Katherine Kelso Johnston (F)
#293551
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     Katherine Kelso Johnston was the daughter of Alexander Johnston and Mary Stevenson. Katherine Kelso Johnston married Robert Simpson Cassatt, son of Dennis Cassatt and Lydia Simpson.

Alexander Johnston (M)
#293552

     Alexander Johnston married Mary Stevenson.

Mary Stevenson (F)
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     Mary Stevenson married Alexander Johnston.

Mary Stevenson Cassatt (F)
b. 22 May 1844, d. 14 June 1926, #293554
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     Mary Stevenson Cassatt was born on 22 May 1844 at Allegheny City, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Robert Simpson Cassatt and Katherine Kelso Johnston. Mary Stevenson Cassatt died on 14 June 1926 at Mesnil-Theribus, France, at age 82. Born on May 22, 1844, in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, Mary Stevenson Cassatt defied the social conventions of her day to become one of America's foremost artists. Growing up in Philadelphia, she was the fifth child of Katherine Kelso Johnston and Robert Simpson Cassatt, a well-to-do real estate and investment broker. Her upbringing was fairly typical for the era and her social class; at school, she prepared for life as a wife and mother, which included lessons in how to run a home as well as in such genteel pastimes as embroidery, music, sketching, and painting. To broaden their children's education, the Cassatts took them to live in Europe for several years during the early 1850s.
In 1860, sixteen-year-old Mary enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Despite the fact that women, especially those of the upper-class, were discouraged from pursuing careers, she wanted to be a professional artist. By 1862, however, she had grown frustrated with the program's slow pace and inadequate course offerings. She also resented the patronizing attitude of the male teachers and most of her fellow students. She concluded that the best way for her to learn about art would be to go to Europe and study the works of the old masters on her own.

Overcoming the strong objections of her family (her father once declared he would rather see his daughter dead than living abroad as a "bohemian"), Cassatt left for Paris in 1866 to take private art lessons and copy masterpieces in the Louvre. Over the next few years, she traveled throughout France and stayed briefly in Rome. Her first break came in 1868, when one of her portraits was accepted at the prestigious Paris Salon, an exhibition run by the French government's Academy of Fine Arts. To protect her family from embarrassment, Cassatt submitted the painting under the name "Mary Stevenson." Her debut effort was very well received, as was another portrait she submitted in 1870.

Not long after the Franco-Prussian War began in 1870, Cassatt reluctantly returned home and immediately encountered obstacles that threatened to put an end to her career. Living with her parents in a small town well outside Philadelphia, she had problems finding supplies and people willing to model for her. To make matters worse, her father announced that he would provide for her basic needs but not for anything connected with her work. In an attempt to raise some money, Cassatt left some of her paintings with an art dealer in New York, but he was unable to interest any buyers. She then took them to a dealer in Chicago, where they were all destroyed in the catastrophic fire of 1871.

Cassatt was close to despair when the archbishop of Pittsburgh contacted her in late 1871 and commissioned her to paint copies of two works by the Italian master Correggio. Since the originals were on display in Parma, Italy, Cassatt accepted the assignment and left immediately for Europe. She used the money she had earned to resume her career in Europe. The Paris Salon accepted one of her paintings for the 1872 exhibition, and again she found herself the toast of the continent. Over the next year or two, she visited Spain, Belgium, and Rome to continue her studies. After the Paris Salon accepted two more of her works in 1873 and 1874, Cassatt settled permanently in the French capital.

Feeling increasingly constrained by the inflexible guidelines of the Salon, Cassatt decided to paint how and what she wanted, not just what was fashionable or commercial. Critics soon charged that her colors were too bright and that her portraits were too accurate to be appropriately flattering to the subject. When she spied some pastels by Degas in a Paris art dealer's window, she knew she was not alone in her rebellion against the Salon. "I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his art," she once wrote to a friend. "It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it."

Following Degas's invitation, Cassatt exhibited eleven of her paintings with the Impressionists in 1879. The show was a tremendous success commercially and critically, as were subsequent exhibitions in 1880 and 1881. By this time, she and Degas had become close friends whose strong personalities frequently clashed but whose artistic sensibilities were usually in accord.

Unlike many of the other Impressionists, who favored landscapes and street scenes, Cassatt became famous for her charming portraits, primarily of women in casual domestic surroundings. Nearly one-third of her work depicted mothers with their children. Like her technique, her treatment of this rather conventional subject matter was refreshingly different; as a Newsweek writer observed, her mothers and children are "not the madonnas and cherubs of the Renaissance or the adoring couples of conventional portraiture. They are, instead, two separate beings living in easy harmony." Commenting in American Artist, Gemma Newman noted that "her constant objective was to achieve force, not sweetness; truth, not sentimentality or romance."

Not long after her first triumphs with the Impressionists, Cassatt was forced to give up painting to care for her mother and sister, who fell ill after moving to Paris in 1877. The sister died in 1882, but Mrs. Cassatt regained her health so that her daughter was able to resume painting by the mid-1880s.

As Cassatt's style evolved, she began to move away from Impressionism and its characteristic exuberance to a simpler, more straightforward approach. After her last exhibition with the Impressionists in 1886, she no longer identified herself with any particular movement or school. She experimented with a variety of techniques and demonstrated a versatility few of her contemporaries shared.

The 1890s became Cassatt's busiest and most creative period and marked her emergence as a role model for young American artists who came to Europe seeking her advice about their studies. As the new century began Cassatt shifted emphasis from her own work to that of others. She had long championed her fellow Impressionists and rarely missed the chance to encourage wealthy Americans to support the fledgling movement by purchasing artwork. Now she tackled the role in earnest, serving as an advisor to several major collectors. Cassatt's only stipulation was that whatever they purchased would eventually be passed along to American art museums.

In 1910, Cassatt accompanied her brother Gardner and his family on a trip to Egypt. Overwhelmed by the magnificent ancient art she saw there, she lost confidence in her abilities and the value of her own work; her brother's unexpected death from an illness he contracted during the journey proved to be another devastating blow. The two events combined to affect her physical and emotional health, and she was unable to paint until around 1912. By 1915, diabetes forced her to give up working entirely to preserve what little vision she had left. Cassatt spent the remaining eleven years of her life in almost total blindness, bitterly unhappy with the cruel twist of fate that had taken away her greatest source of pleasure. She died on June 14, 1926, at her beloved country home, Chateau de Beaufresne in Mesnil-Theribus, France.

