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*WILLIAM C. VAN DYKE, Rocky Hill, N. J.
DANIEL VAN WINKLE, Jersey City, N. J.
Retired. Writer on local history. A.M. (Rutgers, 1861).
JOHN VAN RIPER VREELAND, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Stock raiser. A.M. (Rutgers, 1861).
*PETER QUICK WILSON, Easton, N. Y.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1861. A.M. (Rutgers, 1861).
Died, Feb. 26, 1902.
*WILLIAMSON WOODS, Died, 1859.
New York City.
THOMAS CORBETT.
Lawyer. A.B. (Union, 1858). Amsterdam, Holland.
PHILIP J. HOEDEMAKER,
Clergyman, National Refd. Church. Prof. Free Univ. Amsterdam. Retired. Dr. Theol. (Utrecht). A.M. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) .
*THOMAS HAWKINS LEE, Spotswood, N. J.
Lawyer. In 21st and 33d Regts. N. J. Vols. Private, Aug., 1862. Second Lieut., Aug., 1863. First Lieut., Sept., 1863.
Capt., July, 1864. Died, Oct. 9, 1884.
*HENRY POST, Ottawa, Kan.
Teacher. Merchant. Member Kansas Legislature. Died, Aug.
12, 1899.
*JOHN LANSING SERVIN, Warwick, N. Y.
Lawyer. Editor "Warwick Advertiser." A.B. (Univ. N. Y., 1858). LL.B. (Albany Law School, 1859). Died, Oct. 8, 1881.
*CHARLES W. STURDIVANT, New York City.
PHILIP VROOM.
*CHRISTIAN THOMSON WILLIAMSON, Fairview, N. J. Liquidating Clerk, N. Y. Custom House, appointed, 1873. Private, 2d Regt. N. J. Vols., April to Aug., 1861; 1st N. Y. Lin- coln Cav., Sept., 1861-62. Corporal, Sergt., and Quartermaster Sergt. In battles Mechanicsville, seven days' fight before Rich- mond, Antietam, Winchester, New Market, Piedmont, Lynch- burg, Moorefield, around Winchester, Nineveh. Under Sheridan from Winchester to Richmond and Appomattox. Wounded. Honorably discharged, July 7, 1865. Died, Nov. 7, 1901.
*HORACE WICKHAM, Danbury, Conn.
Died, 1861.
1859. A.B.
*GUSTAVUS NEILSON ABEEL, Newark, N. J.
Lawyer. 2d Lieut. 1st Regt. of N. J. Vols., Oct. 7, 1862. 1st Lieut. same, Aug. 1, 1863. Major 34th Regt. N. J. Vols., Nov. 11, 1863. Brevet Lieut .- Colonel, July 24, 1867. Brevet Colonel, Aug. 30, 1867. On return from army made Ass't Adj't-Gen. N. J. Militia and Chief of Staff to Gen. Runyon, with rank of Colonel. In battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and in many others in the Western Army. Honorably discharged Jan. 19, 1865. Prosecutor of the Pleas, Essex county, N. J., 1872-83. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). Died, Jan. 4, 1884.
95
ALUMNI.
1859.
*WILLIAM HART BARTLES, Flemington, N. J. Physician. Ass't Surgeon, Military Hospital, Portsmouth, R. I., 1865. Physician, Penn Hospital for Insane, 1871-84. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). M.D. (Jefferson Med. Coll., 1862). Died, July 18, 1906.
*HENRY WELLER BOOKSTAVER, New York City. Lawyer. Judge Court of Common Pleas N. Y. City, 1885-95. Judge Supreme Court N. Y., 1895-1900. Trustee, Rutgers, 1876- 1907. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). LL.D. (Rutgers, 1888). Died, Sept. 21, 1907.
*JOHN RENDLETT BROCK, Marysville, Tenn. Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem .. 1862. Teacher, 1869-71.
A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). Died, Aug. 7, 1872.
*ANDREW KIRKPATRICK COGSWELL, New Brunswick, N. J.
