Deaths Reported by the "Long Islander" 1891-1900

Abstracted by David Roberts

“V” Surnames

VAIL Herbert

d. 5 March 1896; Aheart disease@; funeral Glen Cove; interment St. Paul=s Episcopal Churchyard, Glen Cove; survived by widow and two sons

VAIL John

d. 17 December 1897 at Oyster Bay; funeral at Christ Episcopal Church, Oyster Bay, by Rev. H. H. Washburn; interment at Plain Lawn Cemetery, Hicksville; brother-in-law of Charles Gottert of Hicksville; unnamed widow was a former resident of Hicksville; father of one son

VAIL William

d. 20 April 1891 at Riverhead; found dead in the pig pen; son of Charles Vail

VALENTINE Mr.

d. 20 August 1900 at Woodbury; father of Stephen Valentine of Halesite

VALENTINE Alexander

d. Arecently@; Westbury item 31 January 1891 paper

VALENTINE Andrew K. 74 y 5 m 20 d

d. 25 March 1891 at Cold Spring; interment at Huntington; son of Israel Valentine; father of I. Whitson Valentine; Aone of our oldest and best loved citizens@; native of Woodbury

VALENTINE Arabella

d. 1 March 1896 at Oyster Bay; interment at Locust Valley; widow of Richard Valentine

VALENTINE Elizabeth 65 years

hit by L. I. R. R. train and killed at Yaphank while crossing the tracks in a wagon driven by her daughter, Jean Turney, who was also killed in the accident; resident of Wading River; 3 August 1900 paper

VALENTINE Evangeline S. 37 yrs 5 mos

d. 24 July 1893 at Northport; cancer; wife of H. Frank Valentine; former resident of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

VALENTINE Fannie

d. 26 March 1893; Westbury item

VALENTINE Hannah 98 yrs 3 mos

d. 8 December 1895 at Woodbury; funeral Woodbury M. E. Church; interment at Valentine Burying Ground; Awas probably the oldest person on Long Island@; widow of Robert Valentine; native of Wilson=s Point, Connecticut; come over to Long Island to visit her sister, who was living at Woodbury, and met her future husband at a prayer meeting; Ashe never returned to Connecticut but married and settled@; she and her husband Awere among the earliest members of the [Woodbury] M. E. Church and he was one of its first officers@; she and her husband were aunt and uncle of Mrs. Melancthon Sammis of Huntington and the late Robert V. Baldwin, both of whom they adopted when they were little children; survived by Mrs. Sammis and great-nephew Robert Henry Baldwin, husband=s nephews: John Wesley Valentine of New York City, Isaac Valentine of New York City and Isaac Baldwin of Locust Valley and her own nephews: Henry Thompson of New York City and William Thompson of Huntington

VALENTINE Mrs. Israel

interment 28 December 1892 at East Northport; Aremains were brought from the South side of the Island@; widow of Israel Valentine; mother of Mrs. Henry Ketcham

VALENTINE Jackson 49 years

d. 27 June 1893 at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; interment at Hempstead; former resident of Westbury; died in the insane asylum at Poughkeepsie

VALENTINE Julia A. 51 years

d. 9 April 1896; funeral at Lattingtown; interment at Townsend Burial Plot, near Glen Cove; widow of George Valentine

VALENTINE Kezia Whitson 84 years

funeral 1 September 1897 at Matinnecock Friends= Meetinghouse, Matinnecock; daughter of Thomas and Amelia Coles; widow of Charles Valentine; sister of Isaac Coles and William H. Coles

VALENTINE Letty 82 yrs 13 days

d. 24 December 1896 at West Hills; mother of Ruth Jarvis of Huntington

VALENTINE Myers

d. 9 September 1891 at Roslyn; proprietor of the Roslyn Paper Mill, Awhich he claimed to be one of the oldest mills in the state, George Washington having visited it at one time@

VALENTINE Philip 70 yrs 6 mos

d. 2 March 1892 at Dix Hills

VALENTINE Rachel Whitson 72 yrs 5 mos

d. 5 January 1899 at Cold Spring Harbor; heart failure; funeral at Cold Spring Harbor; interment at Huntington Rural Cemetery; sister of Edgar Whitson of Plain View and Hannah (Mrs. Harry) Rogers; widow of Andrew K. Valentine; mother of Whitson Valentine and Phebe Valentine; aunt of Mrs. Irving Baylis

VALENTINE Mrs. Samuel T. 77 years

d. 8 September 1899; funeral of Brooklyn; aunt of Benjamin C. Kirk; native of Glen Cove; resident of Brooklyn

VALENTINE William 22 years

d. 28 August 1891; funeral at Westbury; interment at Brookville; consumption; son of Jackson Valentine