Her legacy is one of courage, independence, and talent that forever guarantee her a place near the top of her profession. But to the artist herself, who thought "perhaps" her paintings would survive her, her efforts had been inadequate. "I have not done what I wanted to," Cassatt remarked toward the end of her life, "but I tried to make a good fight."

Tryntje Jans (F)
#293555

     Tryntje Jans married Pieter Pietersen Van Nest, son of Pieter Pietersen Van Neste and Judith Jorise Rapalje.

Styntje Joris Van Hoorn (F)
#293556
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     Styntje Joris Van Hoorn was the daughter of Joris Van Horn and Maria Rutgers. Styntje Joris Van Hoorn married David Cossart, son of Jacques Cossart and Lydja Willems.

David Cossart (M)
#293557
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     David Cossart was the son of Jacques Cossart and Lydja Willems. David Cossart married Styntje Joris Van Hoorn, daughter of Joris Van Horn and Maria Rutgers.

Jacques Cossart (M)
#293558

     Jacques Cossart married Lydja Willems.

Lydja Willems (F)
#293559

     Lydja Willems married Jacques Cossart.

Nathaniel Britton (M)
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     Nathaniel Britton was the son of Nathaniel Britton and Ann Stillwell.

Sarah Britton (F)
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     Sarah Britton was the daughter of Nathaniel Britton. Sarah Britton married Daniel Gano, son of Etiennne Gayneau and Susannah Usselton.

Daniel Gano (M)
#293562
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     Daniel Gano was the son of Etiennne Gayneau and Susannah Usselton. Daniel Gano married Sarah Britton, daughter of Nathaniel Britton.

Susannah Usselton (F)
#293563

     Susannah Usselton married Etiennne Gayneau.

Etiennne Gayneau (M)
#293564

     Etiennne Gayneau married Susannah Usselton.

Richard Montgomery Gano (M)
b. 7 July 1775, d. 22 October 1815, #293565
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     Richard Montgomery Gano was born on 7 July 1775 at New York City, New York County, New York. He was the son of Rev. John Gano and Sarah Stites. Richard Montgomery Gano married Elizabeth Ewing, daughter of Mitchel Ewing and (Unknown) Davis, on 25 January 1797 at Franklin County, Kentucky. Richard Montgomery Gano died on 22 October 1815 at age 40.

Elizabeth Ewing (F)
d. April 1812, #293566
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     Elizabeth Ewing was the daughter of Mitchel Ewing and (Unknown) Davis. Elizabeth Ewing married Richard Montgomery Gano, son of Rev. John Gano and Sarah Stites, on 25 January 1797 at Franklin County, Kentucky. Elizabeth Ewing died in April 1812.

Rev. John Gano (M)
#293567
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     Rev. John Gano was the son of Daniel Gano and Sarah Britton. Rev. John Gano married Sarah Stites, daughter of John Stites and Margaret Hampton.

Sarah Stites (F)
#293568
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     Sarah Stites was the daughter of John Stites and Margaret Hampton. Sarah Stites married Rev. John Gano, son of Daniel Gano and Sarah Britton.

John Stites (M)
#293569

     John Stites married Margaret Hampton.

Margaret Hampton (F)
#293570

     Margaret Hampton married John Stites.

Rev. John Allen Gano (M)
b. 14 July 1803, d. 14 October 1887, #293571
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     Rev. John Allen Gano was born on 14 July 1803 at Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky. He was the son of Richard Montgomery Gano and Elizabeth Ewing. Rev. John Allen Gano married Mary Catherine Conn, daughter of Capt. William Conn and Frances Webb, on 2 October 1827 at Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Rev. John Allen Gano died on 14 October 1887 at Centerville, Bourbon County, Kentucky, at age 84. Biographical Sketch of John Allen Gano

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Text from James Challen, (editor), Ladies' Christian Annual, October, 1857 (Volume VI, No. 10), Philadelphia: James Challen, Publisher. Pages 305-310. This online edition © 1998, James L. McMillan.
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Born: Georgetown, Kentucky, July 14th, 1805
Died: October 14, 1887

ACCOMPANYING the portrait of John Allen Gano, a minister of the Gospel of Christ, still living and laboring among us, we furnish this short sketch of his life and labors; to us, indeed, it is a work of love. We feel glad of the opportunity of affording so life-like a picture of him in this number of the Annual, which will serve to remind his numerous friends and admirers of that kind and benevolent face, on which amidst crowded assemblies they have so often looked, and those large eyes, so often suffused with tears when speaking of a Saviour's love, and urging with such singular pathos and power, sinners to be reconciled to God through the death of his Son our Lord Jesus Christ.

We have often been struck with the fact, that whilst the speeches in the Senate and House, at the bar and on the stump, by distinguished favorites in the world, have been applauded to the skies, that the sublime specimens of oratory, inspired by the presence of a Christian congregation, listening to the noble themes of the Gospel of the grace of God, have failed to win a single compliment. We have no hesitation in saying, that some of the extempore addresses of an exhortatory character we have heard in the house of God far excel, in all that constitutes true eloquence, the noblest efforts of human genius, either in court or camp, in the senate-chamber or the halls of justice, to which we have listened. And no wonder; men of equal abilities are engaged in pleading the Gospel, with those found in political life; and surely the themes they handle are incomparably grander and more impressive. No one can speak effectively who does not feel deeply, sincerely; and devotion to any cause will endow the soul with the requisite qualifications of success. The Christian minister, ex animo, speaks what he believes--what he knows. He deals with the souls of men, "is much impressed himself," and urges his plea with all the solemnities of death and the judgment before him.

The subject of this sketch fills a large space in the public eye, both in his native State and other States in which he has labored.

He was born in the beautiful village of Georgetown, Kentucky, on the 14th of July, 1805. His father, Richard Montgomery Gano, was born in the city of New York, July 7th, 1775, and was the son of Rev. John Gano, a distinguished Baptist minister, formerly of the city of New York, but who died a citizen of Kentucky, in 1801. His memoirs were published in New York, in 1806. He figured largely during the struggles of the Revolution; many anecdotes are told of him, characteristic both of the man and of the times.

