Dutcher
Dutcher
First Generation
1. Nina DUTCHER M.D., daughter of 2. Basil Hicks DUTCHER MD, Colonel & 3. Eberhardine (Nina) DIEZ. Born on 22 Sep 1920 in Walter Reed. Nina died in Ann Arbor, MI, on 27 Mar 2017; she was 96. Occupation: Physician, Homemaker. Education: Vassar ’42, NY Medical College, Mt. Sinai.
A letter of April 28th, 1929 from step sister Catherine Dutcher to William Diez about custody and care of Nina and Mary:
“Dear Mr. Diez,
I received your letter and regret to hear that you have been ill. I trust that you are well on the road to recovery.
It seems to me incredible hat the court should not take blood relationships as well as reisdeence into account when assigning a guardianship. I wouild dislike very much to have the children left to the care of strangers.
My attorney, Mr. Samuel T. Carter, suggested that I write to your lawyer, who could get in touch with him on untangling this problem. Mr. Carter’s address is Trinity Building, 111 Braodway, NYC.
I imagine that you will want the children to finish the term at their present school. My sister (ed.: Carolene) and I expect to settle just outside of New York in the late summer or fall, as I would not like to bring up children in the city. The place that I am considering has a good public school which in that neighborhood would I believe be equal to a private one and have the further advantage of conswerving a part of their income. As nearly as I can estimate it will take betweeneleven and twelve hundred dollars a year to maintain them both, about half of that being for board, and the remainder for clothers, medical care, dentistry and incidental expenses. When they are a few years older, they will need the entire income, especially if they enter college early.
One of us, either my sister of I, will be at home with the children all the time, while the other ‘holds down a job.’ We are very glad that there is at least a prospect of having Mary and Nina with us, and wish to give them as nice a home as we possibly can,
Sincerely,
Catherine Dutcher”
Mary recalls (personal conversation) that a woman accompanied the two girls from Panama to NYC where they stayed for several days. They saw Sonny Boy (Davey Lee) in ‘Frozen River’ which was the first Rin Tin Tin movie. Mimi stayed with Catherine at Mrs. Keating’s house, and Nina stayed with Carolene at Carolene’s dressmaker’s house. They then went to Tarrytown and stayed in a boarding house (Mrs. Mortimer’s) while the Irvington house was being completed, perhaps 6 months. They spent a Christmas time there. They would take a bus from Tarrytown to Irvington, getting something first at Cushman’s Bakery and drinking from a public spring in Irvington. Mimi and NIna would look for loose change in the bus cushions.
Nina Dutcher Elias has pictures of herself and Mary as an infant in Chevy Chase.
Nina Dutcher Elias recalls having been in California when her mother died. Her parents had not been getting along, were separated and in the process of divorce when Nina and Mary went to California to live with ‘Uncle Will’ when Nina was a baby. They first lived on 625 East Elk Street and then another location in Glendale. Nina went to first grade in Glendale. Then they went to Mrs. Edna R. Ritchie’s boarding school at Los Arboles Private School, 1430 N Marengo Avenue in Pasadena for two (1927-1928 and 1928-1929) years. Nina Elias has pictures of them in their boarding school uniforms.
Uncle Will was unwilling to take in wife Madge’s children by her prevous marriage to a judge (Marguerite and Lansing) so they were cared for by their grandmother and Madge’s sister ‘Aunt Jessie’ and lived nearby. Madge was unwilling to take in JUST Mary and Nina, but was willing to take in all four. This may have explained why Mary and Nina were in a boarding school for two years and the negotiations in the above letter from Catherine Dutcher about custody and finances and schooling.
Nina entered Irvington public school in 4th grade, Mary in 5th grade.
Nina attended Vassar ’42 (with Katherine Eisenhart and Esther Gleason who were freinds of the Carters from Caspian Lake).
On 21 Mar 1946 when Nina was 25, she married Kurt ELIAS M.D. 
.1 They were divorced in Jul 1974.
.1 They were divorced in Jul 1974.
They had the following children:
i.
Peter Bernd Herbert M.D. (1947-)
ii.
Joan Emily (1951-)
iii.
