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

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259 Society April 6, 1886 and ' iastic member until the tinigndzflhisil cfveatilnthtffe Xp? also a member of the Fort Orange Club at C1 Sny, and of the St. Nicholas and Manhattan AIEGEEQHNEW Yofkhglbf, snd was a Fellow of the eograp ica ' t Sons of the Revolution. Ocle Y and one of the His funeral took Episcopal Church, Lancast St t Alb Wednesday, December 16, fgogfee , any, on .T wo daughters survive him: Henrietta W., widow of Major J. W. MacMurray, of the United States Army, .and Kate Josephine, wife of Pay- Inspector Qret1redD I. R. Stanton, of the United States Navy. His brother, William Meadon Van Antwerp, died April 9, IQO3. CSee his obituary sketch, p. 2347. place at St. Paul's Protestant SELAH REEVE VAN DUZER was elected at the regular meeting of the Holland S.ociety's trustees on June 2 5, 1885, shortly following its organiza- tion, and after a membership of more than eighteen years he died at his residence in Newburgh, N. Y., December 27, 190 3. He had been Vice-President of the Holland Society for Orange County in the fiscal year 1896-7. Mr. Van Duzer was a son of Selah Van Duzer, at one time president of the New York National Exchange Bank, and grand- son of Christopher Van Duzer, of Orange County. His mother was Margaret Van Alstyli, Of New Jersey. He was born at the corner of Dey and Church Streets, New York City, Defiembef 9, 182 3. At eighteen he. became Clefk With the drug firm of Bush Sc Hillier. Later he f01'1T1ed 9' co-partnership with S. W. Cummings GLS .CUYHE mings 85 Van Duzer, After the dissolution. o this firm, Mr. Van Duzer conducted an extensive wholesale drug business until fifteen Yffs ag? when he retired. O11 M357 15' 1850, he gimme Miss Catharine M. sayre, of HOfSSheadS,g imglgg County, after which they went to New OT Y 1 il -s 6' 'ue F' ,. if -a il 1 ,l 'iii ii it lk + 1 l at le, -x l ggi. 'iff Q A .M MS .1 'J

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258 We mourn with his family in this great bereavement, and tender to them this expression of our sincere and heartfelt sympathy. ALBERT VANDER VEER, A Chairman. A. V. BENSEN, Secretary. G, A. VAN ALLEN, b . JASPER VAN WORMER, Committee. WILLIAM PRALL, The funeral services were conducted at the family residence and the Emmanuel Baptist Church by Rev. Thomas D. Anderson. The floral tributes were profuse and hid the casket from view. The remains were taken to the Rural Ceme- tery for interment. JOHN HENRY VAN ANTWERP, one of the early members of the Holland Society, died at hishome, No. 27o State Street, Albany, on Monday, Decem- ber 14, IQO3, in the eighty-first year of his age. He was a descendant of Daniel janse Van Ant- werpen, who was born in 1 6 3 5 and came to Bever- wyck in 16 56. At the settlement of Schenectady, he became one of the Proprietors and owned the W Third Flat and a house or village lot inside the stockade. He was a prominent citizen and a banker, having been one of the founders and for many years pres- ident of the National Savings Bank, and a direc- tor and vice-president of the New York State National Bank. He was born at Albany, October 12, 182 3, was educated at private schools and entered into business as a clerk, from whence he made his way upward with unwavering diligence and Success. For eighteen years he served with- out compensation as a member of the State Board of Charities, and was one of the first to call the attention of the government to the dangers and evils of -unrestricted and unsupervised immigra- tion. He became a member of the Holland

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260 to reside, Mr. Van Duzer's business being .at Nos. 198 and 200 Greenwich Street. After residing in that city and on Staten Island for three years, they purchased their present residence in New- burgh,.which has always remained their home, although they had a winter residence at Thomas- ville, Ga., and resided in the midsummer at Stony Crest, an island in Alexandria Bay. On May 15, 1900, they celebrated their golden wedding at Newburgh. Mr. Van Duzer had four children: the eldest, Selah Van Duzer, who died July 5, 1892, Henry S. Van Duzer, a lawyer in the firm of Van Duzer 85 Taylor, of New York City g Katha- rine S., wife of Frank V. Burton, of Balmville-on- Hudson, and Frederick C. Van Duzer, of London, England, a member of S. R. Van Duzer 85. Son, and at one time president of the American Society in that city, and also Past Assistant-Director of Ceremonies of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Eng- land. The funeral took place at Mr.'Van Duzer's late residence, Rozenhof, the services being conducted by Rev. I. Searle, Pastor of Calvary Church, as- sisted by Rev. Dr. Longacre, formerly of Trinity Church. The interment was at Greenwood Cem- etery in the family lot.. CThe widow of Mr. Van Duzer soon followed her late husband and died at Thomasville, Ga., on April 25, , IQO4.D JOHN SCHOONMAKER was born january 2 5, 1 8 30, in the town of Gardiner, Ulster County, N. Y., the youngest of ten children. When old enough, he began work upon his father's farm and continued until he was twenty-two, teaching school at Gar- diner for the last winter that he remained at home. In March, 18 52, with his brother Jacob, he opened a. general store at Tuttletown. Soon afterward his brother lost his life in the H enry Clay disaster on the Hudson, and in a short time the Tuttletown store was sold, Mr. Schoonmaker moving to New-