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ciation : president Albany Society of New York City ; a member of the Phi Beta Kappa ; the Phi Delta Phi; ex-president of the Na- tional Society ; vice-president of Williams Alumni Association of New York. His clubs are the University, Lawyers, Graduates (vice- president ), Phi Delta (ex-president), Phi Delta Phi (ex-president). He married, in New Scotland, Albany county, New York, June 22, 1898, Katherine Lansing Hendrick. Children: James Hendrick, Katherine Hen- drick, Thaddeus and Beatrice.
The line of descent VAN RENSSELAER of General Ste- phen Van Rensse- laer and Cornelia Paterson, descending from Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the first Pa- troon :
General Stephen Van Rensselaer was the eighth Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaers- wyck, which became Albany, New York, on the province of New York, passing from the Dutch to the English rule. He was sixth in descent from Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the first Patroon. He was born in the house of his respected grandfather, Philip Livingston, the signer, in New York City, November 1, 1764, and died in the Manor House at Albany, Jan- uary 26, 1839, having lived a life which brought him great respect throughout his state and nation, for he had not only been elected lieutenant-governor of New York state, in 1795, and sent to Congress, in 1823, but he had served his country as an officer on the battlefield in the war of 1812. Besides this, he was a philanthropist in the cause of educa- tion. His father was Stephen Van Rensselaer, baptised, Albany, June 2, 1742; died there, October 19, 1769, who married, New York, New York, January 23, 1764, Catherine Liv- ingston, born New York, August 25, 1745, died, Albany, April 17, 1810.
General Stephen Van Rensselaer married (first) at Schuylerville, New York, then called Saratoga, June 6, 1783, Margaret Schuyler, third daughter of General Philip and Cather- ine (Van Rensselaer ) Schuyler, who was born at Albany, New York; baptised there Sep- tember 24, 1758, and died there March 14, 1801. By this marriage there were three children: I: Catherine Schuyler, born at Albany, July -, 1784, baptised there August 9, died there April 26, 1797. 2. Stephen, born at Albany, June 6, 1786, died there in 1787. 3. Stephen, born at Albany, March 29, 1789, chied at the Manor House in Albany, May 25, 1868 ; married, New York, New York, January 2, 1817, Harriet Elizabeth Bayard.
(The line of descent of the third child,
Stephen, has been carried down elsewhere, the other two of the above children having no issue. )
General Stephen Van Rensselaer had twelve children, fifty-one grandchildren, and fifty- eight great-grandchildren, and one or two generations before 1910.
General Stephen Van Rensselaer married (second) at New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 17, 1802, Cornelia Paterson, who was born at New Brunswick, June 4, 1780, died at New York, August 6, 1844. Cornelia Pat- erson's father was Justice William Paterson (son of William Paterson), a resident of New Brunswick, New Jersey, who was born De- cember 24. 1745, died while on a visit at the Manor House in Albany, New York, Septem- ber 9, 1806. He was a member and secretary of the first provincial congress of New Jersey, 1776; attorney-general of that state, 1776-86; a framer of the federal constitution ; United States senator, 1789; was chosen the second governor of New Jersey in 1791, and General Washington appointed him a justice of the United States supreme court in 1793, which position he held when he died. He married, February 9, 1779, Cornelia, daughter of John Bell.
General Stephen and Cornelia (Pater- son ) Van Rensselaer had issue, born at Al- bany, New York: 4. Catherine, born in the Manor House, October 17, 1803, died at New York, November 5, 1874; married, Albany, June 2. 1830, Gouverneur Morris Wilkins, who died in New York, New York, February 7, 1871, and was the son of Martin and ( Nutter ) Wilkins ; no issue. 5. William Pat- erson, born March 6, 1805, see forward. 6. Philip Stephen (or Philip Schuyler), born October 14, 1806; died at New York, New York, June 1, 1871: married. October 17, 1839, Mary Rebecca Tallmadge. 7. Cortlandt, born May 26, 1808; died at Burlington, New Jersey, July 25, 1860; married, Hartford, Con- necticut, September 13, 1836, Catherine Led- yard Cogswell. 8. Ilenry Bell, born May 14, 1810; died at Cincinnati, Ohio, March 23, 1864: married, Jamaica, Long Island, August 22, 1833, Elizabeth Ray King. 9. Cornelia Paterson, born July 8, 1812; died at New York, New York, January 16, 1890; married, New York, New York, February 16, 1847, Robert James Turnbull, M. D. 10. Alexander, horn November 5. 1814, died at New York, New York, May 8, 1878 : married ( first ) Octo- ber 21, 1851, Mary Howland: married (second) June 30, 1864, Louisa Barnewell. II. Euphemia White, born September 25, 1816, died at Cruger's Island, Barrytown, New York, April 27, 1888; married Burlington,
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New Jersey, May 2, 1843, John Church Cruger. 12. Westerlo, born March 14. 1820, died at Albany, July 8, 1844, without issue.
