Vansant, Joshua
college president, congressman, was born in Maryland. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1853 to 1855; and was also for many years president of the Maryland institute. VAN SANTVOORD, CORNELIUS, was born April 8, 1816, in Belleville, N. J. He was a Dutch reformed clergyman of New York state; and the author of Memoir of Eliphalet Nott; and Limitation of the Liabilities of Ship Owners Under United States Laws. He died in 1892.
VAN SANTVOORD, GEORGE, lawyer, author, was born Dec. 8, 1819, in Belleville, N. J. He was a lawyer of Kinderhook, N. Y.; and the author of Life of Algernon Sidney; Lives of the Chief Justices of the United States; The Indiana Justice; Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions; Precedents of Pleading; and Practice in Equity Actions in New York Supreme Court. He died March 6, 1863, in East Albany, N. Y.
VAN SANTVOORD, HAROLD, author, was born in 1854 in New York. He was a New York writer; and the author of Half Holidays, a volume of essays.
A VAN SCAY, THOMAS, educator, college president, was born Feb. 13, 1848, in White county, Ind. He has attained success as a professor of ancient languages; was president of the Williamette university, Oregon, for twelve years; and dean of the Portland university for six years.
VAN SCHAACK, HENRY CRUGER, lawyer, author, was born April 3, 1802, in Kinderhook, N. Y. He is a lawyer of Manlius, N. Y.; and the author of History of Manlius Village; An Old Kinderhook Mansion; Captain Thomas Morris; and Life of Peter Van Schaack. He died Dec. 16, 1887, in Manlius, N. Y.
VAN SCHAACK, PETER, lawyer, jurist, author, was born in March, 1747, in Kinderhook, N. Y. He was a once famous jurist of Kinderhook, N. Y.; and the author of Laws of the Colony of New York; and Conductor Generalis. He died Sept. 17, 1832, in Kinderhook, N. Y.
VAN SCHAICK, GOZEN, soldier, was born in January, 1737, in Albany, N. Y. He served with distinction in the revolutionary war; and in 1783 was appointed a brigadier-general by brevet. He died July 4, 1789.
VAN SCHAICK, ISAAC W., manufacturer, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 7, 1817, in Coxsackie, N. Y. In 1872 he was elected a representative in the Wisconsin legislature, and was re-elected in 1874. In 1877 he was elected to the Wisconsin senate; and was reelected in 1879 and 1881. In 1884 he was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the forty-ninth congress; and was reelected to the fifty-first congress as a republican. VAN SICKLE, FRANK ALBERT, physician, surgeon, was born Dec. 16, 1864, in Ontario, Canada. He received his education at the Trinity university of Toronto; and his degree of medicine from the Detroit College of Medicine; and he is now one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Michigan at Breedsville.
VAN S'EENWYK, GYSBERT, soldier, legislator, banker, was born Jan. 30, 1814, in Holland. He served two years in the army of the Netherlands, and in 1849 emigrated to America. In 1859 he was elected to the state assembly of the Wisconsin state legislature, and subsequently became bank comptroller. In 1857 he was commissioned brigadier-general of state troops. He has been connected with the Victor Flouring mill, the La Crosse Linseed Oil mill, the Edison Electric Light and Power company, the La Crosse Street Railway company, and various other business enterprises. He is best known as a banker, and for more than a quarter of a century the Batavian bank, of which he is president, has been a pillar of strength in his community.
VAN TRUMP, PHILADELPH, journalist, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Nov. 15, 1810, in Lancaster, Ohio. In 1862 he was elected a judge of the court of common pleas, which position he resigned in 1866. In that year he was elected a representative from Ohio to the fortieth congress; and was re-elected to the fortyfirst and forty-second congresses. He died July 31, 1874, in Cincinnati, Ohio.