Rensselaer County, and of Sarah A. Richardson, and was born in Troy, N. Y., April 11, 1872. He was educated in the Troy schools, was grad- uated from the Troy Academy in 1891, and entered Williams College where he studied for some time. After a period in the Public Stores of the Port of New York, where he became chief clerk of a division in the Appraisers office, he studied law in the New York University Law School, and was graduated therefrom in june, IQOO. ' He was an enthusiastic member of the Delta Chi fraternity, and was made its Chief justice. In April, IQOO, he was appointed an assistant to the Counsel for the Government before the Board of General Appraisers, where he showed great ability and efficiency. - N JOHN VooRHEEs VAN WOERT, an early member of the Society, died at his residence in New York, Sunday January, 6, IQOI, after a painful illness of some months duration. He was born in New York July 4, 184.2 and educated in private schools. He was a resident of this city all his life, and was bU1'1C' foul' 1 tastes most 'of H2 mark' An C1 the I Canal He Socie ant 3: assoc Chull and . New Cf day 1 ham His i minis granc early M1 tates, ham law i pract Cour Cour socia Lodi one 4 havir Presi G1 dent denc Marc