(VI) William Paterson, second child of General Stephen and Cornelia ( Paterson) V'an Rensselaer, was born in the Manor House at Albany New York, March 6, 1805, died at New York, New York, November 13. 1872. He received a thorough preparatory education and then entered Yale College, grad- uating in the class of 1824. On leaving col- lege he went to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he studied law through four years, completing his studies in Paris. He was a scholarly man, with intellectual tastes, eminent as a philan- thropist and, as was said of him, "was re- garded widely as an ideal Christian gentle- man." He built the handsome residence on the brow of the wooded hill on the east side of the Hudson opposite the northern end of Albany, around 1840, or about the time of his marriage. It was a mansion comparing favor- ably with that of his elder brother. Stephen Van Rensselaer, who had inherited the Manor House in Albany. He laid out the extensive grounds with the idea of making the place one of the finest estates in the entire state. He furnished the interior with objects of art gathered abroad, and his library was a notable feature of his home. The winding staircase of selected Italian marble has been greatly ad- mired by critics of architecture. On the southern side, as a wing, he built a mammoth conservatory. The stables were at the further end of a lawn extending nearly half a mile eastward. The west entrance faced upon a plateau which dropped abruptly to the river. affording a charming vista of the Hudson and the city of Albany spread along its shore, while in the far distance were the Catskill mountains as a background for the picture. Owing to the serious "Anti-Rent Feuds" which disturbed the conduct of the Van Rens- selaer landed estate, he left this home to take up his residence in New York City and at Manursing Island, Rye, New York. The above property was finally purchased by Paul Forbes, and for many years thereafter was popularly known as the "Forbes Manor," and for the twenty-five years previous to 1910 was practically unoccupied excepting by care- takers.
William Paterson Van Rensselaer married (first) New York. New York, May 13, 1833. Eliza Rogers, who was born at New York City, in 1812, died in Cuba. March 20, 1836. He married (second ), New York, New York, April 4, 1839. Sarah Rogers, who was born at New York City, October 29, 1810, died at Manursing Island. Rye, New York. November
19. 1887. The two wives were -isters, daugh- ters of Benjamin Woolsey and Susan ( Bay- ard) Rogers, and the latter was a sister of Harriet Elizabeth Bayard, who married Wil- liam P. Van Rensselaer's half-brother. Ste- phen Van Rensselaer, whose mother was Margaret Schuyler and not Cornelia Pater- son. Of the following nine children, one was by the first wife, Eliza Rogers, and eight were by the second wife, Sarah Rogers. Children : I. William Paterson, born at New York. New York, January, 1835, died at Rye. New York, July, 1854. 2. Susan Bayard, born at New York, New York, January 31, 1840, died at Rye, New York, July 19. 1863. 3. Cornelia, born at Albany, New York, September 22, 1841. see forward. 4.
Walter Stephen, born at Albany, New York, November 2. 1843, died at Rye, New York, May 14. 1865. 5. Kiliaen, born at Albany, New York, February 14, 1845. see forward. 6. Sarah Elizabeth, born at New York, New York, January 18, 1847, died at Rve, New York, June 29. 1859. 7. Arthur, born at New York, New York, September 28, 1848, died at New York City, March 4, 1869. 8. Catherine Goodhue, born at Norwalk, Con- necticut, July 25. 1850: married, Rye, New York, June 11, 1891, Rev. Anson Phelps Atterbury ; no issue. 9. Eleanor Cecilia, born at Rye. New York, November 3, 1853, see forward.