Lawyer. President Judge Court of Common Pleas, Middlesex county, N. J., 1879-85. Private 7th Regt. N. Y. Vols., 1861. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). LL.B. (Columbia Law School, 1863).
Died, Feb. 13, 1887.
*ISAAC HENRY COLLIER, Oakfield, N. Y.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1862. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862).
Died, Feb. 19, 1881.
FREDERICK F. CORNELL.
Lawyer. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862).
*WILLIAM CORNELL, Somerville, N. J. Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1862. Teacher, 1868-76. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). D.D. (Rutgers, 1875). Died, Sept.
11, 1876.
*JONATHAN DIXON, Jersey City, N. J. Lawyer. Corporation Counsel, Bergen, N. J., 1869-70. Counsel of Jersey City, 1871. Justice of Supreme Court of N. J., 1875- 1906. Trustee, Rutgers, 1886-1906. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). LL.D. (Rutgers, 1878). Died, May 21, 1906.
*THEODORE SANDFORD DOOLITTLE, New Brunswick, N. J.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1862. Collegiate Church Professor of Rhetoric, Logic and Mental Philosophy, Rutgers, 1864-1893. Vice President of the College, 1890-93. Acting President, 1890-91. Associate Editor of "Christian at Work," 1873-93. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). D.D. (Wesleyan Univ., 1872). LL.D. (Union, 1891). Died, April 19, 1893.
*JOHN GELSTON FLOYD, New York City.
One of the publishers of the "Commercial and Financial Chron- icle," New York City. Lawyer. Captain U. S. A., in Civil War. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). Died, Nov. 27, 1903.
GILBERT SMITH GARRETSON, Dingmans Ferry, Pa.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1862. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862).
URIAH DEHART GULICK, New York City.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Pastor Congregational Church, Vineland, N. J., 1908- .. N. B. Sem., 1862. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862).
GEORGE WILLIAM HILL, West Nyack, N. Y.
Retired. Assistant in the office of the "American Ephemeris." 1861-92. Lecturer on Celestial Mechanics, Columbia, 1893- 1901. Author Math. Works. A.M. (Rutgers. 1862). Ph.D. (Rutgers, 1873). LL.D. (Columbia, 1894, and Princeton, 1896). JACOB JONES JANEWAY, New Brunswick, N. J.
Manufacturer of wall papers. Captain 14th Regt., N. J. Vols., Aug. 25. 1862. Major do., Sept. 19, 1864. Lieut. Col. do., Dec. 13, 1864. Brevet Col., April 2, 1865. Mustered out, June 18, 1865. SILAS KINNE, Penn Yan, N. Y.
Lawyer. Banker. Retired. Albany Law School, 1860. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862).
JOHN MARTIN KNAPP, Ridgewood, N. J.
Lawyer. 1862).
Surrogate, Bergen county, 1878-83. A.M. (Rutgers,
96
RUTGERS COLLEGE.
1859.
JOHN PERCIVAL ONDERDONK, Philadelphia, Pa. Retired. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862).
*ALONZO PAIGE PEEKE, East Millstone, N. J. Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1862. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). Died, Aug. 20, 1900.
*JOHN KELLY RHINEHART,
Kiskatom, N. Y.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1862. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). Died, Nov. 15, 1891.
SAMUEL JAMES ROGERS, Minneapolis, Minn
Cong'l clergyman. Retired. Sec. Minn. Cong'l Assoc., 1901-
N. B. Sem., 1862. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862).
*ISAAC ROMAINE,
Jersey City, N. J.
Lawyer. Member Board of Education of Jersey City, 1880-85. Board of Finance, 1883. N. J. Assembly, 1884. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). Died, June 22, 1901.
ARAD JOY SEBRING, Saugerties, N. Y. Clergyman, R. C. A. Pastor, Katsbaan, N. Y. Author of two volumes of poetry. N. B. Sem., 1862. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862).