The mother of John A. Gano, the subject of this sketch, was born in Bedford County, Virginia. Her father, Caleb Ewing, not long after, was killed by lightning, and she, with a near relative, moved to Kentucky, then quite a wilderness, where, in 1797, she was married to R. M. Gano, the father of John Allen Gano. She died of consumption in Georgetown, April 9th, 1812, leaving four daughters, Mary, Margaret, Cornelia, and Eliza,

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and three sons, John Allen Gano, the subject of this sketch, Stephen F., and Richard M. His father, in his forty-first year, died near Georgetown, October 22nd, 1815, soon after his return from his last campaign in the war of 1812. Thus, in the eleventh year of his life, John A. Gano was left an orphan. He was anxious to secure an education, and although he did not pursue a collegiate course, he entered into some of the best schools which the country afforded, and, together with instruction in the Latin and Greek languages, he received the ordinary course in mathematics and other kindred branches, under such eminent teachers as Barton W. Stone, Charles O'Hara, _____ Olds, and others. His academic course he completed in 1821.

Being in bad health, he spent a portion of his time in travelling in the southern part of his native State. In the year 1822, he went to reside with his near relative in Cincinnati, Major Daniel Gano, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, Ohio, and continued in his office for one year, after which, returning to Georgetown, in March, 1823, he commenced the study of law under Judge Warren, and in 1826 was duly examined and admitted to practice. The law was his favorite study, and he was anxious to devote his life to it; but Providence had higher and more important designs to accomplish by him, which these studies, however, would materially aid in carrying out.

In the midst of his preparations for his future career as a lawyer, and while travelling south, with a view of making a location in Texas, he was suddenly and violently attacked with hemorrhage of the lungs. In his affliction, he called on the Lord, and resolved, if spared, to become a Christian and seek preparation for a better world. On his return home, he was bewildered amidst the various and conflicting parties of the day, and had he been fully taught the way of salvation, he would gladly have received it. He again entered into the world, and threw off to some extent the serious impressions made upon his mind, but was often most miserable in his rebellion. The war within, between duty and pleasure, conscience and the demands of the world, did not subside, and he often felt that the interests of the soul were paramount, and required his first and most serious attention.

Early in the summer of 1827, he heard the Gospel of Christ, as preached by Elders Barton W. Stone, Francis R. Palmer, and Thomas M. Allen. Under the immediate labors of the last-named person, he embraced the good news of salvation, and began at once to proclaim the Gospel to his fellow-men. He was immersed by Elder T. M. Allen, at Georgetown, Kentucky, July 10th, 1827.

Soon after the profession of his faith in Christ, he relinquished his once fondly cherished idea of the practice of the law, and determined, at all hazards, to plead the cause of the Saviour. His choice was a noble one, and demanded much personal sacrifice. A desire for the enjoyment of the greatest religious freedom determined him to associate with those who wore no name religiously but "Christians," to the rejection of all party and unscriptural names, and whose only authoritative creed and all-sufficient rule of faith and practice were the oracles of God. His religious belief did not lead him, however, to reject those who might differ with him in reference to many questions still mooted, growing out of his rejection of human articles of faith. He was led to love every Christian--all who bore the image of the Saviour, no matter what may have been the difference of opinion in matters purely speculative. He had early learned practically at heart to distinguish between faith and philosophy, knowing that a person may be in error in regard to the latter, but sound in reference to the former; a lesson, we think, that older scribes would do well to consider, and spare both their zeal and charity in behalf of Christ, instead of exhausting them in opposition to what they deem false philosophies. It is no little surprising what a dust may be raised by those who are riding in the same coach, otherwise in good fellowship, and annoy both themselves and others by what may be unavoidable. Please wrap your cloak around you, put down the windows, occasionally thrust your head out to catch a

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little fresh air, and remember it is not so much owing to yourselves as the badness of the roads, the motion of the horses, and the heaviness of the coach. Above all things, do not fall out with each other, much less out of the vehicle that carries you, because of the dust that is raised. "I have learned," says one, "to love my brother none the less, because he differs with me in matters of speculation." This is a rare excellence, and only those who have drunk deeply of the spirit of Christ acquire it. Of all the disputes and controversies known to the world, both in ancient and modern times none have been so bitter, and none so empty and fruitless, as those which are purely metaphysical. Every new system seeks to explode the old, and each philosopher gains credit and favor by the decapitation of his predecessor-- himself a candidate for the same fatal knife

John A. Gano, encouraged by his brethren, and in harmony with his own feelings, cultivated his talent for exhortation, in order to his greater usefulness as a minister of the Word--a talent indeed of rare excellence, and one which he possesses to this day un-impaired. It has given him wonderful power over his audiences and success in his ministry. It is a gift, if not exercised, will be in a measure lost. Brother Gano has kept it intact, and knows how to use it. His labors and studies at this time were excessive and for a while quite prostrating, which made it necessary for him to seek repose and medical attention. He soon began to improve, and being identified with the Church of Christ in Georgetown, he went forth under its authority everywhere preaching the Gospel of Christ, and success attended his labors wherever he went. The writer of this article, though at that time not personally acquainted with him, lived in an adjoining county, and often heard of the abundant labors, zeal, and efficiency of the young lawyer. He associated with those eminently pious and self- denying preachers of the Word, who had suffered so much for their advocacy of the Inspired Volume in opposition to human creeds; and for the name "Christian"as the proper patronymic of the followers of Christ to the exclusion of all party names, viz., Barton W. Stone, Francis R. Palmer, Thomas Smith, Thomas M. Allen, John Rogers, L. J. Fleming, and others. They were filled with zeal, their hearts burned with love to God and the souls of men, and though much opposed, amidst poverty and scorn and the odium of being the leaders of a "new sect everywhere preached against," as announced by their enemies, the cause they plead gained many friends and progressed with astonishing rapidity. On August 24th, 1827, John A. Gano received from the Church in Georgetown a unanimous recommendation to exercise his gift as a preacher wherever Providence might lead him; and his labors and fruits were very great. About this time he commenced preaching, in company with T. M. Allen, in Paris, Kentucky, and many became obedient to the faith. In October, 1827, he was married to Mary Catherine Conn, daughter of Captain William Conn, of Bourbon County, Kentucky, and became after this event a resident of that county. He now extended his labors; he went to Union, a short distance from his home; spoke often at Georgetown, Antioch, Paris, Cynthiana, preaching not only on the Lord's Day, but often through the week; and the more he and those associated with him were persecuted, the more they prospered. In 1828, he visited Harrodsburg, Republican, Fayette County, and Kentontown, near the Blue Licks, and always with more or less success. In the following December, he was regularly ordained to the Gospel ministry, by Elders Barton W. Stone and T. M. Allen, at Union Church, in accordance with the unanimous voice of that church. Next spring he visited Harrodsburg again, preaching occasionally at Lexington, Paris, Georgetown, Bethel, Antioch, Mount Carmel, Cynthiana, and regularly at Union; his time being wholly given to the Lord, his success was accordingly very encouraging.

