Served at the beginning of the Civil War as a Fife Major in the 2nd New Jersey Militia, May 1861 to July 1861.
Information from: Who's Who in the World, 1912
Van Reypen, William Knickerbocker: Medical director, U.S.N.
Born Nov, 14, 1840, at Bergen, N. J., son of Cornelius C. and Christina C. (Van Alen) Van Reypen.
A.B., New York Univ., 1861; A.M. 1863; M.D., Univ Med. College (N.Y.U.) 1862; Apptd from N. J., ass't surgeon U.S.N. 1861; passed ass't surgeon, 1865; surgeon, 1868; med. insp. 1887; med. director, 1895; in 1862 served at naval hospital, New York; on St. Lawrence E. Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-64; naval hospital, Chelsea, Mass., 1865, 1869-70, etc.
During Spanish-American war, designed and fitted out the ambulance ship, SOLACE, the first ever used in naval warfare; retired on own application, after forty years' service, with the rank of sr. rear-admiral, 1902. President of the Am. Nat'l Red Cross, 1904-05.
Married Nellie Wells, 1876. Address: 1021 15th St., N.W., Washington, D. C.
Information from: Who's Who in the World, 1912
Van Reypen, William Knickerbocker: Medical director, U.S.N.
Born Nov, 14, 1840, at Bergen, N. J., son of Cornelius C. and Christina C. (Van Alen) Van Reypen.
A.B., New York Univ., 1861; A.M. 1863; M.D., Univ Med. College (N.Y.U.) 1862; Apptd from N. J., ass't surgeon U.S.N. 1861; passed ass't surgeon, 1865; surgeon, 1868; med. insp. 1887; med. director, 1895; in 1862 served at naval hospital, New York; on St. Lawrence E. Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-64; naval hospital, Chelsea, Mass., 1865, 1869-70, etc.
During Spanish-American war, designed and fitted out the ambulance ship, SOLACE, the first ever used in naval warfare; retired on own application, after forty years' service, with the rank of sr. rear-admiral, 1902. President of the Am. Nat'l Red Cross, 1904-05.
Married Nellie Wells, 1876. Address: 1021 15th St., N.W., Washington, D. C.
Served at the beginning of the Civil War as a Fife Major in the 2nd New Jersey Militia, May 1861 to July 1861.
Information from: Who's Who in the World, 1912
Van Reypen, William Knickerbocker: Medical director, U.S.N.
Born Nov, 14, 1840, at Bergen, N. J., son of Cornelius C. and Christina C. (Van Alen) Van Reypen.
A.B., New York Univ., 1861; A.M. 1863; M.D., Univ Med. College (N.Y.U.) 1862; Apptd from N. J., ass't surgeon U.S.N. 1861; passed ass't surgeon, 1865; surgeon, 1868; med. insp. 1887; med. director, 1895; in 1862 served at naval hospital, New York; on St. Lawrence E. Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-64; naval hospital, Chelsea, Mass., 1865, 1869-70, etc.
During Spanish-American war, designed and fitted out the ambulance ship, SOLACE, the first ever used in naval warfare; retired on own application, after forty years' service, with the rank of sr. rear-admiral, 1902. President of the Am. Nat'l Red Cross, 1904-05.
Married Nellie Wells, 1876. Address: 1021 15th St., N.W., Washington, D. C.
Information from: Who's Who in the World, 1912
Van Reypen, William Knickerbocker: Medical director, U.S.N.
Born Nov, 14, 1840, at Bergen, N. J., son of Cornelius C. and Christina C. (Van Alen) Van Reypen.
A.B., New York Univ., 1861; A.M. 1863; M.D., Univ Med. College (N.Y.U.) 1862; Apptd from N. J., ass't surgeon U.S.N. 1861; passed ass't surgeon, 1865; surgeon, 1868; med. insp. 1887; med. director, 1895; in 1862 served at naval hospital, New York; on St. Lawrence E. Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-64; naval hospital, Chelsea, Mass., 1865, 1869-70, etc.
During Spanish-American war, designed and fitted out the ambulance ship, SOLACE, the first ever used in naval warfare; retired on own application, after forty years' service, with the rank of sr. rear-admiral, 1902. President of the Am. Nat'l Red Cross, 1904-05.
Married Nellie Wells, 1876. Address: 1021 15th St., N.W., Washington, D. C.
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