GIDEON LEE STOUT, Bloomfield, N. J.
Broker. Pres. Merchants' Ins. Co., Newark, 1888. gers, 1862).
A.M. (Rut-
*JOHN VAN DER MEULEN, Holland, Miclı. Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1862. D.D. (Hope), Died, Nov. 15, 1908.
*JOHN HOWARD VAN DOREN, Bath-on-Hudson, N. Y. Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1864. Missionary, R. C. A., to China, 1865-73. Private 30th Regt., N. J. Vols., 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of Potomac, 1862. In battle of Chancellorsville. Honorably discharged, June 27, 1863. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). Died, June 9, 1898.
*HENRY MARTYN VOORHEES, High Bridge, N. J.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1863. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). Died, 1895.
WILLIAM H. VREDENBURGH, Freehold, N. J.
Lawyer. Judge of Court of Errors and Appeals, 1898- Trus-
tee, Rutgers, 1902- . A.M. (Rutgers, 1862). LL.D. (Rutgers, 1907).
EDWARD L. WELLS, Charleston, S. C.
Lawyer. Retired. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862).
RICHARD MARVIN WHITBECK, Hudson, N. Y.
Clergyman. R. C. A. Retired. School Commissioner, Columbia county, N. Y., 1876-79.
FREDERICK F. WILSON, Asbury Park, N. J.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1862. A.M. (Rutgers, 1862).
JAMES H. ANDERSON. Physician. A.M. (Rutgers, 1876).
New York City.
*CLARENCE LINDEN AYRES,
*CHARLES CALHOUN GORDON, Las Vegas, New Mex.
Physician. M.D. (Long Island College Hospital, 1860).
New Paltz, N. Y.
*MATIIUSALEM LE FEVRE, Druggist .. Died, April 24, 1868.
*GEORGE PLUM MOLLESON, New York City.
Publishing. Served in Union Commissary Dept. during Civil War. Died, Dec. 31, 1889.
HENRY P. STAATS. Rectifier.
* ABRAHAM SUYDAM, New York City. Lawyer. Tutor, 1860-61. Professor of Mathematics, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1861-62. A.B. (Columbia, 1860). A.M.
(Columbia, 1863). Died, 1893.
97
ALUMNI.
1860.
1860.
A.B.
ISAAC PORTER BAILEY, High Bridge, N. J.
Insurance agent. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863).
*WILLIAM HAMILTON BALLAGH, Lyons, N. Y. Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1863. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863). Died, Jan. 2, 1892.
JOHN WALTER BEARDSLEE, Holland, Mich.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Prof. Biblical Languages, Western Sem., 1888- . Author of "The Bible Among the Nations ;" "Out- lines of an Introduction to the Old Testament." A.M. ( Rutgers, 1863). D.D. (Rutgers, 1884). LL.D. (Rutgers, 1907).
* ALEXANDER MCCLELLAND BISHOP, Trenton, N. J.
Assistant Paymaster U. S. Navy, 1862-65. Promoted to Pay- master, Nov. 22, 1865. On steamships "Wyandotte," "Mendota," "Tonawanda," "Cyane." A.M. (Rutgers, 1863). Died, April
23, 1885.
FRANCIS MORTON BOGARDUS, Asbury Park, N. J.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1863. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863).
*WILLIAM EDWARD BOGARDUS, Brookdale, N. J. Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1863. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863). Died, Jan. 5, 1908.
JOSIAH JOHNSON BROWN, Newark, N. J.
Presb. clergyman. Union Sem., 1868. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863).
*RICHARD DEWITT,
Flatbush, Ulster Co., N. Y.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1863. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863). Died, Feb. 20, 1901.
*CHARLES RIDGELY GOODWIN, Baltimore, Md.
Lawyer. State Senator Maryland, 1888. Presidential Elector,
1892. Surveyor of Port Baltimore, 1894. A.M. ( Rutgers. 1863). LL.B. (Univ. of Md., 1879). Died, May 19, 1894.
ANDREW JAMES HAGEMAN, Somerville, N. J.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Retired. N. B. Sem., 1863. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863).
