Washington B.
Vanderlip (born
March 1, 1867)
The following
biographical
note is taken
from Charles
Edwin Booth's
book, "The
Vanderlip, Van
Derlip, Vander
Lippe Family in
America",
published in New
York in 1914.
The text has
been reproduced
exactly as it
appeared in the
book.
Washington B.
Vanderlip Jr. in
the practice of
his profession
as Mining
Engineer has had
quite a wide and
varied
experience for
so young a man,
for his duties
have taken him
not only all
over the
southwestern
part of the
United States
but into
Australia,
Burmah, Siam and
Korea as well.
He has also
explored
southern Nigeria
up toward Soudan,
Philipinne
Islands and
Central Alaska.
When the rich
deposits of gold
were found on
the Yukon river
and later in the
beach sands of
Cape Nome, the
question arose
how far these
deposits
extended.
Sensational
reports in the
papers and the
stories of
valuable nuggets
having been
picked up along
the adjacent
coast of Asia
fired the
imagination of
the Russians who
hoped to repeat
the marvelous
successes which
had been met
with on the
American side.
Mr. Vanderlip
was engaged by a
Russian firm to
make an extended
prospecting tour
through the
territory north
of the Okhotsk
sea and along
the shores of
the Bering sea.
His experiences
in these regions
during the
summers of 1898
and 1899 have
been described
in very
interestingly in
a book entitled
"In Search of a
Siberian
Klondike."
At present time
Mr. Vanderlip is
living at
Fairbanks,
Alaska, and is
largely
interested in
the mining of
antimony. He is
a member of the
Institute of
Mining Engineers
and a Fellow of
the Royal
Geographic
Society.
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Frank Arthur
Vanderlip (born
November 17,
1864)
The following
biographical
note is taken
from Charles
Edwin Booth's
book, "The
Vanderlip, Van
Derlip, Vander
Lippe Family in
America",
published in New
York in 1914.
The text has
been reproduced
exactly as it
appeared in the
book.
Frank Arthur
Vanderlip was
born in Aurora,
Illinois, and
spent his
boyhood days on
a farm near that
place. He was a
student at the
University of
Illinois, taking
in addition to
the regular
course,
instruction in
mechanics. He
was unable to
complete his
course at that
institution. In
later years in
recognition of
his writings on
financial
topics, he was
given an
honorary degree
of Master of
Arts by that
University.
After finishing
his school work,
he became an
apprentice in a
machine shop in
Aurora, where he
studied
mechanics at the
bench, during
which time he
took a course in
shorthand and
did his
exercises with
chalk on the
bed-plate of the
machine on which
he worked. He
saw little
chance for
advancement in
this line of
work and at the
age of about
twenty he went
to Chicago,
where he was
employed by a
firm engaged in
making financial
reports of
corporations.
Through the
investigations
which he made,
he became a
reporter on the
Chicago
"Tribune." He
was assigned to
financial
writing and in a
short time
became the
financial editor
of the
"Tribune," a
place he held
for several
years, during
which time he
gained a
reputation for
clear and lucid
writing on
financial
topics. While in
this position he
took and
extended course
in political
economy at the
University of
Chicago. He left
the "Tribune" to
become one of
the editors of
the "Economist",
a financial
publication of
which he was
part owner.
When Lyman J.
Gage, then the
president of the
First National
Bank of Chicago,
was given the
post of
Secretary of the
Treasury in
President
McKinley's
cabinet, he made
Mr. Vanderlip
his private
secretary. His
grasp of the
intricate work
of the
Department
resulted in him
being appointed
the Assistant
Secretary of the
Treasury after
he had been two
months in
Washington. He
was assigned to
the handling of
the government
finances, which
he did in such a
way as to
attract the
attention of
financiers. A
number of
positions of
importance were
offered to him,
all of which he
declined. One of
the most notable
services that he
rendered in the
Treasury
department was
the handling of
the
Spanish-American
war loan in the
summer of 1898.
At the end of
four years'
service at the
Treasury
Department Mr.
Vanderlip
resigned his
position to
become
Vice-President
of the National
City Bank in New
York. Before
taking up the
duties of his
new position he
made and
extended trip
through Europe,
visiting all of
the capitals and
making a study
of European
finances. During
the trip he
gathered
material for a
series of
articles on
business topics
which wrote for
Scribner's
Magazine under
the title of
"The American
Commercial
Invasion." These
articles were
afterwards
printed in book
form and they
were translated
and printed in
several foreign
languages,
including
Japanese.
He found time
during this
period of
service to do a
good deal of
financial work
for magazines
and other
publications. He
is author of a
book called
"Business and
Education" which
has a wide
circulation. On
January 12,
1909, he was
elected
president of the
National City
Bank.
For many years
Mr. Vanderlip
has been active
in various
movements for
social and civic
betterment,
particularly the
matter of
improved
educational
methods. He was
responsible for
the first school
in the United
States to adopt
the Montessori
Method of
kindergarten
instruction. He
has been for
some years a
trustee of the
Carnegie
Foundation for
the advancement
of teaching and
for four years
was President of
the Board of
Managers of
Letchworth
Village, and
institution
established by
the state of New
York for the
care of
deficients. He
home is "Beechwood",
Scarborough-on-Hudson,
New York. Mr.
Vanderlip had
made a fine
collection of
paintings, of
early English
furniture and
old silver, in
all of which he
has invested
much interest.
He is actively
connected with
many large
corporations, a
director or
trustee of the
following:
National City
Bank, Nation
Bank of
Commerce,
Farmers' Loan &
Trust Company of
New York, Riggs
National Bank of
Washington,
Union Pacific
Railroad, United
States Reality
and Improvement
Co. and the
Consolidated Gas
Company. He is
active in the
work of the
Chamber of
Commerce, The
Merchants
Association, the
Economic Club
and the Academy
of Political
Science. He is
the president of
the Sleepy
Hollow Country
Club at
Scarborough and
is a member of
the
Metropolitan,
The Century, the
City and Union
League clubs of
New York, and
other
organizations in
New York,
Washington, and
Chicago.
