Jacob Rutsen Schuyler (February 23, 1816 – February 4, 1887) founded Schuyler, Hartley and Graham, the largest firearms retail business in the United States in 1860.

Biography

He was born on February 23, 1816, in

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, to Colonel John Arent Schuyler (1778–1817) and Catharina Van Rensselaer (1781–1867). His paternal immigrant ancestor was

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, who migrated from

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prior to 1650 to

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. He married Susan Haigh Edwards, a descendant of Jonathan Edwards. In 1854 he founded Schuyler, Hartley and Graham, a firearms retail business, with

Marcellus Hartley Marcellus Hartley (1827 – January 8, 1902) was an American arms dealer and merchant. He was appointed as an agent by the Union Army to purchase guns from Europe during the American Civil War. He later manufactured cartridges for breech-loading ...

(1827–1902) and

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(1832–1899). The company supplied military gear to the

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during the

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. When the city of

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, was incorporated in 1869 he was selected to serve on the

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and he was first president of the board of council. He resigned in 1871. He fell and hit his head which led to his death a week later on February 4, 1887, at his home in

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. He was buried in Constable Hook Cemetery in

References

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Jacob Rutsen Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ja ...