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

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,2 39 poor health all throu h .the :wir 4 . 1 ' the most pressing gusiness aginigg tg Saturday evening apparently as well as usual be t shortly before midnight called for his son , BE fore the son could reach the bedside his katheg was dead. He had lived an active life his chosen profession, the law, and his terrri of prac- tice covered thirty-six years.' His views were broad and his mind open, and it was no obstacle to him that a precedent was lacking. S' He was one of those who organized the Title Guarantee and Trust Company of New York and took a lead- ing part in founding the' Holland Society, of which he was secretary and treasurer for the first year of its existence. T The duties of a fiscal oilicer were separated and placed elsewhere, when the growth of the Society had made them too arduous to be retained by him, but he continued to act as secre- tary until May 19, 1891, and was a trustee until April 6, 1892. The Year Book took form and achieved success under his care and diligence, and those issued before 1892 form his monument in the libraries of all early members. The trip of the Society to ,Holland is still the subject of agreeable reminiscence among those who- par- ticipated and excites the envy of those who were unable to adopt Mr. Van Siclen's suggestion and visit the Fatherland. During the English-Boer war he collected thousands of dollars for the Boers, and he suffered 'no opportunity tO QSC-HPS, duflflg that trying period, in which he might, by VOICC and pen, set forth the righteousness of the Boer cause. Many other suggestions for. the upbuild- ing of the Society and the promotion Of 1705 Qbf jects, fostering the pride and enthusiasm Of its members, continually emanated f1iOTH 1115 1 feftl C brain. At the annual meeting Ilfl MHY1 1895 the Holland Society learned that his work for lt - e had come to an end and his successor must b Chosen, whereupon Mr. Martin Hegfmaglg-C9113 Rhinebeck, offered the fOllOW1ng Pfeam 6 3

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241 vigorous constitution enabled him to ' ' ll GUJOY CX- ci eiit health almost to the very end of his long 11 e, 1S last illness .being 1'tt1 though notufrequently in the Sucbilfi gy? 61315. brouck exhibited those qualities which are typical of the .best American citizenship, practisin his profession with skill and fidelity for many Sears in Poughkeepsie and kee in his o ' ' ' scrupulous exactitude. gui?-at angllitiiazginijniih In hls manner, he Possessed a generous naturi and was tenacious of his convictions and limi in upholding what he believed to be the right. In appearance he was tall and dignified, his Hgure being remarkable for its erectness. He was born July 1 7, I82O, on the banks of the Wallkill, in the town of Gardiner, Ulster County, N. Y., on lands of the Guilford patent that had been in his family since the beginning of the eighteenth century. His father was the great-grandson of Abraham Hasbrouck, and his mother was the great-great- granddaughter of Jan Hasbrouck, two brothers, who came to America in 167 5 and 1672, respec- tively, and were among the twelve patentees and original settlers of New Paltz in 1677, They were also among the Huguenots who Hed from relig- ious intolerance and persecution in France. Dr. Hasbrouck's ancestors were men of wealth and prominence, holding many offices of public trust, both civil and military, in Colonial times and the Revolutionary period. He was the fourth of a family of eight children. After his preparatory studies were finished at the Kingston Academy, a noted classical school, he fitted for Yale College, from whence he graduated and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts with the class of i8f44. H6 c rn to Pou hkeepsie to study 1'I1Gd1C111e Wlth a Dr. ejohn Baignes, attending als? Q56 2155593 is medical lectures at the College Q . YS? , h Surgeons, New York, from which mstitutiong 86 received the degree of Doctor of Medicine 111 I 4 He then settled at POug1'1keeP51e and engage 16