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G.G. Vanderlip
(born 1807)
The following
biographical
sketch is from
the web site
Brant County,
Ontario,
Biographical
Sketches.
G. G. VANDERLIP,
farmer, Langford
P.O., is a son
of Addison
Vanderlip, who
was born in New
York State in
1807, being
brought to
Canada in 1815,
and left
fatherless when
a boy nine or
ten years old.
He was brought
up to farm life,
which he has
always followed,
and now owns a
good farm of 678
acres. The
possession of
this land, and
its improved
condition, are
the results
mostly of his
own efforts. In
an early day he
attended a great
many log-rolling
and corn-husking
bees, where he
was the life of
the crowd, as he
was always witty
and jolly. His
father, John,
was of German
descent, and
married Lucinda
Tuttle, and both
died in Canada.
Addison was
married to
Elizabeth,
daughter of
Jacob File. She
died in
February, 1879,
and was the
mother of nine
children, eight
of whom are
still living. In
order to show
the relation
this family have
to other
Vanderlip
families, we
deem it well to
state that John
Vanderlip, above
mentioned, was a
brother to
William
Vanderlip,
mentioned in E.
W. Vanderlip's
sketch. The
subject of this
sketch was born
June 9, 1832, in
Brant County,
where he was
raised to farm
life, and
acquired a
common school
education. In
1869 he
commenced
teaching, which
he followed
several years;
but for quite a
time he has been
representing the
marble firm of
Hurd & Roberts,
of Hamilton,
Ontario. In 1857
he married
Maria, daughter
of Isaac and
granddaughter of
Solomon Day. She
was born in
1837, and died
November 2,
1870. They had
three children-
Elizabeth A.,
Susan J. and
George E.
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E.W. Vanderlip
The following
biographical
sketch is from
the web site
Brant County,
Ontario,
Biographical
Sketches.
E. W. VANDERLIP,
farmer, Langford
P.O., is a son
of Edward and a
grandson of
William
Vanderlip. The
latter was born
in Nova Scotia.
He participated
in the War of
Independence,
and subsequently
came to Canada,
where he married
Elizabeth,
daughter of john
Weaver, and
settled in
Wentworth
County, where he
died in 1840. He
was as strong
hearty man of
large frame.
Their children
were Edward,
Frederick,
James, William,
Nancy and Jane,
who were all
born in
Wentworth
County. Jane
married and
settled in Brant
County, where
she died.
Edward, the
eldest son, was
born in 1793,
and became a
patriot in the
War of 1812,
from his native
county. Soon
after the close
of this war he
married
Elizabeth,
daughter of
Jacob Langs, and
immediately
settled in what
is now Brant
County, where he
followed farming
until his death.
his widow still
survives at the
age of 91 years.
Edward became
owner of a large
tract of land,
near the present
site of
Langford, which
he transformed
from a dense
wilderness to
productive
fields. His
ability gave him
rank among the
leading citizens
of the township,
and he was
repeatedly
elected a member
of the Council.
His
administration
as Magistrate
marked the last
twelve years of
his life. He
succeeded Andrew
Westbrook as
Captain of a
company of
militia. he was
of fair size and
god health, a
hard worker and
a close
observer, who
succeeded well
in all his
undertakings. He
and wife had a
family of nine
children, viz.,
Catherine, John,
Ira, an infant
(deceased),
Edward W., Emma,
Justus, James J.
and Martha.
Catherine
resides in
Wentworth
County; all the
rest live in
Brant County. Of
the family
Edward W. is the
fifth, and was
born in 1823, in
Brant County,
where he now has
a farm of 90
acres, well
improved and
under good
cultivation. He
was raised to
farm life, which
he has mostly
followed. His
education was
obtained in the
common schools,
and he received
the appointment
of Magistrate
about 1868,
which office he
continues to
hold. His
marriage was
celebrated in
1845 with
Balsora,
daughter of
Andrew
Westbrook. She
was born in
Brant County in
1826, and was a
granddaughter of
Major John
Westbrook. Mr.
and Mrs.
Vanderlip are
both members of
the Methodist
Episcopal
Church, to which
they have
belonged for
thirty-two
years, and in
which he has
held various
offices. Their
family consists
of Ellen, Emma
(died aged two
years), James
W., Peter F. and
Mary. The latter
died at the age
of twenty-four
years.
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John Vanderlip
(born March 27,
1816)
The following
biographical
sketch is from
the web site
Brant County,
Ontario,
Biographical
Sketches.
JOHN VANDERLIP,
retired,
Brantford P.O.,
is a son of
Edward Vanderlip
elsewhere
mentioned in
this volume.
John was born in
the County of
Brant, march 27,
1816, and was
raised to farm
life, which he
followed until
1878, when he
sold his farm
and retired,
settling in
Brantford. He is
a man of good
size, and
possesses good
health. He and
his wife are
both members of
the Methodist
Episcopal
Church, in which
he has served as
class-leader,
and for a number
of years
licensed as a
local minister.
On February 28,
1841, he married
Susan C. Young,
who was born in
1821, near St.
Catherines. Her
father, Peter
Young, was an
early settler in
that vicinity.
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Justus Vanderlip
(born 1828)
The following
biographical
sketch is from
the web site
Brant County,
Ontario,
Biographical
Sketches.
JUSTUS
VANDERLIP,
farmer,
Cainsville P.O.,
brother to E. W.
Vanderlip, whose
sketch appears
elsewhere, is
the sixth child
of his father's
family, and was
born in Brant
County in 1828.