(VII) Cornelia Van Rensselaer, daughter of William Paterson and Sarah ( Rogers) Van Rensselaer, was born at Albany, New York. September 22, 1841. She married, New York City. April 22. 1862, John Erving, born at Philadelphia, Penn., July 6. 1833; lawyer. practicing in New York City in 1911 : son of Colonel John Erving, United States army, and Emily Langdon (Elwyn) Erving. Children : 1. Susan Van Rensselaer, born at New York, New York, May 11, 1863: unmarried. 2. Cornelia, born at New York, New York, April 6, 1865 : married (first ). Albany, New York, June 11, 1895. John V. L. Pruyn, Jr .; chil- dren : John V. L., Jr., born at Florence, Italy, June 6, 1896, died at Albany, May 17. 1897; Erving, born Albany, October 26, 1897: Hendrik, born New York City. December 28. 1900. John V. L. Pruyn, Jr. died Sept. 22, 1904. She married (second ), New York City, April 6. 1908. Hamilton I .. Hoppin. 3. John Langdon, born at Rve, New York, July 31. 1866: associated with the Mexican Telegraph Company, New York City, in 1911 ; married, New York, November 3. 1904. Alice H. Rutherford: children : Alice Rutherford, born at New York City, May 23. 1906; Cornelia V'an Rensselaer, born at New York, Novem-
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ber 24, 1907: John Langdon, Jr., born at Islip. Long Island, August 1, 1909. 4. Emily Elwyn, born at Rye. New York, June 29, 1868: married, New York City, January 22, 1895. Henry Woodward Cooper; children : Cornelia Van Rensselaer, born at Rye, New York, February 6, 1896, died September 20, 1808: Lamberton, born at Stuttgart, Germany, February 16, 1899: John Erving, born at Rye. New York, September 30, 1900. 5. Sarah Elizabeth, born at New York, New York, May 4, 1870: married, New York City, April 22, 1895, James Gore King : children : James Gore, Jr., born at New York City, May 25, 1808; Eleanor Erving, born at New York City, November 29, 1900; Edward Ramsay, born at New York City, May 20, 1905, died at New York, September 21, 1907; Cornelia Van Rensselaer, born at New York City, February 7, 1911. 6. William Van Rensselaer, born at New York, New York, November 15, 1871: practicing law at Albany in 1911 : unmarried. 7. Catherine Van Rensselaer, born at New York, New York, November 19, 1873; unmarried. 8. Eleanor Cecilia, born at New York, New York, September 20, 1875 : unmarried. 9. Shirley, born at Rye. New York, January 3, 1880 ; unmarried. 10. Justine Bayard, born at Albany, New York, Decem- ber 22, 1882; unmarried. 11. Philip Living- ston, born at Bermuda, March 12, 1884: died at Rye, New York, May 11, 1885.
(VII) Captain Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, son of William Paterson and Sarah (Rogers) V'an Rensselaer, was born at Albany, New York, February 14, 1845, died at New York, New York, November 26, 1905. He served during the civil war and was a captain ; mem- ber of the Loyal Legion, the Holland and St. Nicholas societies, and was prominent in re- ligious and philanthropic work. He married, New York City, December 13. 1870, Olivia Phelps Atterbury. She was born at New York, New York, February 15, 1848, daugh- ter of Benjamin Bakewell Atterbury, a des- cendant of Bishop Atterbury, of England, and Olivia Egleston Phelps, daughter of Anson G. Phelps. Children: 1. Olivia Atterbury, born at New York, New York, September 21, 1871 ; married, New York City, October 31, 1899, Lewis Brown Gawtry: children : Olive, born at New York City, April 29, 1901 ; Beatrice, born at New York City, May 25, 1004. 2. Sarah Elisabeth, born at New York, New York, April 7, 1873 ; married, New York City. November 5, 1903, Benjamin Walworth Arnold, Jr., of Albany, New York, born there April 30. 1865, son of B. W. and Frances Treat ( Avery ) Arnold. 3. Katharine Boudi- not, born at New York, New York, January
8, 1875. died there February 18, 1896. 4. Edith Bayard, born at New York, New York, March 22, 1877, died there, April 2, 1885. 5. Kiliaen, born at Seabright, New Jersey, May 21, 1879: married, New York City, November 23, 1905, Dorothy Manson ; child: Barbara, born at New York City, April 13, 1908. 6. Melissa Atterbury, born at New York, New York, March 14. 1883. died there April 28, 1884. 7. William Stephen, born at New York, New York, April 7, 1886.