Although engaged in farming on a small scale, as a means of support to his little family, he was hindered but little in his labors, and, so far as his health and strength would admit, he gave himself wholly to the work. In after years, the long and protracted ill health of his wife restricted his

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field of labor to the regions round about his home, though his heart panted for a wider circuit. In all the year 1830 he preached regularly at Union, Antioch, sometimes at Leesburg, Mount Carmel, Cynthiana, Cooper's Run, Lexington, Georgetown, and often in his own vicinity.

About this time, having been led to investigate the subject, he became fully convinced of the scriptural authority and importance of weekly communion, and wrote, for the Christian Messenger, several essays in its favor. The next year, 1831, his labors were more confined to the churches at Leesburg, Silas, and Union. Not long after, a union was effected between the brethren at Silas, formerly Baptists, and those at Leesburg, composing the Church of Christ, the places of meeting being near each other. During the absence of T. M. Allen on a visit to Virginia, in 1831, he labored in the churches under his care,--Paris, Antioch, and Cynthiana,--and at many places his success was very great. During all this time he was constantly increasing in that efficiency and spirituality which are so necessary to fruitfulness in the cause of Christ.

For five years he had been preaching the Word, in all seasons and at every available point, without any compensation whatever of a temporal character. His labors chiefly abounded among the poor churches, now in a helpless condition, as they were in a state of infancy; he enjoyed their confidence and love, but as he did not need their pecuniary aid, he did not ask it, being sufficiently rewarded in the testimony of his own heart, and in the happiness he diffused among the followers of Christ in building them up in their most holy faith, and in seeing so many new recruits added to their number. He felt that "it was more blessed to give than to receive;" but whilst he so acted, he encouraged and aided the churches to sustain other evangelists who needed assistance, "believing that the laborer was worthy of his hire," and that they who preached the Gospel might justly claim to live "of the Gospel," and that he who was taught in the Word should communicate to his teacher in all good things. He preferred, as his wants were few, to pursue this course for the furtherance of the Gospel, anticipating his reward in a better world.

When the memorable union movement was inaugurated in Kentucky upon the Bible and the Bible alone, he was fully prepared in mind and heart to enter into it. To the shades he and thousands of others were ready to send howling the ghosts of defunct and dying speculations, that had only served to bewilder and lead astray the minds of men, and to preach Jesus as the Lord and Christ, in all his personal and official dignity and authority, as set forth in the living oracles of God. This union, and the zeal and good-fellowship that accompanied it, will account for the unparalleled success which attended the efforts of the evangelists in that region. The Gospel of God's power was now proclaimed much in the spirit of Apostolic times, and with similar results. In all the churches of the Saints great accessions were made, and among them those at Paris, Leesburg, Mount Carmel, and other places within the field of Brother Gano's labors shared largely in them.

Soon after a tour to Southern Kentucky, in 1837, preaching in Hopkinsville, Princeton, and other places, he formed a more intimate acquaintance with the beloved John T. Johnson, and labored and travelled much with him in the cause of Christ, during which time hundreds obeyed the Gospel, as reports in the Millennial Harbinger and Christian Preacher for 1838 and 1839 will show. Never before had such a state of things been witnessed in Kentucky for the triumph of the Gospel. The reader will turn to the Harbinger, vol. 5, new series, page 209, for the account of these meetings.

The removal of many of his most intimate preaching brethren from his field of labor, and the death of others, greatly increased his responsibilities, which made him feel sad and lonely,--at times, indeed, he was overwhelmed with the work to be done, and the few left to do it.

To give some faint idea of his labors at this time, frequent efforts like the following were made by him, and we only wonder that he could have survived them, knowing the powerful draft they make upon the mind and body. He attended a meeting in a

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neighboring county with the resident preacher, and delivered, in eleven days, about thirty discourses, averaging more than an hour in length, gave exhortations as often as he preached, and joined in all the songs which were sung. Over sixty persons were added to the Lord. He often rode home after the scenes of the day and night to reach his family, his wife being at this time much afflicted. Drenched with rain, benumbed with cold and sweltering with heat, he still labored on, cheered with the hope of winning souls to Christ, and the rewards which await the faithful.

Having had an attack of hemorrhage of the lungs after speaking in 1843, his labors for a short time abated, and finding his health and that of his wife so seriously impaired, he set out late in the year 1847 for Louisiana. After spending a month at Lake Providence and on Joe's Bayou, he preached the way of salvation; leaving his family early in January, 1848, he went to Baton Rouge, and finding here a few brethren,--among them G. G. McHatton and wife,--through their influence he obtained the use of a meeting-house, and organized a congregation of eleven members,--the first church of the kind planted in that city on Apostolic grounds. He then proceeded to the City of New Orleans, and introduced ten or twelve more into the ancient faith. He then returned to Baton Rouge, and remained with the infant congregation he had planted until it numbered about forty-five; returning to Lake Providence, and, late in March, home to Kentucky. In January, 1852, he again visited Baton Rouge, found John A. Dearborn preaching there, who, by his efficient labors, had greatly promoted the cause. Many additions, by their mutual efforts, were made to the congregation, and steps were taken to purchase a lot, and erect a suitable building for the brethren. With his accustomed liberality he gratuitously gave his labor free of charge.

