John Van Schaick Explained
John Van Schaick (July 28, 1840 – June 9, 1923) was an American lawyer and politician from Schoharie County, New York.
Early life
Van Schaick was born on July 28, 1840, in Sharon in Schoharie County, New York. He was a son of Joseph Wilson Van Schaick (1804–1880) and Elizabeth (née Slingerland) Van Schaick (1808–1890).[1] His siblings included Koert VanSchaick, Elizabeth (née Van Schaick) Hutton, Mary Van Schaick, Catherine Van Schaick, Slingerland Van Schaick, Sarah Van Schaick and Emily Van Schaick.[2]
He attended Charlotteville Seminary (in his native Schoharie County) and Williston Seminary in Massachusetts before attending Williams College which he left to attend Albany Law School where he graduated in 1864.[3]
Career
Van Schaick worked as a teacher, a School Commissioner, and had a law office in Cobleskill where he was known as the "Nestor of the Schoharie County Bar".[4] In 1883, he was elected to the New York State Senate and began serving on January 1, 1884, in the 107th New York State Legislature replacing fellow Democrat Addison P. Jones. He served through the 108th Legislature until December 31, 1885, when he was replaced by Henry C. Connelly.[5] [6] [7]
He also served as secretary of the Schoharie County Anti-Horse Thief Society, president of the Cobleskill Agricultural Society, member of Holland Society, first Sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men in Cobleskill and Mason.[3]
Personal life
On May 25, 1871,[3] Van Shaick was married to Frances Elizabeth Shaver (1851–1923), who was born at Hyndsville and was the daughter of Charles H. Shaver and Salina (née Hynds) Shaver, a descendant of the prominent Schuyler family of Albany.[8] Together, they were the parents of:
- Charles Shaver Van Schaick (1872–1928), who worked for the Mercantile Agency.
- John Van Schaick Jr. (1873–1949), a prominent minister of the Universalist National Memorial Church[9] [10] who married Julia Asenath Romaine (a daughter of Benjamin F. Romaine of New York City).[11]
- Louis Joseph Van Schaick (1875–1945), an officer in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Philippine–American War. Later during World War II, Col. Van Schaick was taken prisoner by the Japanese. Although he was released, he died in the Philippine Islands. He married Nellie Mae Kellogg, niece of Will Keith Kellogg, founder of the Kellogg Company.[12]
- Jessie Van Schaick (1877–1962), who married Arden Lathrop Norton.[13] [14]
- George Slingerland Van Schaick (1883–1968), an attorney who married Blanche LeFevre, a graduate of Vassar College who was a founder and former president of the League of Women Voters.[15] [16]
- Francis Van Schaick (1892–1946), who married Katherine Mallette Hardwick in 1916.[17]
Van Shaick died on June 9, 1923, in Cobleskill, also in Schoharie County, New York. His widow died a few months later in August 1923.[18]
Notes and References
- Book: The Christian Leader . 1926 . Universalist Publishing House . 7 . 9 February 2021 . en.
- Book: Scoyoc . Melwood Wertz Van . Descendants of Cornelis Aertsen Van Schaick . 1986 . M.W. Van Scoyoc . 9 February 2021 . en.
- Book: Mass.) . Williston Seminary (Easthampton . Alumni Records from 1842 to 1874 . 1875 . C. W. Bryan, printers . 190 . 9 February 2021 . en.
- Columbia . United States Congress Senate Committee on the District of . Minimum Wage Board: Hearing Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on the District of Columbia, United States Senate, Sixty-fifth Congress, Second Session, on S. 3993, a Bill to Protect the Lives and Health and Morals of Women and Minor Workers in the District of Columbia, and to Establish a Minimum Wage Board and Define Its Powers and Duties, and to Provide for the Fixing of Minimum Wages for Such Workers, and to Provide Penalties for Violation of this Act. Wednesday, April 17, 1918 . 1916 . 101 . 9 February 2021 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.
- https://archive.org/stream/newyorkredbook00unkngoog#page/n570/mode/1up The New York Red Book
- http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/indiana-university-of-pennsylvania/the-evening-journal--almanac-volume-1885-nsl/page-32-the-evening-journal--almanac-volume-1885-nsl.shtml Biographical sketches of the Members of the Legislature
- https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1885/01/06/106293399.pdf ERWIN DEFEATS HUBBELL
- "The Cobleskill Index" (Cobleskill, NY), Aug. 30, 1923, Page 10.
- News: Dr. John van Schaick, Minister, Editor. Pastor of Universalist National in Capital Many Years Dies. Aided Red Cross Abroad . . May 17, 1949 . 2015-01-07 .
- Web site: John van Schaick, Jr. . 2015-01-07 . Unitarian Universalist History & Heritage Society .
- News: MRS. JOHN VAN SCHAICK . 9 February 2021 . . 4 November 1955.
- News: VAN SCHAICK DIES; FREED AT MANILA; Colonel, Native of Cobleskill, Won Congressional Medal in the Philippines . 9 February 2021 . . 10 March 1945.
- Book: Norton . James Edward . Norton-Lathrop-Tolles-Doty American Ancestry of Ralph Tolles Norton, James Edward Norton, Arden Lathrop Norton, Frank Porter Norton; Their Children; & the Wright-Briggs-Cogswell-Dudley American Ancestry of Ellen Cogswell-Wright-Norton & Frances Cogswell-Wright-Norton ... . 1935 . 9 February 2021 . en.
- News: TIMES . Special to THE NEW YORK . Norton -- Kitt. . 9 February 2021 . . 22 September 1935.
- Book: Yale Alumni Weekly . 1909 . . . 453 . 9 February 2021 . en.
- Book: Reynolds . Cuyler . Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs . 1911 . Lewis Historical Publishing Company . New York . 1361–1362 . Vol. III . 9 February 2021.
- Web site: JOHN VAN SCHAICK . www.legacy.com . The Daily Gazette Co. . 9 February 2021 . en . January 7, 2011.
- News: MRS. JOHN VAN SCHAICK.Mother of Washington Clergyman Dies in New York Town . 9 February 2021 . . 27 August 1923 . 7.
