Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1889 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

JOHN 0. VAN RENSSELAER. The death of General J. C. V&ju Eetisselaer occurred on the 4th inst., at Oetley, N. J., by the sea coast A family cottage was being erected there. In this the General had,taken the greatest interest, supervising the plans from the beginning, and as it was approaching completion he thought the Fonrth a good time to go with some friends to see it The day that he departed from home he had oomElained of feeling ill, bat soon the reeze of the sea seemed to revive him, and to his friends he never before impeared more bright or happy. This unusual vigor misled and tempted him to efforts from which he would have ordinarily abstained and were superinducing apoplexy, the sole cause of his sudden demise. On the morning of

the Fourth, in company with a friend, he visited the cottage, going over the entire building. His friend was compelled to return to New Brunswick in the afternoon, and the General remarked that he would accompany him as far as Chadwick, a small station two miles distant. The weather had changed and showers had given place to a driving storm. His friend endeavored to persuade him not to attempt such a trip, but to his amazement he saw the General running to overtake him and catch the train which was already in sight bnt not near. When he entered the station the General was drenched with the rain, mid as he turned to purchase a ticket be suddenly raised his hand to his head, saying, "Oh, I am very diazy.” In a second he sank on his friend’s arms. They took him back to tne house which he had just left, full of life and energy, and where every iwtor*tive was used, bat to no avail, and upon Friday afternoon, the sth

He was laid to rest on the Bth inet, in Greenwood Cemetery, at Brooklyn, beside hie children and hie mother. Hie last services vrerecoßdtieted by ftev. Shields, and were largely attended by warm friends and sincere mourners. John Cullen Van Rensselaer was born in Utica, N. Y., Feb. 16,1811, and was a son of James Van Rensselaer and a grandson of General Robert Van Rensselaer. He studied law in Utica, N. Y., bat early left there and went to New York, where he married a daughter of David Godwise, then a wealthy New York merchant. He is the father-in-law of Mrs. M. G. Van Rensselaer, the well known writer on art topics, who is a member of the staff of the Century Magazine. He leaves a wife, two daughters and a sister to mourn his loss. V