VALENTINE William

drowned in surf off Point Lookout; body recovered 13 July 1895 off Point Lookout Light; brother-in-law of Dr. Hammond, with whom he Awas bathing in the surf .... [when] caught by the undertow and carried out to sea@; resident of Freeport

VALENTINE William 56 years

drowned 14 November 1900 in Long Island Sound when schooner Margaurette of Port Jefferson capsized and sunk; body found in the forecastle of the schooner, after it was raised; remains sent to Port Jefferson, where a funeral was held 9 December 1900 at Port Jefferson M. E. Church by Rev. Harris K. Smith; survived by an unnamed widow, six sons and three daughters; resident of Port Jefferson; former resident of Northport

VALENTINE William R. 35 years

d. 29 July 1897 at Oyster Bay; abscess in the head; reporter for New York World and Aother metropolitan papers@

VAN ARSDALE Libbie

killed in train wreck at Hastings, N.Y.; dateline 28 December 1891; school teacher; resident of New York City; 9 January 1892 paper

VAN BRUNT Holmes 60 years

d. 26 September 1896 at Mineola; following a visit to the Queens County Fair, he was standing at the Mineola station of the L. I. R. R. Awhen he was suddenly taken ill and fell to the station platform@ and soon Aexpired@; brother of ex-Judge Van Brunt of Brooklyn; Ahe was one of the men who shot Mosher and Douglass, the abductors of little >Charlie= Ross, of Philadelphia, some twenty years ago .... the men had crossed over from Staten Island or New Jersey in a row boat and attempted to rob@ a house on the Brooklyn shoreline; Aan alarm was given, and both men were fatally wounded by Van Brunt@; his ancestors settled New Utrecht Anearly two centuries ago@

VAN BRUNT James A. 65 years

d. 21 April 1891 at Brooklyn; interment at Cypress Hills; father of Allison Van Brunt and Mrs. W. F. Haight; shipping broker in New York City; vestryman at All Saints Episcopal Church, Brooklyn; owner of farm in Long Swamp

VAN BRUNT John A. 68 yrs 7 mos

d. 22 April 1891 at Comac; Adropped dead while walking out doors@

VAN CAMP Grace 8 years

d. 17 November 1897; Ablack diphtheria@; interment at Brookville; daughter of Cornelius Van Camp; Glen Cove item

VAN COTT Ella 37 years

d. 2 October 1899 at Brookville; funeral at Brookville by Rev. Scudder; interment at Brookville Cemetery; wife of Henry Van Cott; mother of three children; sister of William Mitchell

VAN COTT Florence G. 1 2 years

d. 28 July 1899; daughter of William Van Cott; Oyster Bay and East Norwich item

VAN COTT Garrett

d. 29 January 1892; interment at Westbury; Aan old resident of Hempstead@

VAN COTT Nicholas 72 years

d. 21 February 1897 at Glenwood; interment at Brookville; former resident of Greenvale; Ahighly respected@

VANDERBILT Cornelius

d. 12 September 1899 at New York City; son of William H. Vanderbilt; [husband of Alice C. Gwynne], who survives; father of Alice G. Vanderbilt, William H. Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Gertrude Vanderbilt, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Reginald C. Vanderbilt and Gladys Vanderbilt; son-in-law of Abram E. Gwynne; native of Staten Island (b. 27 November 1843); Aa man of great public spirit@; favorable editorial obit in 23 September 1899 paper; see Fortune=s Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt by Arthur Vanderbilt II [1989] for details on this Cornelius and other Vanderbilts

VANDERBILT Jacob Hand

d. at Gryme=s Hill, Staten Island; dateline 20 March 1893; husband of Euphemia Maria Banta; father of Ellen (Mrs. Horace D.) Caesar, Clara (Mrs. James) McNamee and Jacob H. Vanderbilt; brother of Cornelius Vanderbilt; native of Staten Island, b. 2 September 1807; AFor nearly 40 years he commanded steamboats plying between New York and ports on the Hudson, on Long Island Sound and in New Jersey. Later he became president of the East Shore Railroad@

VANDERBILT [Maria Louisa Kissam] 75 years

d. 6 November 1896 at Scarborough-on-the-Hudson, N. Y.; widow of William H. Vanderbilt; mother of Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard; grandmother of the Duchess of Marlborough

VANDEVERG Mary

d. 5 November 1894; injured 19 October 1894 at Jamaica, when L. I. R. R. train started to move before passengers could get off; she was thrown to the floor of the car and died from injuries received in the accident; resident of Long Island City

VAN DUYN Charles

d. 8 September 1894 at Cutchogue; accident on a railroad handcar; Van Duyn, a railroad foreman, had been putting up a fence prior to the accident

