John van Schaick Jr.

John van Schaick Jr., was a minister of the Universalist [National Memorial Church] from 1900 to 1918, and again from 1920 to 1922.

Biography

He was born in Cobleskill, New York, on November 18, 1873, to John [Van Schaick|John van Schaick Sr.] and Frances Elizabeth Shaver. He attended Union College in Schenectady, New York, from 1891 to 1894. He was principal of Sharon Springs Academy in Kansas, then was employed for a year as a history teacher at Emporia College.
He was ordained in 1900 at the Universalist National Memorial Church and was a minister there from 1900 to 1918, and again from 1920 to 1922.
He died on May 16, 1949, in Washington, D.C.
His widow died in 1955.