Margaret Jean (1954-)
Second Generation
2. Basil Hicks DUTCHER MD, Colonel 2, son of 4. William DUTCHER & 5. Catherine Oliver (Scaldy) PRICE. Born on 3 Dec 1871 in Bergen Point, NJ. Basil Hicks died in Walter Reed, on 16 Jan 1922; he was 50. Buried in Arlington Cemetary. Occupation: Physician. Education: PhB Columbia School Of Mines 1892; MD Columbia P&S 1895. Religion: Atheist.
2, son of 4. William DUTCHER & 5. Catherine Oliver (Scaldy) PRICE. Born on 3 Dec 1871 in Bergen Point, NJ. Basil Hicks died in Walter Reed, on 16 Jan 1922; he was 50. Buried in Arlington Cemetary. Occupation: Physician. Education: PhB Columbia School Of Mines 1892; MD Columbia P&S 1895. Religion: Atheist.Family lore:
After finishing high school at Friend’s Seminary he was ready to go to college at 17 and he wanted to go to Harvard but his parents didn’t want him to go. He went to Columbia School of Mines. His family lived at 565 Morningside Drive, a brownstone in what is now Harlem and he could walk to Columbia. He had planned to be an engineer but switched to medicine at direction of his father. He joined the army as a physician to avoid the business aspects of medicine.
In the army, he served in Panama during the building of the canal (though this is not listed in his official service list so likely incorrect). He rejected his daughter Catherine becuase of her polio and resultant disability. Described as being severe, rigid, and unyielding.
Jan 28, 1920 discharged from service for medical reasons - discharge papers
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Hume, Col. Edgar Erskine. ORNITHOLOGISTS of the UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL CORPS: THIRTY SIX BIOGRAPHIES. Baltimore. Johns Hopkins Press (1942). pp 105 - 129.
VI.
Basil Hicks Dutcher (1871 - 1922)
Colonel, Medical Corps, United States Army
³Son of a well known ornithologist, William Dutcher, and Catherine Price, his wife, Basil Hicks Dutcher was born at Bergen Point, New Jersey on 3 December 1871. He graduated (Ph. B) from the Columbia School of Mines in 1892 and received his M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York in 1895. At an early age he became interested in natural history, particularly ornithology, and accompanied his father on many collecting trips to Long Island and other points in the vicinity of New York. His daughter, Catherine, has still his old ledger, stamped with his name, in which from his eleventh to his nineteenth year, he kept a record of the nests he and his father found on Long Island. Measurements of both nests and eggs are given. When but nineteen years of age he was appointed a field assistant in the Division of Ornithology of the United States Department of Agriculture and took part in the biological reconnaissance of Idaho under the direction of Dr. Clinton Hart Merriam in 1890. In the following summer he became a member of the Death Valley Expedition and for three months was in charge of the meteorological station in Big Cottonwood Meadows near Mount Whitney, California, at an altitude of about 10,000 feet. It will be recalled that at that period the Medical Department of the Army had charge of meteorological work in the United States.²
Dutcher received his medical degree in 1895 and then took and passed the examination for admission to the Medical Corps of the United States Army. He was commissioned Assistant Surgeon on 26 October 1896. His induction records describe him as: ³Age 24 11/12ths; 66 inches tall; weight 117 pounds; blue eyes; flaxen hair; fair complexion; and no physical defects noted.² He graduated at the Army Medical School in 1897. Subsequent promotions were as follows: Captain 26 October 1901; Major 23 April 1908; Lieutenant Colonel 1 July 1916; and Colonel 15 May, 1917.
A close friend and fellow naturalist for whom Dutcher worked as an assistant in the U.S. Biological Survey in 1890 (while an 18 year old college sophomore) named a species of meadow mouse Microtus dutcheri and designated the pocket mouse Perognathus merriami gilvus as the Dutcher Pocket Mouse in his honor.
This biography reprints a number of letter between Bailey and Dutcher, including descriptions of naturalist field research and observations about the life and people in the Philippines where Dutcher served. These letters are fascinating reading.
The biography includes a summary of the ³station list² from his service record.
*Army Medicaal School from 4 November 1896 to 13 March 1897
*20 March to 14 December 1897 served at Fort Leavenworth, KS
*December 1897 to December 1898 served at Fort Grant, AZ
*13 July 1899 sailed on the transport ship ³City of Para² for Manila;
served as Assistant Surgeon on the voyage.