He was raised to
farm life, and
has always
followed that
pursuit, but
fourteen years
were spent in
another county.
He now owns a
good farm near
Cainsville,
which is
pleasantly
situated. He was
married in 1851
to Ruth Howell
of Jerseyville,
Wentworth
County, Canada.
To this union
five children
have been given,
four of whom are
now living. Mr.
and Mrs.
Vanderlip are
members of the
Methodist
Church.
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Dr. Vera
Vanderlip
The following
biography is an
excerpt from
Vera Vanderlip's
obituarary which
appeared in the
May 4, 2000
edition of the
Brantford
Expositer in
Branford,
Ontario Canada.
Dr. Vera At
Grand River
Hospital, on
Wednesday, May
3, 2000, Dr.
Vera Vanderlip
of Waterloo. She
was a member of
Emmanuel United
Church, after
years of
membership at
First United
Church; beloved
sister of Ruth
Vanderlip of
Toronto; she was
predeceased by
her parents
Frederick and
Maude Vanderlip.
Vera was a
Professor of
Classics at
Wilfrid Laurier
University where
she opened
students' eyes
to the wonders
of the ancient
world. She
taught Latin,
Greek and Greek
Mythology. Vera
received her
Doctor of
Philosophy from
Yale. In 1966
Dr. Vanderlip
also taught in
the North York
School System
and at the
University of
New Brunswick.
Vera was a
founding member
and first
President of the
United Empire
Loyalists' Grand
River Branch and
past Dominion
President of
United Empire
Loyalists'
Association of
Canada.
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Charles S. and
Calista Rogers
Vanderlip
The following
biographical
sketch appears
in the book,
"Ash Rock and
the Stone
Church: The
History of a
Kansas Rural
Community", by
Leo E. Oliva.
1983. Published
by The Sons and
Daughters of Ash
Rock. Woodston,
Kansas.
Reprinted here
with permission.
Charles S.
Vanderlip, son
of Jay and
Martha French
Vanderlip, was
born March 31,
1853, in East
Dorset, Vermont.
When he was
between two and
three years old
his parents
moved to
Wisconsin where
he grew to
manhood in
Manitowoc
County. Charles
and Sarah
Flansburgh were
united in
marriage on May,
31, 1874. They
had one daughter
born in
Wisconsin, Ida
M., December 24,
1874. She
married Francis
W. Cadoret,
October 6, 1894,
and died on
February 28,
1956. Charles,
with his young
family, came to
Kansas with his
parents,
brothers,
sisters, and
grandfather in
1878 and settled
in Ash Rock
Township.
Another
daughter,
Nellie, Pearl,
was born March
30, 1880. She
married Henry
Glodfelty on
April 28, 1898,
and died March
28, 1941.
Charles, his
brother Hiram,
and their father
built sod houses
and homesteaded
near each other,
their homes
being
one-quarter mile
from the same
four corners.
All three lived
on their
homesteads until
the time of
their deaths. A
younger brother,
Norman J., lived
on his brother's
farm after the
death of Jay.
Charles' first
wife, Sarah,
died February 9,
1882, and she
was the first
person buried in
the new Ash Rock
Cemetery. On
December 10,
1882, Charles
married Calista
Rogers, daughter
of George W. and
Mahalah Hammond
Rogers, born
October 8, 1861.
Calista came to
Kansas in 1870
with her parents
and family
traveling in two
covered wagons
drawn by ox
teams. In 1871
her parents
homesteaded in
Washington
County, and they
came to
southwest Smith
County in 1875.
They settled in
Ash Rock
Township in
1878.
Charles and
Calista operated
their farm,
raising grain
and livestock,
and they were
active in the
community. They
were both
members of the
Ash Rock
Congregational
Church and
worked with the
Sunday School.
Charles served
on the school
board, township
board, and
served for a
time as the
Rooks County
Clerk.
They had ten
children:
1. Sarah M.,
born August
1884, married
Wilford H. Macy
on February 17,
1909, and died
May 5, 1975.
2. Walter J.,
born September
20, 1886, died
February 12,
1887.
3. Willie H.,
born July 8,
1888, died
December 2,
1975.
4. Jay S., born
September 2,
1890, married
Vinine Dixon on
June 2, 1916,
and died March
14, 1971.
5. Ray G., born
April 27, 1892,
married Addie
Cochell on
November 26,
1913, and died
October 5, 1959.
6. Bessie M.,
born November
11, 1895,
married Floyd
Rector on July
23, 1915, and
was living in
Deertail,
Colorado in
1983.
7. Guy A., born
September 26,
1897, died
February 2,
1979.
8. Emma Jane,
born August 20,
1899, married
Henry McCall on
August 9, 1919,
and they were
living in
Woodston in
1983.
9. Orville G.,
born January 26,
1902, married
Grace Dunlap on
May 14, 1924,
and died July
31, 1969.
10. Etta, born
February 14,
1904, married
John David on
April 6, 1938,
and died from
injuries
suffered in an
automobile
accident on June
27, 1939.
Charles and
Calista reared
their children
during the
pioneer days of
Kansas and lived
to see the
modern
conveniences
replace those of
early settlers.
Charles died on
November 20,
1928, and
Calista died on
August 5, 1955.
Both were buried
in Ash Rock
Cemetery.
-submitted by
Evelyn Melton
McCall
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Hiram A. and
Fannie Barstow
Vanderlip
The following
biographical
sketch appears
in the book,
"Ash Rock and
the Stone
Church: The
History of a
Kansas Rural
Community", by
Leo E. Oliva.
1983. Published
by The Sons and
Daughters of Ash
Rock. Woodston,
Kansas.
Reprinted here
with permission.
