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unusual facts about Jennie C. Van Ness


Jennie C. Van Ness

On announcing her candidacy, she was quoted by the Newark Evening News as saying,


Cornelius P. Van Ness

His father was Judge Peter Van Ness (1734-1804), who owned most of the land which Martin Van Buren later purchased for construction of the Lindenwald estate.

Council of Revision

At the time of its abolition, the members were Governor DeWitt Clinton, Chancellor James Kent, Chief Justice Ambrose Spencer, and Associated Justices Joseph C. Yates, Jonas Platt, William W. Van Ness and John Woodworth.

James I. Roosevelt

On May 30, 1831 in Paris, Roosevelt married Cornelia Van Ness, a daughter of Cornelius P. Van Ness and Rhoda Savage.


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