His efforts are chiefly in the field of an evangelist. Among the more wealthy congregations he has not refused to accept compensation, but often has he requested them to bestow their favors towards benevolent objects. Whilst he does not object to others entering into some stipulation with the congregations for support, he chooses rather to leave this matter entirely in their hands. And it is well for him that his circumstances will admit of it. The fewest number of those engaged in the work meet with that encouragement and aid that their circumstances and sacrifices demand. He refuses to receive aid, in order that others, who stand more in need of it, may be cared for. But not infrequently valuable presents have been offered him; but I judge that he has given more than he has ever received. Of late his labors have been greater than for many years. The success of our great benevolent enterprises lies near his heart. Side by side with the lamented John T. Johnson he has plead in behalf of the Female Orphan Schools, the Kentucky Education Society, and the missionary enterprise, and still is determined to plead their cause; and he rejoices in the good degree of success which those institutions enjoy.

Recently he held a meeting with the church at Old Union, in Fayette County, Kentucky, commencing July 7th; he was favored with the presence and aid of Brother T. M. Allen, of Missouri, the veteran John Smith, John Rogers, Senior, John J. Rogers, and John A. Dearborn. It was exactly thirty years, the day the meeting began, since he made profession of his faith in Christ, and just thirty-four years since the church at that place was planted with six members, of which number, Elder T. M. Allen was one, and the only one now present at the meeting. Six hundred names have been enrolled on their church books; about one hundred and ten have died, and only one hundred and seventy-six remain. Death and removals to other parts have thinned their ranks.

The clerk at Leesburg says that about one thousand names have been enrolled there, first and last, and all, except about thirty, have been added since 1831. In the bounds of this congregation he has bestowed much labor.

John A. Gano has been the father of eight children; two died in infancy, and one,

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Fanny C., not long after her marriage, died, in the hope of immortality, at the early age of eighteen. In reviewing the eventful history of John A. Gano, we cannot but be struck with the amount of labor he has performed, and the disinterested efforts he has made for thirty years of his public life in behalf of the cause of Christ. His energy and zeal, his courage and perseverance, know no bounds. With a fine and graceful form, a commanding and eloquent oratory,--with a face at once benignant and intelligent,--an eye large and luminous, often "given to the melting mood," from a heart deeply impressed with the importance and grandeur of the themes he handles,--with a voice of exquisite pathos and melody, whether as a speaker or a singer,--and with a thorough knowledge of his subjects, and abundant resources of reasoning and exhortation, he has achieved more within the period referred to than has often been allotted to the most favored champions of truth. "His bow still abides in strength." He is ever ready for the service in which he is engaged. May he long continue among us as a "burning and a shining light."

James Challen.

Mary Catherine Conn (F)
#293572
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     Mary Catherine Conn was the daughter of Capt. William Conn and Frances Webb. Mary Catherine Conn married Rev. John Allen Gano, son of Richard Montgomery Gano and Elizabeth Ewing, on 2 October 1827 at Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky.

Capt. William Conn (M)
#293573

     Capt. William Conn married Frances Webb.

Frances Webb (F)
#293574

     Frances Webb married Capt. William Conn.

Major General Richard Montgomery Gano (M)
b. 13 January 1830, d. 27 March 1913, #293575
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     Major General Richard Montgomery Gano was born on 13 January 1830 at Springdale, Bourbon County, Kentucky. He was the son of Rev. John Allen Gano and Mary Catherine Conn. Major General Richard Montgomery Gano married Martha Jones Welsh, daughter of Dr. Thomas Welsh and Clara Mullins, on 15 March 1853 at Garrard County, Kentucky. Major General Richard Montgomery Gano died on 27 March 1913 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 83. GANO, RICHARD MONTGOMERY (1830-1913). Richard Montgomery Gano, doctor, soldier, and minister, son of John Allen and Mary Catherine (Conn) Gano, was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on June 17, 1830. The elder Gano was a minister of the Disciples of Christ and was associated with Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone in the restoration movement. Richard was baptized into that church at the age of ten. At twelve he went to Bacon College in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. At about seventeen he completed his collegiate course at Bethany College in Virginia and around 1850 graduated from Louisville Medical University in Kentucky. He practiced medicine for about eight years in Kentucky and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 1853 he married Martha (Mattie) J. Welch of Crab Orchard, Kentucky. The couple eventually had twelve children, nine of whom lived to maturity. The family had moved to Texas by 1859 and settled at Grapevine Prairie, where Gano began farming, raising stock, and practicing medicine. He helped organize a company and went in pursuit of a Comanche raiding party when it swept through Parker and Wise counties in 1858. He was awarded a sword by the citizens of Tarrant County for his efforts. In 1860 he was elected to represent the county in the Texas legislature, where he was responsible for a bill on frontier protection and was active in floor discussions relating to livestock interests. He resigned his seat to enter the Confederate Army and began active duty as a cavalry captain in January 1862. Early in the war he organized two companies of Texas cavalry at the request of his friend Gen. Albert Sidney Johnstonqv and joined forces with John Hunt Morgan; he served in Kentucky in 1862. He was promoted to colonel of the Seventh Kentucky Cavalry and served in the Tullahoma campaign of June 1863. He left active service for a short time because of ill health and then was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department in late 1863. There he was assigned by Gen. E. Kirby Smith to the command of a brigade of cavalry and of artillery operating in Arkansas, Indian Territory, and Missouri. On September 19, 1864, at the battle of Cabin Creek in Indian Territory, Gano was wounded as his forces captured an enemy supply train valued at $2 million. He was officially promoted to brigadier general on March 17, 1865, and was recommended for promotion to major general, but the war ended before the commission was issued. After the war Gano returned to Kentucky and entered the ministry of the Disciples of Christ. By 1870 he was in Dallas County, Texas, where he was a minister and stock farmer. His ministry spanned forty-five years, and he established many churches. He also made a speaking tour during the prohibition campaign of 1887 to promote a Texas prohibition amendment. Gano was responsible for importing much fine blooded livestock into Texas, including cattle, horses, sheep, and hogs. He formed a real estate company with two of his sons and was vice president of the Estado Land and Cattle Company. He also served as director of the Bankers and Merchants National Bank. He was active in the United Confederate Veterans. Gano died on March 27, 1913, in Dallas, Texas, and is buried there in Oakland Cemetery.