Hiram Andrew
Vanderlip was
born in
Manitowoc
County,
Wisconsin,
December 10,
1858, son of Jay
and Martha
Vanderlip. He
followed his
brother,
Charles, to Ash
Rock Township,
where he filed a
Timber Culture
claim on July
27, 1879, a
homestead entry
for NE1/4
21-6-16, date
unknown, and
purchased
additional land
in 1883. On
December 24,
1882, he married
Fannie Elizabeth
Barstow. She was
born about 1860
in Maine and
came to Osborne,
Kansas, to visit
an ailing sister
in 1880. The
sister recovered
and returned to
New England, but
Fannie decided
to stay in
Kansas.
They began their
married life in
a sod house on
NW1/4 27-6-16,
where they lived
for fifteen
years. Almost
every day Fannie
sprinkled water
on the dirt
floor, and they
trampled it down
until it was
smooth, hard,
and virtually
dust free. They
burned dried cow
chips in their
stove, and in
some years they
burned corn.
They lost an
infant child,
Minnie, in 1883.
They have three
more children
who survived.
They both became
members of the
Ash Rock
Congregational
Church, which
Hiram had helped
build. They
added to their
holdings until
they were
farming more
than 400 acres.
In 1897 they
built a
two-story frame
house on NE1/4
28-6-16 (still
standing in
1983). Later
Hiram and Fannie
decided to
provide their
three children
with a college
education. To do
this, they
bought a large
house in
Manhattan,
Kansas, and
lived there
while their
children
attended Kansas
State College.
Fannie turned
the large house
into a boarding
house for
students.
Hiram and
Fannie's
children were:
1. Minnie, born
August 27, 1883,
died September
10, 1883.
2. Blanche, born
December 27,
1886, married
Wilson G. Shelly
on December 5,
1917, at Kansas
City, Missouri.
Blanche died in
March of 1970 in
McPherson,
Kansas.
3. Harry E.,
born April 21,
1888, married
Mary Pearl
Mayhew on
December 8,
1914, at La
Junta, Colorado.
Harry died May
8, 1928, in
Liberal, Kansas.
4. Verna Mae,
born March 24,
1894, married
George Young,
May 2, 1916, in
Beatrice,
Nebraska. She
died May 16,
1973.
In April of
1916, Hiram
decided to have
a troublesome
hernia
surgically
repaired. An
embolism took
his life on
April 3, 1916.
Fannie moved
into a house in
Woodston and
lived alone for
twelve years.
After the death
of her son in
1928, his
daughter,
Phyllis, made
her home with
Fannie until her
grandmother's
death on July
17, 1939. She
died in the home
of her daughter
and son-in-law,
Verna and George
Young, in the
white frame
house they had
built in 1897.
Hiram and Fannie
were both buried
in Ash Rock
Cemetery.
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Hiram H.
Vanderlip
The following
biographical
sketch appears
in the book,
"Ash Rock and
the Stone
Church: The
History of a
Kansas Rural
Community", by
Leo E. Oliva.
1983. Published
by The Sons and
Daughters of Ash
Rock. Woodston,
Kansas.
Reprinted here
with permission.
Hiram H.
Vanderlip was
born April 1,
1800, son of
Edward and Mary
French
Vanderlip, in
Manchester,
Vermont. He was
a
great-great-grandson
of Boudewyn
(Baldwin) van
der Lippe
(Vanderlip) and
Tenty Engeland,
and probably
also a
descendant of
their first born
who was baptized
in Old Dutch
Church of
Kingston,
Ontario, May 14,
1738
(Transcriber's
Note: The
correct location
is Kingston, New
York).
Eventually his
descendants
settled in
Vermont.
Hiram married
(1) Rhoda Bump,
born 1799 and
died January 6,
1842. They had
three sons: Jay,
born January 20,
1828, married
Martha French on
February 27,
1849, see entry
under his name;
Swift, born in
1830, married
Melissa Wheeler
on March 2,
1854, died in
1858; Hiram,
born June 15,
1833, married
Mary Madden on
March 27, 1856.
Hiram married
(2) Nancy
Beardsley on
January 23,
1848, Dorset,
Vermont. She was
born December
26, 1814. They
had one son,
Plynn Ames, who
was born
September 15,
1848, at
Manchester
Vermont. Nancy
died on November
19, 1896 in
Aurora,
Illinois. They
may have lived
in Wisconsin
from the 1850's
to about 1880.
About 1880 Hiram
moved to Ash
Rock Township,
probably living
with his eldest
son Jay and
family. It
appeared that
his second wife,
Nancy, never
came to Kansas,
perhaps she
lived with their
son. Hiram H.
died April 26,
1885, and he was
buried in Ash
Rock Cemetery.
Jay and
Martha French
Vanderlip
The following
biographical
sketch appears
in the book,
"Ash Rock and
the Stone
Church: The
History of a
Kansas Rural
Community", by
Leo E. Oliva.
1983. Published
by The Sons and
Daughters of Ash
Rock. Woodston,
Kansas.
Reprinted here
with permission.
Jay Vanderlip,
son of Hiram H.
and Rhoda Bump
Vanderlip, was
born January 20,
1828, in
Manchester,
Vermont. He
married Martha
French on
February 27,
1849. She was
born in 1833. In
1855 the family
moved to
Wisconsin. Jay
enlisted in
Company C, 22nd
Wisconsin
Infantry, during
the Civil War.
In 1878 the
family moved to
Kansas and
settled in Ash
Rock Township.
He filed a
homestead entry
for SE1/4
21-6-16,
adjoining the
homesteads of
his two sons
(Charles and
Hiram A), on
October 31,
1882. The family
lived in a sod
house for
several years
and then built a
frame dwelling.
Jay and Martha
were members of
the Ash Rock
Congregational
Church, and he
helped build the
Stone Church.