EDWARD G. JANEWAY, New York City.
Physician. Prof. Physiology and Pathol. Anat. Univ. N. Y., 1871-72. Prof. Pathol. Anat. Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., 1872- 76. Prof. Histol. and Diseases of Nervous System and Clinical Med., 1876. Health Commissioner, N. Y. Health Dept., 1875-87. Dean Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. M.D. (Coll. P. and S., 1864). A.M. (Rutgers, 1863). LL.D. (Rutgers, 1898).
JOHN HARMEN KARSTEN, Holland. Mich.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Member editorial committee "De Hope." Member council, Hope College, 1871-84, 1891-1909. N. B. Sem .. 1863. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863). D.D. (Rutgers, 189S).
*GEORGE W. MCNEEL, Gulf Prairie, Tex. Major, Confederate Army. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863). Died, May 6, 1865.
WILLIAM S. MILLSPAUGH.
Lawyer. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863).
JOSIAH COLLINS PUMPELLY, New York City.
Lawyer. Literature and Social Betterment Work. Writer on History and Genealogy. LL.B. (Columbia, 1863). A.M. (Rut- gers, 1863).
ABRAHAM MESSLER QUICK, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1864. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863).
*JAMES ROSS,
Newark, N. J.
Life insurance. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863). Died, Aug. 3, 1904. 7
98
RUTGERS COLLEGE.
1860.
*WILLIAM A. SCHOMP, Bedminster, N. J.
Lawyer. Member N. J. Assembly, 1881-82. Clerk Somerset county, N. J., 1885-90. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863) . Died, May 20, 1898.
WILLIAM JONES SKILLMAN, Ontario, Cal. Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1863. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863).
*WILLIAM REMSEN TAYLOR, Astoria, N. Y.
Physician. Colonel U. S. Army. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863). M.D. Died, Oct. 2, 1896.
*CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, New York City. Bookkeeper U. S. Rubber Co. Served in 6th Army Corps, 1861- 64. Died, May 28, 1898.
*DUPUYTREN VERMILYE, Paramus, N. J.
Presb. clergyman. N. B. Sem., 1863. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863).
Died, June 8, 1907.
*WILLIAM BROWNLEE VOORHEES, Blawenburgh, N. J. Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1863. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863). Died, June 13, 1892.
*YOUNGS A. WILLIAMS, Norwich, Conn.
Lawyer. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863).
*DAVID ABEEL WILLIAMSON, New Brunswick, N. J. Private 7th Regiment N. Y. Vols., June to September, 1862. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863). Died, Sept. 27, 1862.
*EGBERT WINTER, Holland, Mich.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1863. Professor Didactic and Polemic Theology, Western Theological Sem., 1895-1904. A.M. (Rutgers, 1863). D.D. (Heidelberg Univ. and Hope, 1890). Died, Dec. 9, 1906.
SAMUEL AYERS, New York City. Principal public school. Physician. M.D. (Univ. N. Y.). A.M. (Rutgers, 1863).
*JOSEPH I. CORNELL, Demarest, N. J.
With United States Express Co. Died, May 9, 1876.
*HENRY HARRIS DAVIDSON, Northport, N. Y.
Physician. A.B. (Univ. N. Y., 1862). M.D. (Med. Coll., City of N. Y., 1864). Died, Feb. 5, 1907.
*JACOB T. FIELD, Physician. Coll. P. and S. Died, Nov. 25, 1896.
Bayonne, N. J.
*EDWARD HILL, Banker. Died, March 31, 1894.
Newark, N. J.
JOHN FRELINGHUYSEN KENNEDY,
Springtown, N. J. Asbury Park, N. J. county, N. J., 1877-82. A.B. (Princeton, 1860). A.M. (Princeton, 1863).
*JAMES LYELL, Clergyman. N. B. Sem., 1863. Died, 1863.
Newburgh, N. Y.