Martha Jones Welsh (F)
b. 8 October 1832, d. 22 September 1895, #293576
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     Martha Jones Welsh was born on 8 October 1832 at Lincoln County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Dr. Thomas Welsh and Clara Mullins. Martha Jones Welsh married Major General Richard Montgomery Gano, son of Rev. John Allen Gano and Mary Catherine Conn, on 15 March 1853 at Garrard County, Kentucky. Martha Jones Welsh died on 22 September 1895 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 62.

Dr. Thomas Welsh (M)
#293577

     Dr. Thomas Welsh married Clara Mullins.

Clara Mullins (F)
#293578

     Clara Mullins married Dr. Thomas Welsh.

William Beriah Gano (M)
b. before 1860, d. after 1911, #293579
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     William Beriah Gano was born before 1860. He was the son of Major General Richard Montgomery Gano and Martha Jones Welsh. William Beriah Gano married Jeannette de la Fayette Grissim, daughter of Dr. John D. Grissim and Hannah A. R. Moore. William Beriah Gano died after 1911.

Jeannette de la Fayette Grissim (F)
#293580
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     Jeannette de la Fayette Grissim is the daughter of Dr. John D. Grissim and Hannah A. R. Moore. Jeannette de la Fayette Grissim married William Beriah Gano, son of Major General Richard Montgomery Gano and Martha Jones Welsh.

Allene Stone Gano (F)
b. 14 July 1883, d. 29 March 1922, #293581
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     Allene Stone Gano was born on 14 July 1883 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. She was the daughter of William Beriah Gano and Jeannette de la Fayette Grissim. Allene Stone Gano married Howard Robard Hughes, son of Felix Turner Hughes and Jean Amelia Summerlin, on 24 May 1904 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Allene Stone Gano died on 29 March 1922 at Houston, Harris County, Texas, at age 38.

Howard Robard Hughes (M)
b. 9 September 1869, d. 29 March 1922, #293582
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     Howard Robard Hughes was born on 9 September 1869 at Lancaster, Schuyler County, Missouri. He was the son of Felix Turner Hughes and Jean Amelia Summerlin. Howard Robard Hughes married Allene Stone Gano, daughter of William Beriah Gano and Jeannette de la Fayette Grissim, on 24 May 1904 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Howard Robard Hughes died on 29 March 1922 at Houston, Harris County, Texas, at age 52.

Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (M)
b. 24 December 1905, d. 5 April 1976, #293583
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     Howard Robard Hughes Jr. was born on 24 December 1905 at Houston, Harris County, Texas. He was the son of Howard Robard Hughes and Allene Stone Gano. Howard Robard Hughes Jr. died on 5 April 1976 at on airplane from Mexico to Houston, Texas, at age 70. Education: Hughes attended private school in Boston, where he was better at golf than classwork. He was attending Thacher School in California when his mother died. In California, Hughes spent time with his uncle, Rupert, who inspired his later interest in filmmaking. Hughes never graduated from high school. Nonetheless, his father arranged for him to sit in on classes at Cal Tech by donating money to the school. Afterward, Howard returned to Houston and enrolled at Rice Institute (now Rice University). Howard, Sr. died suddenly a few weeks after his son turned eighteen. Young Howard inherited much of the family estate and dropped out of Rice.

Profession: Family business: Uncle Rupert supervised Howard's part of the estate and interests in the Hughes Tool Company until he was twenty-one. Family quarrels led Howard to have company lawyers buy out his relatives. A Houston judge and friend of his late father's granted Howard legal adulthood on December 26, 1924, allowing him to take over the tool company.

Career: Movies: Following the summer of 1924, Howard and Ella moved to Hollywood to pursue Howard's interest in making movies. When his first attempt failed, he hired Noah Dietrich to head the movie subsidiary of his tool company, and Lewis Mileston as director. The new team won an academy award for Two Arabian Nights (1928). Their next film, Hell's Angels (1930), written and directed by Hughes and starring Jean Harlow, was the most expensive movie of its time at a cost of $3.8 million. This movie, about World War I aviators, lost $1.5 million at the box office but allowed Hughes to indulge his interest in flying. While shooting Hell's Angels, Hughes earned his pilot's license. Two later Hughes films tested the limits of public morality. Scarface (1932) was censored until Hughes sued to allow its release, and The Outlaw (1941) became controversial for its sexually explicit advertising and content, both featuring a sensational décolletage worn by a busty Jane Russell. Inspired by the excitement over The Outlaw, Hughes later took a break from airplane fuselage design to create the half-cup bra, modelled of course by his Hollywood discovery, Jane Russell. It was in the '30s that Hughes built the Texas Theater, the movie house in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas in which Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested in 1963. The closeness of both men to the CIA makes it all but certain that the Texas Theater would have become a clandestine meeting place for spies. Such use of movie theaters had long been a staple of espionage tradecraft, and other Hughes properties were put to similar use. Hughes owned the RKO movie studio from 1948 to 1955.

Aviation: In 1932, Hughes formed the Hughes Aircraft Company division of Hughes Tool. The company has pioneered many innovations in aerospace technology. But its origin was an attempt to finance the expensive conversion of a military plane into a racing plane. The next year, he achieved a false status by lobbying the Commerce Department to lower his pilot's license number from 4223 to 80. Charles Lindbergh's number was 69. The only real job Hughes ever had also came in 1933. He signed on as a co-pilot for American Airways. He applied under the name Charles W. Howard. The ruse was quickly discovered, however, and Hughes resigned. After entering and winning the 1934 All-America Air Meet in Miami, Hughes built and personally test-piloted the world's most advanced plane, the H-1. On September 13, 1935, he set a new speed record, taking the plane to 352 mph. Over the next two years, he set two new records with transcontinental flights. Between July 10 and 14, 1938, Hughes piloted a special Lockheed 14 with a crew of four on a flight around the world. He cut Lindbergh's New York to Paris record in half, and finished the trip in three days, nineteen hours and seventeen minutes. Houston's airport was renamed in his honor. As World War II approached, Hughes turned his full attention to building military aircraft. But his regard for secrecy and disregard for military protocol and standardized materials kept him from getting contracts. Henry J. Kaiser, the famous shipbuilder, helped Hughes get a contract to build three "flying boats" for $18 million in three months. Those terms proved impossible for Hughes. In the end, he produced only one of the planes after the war ended. It was flown only once on November 2, 1947, by Hughes himself. The public ridiculed him by calling the plane "The Spruce Goose." Another wartime contract for reconnaissance planes went similarly unfulfilled, and caused the deaths of two people when Hughes crashed during a test flight at Lake Mead. In 1947, the Senate investigated Hughes failure to meet his wartime contracts. In the 1950s and beyond, Hughes manufactured spy satellites.

