Marius Schoonmaker

1811 - 1894  (82 years)

• Name	Marius Schoonmaker  [1]
  Birth	24 Apr 1811	Kingston, Ulster, NY   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Memo	He attended the common schools, Kingston Academy, and was graduated from Yale College in 1830; was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Kingston, N.Y.; member of the State senate in 1850 and 1851; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852; resumed the practice of law in Kingston, N.Y.; auditor of the canal department of New York State in 1854 and 1855; superintendent of the banking department 1854-1856; president of the Kingston Board of Education for nine years; president of the village of Kingston in 1866, 1869, and 1870; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867; president of the board of directors of Kingston.
  Reference Number	3712
  Death	05 Jan 1894	Kingston, Ulster, NY   [2]
  Person ID	I3712	ESVA Connections
  Last Modified	23 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Zachariah Schoonmaker,   b. 1785   d. 1818 (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Cornelia Marius Groen
  Marriage	Y  [1, 3]
  Family ID	F1281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Van Wyck Westbrook
  Marriage	Y  [4]
  Children	1. Capt. Cornelius Marius Schoonmaker,   b. 02 Feb 1839, Kingston, Ulster, NY d. 15 Mar 1889, Apia, Samoa (Age 50 years)   2. Westbrook Schoonmaker,   b. 1841   3. Cornelia Schoonmaker,   b. 1842   4. Henry Barnard Schoonmaker,   b. 1843   5. Julius Schoonmaker,   b. 1847   6. Ella Schoonmaker,   b. 1849
  Last Modified	11 May 2022
  Family ID	F1282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S238] Marius Schoonmaker, The History of Kingston, New York, (Burr Printing House, 18 Jacob St., NY, 1888), Page 489. [S239] Bio Dir of the US Congress, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000141. [S240] Genealogy of the Hoffman Family: desendants of Martin Hoffman, http://interactive.ancestry.com/61157/46155_b290331-00042/3059779?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/27724202/person/340003520268/facts/citation/980018117385/edit/record#?imageId=46155_b290331-00024. [S240] Genealogy of the Hoffman Family: desendants of Martin Hoffman, http://interactive.ancestry.com/61157/46155_b290331-00042/3059779?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/27724202/person/340003520268/facts/citation/980018117385/edit/record#?imageId=46155_b290331-00042.