*HOLLOWAY W. PIERCE,
Madison, N. J.
Teacher. Died, 1868.
*HELMAS ROMAINE, Died, Nov. 20, 1896.
Paterson, N. J.
*CORNELIUS G. STAATS, HENRY TRAPHAGEN,
New Brunswick, N. J. Jersey City, N. J.
Lawyer. Mayor, Jersey City, 1874-76. A.B. (Brown, 1860).
HENRY CALVAN VAN DERVEER, Farmer. A.M. (Rutgers).
East Whitehouse, N. J.
THEODORE WILLIAMSON.
JOHN EDWARD LANNING, Lawyer. Prosecutor of the Pleas, Monmouth
99
ALUMNI.
1861.
1861.
A.B.
LOUIS HENRI BAHLER, Schenectady, N. Y. Presb. clergyman. N. B. Sem., 1867. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864).
Syracuse, N. Y.
*BENJAMIN A. BARTHOLF, Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1864. A.M. Died, Aug. 10, 1908.
*GEORGE DE WITT BODINE, Lodi, N. Y.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1864. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864).
Died, May 3, 1880.
*JOHN WILLIAM BORST, Middleburgh, N. Y.
Student. N. B. Sem., Sept., 1861, to March, 1864. Died, May 3, 1864. *DIRCK BROEK, Grandville, Mich.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1864. Editor, "De Hope," 1895-1903. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864). Died, Nov. 11, 1903.
RICHARD DE GRAY, Lawyer. Retired. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864).
Monmouth Beach, N. J.
THOMAS SPROULL DUSINBERRE, Pine Plains, N. Y.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1864. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864).
Rhinebeck, N. Y.
GEORGE ESSELSTYN,
Lawyer. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864).
OLIVER E. GORDON, Lawyer. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864).
Perth Amboy, N. J.
*ERNEST LORD KINNEY, New York City. Lawyer. Lieut. 54th N. Y. Vols., 1st Battery U. S. Artillery, Army of the Potomac. Second Lieut. 1st U. S. Cavalry, June, 1865. First Lieut. U. S. Cavalry, July, 1865. Brevet Capt. and Major, U. S. A., for gallant and meritorious services. Resigned, Aug., 1866. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864). Died, July 12, 1890.
FREDERICK FRELINGHUYSEN MERCER, New York City.
Lawyer. Connected with Equitable Life Assurance Society. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864).
* WILLIAM PERRINE MESSICK, Philadelphia, Penn.
Lawyer. First Assistant City Solicitor of Philadelphia. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864). Died, Jan. 15, 1888.
ANDREW B. S. MOSELEY, Rome, Ga.
Editor and publisher. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864).
ALFRED HOUGHTON STUBBS, Asheville, N. C.
Episc. clergyman. General Theological Sem., 1864. A.M. (Rut- gers, 1864).
*ISAAC STUART TAYLOR, Jersey City, N. J.
Lawyer. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864). Died, Nov. 12, 1906.
JOSEPH ENNALLS TRIPPE, New York City.
Druggist. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864).
*WILLIAM B. VAN BENSCHOTEN, Ephratah, N. Y. Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1864. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864). Died, June 27, 1880.
THORNTON VAN VLIET, ( ?) Brooklyn, N. Y.
Merchant. N. B. Sem., 1861-62. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864).
** BRONSON WILLETT, Paris, France. Manufacturer. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864). Died, August S, 18S9.
*JAMES WYCKOFF, Leonia, N. J.
Presb. clergyman. N. B. Sem., 1864. A.M. (Rutgers, 1864). Died, Jan. 3, 1905.
100
RUTGERS COLLEGE.
1861-1862.
*LOUIS D. BECK, Roxbury, Conn. Contractor. Died, Sept. 9, 1908.
*JOSEPH JAMES BONNEY,
New Brunswick, N. J.
Commission agent. Died, May 22, 1899. ·
*TREVONIAN HAIGHT, Newark, N. J.