Military-Industrial Complex: Throughout the 1950s, as the power of three entities grew -- the Hughes empire, organized crime, and the new Central Intelligence Agency -- it became all but impossible to distinguish between them. By the end of the decade, Hughes' chief of staff, Robert Maheu, had orchestrated the CIA's dirtiest secret -- plots to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro with the help of two heads of organized crime. Vice President Richard Nixon was the White House action officer in the clandestine attempts to oust Castro. Zapata Off-Shore, the oil company owned by future CIA director and U.S. president George Bush after he split it off from Zapata Oil partner Hugh Liedtke in 1954, had a drilling rig on the Cay Sal Bank in 1958. These islands had been leased to Nixon supporter and CIA contractor Howard Hughes the previous year and were later used as a base for CIA raids on Cuba. Nixon lost the 1960 presidential election to John F. Kennedy largely because of a scandal over a never repaid $205,000 "loan" Nixon's brother received from Hughes. As attorney general, Robert Kennedy secretly investigated the Hughes-Nixon dealings.

After Bobby Kennedy's assassination in 1968, Maheu and Hughes hired long-time Kennedy advisor Larry O'Brien along with other political insiders to protect their interests in Washington. In 1953, Hughes had founded the Hughes Medical Institute in Delaware as his sole act of philanthropy. By turning over all of the stock of Hughes Aircraft Company to the institute, he made his billion-dollar-a-year weapons factory a tax-exempt charity. By 1969, that scam was about to be shut down by a Senate bill, which followed an investigation by fellow Texan Wright Patman, the powerful chairman of the House Banking Committee. But O'Brien lobbied his allies and got a loophole creating an exemption for "medical research organizations" like the Hughes Medical Institute.

President Nixon's downfall began when he ordered burglars to break into Larry O'Brien's office in 1972. At the time, O'Brien was both a Hughes employee and chairman of the Democratic National Committee, headquartered in the Watergate Hotel. The Watergate burglars happened to have been heavily involved in the covert anti-Castro operations (which Nixon oversaw as vice president). They were also deeply involved in the conspiracies which grew out of those operations; conspiracies which prevented any major political future for the Kennedy family, and led directly to Nixon's resurrection from political obscurity. The purpose of the break-in was never revealed because the Watergate scandal's investigations were sidetracked, likely on purpose, into a focus on multiple other high crimes by Nixon. Whatever the purpose of the break-in, Hughes was right in the middle of the major forces linking the conspiracies that resulted in the murders and character assassinations of the Kennedy brothers, and the Watergate scandal that toppled the Nixon administration.

During all of these political intrigues, arguments between Hughes and his employees continued to threaten military contracts and resulted in his firing his long-time associate Noah Dietrich in 1957. As a stockholder in Trans World Airways, Hughes lobbied for the airline's purchase of sixty-three jets in 1956. He sold his TWA stock in 1966 for $546 million when the company faced numerous lawsuits. That same year, Hughes moved to Las Vegas and began doing business there. Las Vegas organized crime interests were actively transferring casino ownership to frontmen with less tainted reputations.

Hughes took over Air West in 1970. (He was later indicted in the Air West takeover, but the case was dismissed.) Hughes was increasingly reclusive and decreasingly in control of his business dealings. Not even Nixon could contact him directly. Maheu's power was also declining. The CIA assassination plots had begun to leak to the press, requiring the government to distance itself from Maheu. Not only did he know too much, it was one of his associates, attorney Ed Morgan, who had leaked the story to columnist Jack Anderson. It was now Chester Davis, Raymond Holliday, and Bill Gay, the Hughes Tool Company executives who ran Hughes Nevada properties, who were contacted by the CIA when they wanted to build a CIA ship, the Glomar Explorer, to recover a sunken Soviet submarine.

In 1972, Hughes sold Hughes Tool Company's stock and renamed his company Summa Corporation, ending any remaining role in his business. His health deteriorated and his entourage of aids carted him to Panama, Canada, London and Acapulco. On June 5, 1974, a break-in occurred at Hughes' Romaine Street headquarters in Los Angeles. The theft of secret documents sent shockwaves through the U.S. intelligence community.

Death: Hughes died April 5, 1976, en route by private jet to a hospital in Houston. His drastically changed appearance and the fact that he had been seen by so few people for so long forced the Treasury Department to use fingerprints to identify his body. He left an estate estimated at $2 billion. Four hundred prospective heirs tried to inherit it but it eventually went to twenty-two cousins on both sides of his family. Texas, Nevada and California claimed inheritance-tax in disputes reviewed by the Supreme Court three times. Hughes Aircraft ended up in the hands of Hughes Medical Institute, which sold it to General Motors in 1985 for $5 billion. Four hotels and six casinos in Las Vegas and Reno remained with Summa Corporation.

Jannetje Laurense Van Schaick (F)
b. 25 March 1705, #293584
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     Jannetje Laurense Van Schaick was baptized on 25 March 1705 at Albany, Albany County, New York. She was the daughter of Laurens Van Schaick and Jannetje Oothout. Jannetje Laurense Van Schaick married Johannes Dircksen Hoes, son of Dirck Janzen Hoes and Lybetje Lucaszen Wyngaart, on 20 April 1724 at Albany, Albany County, New York.

Johannes Dircksen Hoes (M)
b. 12 May 1700, #293585
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     Johannes Dircksen Hoes was born on 12 May 1700 at Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York. He was the son of Dirck Janzen Hoes and Lybetje Lucaszen Wyngaart. Johannes Dircksen Hoes married Jannetje Laurense Van Schaick, daughter of Laurens Van Schaick and Jannetje Oothout, on 20 April 1724 at Albany, Albany County, New York.

Dirck Janzen Hoes (M)
#293586

     Dirck Janzen Hoes married Lybetje Lucaszen Wyngaart.