*12 August 1899 to 16 January 1900 was Regimental Surgeon of 20th Infantry at Fort Santiago, Manila and surgeon of Bilibid Prison and attending surgeon of the 14th Infantry.
*12 October 1899 participated in a skirmish at Cavite Viejo, Luzon and at San Francisco de Malabon.
*January to 3 April 1900 on duty with 47th Infantry at Bulusan, then returned to Fort Santiago
*July to November 25, 1900 Surgeon to the 24th Infantry at Pangasinan, Luzon
*October to 11 July 1901 ill and in hospitals in Manila and at Nagasaki, Japan and sailed on transport Meade for San Francisco
*August 1901 to 26 September 1904 at Fort Hancock, NJ and Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
*26 September 1904 to 16 November 1905 at Fort Apache, AZ
*17 November 1905 to 12 June 1906 at Washington Barracks of Columbia, and at Boston, pursuing course at the London School of Tropical Medicine; graduated with distinction.
*June 1906 sailed from San Francisco on transport Sheridan, arriving Manila on 1 August 1906
*August 1906 to August 1908 on duty in Philippines at Javo, Leyte; Camp Bumpus; Warwick Barracks; Iloilo; Manila
*15 August to 12 September 1908 en route Manila to San Francisco
*4 November 1908 to 19 September 1912 on duty at Plattsburgh Barracks, NY
*11 October 1912 to 14 August 1913 at Fort Sam Houston, TX
*Until 23 June 1917 post Surgeon at San Juan, Puerto Rico
*Until 30 November 1917 at Camp ES Otis, Canal Zone.
During WWI, Dutcher served briefly in the Office of the Surgeon General (Gorgas) and was then assigned as commanding officer of Base Hospital 37. On 18 May 1918 sailed for Europe with this hospital, stationed first at Plymouth and then at Brest. On 1 November 1918 assigned to Base Section Number 5, American Expeditionary Forces. Returned to the United States March 1919 and assigned to duty at Fort Dix, NJ. Transferred to Fort Hamilton, NY in January 1920.
Dutcher was decorated with the ŒPalmes Academiques¹ (grade of Officer of Public Instruction) by the French Government.
Dutcher retired from active duty 6 February 1920 based on disability in the line of duty and settled at 6 Grafton Street, Chevy Chase, MD where he lived until his death at Walter Reed General Hospital (16 January 1922). He was buried Lot 4580, Southern Section, National Cemetery, Arlington.
Pictures in the biography include him sitting with his father William Dutcher (1846-1920) on the porch of the Westminster Hotel at Alexandria Bay, Thousand Islands, NY at age 16 (the caption incorrectly states the location is Long Island). The pair are preparing a taxidermy specimen of a loon, which is one of two loons prepared by Dutcher and in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History. The other illustration is an upper body photograph of Dutcher in his uniform with the rank of Colonel.
Publications by Dutcher include:
³Bird Notes from Little Gull Island, New York,² The Auk, April 1889, vi, number 2, 124-131.
³Mammals of Mount Katahdin, Maine,² Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 1903, 63-71.
Brief excerpts from his publications appear in the biography.
Dutcher¹s first wife was Maude Helen Walker of Rome, NY. She died 1917, leaving two daughters: Catherine, born 1898 and Carolene, born 1903, both lived in Irvington, NY and died without issue. His second wife was Nina Diez, born in NYC. This marriage resulted in two daughters, Mary Dutcher (born 1919) and Nina Dutcher (born 1920), both now deceased.
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Military stations:
November 4, 1896 entered Army Medical School, graduated March 3 1897
March 20 through December 1897 @ Fort Leavenworth
? to January 1900 in Manila
July 1901 Nagasaki, Japan
1901-1904 Fort Hanckock, NJ
1904-1905 Fort Apache, AZ
1905-1906 Londond Schgool of Tropical Medicine
1906 - 1908 Phillipines
1908 - 1912 Plattsburgh, NY
1912 - 1913 Fort Sam Houston, TX
1913 - 1917 Puerto Rico
1917 - Panama Canal Zone
1918 - 1919 WWI posted in FRance
1920 Fort Hamilton
1920 Retired for medical reasons
3. Eberhardine (Nina) DIEZ, daughter of 6. Carl Wilhelm DIETZ & 7. Eberhardina ROTH. Born in Jul 1889. Eberhardine (Nina) died in Glendale, California, on 1 Sep 1927; she was 38.4,5 Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California.6
Didn't like 'Eberhardina' and changed to Nina (pronounced with long 'i' - as in Nine-a).7
Letter to Gretchen Diez from Aunt Mae (Charlie's widow) dated March 1, 1977 says: "Your fathers name was William and his mothers was Eberhardina. In fact his sister was named Eberhardina too but they called her Dina until she went to work then she changed it to Nina."