Physician. A.B. (Rutgers, 1864). Died, March, 1890.
ROBERT AINSLEE JOHNSON, Petersburg, Va. Manufacturer. Served in Civil War, resigning as 1st Lieut., 1862.
EDWIN YATES LANSING, Salem, Oregon. Orchardist. Served in N. Y. Vols., 1862-65. Brevet Major, 1865.
S. R. B. LORD.
*LAWRENCE OSMER MORGAN, South Amboy, N. J. Physician. M.D. (Coll. P. and S., 1865). Died, April 26, 1890.
*JEPTHA BALDWIN MUNN, New York City.
Merchant. Died, Aug. 18, 1891.
*CHARLES WOODWARD WILSON, Two Rivers, Wis.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1863. Died, Jan. 21, 1877.
1862. A.B.
*WILLIAM HENRY ANDERSON, Worcester, Mass. Clergyman and physician. N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rutgers,
1865). Died, Oct. 28, 1887.
*WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON AYARS, Chicago, Ill.
Appointed to Revenue Service, Feb., 1881. Lieut. Col. "Louis- ville Legion," 5th Kentucky Vols., 14th and 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, and in Hancock's Veteran Corps, 124th U. S. C. I. Battles : Rowlett's Station, Shiloh, Corinth, Green River, Perryville, Stone River, Shelbyville, Bell-Buckle, Chickamauga, Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Blain's Cross Roads, Rocky Face Ridge, Dalton, Resaca, Dallas, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville. Wounded five times. Entered private, July 4, 1861. Promoted Sergt., Sept. 20, 1861; Second Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1862; Capt., Feb. 22, 1863 ; Major, Nov. 18, 1863 ; Lieut. Col., Dec. 2, 1864. Honorably discharged, May 27, 1865. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). Died, March 31, 1906. ALFRED HAMILTON BRUSH, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Pres. Board Domestic Missions, R. C. A., 1906- . N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). D.D. (Hope, 1897).
*WILLIAM W. BRUSH, Geneva, N. Y.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1866. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). Died, March 21, 1878.
ALAN DITCHFIELD CAMPBELL, New Brunswick, N. J.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1868. D.D. (Hope).
TREADWELL CLEVELAND, New York City. Lawyer. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865).
CHARLES TIEBOUT COWENHOVEN, New Brunswick, N. J.
Lawyer. President Judge Court of Common Pleas, 1869-74, 1885-90. Prosecutor of the Pleas, Middlesex county, 1877-82. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865).
PETER DE PREE, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Retired. Member Council Hope College
several terms. N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). D.D.
(Hope, 1894).
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ALUMNI.
1862.
* WILLIAM HENRY DILL, Freeburg, Pa.
Lawyer. Teacher. Superintendent of Public Instruction Snyder county, Penn., 1884-86. Major 118th Regt. N. Y. Vols. En- listed Aug. 6th, 1862, as Private, 124th Regt. N. Y. Vols. ; transferred, June, 1864, to 118th Regt. N. Y. Vols. In battles of Chancellorsville, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and all the battles before Richmond. In Texas expedition, 1865. Provost Marshal, Clarksville. Promoted Sergt., Aug. 10, 1862; Second Lieut., June 10, 1864 ; First Lieut., July 20, 1864; Capt., Nov. 4, 1865 ; Major, Jan. 12, 1866; honorably discharged, March 6, 1866. Member of the Pennsylvania Assembly, 1874-76. A.M. Died, May 1, 1886.
*JOSEPH HENRY DOREMUS, Belvidere, N. J.
Presb. clergyman. N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). Died, Sept. 10, 1904.
* DAVID DOREMUS DUNCAN, Montclair, N. J. Lawyer. Mayor of Montclair, N. J. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). Died, Aug. 28, 1907.
*CHARLES WINSON FRITTS, Hudson. N. Y.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1865. President General Synod, 1897. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). D.D. (Rutgers, 1887).
Died, Jan. 22, 1907.