Lybetje Lucaszen Wyngaart (F)
#293587

     Lybetje Lucaszen Wyngaart married Dirck Janzen Hoes.

Maria Hoes (F)
b. 16 January 1746/47, d. 16 February 1817, #293588
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     Maria Hoes was born on 16 January 1746/47 at Claverack, Columbia County, New York. She was the daughter of Johannes Dircksen Hoes and Jannetje Laurense Van Schaick. Maria Hoes married Johannes Van Alen. Maria Hoes married Abraham Van Buren, son of Marten Van Buren and Dirckje Van Alstyne. Maria Hoes died on 16 February 1817 at Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, at age 70.

Abraham Van Buren (M)
b. 17 February 1736/37, d. 8 April 1817, #293589
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     Abraham Van Buren was born on 17 February 1736/37 at Albany, Albany County, New York. He was the son of Marten Van Buren and Dirckje Van Alstyne. Abraham Van Buren was baptized on 27 February 1736/37 at Dutch Reformed Church, Albany, Albany County, New York. He married Maria Hoes, daughter of Johannes Dircksen Hoes and Jannetje Laurense Van Schaick. Abraham Van Buren was a farmer and tavernkeeper. He died on 8 April 1817 at Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, at age 80.

Dirckje Van Alstyne (F)
#293590

     Dirckje Van Alstyne married Marten Van Buren.

Marten Van Buren (M)
#293591

     Marten Van Buren married Dirckje Van Alstyne.

President Martin Van Buren (M)
b. 5 December 1782, d. 24 July 1862, #293592
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     President Martin Van Buren was born on 5 December 1782 at Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York. He was the son of Abraham Van Buren and Maria Hoes. President Martin Van Buren was baptized on 15 December 1782 at Dutch Reformed Church, Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York. He married Hannah Hoes on 21 February 1807 at Catskill, Greene County, New York. President Martin Van Buren died on 24 July 1862 at Lindenwald, Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, at age 79.

Martin Van Buren
Only about 5 feet, 6 inches tall, but trim and erect, Martin Van Buren dressed fastidiously. His impeccable appearance belied his amiability--and his humble background. Of Dutch descent, he was born in 1782, the son of a tavernkeeper and farmer, in Kinderhook, New York.
As a young lawyer he became involved in New York politics. As leader of the "Albany Regency," an effective New York political organization, he shrewdly dispensed public offices and bounty in a fashion calculated to bring votes. Yet he faithfully fulfilled official duties, and in 1821 was elected to the United States Senate.
By 1827 he had emerged as the principal northern leader for Andrew Jackson. President Jackson rewarded Van Buren by appointing him Secretary of State. As the Cabinet Members appointed at John C. Calhoun's recommendation began to demonstrate only secondary loyalty to Jackson, Van Buren emerged as the President's most trusted adviser. Jackson referred to him as, "a true man with no guile."

The rift in the Cabinet became serious because of Jackson's differences with Calhoun, a Presidential aspirant. Van Buren suggested a way out of an eventual impasse: he and Secretary of War Eaton resigned, so that Calhoun men would also resign. Jackson appointed a new Cabinet, and sought again to reward Van Buren by appointing him Minister to Great Britain. Vice President Calhoun, as President of the Senate, cast the deciding vote against the appointment--and made a martyr of Van Buren.
The "Little Magician" was elected Vice President on the Jacksonian ticket in 1832, and won the Presidency in 1836.
Van Buren devoted his Inaugural Address to a discourse upon the American experiment as an example to the rest of the world. The country was prosperous, but less than three months later the panic of 1837 punctured the prosperity.
Basically the trouble was the 19th-century cyclical economy of "boom and bust," which was following its regular pattern, but Jackson's financial measures contributed to the crash. His destruction of the Second Bank of the United States had removed restrictions upon the inflationary practices of some state banks; wild speculation in lands, based on easy bank credit, had swept the West. To end this speculation, Jackson in 1836 had issued a Specie Circular requiring that lands be purchased with hard money--gold or silver.
In 1837 the panic began. Hundreds of banks and businesses failed. Thousands lost their lands. For about five years the United States was wracked by the worst depression thus far in its history.
Programs applied decades later to alleviate economic crisis eluded both Van Buren and his opponents. Van Buren's remedy--continuing Jackson's deflationary policies--only deepened and prolonged the depression.
Declaring that the panic was due to recklessness in business and overexpansion of credit, Van Buren devoted himself to maintaining the solvency of the national Government. He opposed not only the creation of a new Bank of the United States but also the placing of Government funds in state banks. He fought for the establishment of an independent treasury system to handle Government transactions. As for Federal aid to internal improvements, he cut off expenditures so completely that the Government even sold the tools it had used on public works.
Inclined more and more to oppose the expansion of slavery, Van Buren blocked the annexation of Texas because it assuredly would add to slave territory--and it might bring war with Mexico.
Defeated by the Whigs in 1840 for reelection, he was an unsuccessful candidate for President on the Free Soil ticket in 1848. He died in 1862.




He was buried at Kinderhook Cemetery, Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York.

Anna Van Schaick (F)
#293595

     Anna Van Schaick married Jacobus Hallenbeck, son of Hans Hallenbeck and Neeltje Van Loon.

Jacobus Hallenbeck (M)
#293596
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     Jacobus Hallenbeck was the son of Hans Hallenbeck and Neeltje Van Loon. Jacobus Hallenbeck married Anna Van Schaick. Jacobus Hallenbeck married Marietje Van Buskirk, daughter of Laurens Van Buskirk and Elizabeth Demarest.

Hans Hallenbeck (M)
#293597

     Hans Hallenbeck married Neeltje Van Loon.

Neeltje Van Loon (F)
#293598

     Neeltje Van Loon married Hans Hallenbeck.

Jacob Hollenbeck (M)
#293599
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     Jacob Hollenbeck is the son of Jacobus Hallenbeck and Marietje Van Buskirk. Jacob Hollenbeck married Helena Van Wie, daughter of Gerrit Van Wie and Catherine Lansing.

Helena Van Wie (F)
#293600
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     Helena Van Wie is the daughter of Gerrit Van Wie and Catherine Lansing. Helena Van Wie married Jacob Hollenbeck, son of Jacobus Hallenbeck and Marietje Van Buskirk.