Probably died as a result of complications of drowning attempt in Coronado, CA (per Mimi and Nina, personal conversation 22 August 2005.)
Per her death certificate, she had married Captian William Johns. Mimi and Nina both recall that she took the two of them down to the beach in their night gowns intending to drown together, were found by police, and then subsequently tried to drown herself and then died of pneumonia.
Link to article about her filing for divorce:
https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/38853...24-9741-ae40bdad8ea7
Third Generation
4. William DUTCHER , son of 8. Jacob Conklin DUTCHER Reverend & 9. Margaretta AYRES. Born on 20 Jan 1846 in Piscataway, NJ.8 William died in Chevy Chase, MD, on 1 Jul 1920; he was 74. Buried on 6 Jul 1920 in Hillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ. Occupation: Insurance, Ornithologist. Education: Left School At 14, Self Taught.
, son of 8. Jacob Conklin DUTCHER Reverend & 9. Margaretta AYRES. Born on 20 Jan 1846 in Piscataway, NJ.8 William died in Chevy Chase, MD, on 1 Jul 1920; he was 74. Buried on 6 Jul 1920 in Hillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ. Occupation: Insurance, Ornithologist. Education: Left School At 14, Self Taught.The following information is extracted from a memorial pamphlet published by the New Jersey Audubon Society:
"...the man who may be properly hailed as the father and originator of bird protection in America..."
He left school at 14 and farmed in Massachusetts until age 20. He removed to NY and "...engaged in the business of life insurance..." for over 40 years. He read extensively and loved natural history, especially ornithology. He was an originl member of the Commitee for the Protection of Birds of the American Ornithologists' Union and remained a member or chairman until their work was subsumed by the Audubon Societies.
He studied the birds of Long Island and published a history of the extict Labrador Duck in the AUK. He was on the council of the American Ornithologists' Union and Treasurer for a number of years and regular contributor to it's journal, the Auk. He travelled in summer to Maine to study and photograph birds, often accompanied by his daughter Mary (with whom he was very close).
The original Audubon Society movement had been launched in 1886 by Forest and Stream but had fallen into decline by 1888 due to lack of financilal support. At that time State Audubon Societies were organized and in 1901 a union of these state societies was begun by the National Committee of Audubon Societies (in 1905 icorporated as the National Association of Audubon Societies). During this time, this organized effort for national protection of birds was maintained "...largely through the untiring efforts and buoyant faith of Mr. Dutcher, who contributed unstintingly of his time, effort and money, as far as he was able, always with no other recompense than a finally realized ideal..." In 1906 the will of benefactor Albert Willcox placed the societies on a secure footing, arranged by Mr. Dutcher.
On October 19, 1910 in Plainfield, NJ he had a stroke. He recovered partially but did not regain his speech or ability to walk. He moved to Chevy Chase, MD on April 18, 1920 and had another stroke on June 23, 1920 and died on July 1, 1920. He was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ on July 6, 1920.
His memberships included: American Ornithologists' Union, NY Academy of Sciences, New York Zoological Society, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Royal Society for the Protection of Brids (Great Britain), the Linnaean Society of New York, the American Museum of natural History, the Sons of the American Revolution, the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. He was President of the National Association of Audubon Societies from its organization until his death.
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His efforts led to formation of Bonnie Burn Sanataium, Union County, NJ, a tuberculosis sanatarium. Plainfield’s open air school was named for him.9
On 18 May 1870 when William was 24, he married Catherine Oliver (Scaldy) PRICE 10 in Elizabeth, NJ.8
10 in Elizabeth, NJ.8
They had the following children:
i.
Mary (Aunt Polly) (1879-1909)
2ii.
