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

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251 His funeral was at the Madison A D , . venue Re- fdclnlggd Churph and his remains were interred in , h hlfm Y P Ot. at Fishkill. 0 Sketches of his life, Wlt 15 Poftfalt, appeared in Toweya, Vol. HI., No. 12, for December IQOS and in The Ph t , graphic Times Bulletin: December IQOSIE 0 0 He leaves a Widow but no children. Rev. DAVID COLE, D.D., of Yonkers, was one of the earliest members of the Holland Society being elected Gctober 2 5, 1886, He died Qctobeli 2o, IQO3, in the eighty-second year of his age. He was born in 1822 and attended Rutgers Col- lege, from which he graduated in 1842, returning in 186 3 to occupy thechair of Greek until 1866. A call to be the fifth pastor of the First Reformed Church in Yonkers Was accepted and he Was installed November 9, 1866. Here he remained for thirty years, until his resignation, six years before his death. Although he had intended to spend the rest of his life in retirement, he con- tinued active labors in his chosen profession, act- ing as substitute for almost every Protestant minister in Yonkers and its neighborhood. and filling their pulpits With marked acceptability. On the Sunday before his death, when eighty-one years of age, he preached at both morningand evening services in the Westnlinster Presbyterian Church, ofliciated at a funeral in the afternoon, and took part in the Y. M. A. Se1'V1CCS the Same day. At the bicentennial in 1882 he Was chosen to be the orator of the day,'and gave an elaboratg history of Yonkers in his address. HG 11311lCg5Si1f'3 many Works, including a translation of tfe tQGll?Y Hollow records, and Wrote a number o ar 1 S for the new history of Westchester CountY- ,ls history of Rockland County contained the baptis' mal records of the Tappan Church ellis tlfkogvggg f th t hborhood, and S 1 6 gligiighgescspy O? 31592516 ancient records .of mar- ll riages in the county and an alphabemcal index 0

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253 12111.21 .ffm at vice in the field in Col. Marsh 's regl ment- Judge Van Alstyne, although over sevent 1 Sm, Years Of 3895 retained the robustness aiird Y. ea , 1S eyes were b ht, d 11 step elastic. Until his last illness liaegwas 32-tivelsf engaged in the legal profession and was known throughout the state for his legal attainments. At the age of thirteen he determined to acquire an' advanced education and became a student in the academy at Moravia. After a year in this academy and a further period at a select classical school he entered' the Hartwick Seminary and completed his preparation for Hamilton College, from which he graduated in 1848 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, receiving the Master's degree in 1851. His standing in college was good, es- pecially in mathematics, and, in addition to the regular course, with a few others he took a private course in law under Theodore W. Dwight, sub- sequently the eminent head of the Columbia Law School. In 1848 he entered the oflice of Harris Sc Van Vorst and before the close of the year his diligence enabled him to pass ansatisfactory and successful examination for admission to the bar of the state. Until 1850 he continued as a student, after which he opened an office for himself, where he continued until 18 53, when he 106031116 3 Pafmef of Matthew McMahon, with whom he was assip- ciated for four years. Iin the.SP1'1118 Of 1853 he formed his association with Winfield S. Hevencir, which continued until broken by his deaghen 13 politics Judge Van Alstyne had always e staunch Democrat. In 1871 he Was. elected - ' , d h County I 11586 by a majority Wlldxlfhectifgcig until fellows on the same ticket.. H6 . 1882, introducing 11131137 reforms m lqcgiggfggoig of procedure. In that Year he Wah 'fttees on h h served on the Comrnr ere e gpgggrrssghgv on Expenditures of the Department