Jay and Martha
had six
children:
1. Emeline R.,
born December
29, 1850,
married Selah T.
French, and died
September 12,
1888, at Cato,
Wisconsin.
2. Charles S.,
born March 31,
1853; see entry
under his name.
3. Hiram Andrew,
born December
10, 1858; see
entry under his
name.
4. Mary, born
July 25, 1861,
married H.C.
McNutt on July
4, 1880; see
entry under his
name.
5. Norman J.,
born May 17,
1867; see entry
under his name.
6. Clara, born
January16, 1870,
married W.H.
Cadoret on
November 17,
1885; see entry
under his name.
Martha French
Vanderlip died
September 4,
1891, and Jay
died March 1,
1901. Both were
buried in the
Ash Rock
Cemetery.
-submitted by
Evelyn Melton
McCall
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Norman J. and
Sadie Murphy
Vanderlip
The following
biographical
sketch appears
in the book,
"Ash Rock and
the Stone
Church: The
History of a
Kansas Rural
Community", by
Leo E. Oliva.
1983. Published
by The Sons and
Daughters of Ash
Rock. Woodston,
Kansas.
Reprinted here
with permission.
Norman J.
Vanderlip, son
of Jay and
Martha French
Vanderlip, was
born at Cato,
Wisconsin, May
17, 1867. He
came to Kansas
with his parents
in 1878 or 1879,
where he grew up
on the family
homestead in Ash
Rock Township,
SE1/4 21-6-16.
He and his
family lived on
the same farm
after the death
of his parents.
He married Sarah
Elizabeth
(Sadie) Murphy,
daughter of
James and Eunice
Murphy, on
December 25,
1887. She was
born in Iowa on
January 3, 1872.
They were both
members of the
Ash Rock
Congregational
Church.
They were
parents of six
children:
1. Oscar H.,
born December 3,
1888; see entry
under his name.
2. Arthur, born
September 1,
1891, married
Elizabeth Bodine
in September of
1912, and died
June 11, 1962.
3. Della, born
December 6,
1894, married
Sherwood
Patterson on
July 28, 1915,
and died June
28, 1964.
4. Ethel, born
September 3,
1897, married
Frank Paynter in
April of 1916
(divorced).
5. Esther, born
October 11,
1903, married
Lester Elder on
November 20,
1921, and died
April 4, 1967.
6. Evelyn, born
June 19, 1911,
married Roy
Poore on June 5,
1929
Norman farmed
until his death,
March 25, 1920.
Sadie died on
August 24, 1957.
Both were buried
in Ash Rock
Cemetery.
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Orville and
Grace Dunlap
Vanderlip
The following
biographical
sketch appears
in the book,
"Ash Rock and
the Stone
Church: The
History of a
Kansas Rural
Community", by
Leo E. Oliva.
1983. Published
by The Sons and
Daughters of Ash
Rock. Woodston,
Kansas.
Reprinted here
with permission.
Orville
Vanderlip, son
of Charles and
Calista Rogers
Vanderlip, was
born January 26,
1902. He grew up
and spent most
of his life in
Ash Rock
Township. He was
a member of the
Ash Rock
Congregational
Church. He
married Grace
Dunlap on May
14, 1924. They
spent their
married life
farming, and
lived many years
on SE1/4
23-6-16, where
Orville died on
July 31, 1969.
He had been
active in
community
affairs, 4-H,
Ash Rock Sunday
School, and was
a member of the
Rooks County ASC
committee.
Orville and
Grace adopted a
son, Richard,
who attended Ash
Rock School and
Woodston Rural
High School. He
earned degrees
at Kansas State
University and
Iowa State
University. Dr.
Richard
Vanderlip was,
in 1983, a
Professor of
Agronomy at
Kansas State
University,
Manhattan, and
he was one of
the leading
grain-sorghum
agronomists in
the world. He
was the last
person to join
Ash Rock
Congregational
Church. He
married
Elisabeth
Nonamaker on
June 1, 1960.
They had three
daughters:
Cindy, Becky,
and Debbie.
Cindy married
Russell Thompson
on August 1,
1980.
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Oscar and
Mabel Bodine
Vanderlip
The following
biographical
sketch appears
in the book,
"Ash Rock and
the Stone
Church: The
History of a
Kansas Rural
Community", by
Leo E. Oliva.
1983. Published
by The Sons and
Daughters of Ash
Rock. Woodston,
Kansas.
Reprinted here
with permission.
Oscar H.
Vanderlip, son
of Norman J. and
Adie Murphy
Vanderlip, was
born December 3,
1888. He grew up
on the family
farm in Ash
Rock, where he
attended
District 82
School and
became a member
of the Ash Rock
Congregational
Church. On
December 2,
1909, he married
Mabel Bodine,
daughter of
Jacob A. and
Rosa Ellen
Schiek Bodine,
born June 25,
1891. They live
first on the
James Lala farm,
SW1/4 11-6-16,
where one of
their children
was born. In
October 1911
they moved to
the Charles
Oliva place,
NW1/4 15-6-16,
where two
children were
born. In 1922
they moved to
their new home,
NE1/4 21-6-16,
where the fourth
child was born.
Oscar and Mabel
were both
members of the
Ash Rock
Congregational
Church, were
active in Sunday
School, and in
community
affairs. They
operated one of
the finest farms
in the township
for many years.
Their children
were (1)
Laurance, born
February 27,
1911, married
Addie Lesher on
March 2, 1931;
(2) Moyne, born
September 4,
1912, married
Ray Yoxall on
September 1,
1934; (3)
Martha, born
February 7,
1919, married
Leon Reynard on
December 24,
1937; and (4)
Herbert, born
February 25,
1923, married
Margaret Mack on
April 28, 1945.