Basil Hicks MD, Colonel (1871-1922)
5. Catherine Oliver (Scaldy) PRICE 10, daughter of 10. William Oliver PRICE & 11. Mary Caroline JAQUES. Born on 24 Jun 1848 in Elizabeth, NJ.8 Catherine Oliver (Scaldy) died in 1921; she was 72.
10, daughter of 10. William Oliver PRICE & 11. Mary Caroline JAQUES. Born on 24 Jun 1848 in Elizabeth, NJ.8 Catherine Oliver (Scaldy) died in 1921; she was 72.DAR Registry number 55838.
Burned when little and called ‘Scaldy.”
High blood pressure and strokes
6. Carl Wilhelm DIETZ, son of 12. Johann Christian DIETZ & 13. Dorothee WAGENHALS. Born on 10 Sep 1853 in Willsbach, Wurttemberg, Germany. Christened on 25 Sep 1853 in Willsbach, Württemberg, Germany. Carl Wilhelm died in Brooklyn, NY, on 15 Jun 1911; he was 57.11 Buried on 17 Jun 1911 in Lutheran Cemetery, NY.11 Occupation: Butcher.
Originally German and spelled the name Dietz at the time of his arrival in New York.
Immigrated 1882 to NYC. He is passenger number 585 (out of a total manifest of 625) on the passenger list of the ship Oder arriving steerage 3 July 1882 from Bremen, Germany. His name is written “Wilhelm Dietz” and his age is given as 28. He is described as a “workman.”12
Although his children changed their last name to Diez in 1916, his name was still Dietz on the death certificate in 1911.
His wife, who arrived in NYC on the same vessel, died in 1900 in childbirth when Baby Ernest was born and William had to raise children.
In the 1900 NYC directory there is a William Dietz listed under ‘meat’ at 1132 Park Avenue, but this is a different William Dietz father-son combintion. This caused me considerable confusion at first.
In 1887 when Carl was born they lived at 440 E 12th Street. (NYC)
In 1891 when William was born, they lived at 441 E 19th Street. (NYC)
In 1898 when Fred was born, they lived at 321 Ellery Street, in Brooklyn.
His marriage certificate confirms 10 September 1853 as dob, Karlsbad, Wurtemburg, and father’s name Christian. He was living at 71 Washington St, Hoboken, NJ at the time (Oct 18, 1883). Married at 248 Garden St. Hoboken, NJ
He developed blood poisoning probably as a result of an infection acquired in his work as butcher and was subsequently chronically ill and unable to support the family, and became depressed. He committed suicide.
The children were initially farmed out to various relatives (among the Roths by oral family tradition without documentation). The children Charlie, Nina and William established their own home and took in and raised 'little Fred'.7
The birth certificate (#31791) of son (Willie Dietz) says he was born 5 September 1891 and says they lived then at 441 E 19th Street and lists the father as William Dietz age 37 - making his probable birth date 1854 - and born in Germany, occupation butcher). Mother Eberhardine Roth was listed on birth certificate as age 36, making her birth date approximately 1855. An official correction to the son Willie’s birth certificate (P#3783 ) was approved 23 June 1916 and changes the spelling of both father and son from Dietz to Diez. That birth certificate also states there were 5 children with three living in 1891, suggesting two children born and not surviving, not known to this researcher.
His death certificate spells his name “Dietz” and indicates he died of a pistol shot to the head as a suicide in Bushwick Park (Now Maria Hernandez Park) on Knickerbocker Avenue and (Suydam) Place.11 According to the coroner’s report he lived at 53 Brewer (?spelling) Place at the time of his death and was buried 17 June 1911 in the Lutheran Cemetery
On 18 Oct 1883 when Carl Wilhelm was 30, he married Eberhardina ROTH13 in German Reformed Church, Hoboken, NJ.
They had the following children:
i.
Unknown (Died as Infant) (<1887-)
ii.
Unknown (Died as Infant) (<1887-)
iii.
Charles (1887-1964)
3iv.
Eberhardine (Nina) (1889-1927)
v.
William14 (1891-1976)
vi.
Fred (1898-1964)
vii.
Ernst (Died as Infant) (1900-1900)
7. Eberhardina ROTH13, daughter of 14. Jakob ROTH & 15. Eberhardina BAUER. Born on 20 Dec 1860 in Plattenhardt, Germany. Eberhardina died in 1900; she was 39.