(VII ) Eleanor Cecilia Van Rensselaer, daughter of William Paterson and Sarah ( Rogers) Van Rensselaer, was born at Manursing Island, Rye, New York, Novem- ber 3. 1853. She married, Rye, New York, June 1, 1887. Hamilton Rogers Fairfax, born at Alexandria, Virginia, March 2, 1852, son of John Walter and Mary Elizabeth ( Rogers) Fairfax. Children: 1. Katharine Van Rens- selaer, born at New York, October 26, 1888. 2. Hamilton Van Rensselaer, born at New York, January 26, 1891,
(VI) Philip Stephen Van Rensselaer, third child of General Stephen and Cornelia ( Pat- erson) Van Rensselaer. was born in the Manor House at Albany, New York, October 14, 1806, died at New York, New York, June I, 1871. He married, in Washington Square, New York City, October 17, 1839, Mary Re- becca Tallmadge, born May 16, 1817, died at Albany, August 3. 1872, daughter of General James and Laura ( Clinton) Tallmadge. Chil- dren, born at No. 6 Washington Square, New York: 1. James Tallmadge, born February 3. 1842, died at Boston, Massachusetts, August 28, 1809 ; married, New York, July 15, 1897, Mrs. Minnie (Sackett ) Parker, widow of General Parker; no issue. 2. Cornelia Paterson, born October 6, 1843, died at Florence, Italy, December 30, 1857. 3. Philip Stephen, born November II, 1844, died at New York, New York, March 22, 1882 ; mar- ried. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 5, 1872, Edith, daughter of Edward Biddle; 10 issue. 4. Clinton, born April 29, 1846, died at New York, New York, April 24, 1851. 5. Franklin, born May 26. 1852, died at New York, New York, April 29, 1853. 6. Cort- landt, died in New York.
(VI) Cortlandt Van Rensselaer, fourth child of General Stephen and Cornelia ( Pat- erson) Van Rensselaer, was born in the Manor House at Albany, New York, May 26, 1808, died at Burlington, New Jersey, July 25. 1860. Rev. Cortlandt Van Rensse- laer graduated from Yale in 1827. and took up the study of law, being admitted to the bar of New York state in 1830. He decided to enter the ministry, studying at Union Theolo-
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gical Seminary of Prince Edward county, Vir- ginia, and at the Princeton Theological Semin- ary : was ordained in 1833 as a Presbyterian minister.
He devoted himself to arduous mission- ary work among the Virginia slaves, and in 1837 was installed pastor of the First Pres- byterian Church at Burlington, New Jersey. but three years afterward resigned. He then resided for three years at Washington, D. C., and in 1843 was persuaded to undertake the work of increasing the endowment fund of the Princeton Seminary. Ile accepted, and inaugurated the effort by contributing $2,000. and his efforts resulted in augmenting the fund by $100,000. He was corresponding secretary and principal executive officer of the Presbyterian board of education from 1847 until his death, and during this time extended the scope of the work, also founding and editing the "Presbyterian Magazine," and "The Home, the School and the Church." The University of New York conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1845. Whatever money he received for services, he donated to charitable causes and added other sums from his resources. A number of his writings were published in 1861. entitled "Miscellaneous Sermons, Essays and Ad- dresses," which included his oration delivered at the centennial celebration of the battle of Lake George.
