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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.