Oscar Vanderlip
died November
10, 1945, and
was buried in
Ash Rock
Cemetery. Mabel
operated a
boarding house
for students in
Manhattan,
Kansas, for many
years. She died
April 5, 1971.
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Reverend
George Mairs Van
Derlip (born
about June 20,
1826)
The following
biographical
note is taken
from Charles
Edwin Booth's
book, "The
Vanderlip, Van
Derlip, Vander
Lippe Family in
America",
published in New
York in 1914.
The text has
been reproduced
exactly as it
appeared in the
book.
Rev. George
Mairs Van Derlip
was brought to
New York by his
parents at the
age of five. He
was graduated
from the College
of the City of
New York in
1851, and from
Rochester
Theological
Seminary two
years later.
During 1849 and
1850 he went
abroad to study
at the
University of
Edinburgh,
attending the
lectures of Sir
William
Hamilton,
Professor John
D. Wilson,
(Christopher
North) and
Professor James
D. Forbes, who
were cordial and
hospitable to
him as an
American. During
the summer
vacation of 1850
he discovered,
while in London,
the Young Men's
Christian
Association. It
was small but
suggestive, and
he believed that
societies with
similar aims
would be still
more effective
in the United
States. He was
then European
correspondent of
the Watchman and
Reflector, a
Baptist weekly,
published in
Boston, and he
wrote a
descriptive
letter and urged
the organization
of such
associations.
This letter,
dated May, 1851,
was published in
the Watchman and
Reflector in the
issue of Oct. 30
following. The
letter deeply
interested D.S.
Ford, managing
editor of the
newspaper, and
its publication
attracted the
attention of
Capt. Thomas V.
Sullivan,
originator of
the Marine
Mission at Large
for the Port of
Boston. Both he
and Ford were
prominent Boston
Baptists, and as
the result of
their
cooperation and
influence a
preliminary
meeting was held
Dec. 15th and
the Boston Young
Men's Christian
Association was
organized a week
later, Dec 22,
1851, Mr. Van
Derlip being
present.
Shortly after
the New York
organization was
founded, the
first meeting
being held in
the Mercer
Street church;
Mr. Van Derlip
was invited to
address the
meeting for
organization,
which he did,
detailing the
London methods.
He was also
active in
promoting the
organization of
similar
associations in
various cities
and towns, was a
member of the
board of
directors of the
New York
association for
a number of
years, and
chairman of its
executive and
lecture
committees.
Another work
that he
accomplished was
the introduction
of Spurgeon and
his writings to
the American
public.
He was much
interested in
this youthful
and promising
preacher and
forwarded all
that Spurgeon
had published up
to that time for
publication in
the United
States.
Besides Mr. Van
Derlip's letters
from abroad to
the Watchman and
Reflector, he
was
correspondent
for the New York
Evening Post for
a time, and he
published a book
of travels,
entitled,
"Visits to Homes
of English
Worthies." For
twelve years he
represented the
American Baptist
Publication
Society in New
York, where his
literary taste,
skills as a
writer, and
ability as a
preacher were
highly valued.
He was greatly
interested in
art and had a
fine collection
of paintings,
some of which
were given to
the Metropolitan
Museum of Art,
of which he was
one of the
founders and
trustees. He was
one of the
earliest to give
encouragement to
American
painters, and at
the sale of his
pictures in 1872
it was
considered by
connoisseurs to
be one of the
best collections
of works by
American artists
that there was
at that time in
New York City.
He was a member
of the Century
Association from
1864 until his
death.
A fine portrait
of Mr. Van
Derlip, holding
in his hand a
letter, may be
seen on the
walls of the
historical
library of the
International
Committee of
Young Men's
Christian
Associations.
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John Swift
Vanderlip (born
April 5, 1835)
The following
biographical
note is taken
from Charles
Edwin Booth's
book, "The
Vanderlip, Van
Derlip, Vander
Lippe Family in
America",
published in New
York in 1914.
The text has
been reproduced
exactly as it
appeared in the
book.
John Swift
Vanderlip, one
of the pioneers
of Denver and
Colorado, was
taken from
Vermont by his
parents when
quite young to
Buffalo, N.Y.
When he had
reached the age
of 16 his
parents moved to
Detroit and he
started out to
do for himself,
going first to
the Mississippi
where he worked
as a raftsman,
riverhand and
wood cutter for
three years.
He went then to
southwestern
Iowa where he
was engaged in
farming and
cattle raising
for two years.
Soon after his
marriage he made
his first trip
to Denver as a
freighter, and
this trip being
successful, he
determined to
follow it up,
making in all
seventeen trips
across the
plains behind
mule trains, and
having many
exciting
adventures.
On his last
trip, which was
during an Indian
disturbance, he
took his family
with him, having
previously
purchased what
is now known as
the Sand Creek
place, five
miles North of
Denver, where he
kept a road
house and toll
road which he
built across the
creek. This was
the route of all
passenger and
freight traffic
into Denver
until the Union
Pacific railroad
was built. After
a few years he
sold the toll
road to the
county, disposed
of the hotel,
and moved to a
ranch on the
west side of the
Platte, near
what is known as
Henderson's
Island. The year
following he
took up a
homestead on
Sand Creek,
above where the
Union Pacific
makes its
crossing,
purchasing what
was called the
old Ames soap
factory, now 23d
and Lorimer
streets. At this
time it was
outside the city
limits. He kept
a grocery store
for a time, but
went back to
farming and
cattle raising
for several
years. He then
returned to
Denver and
bought land with
such good
judgment that he
saw the city
grow up around
his property,
and his estate
at his death was
valued at
several hundred
thousand
dollars.
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Narcissa Cox
(married name
Vanderlip)
The following
biographical
note is taken
from the
Biographical
Cyclopedia of
U.S. Women.