Rev. Dr. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer mar- ried, at Hartford, Connecticut, September 13. 1836. Catherine Ledyard Cogswell, born at Hartford, September 22, 1811, died December 24. 1882, daughter of Dr. Mason Fitch ( Yale, 1780) and Mary Austin (Ledyard ) Cogswell. Children: 1. Cortlandt, born January 5, 1838; captain in Thirteenth Infantry. United States army, serving with distinction in the civil war : died at Nashville, Tennessee, Octo- her 7. 1864, from wound received in the battle of Mission Ridge : unmarried. 2. Philip Liv- ingston, born November 24, 1839, died at Vevey, Switzerland, March 10, 1873: was major in Second New Jersey Cavalry ; mar- ried. Boston Massachusetts, Anne, daughter of Charles O. and Lovice (Ayres) Whitte- more : no issue. 3. Charles Chauncey, born January 16, 1842, died May 17, 1843. 4. Ledyard, born November 20, 1843 ; physician practicing in Burlington, New Jersey ; died March 26, 1893. 5. Alice Cogswell, born March 19. 1846, see forward. 6. Elizabeth Wadsworth, born February 22, 1848. see for- ward. 7. Alexander, born October 1, 1850 : graduate of Princeton, 1871; resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : married, Phila- delphia, January 27, 1898. Sarah, daughter of
Anthony Joseph and Ellen ( Rozet ) Drexel, and widow of John Fell : no issue.
(VII) Alice Cogswell Van Rensselaer, fifth child of Rev. Cortlandt and Catherine Ledyard (Cogswell) Van Rensselaer, was born March 19, 1846, died April 18. 1878. She married, May 7, 1868. Rev. Edward Blanchard lodge, D.D., who was born Feb- ruary 5. 1841, died June 15, 1906, son of Hugh L. Hodge, M.D., LL.D., and Margaret Elizabeth ( Aspinwall ) Hodge. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, in 1859, and of Princeton Theological Semin- ary, in 1863; pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Burlington, New Jersey, from 1864 to 1803: corresponding secretary of Presby- terian board of education : trustee and director of the Princeton Theological Seminary, from which he received the degree of D.D., in 1893. Children: 1. Margaret. 2. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer, medical missionary of Presbyter- ian church, killed in China during the "Boxer" uprising of 1890 : married, Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, Elsie Sinclair. 3. Edward Blanch- ard, Jr., married Gretchen Green. 4. Cather- ine.
(VII) Elizabeth Wadsworth Van Rensse- laer, sixth child of Rev. Cortlandt and Cather- ine Ledyard (Cogswell ) Van Rensselaer, was born February 22, 1848, died April 17. 1880. She married, October 6, 1868, General Edward Burd Grubb, born at Burlington, New Jersey. November 13. 1841, son of Edward Burd Grubb. Sr .. descendant of the family which obtained a large estate by patent from William Penn. He graduated with honor from Bur- lington College, 1860: served in civil war with distinction, rising finally to rank of briga- (lier-general; was the Republican candidate for governor of New Jersey in 1888, and President Harrison appointed him the next year United States minister to Spain, in which capacity he participated actively in negotiating the treaty with Spain. Child: Euphemia Van Rensselaer, married. November 20, 1895. Charles Day Halsey : children : Van Rensse- laer, and Charles Day, Jr.
(VI) Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, fifth child of General Stephen and Cornelia ( Pat- erson) Van Rensselaer, was born in the Manor House at Albany, New York, May 14, 1810, died at Cincinnati, Ohio, March 23, 1864. Ile was educated at West Point Mili- tary Academy, graduating in 1831 ; resigned to engage in farming near Ogdensburg, New York, and inherited land in Saratoga county from his father. He was a congressman in 1841-43: was associated with mining enter- prises, and upon the outbreak of the civil war re-entered the service, and was appointed
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General Winfield Scott's chief of staff, with rank of brigadier-general, but on the general's retirement was made inspector-general, with rank of colonel, serving in the Department of the Rappahannock from April until August, 1862, and afterwards in the Third Army Corps as well as in the Department of Ohio, from September 17 until his death.
