Bio from: Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893, History of the Town of Randolph – Chapter XLIV (44), Page 1076:
Henry K. VAN RENSSELAER, son of Dr. D. S. VAN RENSSELAER (see page 174), was born in Otisco, N.Y., March 12, 1820. He received an academic education and commenced business as a merchant.
He has been a farmer and for the last twenty-five years has been engaged in the insurance business. Originally a Democrat he joined the Republican party at its organization, and has been a trustee of Chamberlain Institute continuously since its inception in 1866, serving most of the time as secretary of the board. In 1842 he married Eliza C. Scudder, who was the mother of his daughter, Mrs. L. H. Carter.
Mrs. VAN RENSSELAER died in 1850. April 23, 1857, he married Miss A. A. Owen; children living: Leland D., a partner in the insurance business with his father; Mattie, a teacher; and Henry Herbert, an electrician.
*note the error in DOD of his first wife. The 1855 Census records that he was born in Onondaga Co. The 1865 Census gives POB as Steuben Co.
Henry K. VAN RENSSELAER, son of Dr. D. S. VAN RENSSELAER (see page 174), was born in Otisco, N.Y., March 12, 1820. He received an academic education and commenced business as a merchant.
He has been a farmer and for the last twenty-five years has been engaged in the insurance business. Originally a Democrat he joined the Republican party at its organization, and has been a trustee of Chamberlain Institute continuously since its inception in 1866, serving most of the time as secretary of the board. In 1842 he married Eliza C. Scudder, who was the mother of his daughter, Mrs. L. H. Carter.
Mrs. VAN RENSSELAER died in 1850. April 23, 1857, he married Miss A. A. Owen; children living: Leland D., a partner in the insurance business with his father; Mattie, a teacher; and Henry Herbert, an electrician.
*note the error in DOD of his first wife. The 1855 Census records that he was born in Onondaga Co. The 1865 Census gives POB as Steuben Co.
Bio from: Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893, History of the Town of Randolph – Chapter XLIV (44), Page 1076:
Henry K. VAN RENSSELAER, son of Dr. D. S. VAN RENSSELAER (see page 174), was born in Otisco, N.Y., March 12, 1820. He received an academic education and commenced business as a merchant.
He has been a farmer and for the last twenty-five years has been engaged in the insurance business. Originally a Democrat he joined the Republican party at its organization, and has been a trustee of Chamberlain Institute continuously since its inception in 1866, serving most of the time as secretary of the board. In 1842 he married Eliza C. Scudder, who was the mother of his daughter, Mrs. L. H. Carter.
Mrs. VAN RENSSELAER died in 1850. April 23, 1857, he married Miss A. A. Owen; children living: Leland D., a partner in the insurance business with his father; Mattie, a teacher; and Henry Herbert, an electrician.
*note the error in DOD of his first wife. The 1855 Census records that he was born in Onondaga Co. The 1865 Census gives POB as Steuben Co.
Henry K. VAN RENSSELAER, son of Dr. D. S. VAN RENSSELAER (see page 174), was born in Otisco, N.Y., March 12, 1820. He received an academic education and commenced business as a merchant.
He has been a farmer and for the last twenty-five years has been engaged in the insurance business. Originally a Democrat he joined the Republican party at its organization, and has been a trustee of Chamberlain Institute continuously since its inception in 1866, serving most of the time as secretary of the board. In 1842 he married Eliza C. Scudder, who was the mother of his daughter, Mrs. L. H. Carter.
Mrs. VAN RENSSELAER died in 1850. April 23, 1857, he married Miss A. A. Owen; children living: Leland D., a partner in the insurance business with his father; Mattie, a teacher; and Henry Herbert, an electrician.
*note the error in DOD of his first wife. The 1855 Census records that he was born in Onondaga Co. The 1865 Census gives POB as Steuben Co.
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