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  • Gansevoort, Wessels

    Gansevoort, Wessels

    Non-graduate Class of 1802. Died in 1822.

  • Henry, Alexander

    Henry, Alexander

    Fur trader, was the second son of Alexander Henry, the elder, the author of Travels and Adventures. He was born after 1785 and became a clerk in the North­west Company. He was killed at Fort Nelson, on the Liard River, in the Mackenzie river department, either at the end of 1812 or the begin­ning of 1813.

  • Low, James

    Low, James

    James Low, M. D., was born at Albany, December 9, 1781. His early education was completed at Union College in 1802. He commenced the study of medicine with Dr. McClelland, and after three years spent with him, he went to Edinburgh, where he spent four years, attending the lectures of the University. During a part of the time he was a private pupil of Dr. John Murray, late eminent lecturer on chemistry. Dr. Low's standing among his fellow students, may be estimated from the fact that he was elected one of the Presidents of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. Dr. Low traveled in England and Scotland, and returned to his native city in 1808, commencing practice with Dr. McClelland. He then became a member of the Medical Society of the County of Albany.

  • Mills, Joseph L.

    Mills, Joseph L.

    Born November 3, 1781 in Norfolk, Connecticut; Died January 18, 1841 in Becket, Massachusetts. He was the pastor of a church in Becket.

  • Patterson, Walter

    Patterson, Walter

    From Philadelphia, Jefferson County, NY, last residence New York City.

  • Roe, Joseph

    Roe, Joseph

    From Saratoga, NY. Corporal in Captain Alanson Austin's Company of Artillery, 5th Artillery and Infantry, NY Militia in the War of 1812.

  • Van Buren, Peter

    Van Buren, Peter

    Born April 14, 1773, A.B. Union College 1802; was a member of the Philomathean Society; studied under Livingston, licensed, 1804; Charlestown, 1st NY, 1805-14. Union Village and Schodack, NY, 1814-20. Died March 13, 1828.

  • Van Der Lyn, Henry

    Van Der Lyn, Henry

    Born April 21, 1784 in Kingston, NY. After pursuing his studies at Kingston Academy, he went to Union College where he graduated in 1802. He was a member of the Philomathean Society. Soon after he studied law under Ogden Edwards in New York, securing him admission to the bar in 1806. He practiced law in Chenango County, where he became a prominent equity lawyer. He was known as “the Count”.

  • Van Horne, Abraham D.

    Van Horne, Abraham D.

    Another lawyer who spent a few years in Utica was Abraham D. Van Horne, a native of Montgomery County, who pursued his studies with Joseph Kirkland at New Hartford, and then began practice in Utica as the Partner of A.M. Walton. In July 1807 he was made-village attorney, but resigned in October, and returned to New Hartford to join his preceptor, In 1814, he was a member of assembly from Madison County, and in 1821 he died at London, Ohio.

  • Van Ingen, Henry Glen

    Van Ingen, Henry Glen

    Born June 19, 1784; died November 15, 1817. Son of William and Elizabeth Van Ingen of Schenectady.

  • Van Rensselaer, Henry

    Van Rensselaer, Henry

    Non-graduate Class of 1802, a resident of Albany, he was a member of the Philomathean Society. Died in 1816.

  • Ward, Jonathan

    Ward, Jonathan

    From Poughkeepsie, NY.

  • Williams, John

    Williams, John

    Resident of Salem, NY. Private in Captain Israel Kellogg's Company, 101 Regiment, NY Militia during the War of 1812.

  • Yates, John Barentse

    Yates, John Barentse

    A representative from New York; born in Schenectady, NY; born February 1, 1784; completed preparatory studies and graduated from Union College in 1802; studied law; served in War of 1812 under General Wade Hampton on the northern frontier, and was later aide-de-camp to Governor Tompkins, elected as a Democrat to the Fourteenth Congress; aided materially in the construction of the Welland Canal; judge of Madison County for many years; member of the state assembly in 1836; died in Chittenango, NY, July 11, 1836.

 
 
 

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