*ABRAM QUICK GARRETSON, Morristown, N. J.
Lawyer, Harvard Law School, 1865. Prosecutor of the Pleas, Hudson county, N. J., 1869-1878. President Judge Court of Common Pleas, Hudson county, N. J., 1878-83. Judge of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1900-1907. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). Died, June 4, 1907.
OSCAR GESNER, Linden, N. J.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865) .
*EDWARD KEMYS HENRY,
Dwight, Ill.
Crop Bureau. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865).
Philadelphia, Pa.
*FRANCIS ALLEN HORTON, Presb. clergyman. N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865).
D.D. (Univ. of Wooster, Ohio, 1884). Died, April 19, 1903.
JOHN JUSTIN,
Weehawken, N. J.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Pastor Church of North Bergen, N. J. N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865).
*FRANCIS SUYDAM KEESE, Philadelphia, Pa.
Banker. Enlisted Private 1st N. J. Infantry. Promoted Sergt. in this Regt., then Capt. 128th N. Y., Major, Lieut. Col. and Brevet Col. Battles : Bull Run, West Point, Gaines Hill, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, Manassas Plains. Port Hudson, La. (two engagements), Winchester. Discharged honorably as Brevet Col. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). Died, Aug. 17, 1907.
EDWIN KEMPTON,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lawyer. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865).
Washington, D. C.
ROBERT B. KINSELL,
Lawyer. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865).
PETER LEPELTAK, Paonia. Col.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Without charge. N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). D.D. (Hope, 1904).
*JOHN ROGERS MARTIN, Washington, Mo. Lawyer. Judge Probate Court. Franklin county, Mo., 1868-69. Member of Missouri Legislature, 1875-76. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). LL.B. (Albany Law School, 1866). Died, Dec. 31, 1SSS.
*WILLIAM BRUSH MERRITT, New York City.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). Died, Sept. 2, 1879.
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RUTGERS COLLEGE.
1862.
*NICHOLAS WYCKOFF MESEROLE, New York City. Fire insurance. Enlisted as Private 1st N. J. Vols., May, 1861. Promoted Corporal, Sergt., 1st Lieut. Co. G., 133d Regt., N. Y. Vols., before September, 1862. Capt. Co. I, in same, April, 1863. Brevetted Major and Lieut. Col. by Gov. Fenton, N. Y., for gallant and meritorious services. In battles of West Point, White Oak Swamp, Gaines' Hill. With Gen. Banks' expedition to New Orleans. In attacks on B. Island and Port Hudson, Mansura Plains, La., and with Sheridan in Shenandoah Valley. Mustered out, Dec. 25, 1864. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). Died, May 8, 1896.
CHARLES HART RIGGS, Bristol, Conn.
Cong'l clergyman. Editor, "Bristol Press." 1871- A.M.
(Rutgers, 1865) .
*JOHN VAN NESTE SCHENK, Pompton Plains, N. J.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865).
Died, Sept. 28, 1871. .
*JOHN SCHOMP, Omaha, Neb.
Lawyer. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). Died, Sept. 14, 1896.
*ELBERT NEVIUS SEBRING, Leeds, N. Y.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1865. Died, Oct. 12, 1889.
A.M. (Rutgers, 1865).
*GEORGE SEIBERT, Garfield, N. J.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1865. Enlisted as a Private, Co. G., 1st Regt., N. J. Vols., 1st Corps, Army of Potomac. In battles of Bull Run, West Point, Seven Days on the Peninsula. Discharged, Jan. 15, 1863, on surgeon certificate of disability. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). Died, April 30, 1892.
ABEL I. SMITH, Hoboken, N. J.
Lawyer. Member N. J. Assembly, 1870. Judge, Hoboken Dis- trict Court, 1888-91, 1898-1903. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865).
JOHN CONOVER SMOCK, Trenton, N. J.