She appears as Eberhardina Roth and is listed as passenger number 355 on the passenger list of the German Steamship Oder, bound from Bremen and arriving steerage in NYC, NY on 3 July 1882.
Her husband to be, William Dietz was on the same vessel. The ship’s manifest says there were 625 passengers, 558 of whom travelled steerage, and most were German.12
Their third child - but the first to survive - was born in 1887. This suggested that they were married between 1882 and 1885. Searches for marriage certificate ibn NYC showed nothing as she was married in Hoboken, NJ in 1883. She died in childbirth in 1990 and her fifth surviving child Ernst died about a month later. Her death certificate has not yet been found.
Fourth Generation
8. Jacob Conklin DUTCHER Reverend , son of 16. William DUTCHER Jr. & 17. Anna VAN WART. Born on 8 Oct 1820 in Tarrytown, NY.8 Jacob Conklin died in Springfield, MA, on 27 Nov 1888; he was 68.8 Occupation: Minister. Education: Rutgers.
, son of 16. William DUTCHER Jr. & 17. Anna VAN WART. Born on 8 Oct 1820 in Tarrytown, NY.8 Jacob Conklin died in Springfield, MA, on 27 Nov 1888; he was 68.8 Occupation: Minister. Education: Rutgers."Jacob Conkling Dutcher and his twin sister Rachel were the youngest of nine children, the last of the family to be born in the old homestead, and probably the last of pure Dutch stock. Anna Van Wart Dutcher died when her twins were born in 1820, and the 76 year old grandmother (the narrrator of the Grandmother's Story reprinted in the Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication) brought up the nine children, ages 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 and just before her death in 1837 sent the youngest, Jacob, to Rutgers to become a Dutch Reform Minister. He is not known to have returned to Irvington except once - in 1843 - when he served as executor of his father's will and delivered the 4th of July Oration. (The picnic must have been rained out that year, for the oration was delivered in the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow.) It was printed in the Westchester Herald July 18, 1843 and is a rather striking example of mid-nineteenth century rhetoric. It contains an interesting quotation in support of public school and public libraries, and expresses great concern for the 'preservation of the union.' The Dutchers all seem to have migrated to New York City, New Jersey, or Missouri at about the time that the farms of this community began to be translated into estates.15
Minister of the South Bound Brook Reformed Church 1868-1880. Rutgers graduation 1843, New Brunswick Seminary 1846, Pastorate in Owasco Reformed Dutch Church, NY 1846-1850; Bergen Neck 1850 - 1854; Bergen Point (5th Street in Bayonne) 1847 - 1857; First Coxsackie 1857 - 1858; Seventh Avenue NYC 1858 - 1859; Sixth Avenue Union Church NYC 1859 - 1863; Old Market Street Church NYC 1863 - 1866; Somers CT Congregational Church 1867 - 1868; Bound Brook 1868 - 1879. Appointed by President Chester Arthur Consul in Port Hope, Ontario, CAN 1880-1887.
"...In the war times of 1861-5, Dr. Dutcher was a strong supporter of the Union, and his services on the rostrum were in much demand. He published a number of works and was a writer of fine literary taste as well as an eloquent speaker...." The likeness of Jacob, Martha, and Jacob, Jr appear in the Warriner Genealogy.16
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Following is the obituary:
“Many people in this city will regret to learn that Rev. Dr. Dutcher has succumbed at last to the serious illness which has confined him to his room for a long time. He died yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Rev. Dr. Jacob Conkling Dutcher was born at the old family homestead near Tarrytown, on the banks of the Hudson, in the year 1820. He came of a distinguished Knicerbocker family, was related to the famous Washington Irving and his maternal grandfather played an important part in American history, perhaps doing a good deal in saving the country in one of the most critical periods of the Revolution. This was no less famous a personage than Isaac Van Wart, who with John Paulding and David Williams captured the unforetunate Maj. John Andre on the memorable September 22, 1780, when the Spy was within hailing distance of the British man-of-war Vulture. It was owing to their exertions that Andre was sent to General Washington, with treasonable papers in his possession which gave full particulars of the proposed betrayal of West Point by the infamous Arnold. For the service thus rendered Isaac Van Wart and his two friends received from Congress a silver medal, an annuity of $200 and a farm. A county in Ohio was also named after him, and Dr. Dutcher remembered when the old hero died at a good old age, that he heard guns fired over his grave, amid all the pomp of a military funeral given by order of the government. A monument was erected shortly after, and it stands to this day in Tarrytown to the memory of the brave old soldier who served his time and generation so well. The old homestead is now owned by Tiffany, the New York jeweler, and it is said that her refused $1,000,000 for the (obscured) grounds some time ago. The old fashioned brass knocker is on the door yet, and Mr. Tiffany has given orders that none of the old furniture or fixings shall be disturbed, so as to preserve its antique character.
