Vanderhorst, Arnoldus – Vane, Henry
Vanderhorst, Arnoldus
governor. He was the second governor of South Carolina under the constitution, serving as such from 1792 to 1794. • VAN DERLIP, JOHN T., business man, poet, was born Sept. 14, 1854, in Alba, Pa.
He is a successful stonemason and con tractor of Carbon. dale, Kan.; has contributed extensively to the periodical press; and his poems appear in Poets of America and other standard works. He societies. has filled several local offices of importance in his city and county; and is also a member of several fraternal orders and
Vanderlyn, John
artist, was born Oct. 15, 1775, in Kingston, N. Y. He painted two views of Niagara Falls, which were engraved and published; and portraits of Burr and his daughter. He spent several years in England and Paris, where he painted for Joel Barlow the Death of Miss McCrea. In 1805 he visited Rome, and there painted, in 1807, his Marius Amid the Ruins of Carthage. He died Sept. 24, 1852, in Kingston, N. Y.
Vanderpoel, Ann Priscilla
philanthropist, was born June 25, 1815, in England. She founded the Ladies' home United States hospital in 1861, and gave her gratuitous services for four years and a half as a nurse to the union soldiers.
She has been called the Florence Nightingale of New York. She died May 4, 1870, in New York city.
Vanderpool, Aaron
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 5, 1799, in Kinderhook, N. Y.
He served in the New York state legislature in 1825, 1829 and 1830. He was a representative in congress from 1833 to 1837, and again from 1839 to 1841. He was appointed one of the judges of the superior court, which office he held until 1850. He died July 18, 1870, in New York.
Vanderveer, Abraham
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1837 to 1839. He died July 20, 1839.
Vander Veer, Albert
surgeon, was born July 10, 1841, in Root, N. Y. He graduated in medicine from the medical department of the Columbia university of Washington, D. C., and from the Albany Medical college in 1862. He has been professor of surgery in the Albany Medical college; became dean of the same institution; and in 1895 was made regent of the New York State university of Albany. He has traveled extensively in Europe; and is a member of the leading medical associations. He has written extensively on medical subjects, and is one of the foremost leaders in his profession.
Van Deusen, Mrs. Mary
(WEST- BROOK), author, poet, was born in 1829 in New York. She is a writer of Rondout, N. Y., whose principal works include Rachel Du Mont; Gertrude Willoughby, a novel; Colonial Dames of America; and Voices of My Heart, a book of verse.
Van Devanter, Willis
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born April 17, 1859, in Marion, Ind. He attended the De Pauw university, and the law school of the Cincinnati college. He has attained success in the profession of law at Cheyenne, Wyoming; has been city attorney; a member of the territorial legislature, and commissioner to revise territorial laws. He has served with distinction as chief justice of the supreme court of Wyoming, which office he filled for two terms. He has been chairman of the republican state committee; a member of the republican national committee; and is prominently identified with the public affairs of Wyoming.
Vandever, William
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 31, 1817, in Baltimore, Md. He removed to Iowa, and was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-sixth congress; and was re-elected to the thirtyseventh congress. He served as a colonel in the union army in 1861. He also served in the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican.
Vandiver, Willard Duncan
educator, congressman, was born March 30, 1854, in Hardy county, Va. He was elected professor of natural science in Bellevue institute, and three years later became In 1889 he accepted the its president. chair of science in the State Normal school at Cape Girardeau, and in 1893 became its president. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress.
Van Dorn, Earl
soldier, was born Sept. 17, 1820, in Port Gibson, Miss. In 1842 he graduated from West Point; and served with distinction in the Mexican and civil wars, attaining the rank of brigadier-general. In 1861 he was appointed brigadier-general of the state forces by the Mississippi legislature; and afterward succeeded Jefferson Davis as major-general. After gallant service in the was fatally shot by a 1863, in Springfield, confederate army he Dr. Peters May 8, Tenn.
Van Dusen, Washington
author, poet, was born Feb. 3, 1857, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled Immortelles, and Other Poems; and has contributed extensively to the Philadelphia daily newspapers, and prominent eastern magazines. His poems have been given a place in Poets of America, and in several other standard collections; and are a valuable acquisition to literature.
Van Dyke, Cornelius Van Al- Len
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 13, 1818, in Kinderhook, N. Y. He superintended the publication of a version of the whole Bible in 1864-67 for the American Bible society. He is the author in Arabic of a series of mathematical, chemical, astronomical and hygienic works.
Van Dyke, Henry Herbert
financier, was born in 1809 in Kinderhook, N. Y. He became superintendent of public instruction for the state of New York in 1857, and in 1861 superintendent of the state banking department, holding office till 1865, when he was chosen assistant United States treasurer. He died Jan. 22, 1888, in New York city.
Van Dyke, Henry Jackson
clergyman, author, was born March 2, 1822, in Abingdon, Pa. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Brooklyn, and the author of The Lord's Prayer; and The Church: Her Ministry and Sacraments. He died May 26, 1891, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Van Dyke, Henry Jackson
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 10, 1852, in Germantown, Pa. He is a presbyterian clergyman of New York city, pastor of the Brick church from 1882, and the author of The Reality of Religion; The Story of the Psalms; The National Sin of Literary Piracy; The Poetry of Tennyson; Historic Presbyterianism; Straight Sermons to Young Men; The Christ Child in Art; Little Rivers; The Story of the Other Wise Man; That Monster-the Higher Critic; God and Little Children; The Gospel for an Age of Doubt; and The Builders, and Other Poems.
Van Dyke, John
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born April 3, 1807, in Lamington, N. J. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1847 to 1851.
He afterwards became a judge of the supreme court of the state. He died Dec. 24, 1878, in Wabasha, Minn.
Van Dyke, John Charles
art critic, author, was born April 21, 1856, in New Brunswick, N. J. He is an art critic and librarian of the Sage library at New Brunswick, N. J. He is the author of Books and How to Use Them; Principles of Art; How to Judge a Picture; Serious Art in America; Art for Art's Sake; History of Painting; and Old Dutch and Flemish Masters.
Van Dyke, Joseph Smith
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 2, 1832, in Bound Brook, N. J. He is a presbyterian clergyman, minister at Cranbury, N. J., from 1869, and the author of Popery the Foe of the Church; Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic; Through the Prison to the Throne; From Gloom to Gladness; Giving or Entertainment-Which? and Theism or Evolution.
Van Dyke, Nicholas
congressman, was born Sept. 25, 1738, in New Castle county, Del. He was a delegate from Delaware to the continental congress from 1777 to 1782, and was a signer of the articles of confederation. He died Feb. 19, 1789, in New Castle county, Del.
Van Dyke, Nicholas
lawyer, state legislator, United States senator, was born Dec. 20, 1769, in New Castle, Del. He was elected in 1799 to the legislature of Delaware, and in 1807 to congress, serving until 1811. In 1815 he became a member of the senate of Delaware, and from 1817 till 1826 he was a member of the United States senate. He died May 21, 1826, in New Castle, Del.
STRONG,
Van Dyke, Theodore
was born July 19, 1842, in New Brunswick, N. J. He is a lawyer and sportsman of southern California, and the author of Rifle, Rod and Gun in California; Southern California; The Still Hunter; Game Birds at Home; and Southern California the Italy of America.
Vane, Henry
governor, was born in 1612, in England. From 1636-37 he was governor of Massachusetts. He was the author of A Healing Question; A Needful Corrective; Meditations Concerning Man's Life; Meditation on Death; and The Retired Man's Meditation. He died June 14, 1662.