General Henry Bell Van Rensselaer mar- ried, at Jamaica, New York, August 22. 1833, Elizabeth Ray King, born at New York, New York, August 17, 1815, died there March 5. 1900, (laughter of Governor John Alsop and Mary ( Ray) King. Children: I. Mary, born in 1834. died in New York, New York ; mar- ried, New York, New York, April 28. 1874. Church of the Holy Communion, New York City. John Henry Screven, born at Charleston, South Carolina. Child, Elizabeth Ray, born in New York: mar- ried, January 5, 1897, Ernest E. Lorillard ; children: Mary Van Rensselaer and John Screven. 2. Cornelia, born in 1836. died in New York, New York, in 1864 ; married. April 26, 1859. James Lenox Kennedy, who died in 1864. Child, Henry Van Rensselaer, born in New York City : married, New York City, March 4. 1886, Marion Robbins; children : Rachel, Marion, Maud. 3. Stephen, born at Ogdensburg, New York, October 29. 1838, see forward. 4. Henry, died in infancy. 5. Euphemia, born in 1842: became a Sister of Charity, and took the name Marie Dolores. 6. Elizabeth, born in 1845, died at Staten Island, 1911 : married, in Church of the Holy Communion, New York, New York, June 3, 1873. George Waddington, son of William Waddington ; child. Mary E., born in New York City : married, at Venice, Italy, Christo- pher B. Wyatt. 7. Jolin King, born at Ogdensburg, New York, July 17, 1847, see forward. 8. Katharine, born in 1849; mar- ried, January 17, 1870, Dr. Francis Delafield, son of Dr. Edward Delafield : children : Eliza- beth Ray, born in New York City ; unmarried ; Julia Floyd, born in New York City, married, New York, November II, 1896, Frederick S. Crosby ; children: Katharine Van Rensselaer and Floyd, born in New York City. 9. Rev. Henry, born in 1851; joined the Society of Jesuits, and died in New York City. IO. Westerlo, born in 1853, died in 1857.
(VII) Stephen Van Rensselaer, third child of General Henry Bell and Elizabeth Ray ( King) Van Rensselaer, was born at Ogdens- burg. New York, October 20, 1838. died at New York, New York, January 20, 1904. IIc was a captain in the United States army dur- ing the civil war, and a member of the Union ('lub. St. Nicholas Society and other leading
organizations of New York City. He mar- ried, New York, New York, December 9, 1863, Mathilda Coster Heckscher, born in New York City, December 18, 1838, daughter of Charles Augustus and Georgiana Louisa (Coster) Heckscher. Children: I. Charles Augustus, born at New York, New York, June 28, 1867: merchant of New York City in 1911; married, Brookline, Massachusetts, December 12, 1899. Caroline Elizabeth Fitz Gerald, born at Brookline, Massachusetts, April 4, 1871, daughter of Desmond and Elizabeth (Salisbury) Fitz Gerald, of Brook- line, Massachusetts ; children : Charles Augus- tus, Jr., born at Brookline, September 29, 1902, and Stephen, born at New York City, November 28, 1905. 2. Elizabeth Ray, born at Orange, New Jersey, April 13, 1870; mar- ried, New York City, February 27, 1900, John Magee Ellsworth, born at Penn Yan, New York, son of Stephen S. Ellsworth ; children : born in New York City : Elizabeth Van Rens- selaer, born December 8, 1900 ; Mathilda Cos- ter, born January 25, 1904; Stephen Van Rensselaer, born March 15, 1905. 3. Stephen, born at Orange, New Jersey, December 29, 1871 ; married, at Elizabeth, New Jersey, July 25. 1905, Marian Watson Farlin, born at Elizabeth, New Jersey, July 25, 1884, dangh- ter of James Augustus Farlin : child, Marian, born April 23, 1907. 4. Mathilda, born at Orange, New Jersey. April 11, 1879 ; married, October 29, 1908, George Curtis White, Jr., born at Brooklyn, New York, October 29, 1871, son of George Curtis and Cordelia (Cur- tis) White.
(VII) John King Van Rensselaer, seventh child of General Henry Bell and Elizabeth Ray (King) Van Rensselaer, was born at Ogdensburg, New York, July 17, 1847. died at Hoboken, New Jersey, October 16, 1909; mar- ried, New York City, October 4. 1871, May Denning King, born at New York, New York, May 25, 1848, daughter of Archibald Gracie and Elizabeth Denning (Duer) King. Chil- dren, born at New York City: I. John .Alex- ander, born July 5, 1872: married. January 30. 1896, Helen F. Galindo. 2. Frederick Harold, born January 6, 1874. died at Long Beach, New York, August 6, 1903 : married, New York City, April 23. 1898, Josephine Lucy Grinnell, born at New York City, August 16, 1876, daughter of Robert Minturn and Sophie (Van Alen ) Grinnell ; child. L. Sylvia Grinnell, born at New York City, January 19. 1899.
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