Geologist. Prof. Mining and Metallurgy, Rutgers, 1867-85. Asst. Geologist of N. J., 1864-85. State Geologist, N. J., 1890- 1901. Author, "Report on Clay Deposits," etc. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). Ph.D. (Lafayette, 1882). LL.D. (Rutgers, 1902).
BENJAMIN TILTON STATESIR, Woodbourne, N. Y.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Co-Principal, Somerville Grammar School, 1881-84. Principal, 1884-88. N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rut- gers, 1865).
NATHANIEL HIXON VAN ARSDALE, New York City.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Pastor, Athenia, N. J., 1901- . ' Editor, "Christian Intelligencer," 1882- . Vice President General Synod, 1899. N. B. Sem., 1867. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). D.D. (Rutgers, 1889).
*JAMES VAN DERVEER VAN NESTE, Jacksonville, Fla.
Physician and surgeon. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). M.D. (Coll.
P. and S.) Died, Oct. 31, 1874.
*EVERT VAN SLYKE, New York City.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). D.D. (Rutgers, 1883). President General Synod, 1889. Died, March 10, 1909.
GARRET DORSET WALL VROOM, Trenton, N. J.
Lawyer. Prosecutor of Pleas, Mercer county, 1870-73. Re- porter of Supreme Court, N. J., 1873- . Mayor of Trenton, 1881-84. Judge, Court of Errors and Appeals, 1901- . (Rutgers, 1865). LL.D. (Rutgers, 1902).
A.M. WILLIAM HENRY VROOM, Paterson, N. J.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Member Board Domestic Missions, 1890- . Author (in part) "History of the Classis of Paramus." N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). D.D. (Hope, 1898).
103
ALUMNI.
1862-1863.
THEODORE WYCKOFF WELLES, Paterson, N. J. Clergyman, R. C. A. Superintendent of Public Schools, Bayonne, N. J., 1866-67. Author of books, historical and religious. N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). D.D. (Rutgers, 1893). * ABRAM NEVIUS WYCKOFF, Bedminster, N. J.
Presb. clergyman. N. B. Sem., 1867. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865). Died, May 10, 1895.
*DEWITT BEVIER WYCKOFF, Pleasant Plains, N. Y.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1865. A.M. (Rutgers, 1865).
Died, Oct. 15, 1895.
STEPHEN FISKE, New York City.
Journalist. Author. Special correspondent "N. Y. Herald." Dramatic critic and theatrical manager. Now dramatic critic "Sports, of the Times." Author of plays. "English Photo- graphs," "Off-Hand Portraits," &c. JULIUS W. GEYER, New York City.
Clergyman, R. C. A. N. B. Sem., 1863.
*FRANCIS G. HASBROUCK, Nyack, N. Y.
Physician. M.D. (Coll. P. and S., 1863). Died, Aug. 27, 1866. HENRY H. HUTCHINSON.
*RICHARD GABRIEL LUDLOW, Neshanic, N. J. Physician. Resident physician Philadelphia Hospital, 1863-64. M.D. (Univ. of Penn.). Died, Dec. 5, 1879.
*J. GREENVILLE MCNEEL, Gulf Prairie, Tex.
In Confederate Army. Killed in battle, 1862.
ALFRED REED, Trenton, N. J.
Lawyer. Justice, N. J. Supreme Court, 1875-95, 1904- .
Mayor, Trenton, 1867-68. Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Mercer county, 1869-74. Vice Chancellor of N. J., 1895-1904.
LL.D. (Rutgers, 1900).
THEODORE STRONG VAN DYKE, Daggett, Cal.
Hydraulic engineer. A.B. (Princeton, 1863). A.M. (Princeton, 1866).
JACOB HENRY VAN NESS, Manufacturer. *E. CORNING WALDRON, Died, 1879.
Newark, N. J.
Buffalo, N. Y.
1863. A.B.
ANDREW MERRILL ARCULARIUS, Newark, N. J.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Assistant Minister, Clinton Ave. Reformed Church. N. B. Sem., 1866. A.M. (Rutgers, 1866).
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