General Henry Bell Van Rensselaer1
b. 14 May 1810, d. 23 March 1864
General Henry Bell Van Rensselaer|b. 14 May 1810\nd. 23 Mar 1864|p7049.htm|General/U.S. Rep. Stephen Van Rensselaer||||||||||||||||||
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
General Henry Bell Van Rensselaer was born on 14 May 1810 at the Manor House, Albany, New York.1 He was the son of General/U.S. Rep. Stephen Van Rensselaer. He married Elizabeth Ray King, daughter of Governor John Alsop King and Mary Ray.2 He died on 23 March 1864 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, at age 53.1 He was buried in Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.1
General Henry Bell Van Rensselaer was graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1831; commissioned brevet second lieutenant of the Fifth Regiment, United States Infantry, July 1, 1831, and resigned January 27, 1832; engaged in agricultural pursuits near Ogdensburg, N.Y; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); was associated with mining enterprises; upon the outbreak of the Civil War reentered the military service with the rank of brigadier general in the Union Army and was appointed chief of staff under Gen. Winfield Scott; served as inspector general with the rank of colonel from 1862 until his death.1
General Henry Bell Van Rensselaer was graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1831; commissioned brevet second lieutenant of the Fifth Regiment, United States Infantry, July 1, 1831, and resigned January 27, 1832; engaged in agricultural pursuits near Ogdensburg, N.Y; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); was associated with mining enterprises; upon the outbreak of the Civil War reentered the military service with the rank of brigadier general in the Union Army and was appointed chief of staff under Gen. Winfield Scott; served as inspector general with the rank of colonel from 1862 until his death.1
Citations
- [S709] US Government, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949: The Continental Congress September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788 and The Congress of the United States From the First to the Eightieth Congress March 4, 1789 to January 3, 1949, Inclusive (Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1950), 1951.
- [S707] John King of Boston MA, online http://members.tripod.com/~loupero/famous1.htm