VANDERLIP,
NARCISSA COX
(Mrs. Frank A.
Vanderlip),
daughter of
Charles Epperson
and Narcissa
(Woods) Cox, was
born in Quincy,
Illinois. She
was educated in
public and
private schools,
and in 1899
entered the
University of
Chicago, where
she was
prominent in all
student
activities. She
was a member of
the University
Dramatic Club
and the Esoteric
Club, and in
1902 was
President of the
University of
Chicago Young
Women's
Christian
Association. She
was also the
editor of the
Annual
Publication, and
editor-in-chief
of the woman's
edition of the
Daily Maroon.
On May 19, 1903,
shortly before
her graduation
with the class
of 1903, she was
married, in
Chicago, to
Frank Arthur
Vanderlip,
President of the
National City
Bank of New
York. They are
the parents of
six children:
Narcissa,
Charlotte
Delight, Frank
Arthur, Jr.,
Virginia
Jocelyn, Kelvin
Cox, and John
Mann Vanderlip.
At both her
homes, in New
York City and at
Scarborough-on-Hudson,
Westchester
County, New
York, Mrs.
Vanderlip has
been identified
with many
movements for
social
betterment. As a
member of the
New York State
Woman Suffrage
Party she was
active in the
campaigns of
1916 and 1917,
for the
extension of the
franchise to
women in New
York. She was
Chairman of the
9th Campaign
District, which
included the
counties of
Westchester,
Rockland,
Orange, and
Sullivan, and
there her
vigorous
leadership
produced highly
successful
results. In
1918-1919 she
was Chairman of
the 24th and
25th
Congressional
Districts of the
New York State
League of Women
Voters, the
successor of the
New York State
Woman Suffrage
Party, and in
November, 1919,
she was elected
State Chairman
of the League.
Although a
Republican in
politics, Mrs.
Vanderlip has
kept the League
true to its
non-partisan
platform, and
has directed its
program to
secure
protective
legislation for
women in
industry, and to
combat
reactionary
attempts to
repeal laws,
already passed,
for improving
the conditions
of women and
children. Mrs.
Vanderlip is
Treasurer of the
Kennedy Street
Settlement, New
York, and was
the organizer of
the Civic Study
Club at
Ossining, New
York. With her
husband, she
founded, and
built, the
Scarborough
School, which is
well known for
its definitely
constructive
ideas.
Mrs. Vanderlip
is a member of
the Board of
Directors of the
New York Health
Organization,
and of that of
the New York
Girls'
Protective
Association, of
which she is
Chairman of the
Educational
Committee.
Constructive and
preventive
philanthropy
interests Mrs.
Vanderlip more
than palliative
measures. The
Protective
Association
seeks to remove
the causes which
lead girls to
conspicuous
behavior, and
often from that
[p.93] into
actual danger.
It provides a
club house,
where girls can
enjoy safe
freedom;
supports two
houses, one at
13 East 19th
Street and the
other at 331
East 69th
Street, New York
City, where
29,000 girls
gather during
each year,
indoors or in
the gardens.
Attention is
fixed on the
girl who has
lacked sympathy
and opportunity
for recreation
to such an
extent that the
desire for
happiness or
excitement so
often results
disastrously.
In July, 1919,
Mrs. Vanderlip
called a
conference of
Community
Councils, the
outgrowth of the
Council of
National
Defense, to
discuss the
question of
providing more
playgrounds for
the thousands of
children who
have no chance
for play under
healthful
conditions, and
to plan
community houses
where the
people, young or
old, may create
the activities
and forms of
amusement that
they need and
enjoy. Mrs.
Vanderlip
believes that
recreation is
necessary for
grown people, as
well as for
children, and
that the War has
proved that the
national energy
may be best
conserved by
recreating it
through play.
During the World
War, Mrs.
Vanderlip was
Chairman of the
War Service
Committee of the
New York State
Woman Suffrage
Party and
Chairman of the
New York
Standardized
Wartime Dress
Committee. She
was instrumental
in having the
Military Census
taken by the
women of
Westchester
County, and
organized with
considerable
success local
garden and food
conservation
campaigns before
the national
program was
inaugurated. She
established a
large dehydrator
on her country
estate, as an
experiment for
the county, and
was instrumental
in organizing
the Westchester
County Thrift
Committee,
acting for a
time as its
Vice-Chairman.
She was Chairman
of the Women's
Committee of the
Westchester
County Council
of National
Defense, whose
successful Child
Welfare Campaign
she directed,
and in the
summer of 1918
she helped
establish camps
in Westchester
and Rockland
Counties for the
Woman's Land
Army of America,
in whose work
she had been
actively
interested. In
June, 1917, she
had been
appointed by
Secretary of the
Treasury. McAdoo
to the Federal
Women's Liberty
Loan Committee;
in the
subsequent
drives she took
an active part
and in addition
was Chairman for
the private
schools of
Westchester
County for the
United War Work
Campaign.
Mrs. Vanderlip
is a communicant
of the
Swedenborgian
Church of the
New Jerusalem,
New York City,
and is a teacher
in the Sunday
School of St.
Mary's Episcopal
Church,
Beechwood,
Scarborough. In
addition to the
organizations
already named
she is a member
of the Colony,
Cosmopolitan,
and Women's City
Clubs of New
York, and of the
Daughters of the
American
Revolution.
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Reverend
Elias Vanderlip
The following
excerpt is taken
from Charles
Edwin Booth's
book, "The
Vanderlip, Van
Derlip, Vander
Lippe Family in
America",
published in New
York in 1914.
The text has
been reproduced
exactly as it
appeared in the
book.
His father, who
was an
Episcopalian,
was drowned when
Elias was very
young.