Dr. Dutcher was brought into public notice when very young. The occasion was in 1821, when the remains of Maj. Andre were disinterred at Tappan to be conveyed for burial to Westminster Abbey, England. A special invitation to be present at the ceremonies was sent to young Dutcher and his relatives as descendants of Isaac Van Wart, but opf course Dr. Dutcher was too young to remember anything about the event.
He was educated at the grammar schools about his native place, and being a particularly studious boy, his friends determined that he ought to receive a liberal education and study for the ministry. Accordingly he was sent to New Brunswick college, N.J., and graduated there with high honors. His last days at college were in the exciting times of ‘Tippecanoe and Tyler, too; and he used to relate with much pride that though he left college a few months too early to give his vote as a college man for old ‘Tippecanoe’ yet he worked enthusiastically in his behalf at every opportunity and took part in the rejoicings that celebrated that great victory.
Dr. Dutcher became a minister of the Reformed Church, and his first call was to the pastorate of a church at Owasco, N.Y. He proved to be an eloquent preacher, and his people at Owasco were sorry when he resigned to accept a call to Bergen Point, N.J. His succeeding pastorates were to churches at Coxsackie, N.Y., Sixth Avenue church, South Church, Old Market Sgtreet church, all in New York City, Bound Brook Church, N.J., and he finally preached one year at Somers, CT. It was a Bound Brook Church that his health began to give way and after leaving Somers, a cessation from his ministerial labors was ordered by his medical advisors.
It was not for long, however, for his intimate friend Frederick Theodore Frelinghujysen, then Secretary of State under President Arthur, had marked him out for office, and in 1882 appointed him our consul at Port Hope, Canada. It was a graceful recognition of Dr. Dutcher’s abilities and made the strong friendship already existing between the two men still stronger. Dr. Dutcher remained at Port Hope until early in 1887, having held office under the late government a little longer gthan is usually the case. At Port Hope, however, his eyesight began to fail and as his trouble became very painful and resulted in a disease of the eye, he had to resign his consulship and return home.
Springfield was the home he chose, on account of its unusually attractive surroundings and because so many of his wife’s earlier associations were formed here. He became a resident in June 1887, had his home on Oak Street, and lived such a quiet, retiring life that very few people in the city are aware that a man with such a history has been one of their near neighbors. Always a strong Republican, his joy was beyond expression when he was told, last summer, that Harrison was nominated for President - the grandson of the man he worked so hard to elect in the stormy days of 1840. Although confined to his bed, he frequently told his firends that one of his last wishes was that he could live to vote for Benjamin Harrison. He joined the Silver Grays by letter, and on the night of the grand republican parade in honor of the victorious election of harrison and Morton, the Phalanx and Engineers gave three hearty cheers for the white haired old man who draped his house on Oak Street with his old storm flag, a relic of his consul days, and waved his hand feebly in reply. One of his last acts was to vote for Harrison and Morton, and more than one prominent member opf the republican club called on him and saw that he was supplied with the straight republican ticket.
After the election was over, Dr. Dutcher’s condition became worse, and a day or two ago his medical advisers feared that he could not recover. Yesterday afternoon it was felt that the ccrisis was at hand, and at 2 o’clock he expired, apparently without much suffering. Dr. Dutcher was twice maried, his first wife being Margaretta Ayres. Four children were born of this marriage, William, Mary, Simeon and Margaretta A Dutcher, all of whom now live at New York. After the death of his first wife, he married Martha M. Warriner in 1857, a Springfield lady. Two children were born of this marriage, Jacob C. and Annie M Dutcher, now dead.