VAN DYKE Capt. William 57 years

d. 20 June 1898; apoplexy; funeral at R. C. Church, Northport; unnamed widow and five children survive; Aat one time engaged in the making of brick at the Fresh Pond brickyards and was also for many years in command of a schooner from this port [Northport]@

VAN NESSON John H.

d. 22 October 1898 at Sea Cliff; cancer of the liver; survived by unnamed widow; father of three daughters and two sons

VAN NOSTRAND Clarence

d. 9 June 1898 at Locust Valley; Aillness of four years@; funeral at Reformed Church, Brookville, by Rev. Smock; survived by unnamed widow and three children

VAN NOSTRAND George W. ca. 40 years

d. 29 September 1896 at Brooklyn; Aseized with severe pains@ while attending the county fair at Mineola; sent to Seney Hospital in Brooklyn for an operation, but Agastritis had already set in@; son of Cornelius Van Nostrand; he and father were in the shoe business; Glen Cove item

VAN NOSTRAND Juliette Wood 33 years

d. 28 February 1891 at Northport; funeral at Greenlawn; wife of David Van Nostrand

VAN NOSTRAND Lydia A. 50 years

d. 27 January 1897; funeral at Reformed Church, Brookville; wife of John Van Nostrand; resident of Wheatley

VAN NOSTRAND Sarah 82 years

d. 14 November 1894 at Syosset; interment Van Nostrand farm, Anow owned by the Sisters of Mercy@; sister of Daniel Van Nostrand; aunt of John Van Wicklin

VAN PELT Rev. Dr.

drowned Athis week@ at Astoria; classmate of Rev. Ernest Gutweiler of Hicksville; preached the installation sermon on 4 March 1885, when Rev. Gutweiler was installed as pastor of the Hicksville Reformed Church; 26 October 1900 paper

VAN RIPER Alexander

d. 16 April 1897 at New York City; Bright=s disease; unmarried resident of Sea Cliff, who lived with his widowed mother

VAN RIPER Mildred Anna infant

d. 25 August 1894 at Sea Cliff; daughter of F. Van Riper of Long Island City; parents are summer residents of Sea Cliff

VAN SCHAICK Jenkins 67 years

d. 19 April 1899 at West Neck; Bright=s disease; funeral at Grace Episcopal Church, New York City; interment at Albany, N. Y.; son of John Van Schaick and Elizabeth Jenkins; husband of Maria Bradford, who survives; father of Mrs. William R. Dockrell of London, England, Charles Van Schaick, John Van Schaick and Singleton Van Schaick, all of New York City, and Edward J. Van Schaick and Mrs. Robert Kelly, both of Huntington; native of Albany, N. Y., b. 1831; Aprominent figure in Wall Street financial circles@; purchased a seat on the Stock Exchange in 1857; served as president of the reform board of alderman of New York City, following the downfall of the Tweed Ring; formed partnership with A. S. Gorham in 1881 as Van Schaick & Company; trustee of the Brooklyn Bridge Company during the construction of the bridge; member of many clubs in New York City; director of the College of the City of New York; member of the Holland Society; president of the Long Island Livestock Fair; purchase AKalmia Park@ overlooking Lloyd=s Harbor about 1870 for his summer home; Aa great lover of books and had an extensive library. He was also a great fancier of dogs, especially collies, and was awarded many prizes at various dog shows@; son John Van Schaick is to take over Van Schaick & Company

VAN SICKLEN Abram 79 years

d. 27 February 1898 at Coney Island Creek; uncle of Athe Van Sicklens of this place [Mineola]@

VAN SICKLEN Court J.

d. 5 January 1898; Apainful illness of some months@; Mineola item

VAN SICKLEN Edward

d. 19 February 1898; son-in-law of John A. Hewlett; Arecently returned from Colorado where he went for the benefit of his health but his search for health proved fruitless@; Hicksville item

VAN SISE child 2 years

d. 28 July 1900 at Huntington; cholera infantum; funeral at Huntington by Rev. Tomlinson; daughter of William Van Sise

VAN SISE C. E.

d. 25 February 1892; interment at Brookville; Aan old resident of this place [Syosset]@; Syosset item

VAN SISE Mrs. Caleb

funeral 8 December 1898 at Syosset; mother of Mrs. Elbert Cheshire

VAN SISE Charles 69 years

d. 22 December 1895; interment at Woodbury, next to first wife; son of Cornelius and Phebe Van Sise; survived by second wife and three daughters; former resident of Woodbury

VAN SISE Eva

funeral Alast week@ at M. E. Church, Farmingdale; interment at Bethpage; daughter of Martin Van Sise of Brooklyn; 23 March 1895