His mother was a
Methodist for
some thirty to
forty years. He
was brought up
to the trade of
a shoemaker, in
the city of New
York, and was an
eye-witness of
many interesting
incidents which
occurred in and
about that city,
connected with
the
Revolutionary
struggle, which
he often used to
relate in his
later years. His
early
educational and
religious
advantages were
not the most
favorable. The
general laxity
of morals always
attendant upon
that scourge of
humanity, was
prevalent in his
early
associations.
He was awakened
and converted to
God in the
cradle of
American
Methodism, the
John Street
church, in 1787,
under the
preaching of
John Dickens.
This was then,
and for several
years
afterwards, the
only Methodist
house of worship
in that city.
About 1792, "my
mind", he says,
"began to be
exercised about
my duty to
preach."
"I stated my
feeling to
Thomas Morrell,
then stationed
in the city. He
said 'go and
preach,' which
constituted my
only commission
for some time
after.
Accordingly I
went to Bull's
Ferry and
exhorted the
people under the
rocks, to
repentance and
faith; and
blessed be God,
I saw some
fruits of my
toil.
Occasionally,
also, I preached
in my stammering
way to the
people in the
suburbs of the
city."
In 1796 he left
New York, where
he had been in
business some
years, and
opened a shoe
store in the
city of Albany,
which however,
was destroyed by
fire.
He then moved to
Niskayuna, a few
miles northwest
of Albany, where
he engaged in
farming,
officiating as
he had
opportunity as a
local preacher.
His efforts in
that place were
the means of the
conversion of
many souls, of
the formation of
a society, and
the erection of
the first
Methodist
Episcopal church
in the region.
In 1802 he was
received on
trial as a
traveling
preacher, in
company with
Andrew McKain,
Samuel Howe,
Nathan Bangs and
a number of
others. His
first
appointment was
to the old
Pittsfield
circuit as the
colleague of
Moses Morgan.
The latter
withdrew and
Samuel Howe
filled his
place. At this
time the entire
M.E. membership
in the United
States was less
than 87,000.
In those days
the large
circuits
required the
utmost energies
of a robust
constitution.
What conceivable
motive but the
love of souls
could have
induced the
preachers of
those days to
perform the
labors, and
endure the
obloquy, to
which they were
subjected, for
which, so far as
their temporal
interests were
concerned, they
received the
most meager
pecuniary
compensation.
Mr. Vanderlip
was returned to
Pittsfield a
second year,
during which he
received a youth
into the church
who has since
served at her
altars for more
than forty years
with uncommon
fidelity, has
held a prominent
place in her
councils, and
contributed to
her useful
literature. That
youth was Tobias
Spicer.
In 1804 Mr.
Vanderlip was
admitted, in
company with
Robert R.
Roberts, William
Ryland, and
others of
precious memory,
into full
connection, and
ordained by
Bishop Asbury to
the office of
deacon.
He was stationed
on Cambridge
circuit, Phineas
Cook being his
assistant, and
God gave them
great success,
especially on
that part of the
circuit known as
Thurman's
patent. In 1805
he was stationed
in Albany, our
only house of
worship in that
city then being
the small
building
standing on the
corner of Pearl
and Orange
Streets. During
the early
history of
Methodism, the
provision for
the support of
the ministry was
so utterly
inadequate to
meet the wants
of a large
family that
hundreds of most
worthy men were
compelled to
locate in order
to provide for
their families,
and as Mr.
Vanderlip's
family was now
large he was
induced against
his inclination,
to locate at the
end of his term
of service in
Albany. In 1807
he was again
re-admitted and
traveled Ulster
circuit, but in
1808, for the
same reasons
that influenced
him before, he
again located.
From 1808 to
1838 he resided
in Albany,
preaching in and
around the city,
as he had calls
and
opportunities,
and identifying
himself with all
the interests of
the church of
his early
choice. His wife
having died in
1836, and his
sons and
daughters being
all married and
settled in life,
he in 1838
entered the
itinerant ranks
in Troy
conference, in
the
seventy-fourth
year of his age.
He was anxious
to die in the
harness. He was
appointed to the
Johnstown
circuit, but
before the year
closed the
infirmities of
age compelled
him again to
retire from the
field.
During the last
years of his
life he
patiently
suffered much,
and five months
before his death
he had the
misfortune to
break his thigh.
He made no
pretensions to
superior
intellectual
endowments or
literary
acquirement. He
was a cheerful,
lovely, zealous
Christian.
He loved to talk
on religious
subjects, and
his preaching
was practical
and calculated
to cheer and
encourage the
Christian to the
exercise of
faith and hope
in God. His
exhortations
were often
productive of
the most happy
effects. To
Methodism he was
ardently and
unwaveringly
attached during
his long life.
In his old age
he was
remarkably
pleasant and
agreeable, and
as he advanced
in years he
evidently grew
in grace. There
was a cheerful
simplicity and
godly serenity
about him that
won the hearts
of young and
old. He died
peacefully in a
good old age and
was gathered to
his fathers.
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Brian
Vanderlip
This text
appears on the
World Wide Web
at
http://www.quinte.net/dream/brian/brian.html.
Brian Vanderlip
was born in 1952
in Cobourg, a
small Ontario
town in which
his father was a
Baptist
minister.
Educated in
child
development, his
work experiences
includes various
group homes and
the Ministry of
Health. He now
lives in Holland
Landing, Ontario
with his wife,
and is employed
in the emergency
department of a
Toronto
psychiatric
hospital.
His poerty has
been widely
published in
Canada over the
past two
decades,
including More
Garden
Varieties, a
League of
Canadian Poet's
anthology of
prize-winning
poems. He is
also a frequent
reviewer for
Poetry Canada
Review. His
first book of
poerty, What
Happens to
Memory, was
published in
1989. It was
followed by the
recent release
of The Undoing,
in the Fall of
1994, from which
these poems are
selected.
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