In the war time of 1861, Dr. Dutcher was one of the many eloquent republican orators in great request in New York City, and his speeches were always applauded to the echo. In 1874, he published in New York a charming little volume of sketches about his life on ‘The Old Home by the River.’ The book met with a ready sale, and is esteemed by a wide circle of friends for its well drawn pictures of local life and scenery by the Hudson. He also published a volume of sermons entitled ‘The Prodigal Son’ and other pictures from New Testament history. He also has an unpublished volume in manuscript upon philosophical subjects and an oration on the life of Washington. The latter he has delivered to large audiences on several occasions. His has been a very active life, both in the pulpit, and working hard at anything that was for the good of the grand old republican party he loved so well. He is mourned by a large circle of firends both far and near, who were proud of his friendship and of his many good qualities.
In addition to his regular ministerial duties, Dr. Dutcher was well know as a lecturer and traveled far West on his various lecturing tours. The old Market Street Church was the scene of many a stirring address in the days of 1861, and many prominent northern politicians were office bearers in the church, under Dr. Dutcher’s administration.
The funeral will take place Saturday at 1:30 p.m., and no definite arrangements will probably be made until relations arrive from New Yrok. The Silver Grays are to send some of their members to attend the funeral of their (obscured) brother. The burial will take place (obscured) Agawam, where a son of the deceased is already buried.“17
9. Margaretta AYRES 18, daughter of 18. Simeon AYRES & 19. Abigail DUNHAM. Born on 1 Dec 1819 in New Brunswick, NJ.8,19 Margaretta died in Bergen Point, NJ, on 17 May 1856; she was 36.8,20
18, daughter of 18. Simeon AYRES & 19. Abigail DUNHAM. Born on 1 Dec 1819 in New Brunswick, NJ.8,19 Margaretta died in Bergen Point, NJ, on 17 May 1856; she was 36.8,2010. William Oliver PRICE, son of 20. George PRICE & 21. Catherine OLIVER. Born ca 1806 in NJ.21 Occupation: Merchant.21
11. Mary Caroline JAQUES22, daughter of 22. Moses JAQUES M.D. & 23. Susannah (Susan) MARSH. Born ca 1813 in NY.23,21 Mary Caroline died ? 1909; she was 96.
She is also referred to as Janette C. Jaques. Perhaps Janette was a nickname?23
12. Johann Christian DIETZ11, son of 24. Philipp Jacob DIEZ & 25. Rosine Barbara HECKENLAUBLE. Born on 29 Sep 1814 in Germany.11 Johann Christian died in Willsbach, Württemberg, Germany, on 15 Jun 1868; he was 53. Buried in Willsbach, Württemberg, Germany. Occupation: B. Und Meztger.
Wilhelm Dietz’ marriage certificate to Eberhardina Roth lists father as Christian Dietz from Karlsbad, Württemberg.
Data from records of Evangelische Kirche in Willsbach
On 5 Feb 1845 when Johann Christian was 30, he married Dorothee WAGENHALS11 in Willsbach, Wurttemberg, Germany.
They had one child:
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Carl Wilhelm (1853-1911)
13. Dorothee WAGENHALS11, daughter of 26. Gottlieb Friederich WAGENHALS & 27. Suzanna Broezler. Born on 23 Jul 1818 in Hausen, Germany.11 Christened on 2 Aug 1818.
Ancestry.com. Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: Lutherische Kirchenbücher, 1500-1985. Various sources.
Ancestry.com. Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
14. Jakob ROTH13, son of 28. Johann Georg ROTH & 29. Dorothea SCHMID. Born on 30 May 1821 in Plattenhardt, Germany.13 Jakob died in Plattenhardt, Germany, on 17 Jun 1882; he was 61.13 Occupation: Metzger (Butcher).13
Died about 3 weeks before his daughter arrived in NYC.13
On 9 May 1847 when Jakob was 25, he married Eberhardina BAUER13 in Plattenhardt, Germany.13
They had one child:
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Eberhardina (1860-1900)
15. Eberhardina BAUER13, daughter of 30. Johann BAUER & 31. Maria Rosina WOERNER. Born on 26 May 1823 in Plattenhardt, Germany.13 Eberhardina died in Plattenhardt, Germany, on 6 Sep 1903; she was 80.13