Engineer
Centurion, 1863–1887
Born 2 February 1810 in Hanover, Hannover, Germany
Died 2 July 1887 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Woodlawn Cemetery
, Bronx, New York
Proposed by George Bancroft and William T. Blodgett
Elected 5 December 1863 at age fifty-three
Proposer of:
Seconder of:
Century Memorial
Edward L. Youmans, C. N. Black, William D. Morgan, C. Wyllys Betts, Charles L. Perkins, Edmund H. Miller, Stephen C. Williams, Roswell D. Hitchcock, Woolsey Johnson, C. E. Detmold, Joseph C. Hutchinson [sic: misspelling of “Hutchison”], Aaron J. Vanderpoel, James B. Johnston, George P. Pomeroy, E. P. Carpenter, George H. Palmer and Chas. A. Rapallo.
These names were illustrious in nearly every sphere of life, and represent the highest stations on the Bench, in science, theology, law, medicine and mercantile pursuits.
Henry E. Howland
1888 Century Association Reports
