 | ||
Born October 20, 1911 ( 1911-10-20 ) Cobleskill, New York Died 16 May 1949, Washington, D.C., United States Books Characters in Tales of a Wayside Inn | ||
John van Schaick, Jr. (November 18, 1873 - May 16, 1949), was a minister of the Universalist National Memorial Church from 1900 to 1918, and again from 1920 to 1922.
Biography
He was born in Cobleskill, New York on November 18, 1873 to John van Schaick, Sr. and Frances Elizabeth Shaver. He attended Union College in Schenectady, New York from 1891 to 1894. He was principal of Sharon Springs Academy in Kansas, then was employed for a year as a history teacher at Emporia College.
He was ordained in 1900 at the Universalist National Memorial Church and was a minister there from 1900 to 1918, and again from 1920 to 1922.
He died on May 16, 1949 in Washington, DC. His widow died in 1955.
References
John van Schaick, Jr. Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA