Marius Schoonmaker (April 24, 1811 – January 5, 1894) was a

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from New York.

Biography

Schoonmaker was born to Cornelia (nee Groen) (1784–1874) and Zachariah Schoonmaker (1785–1818) in Kingston,

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, New York. His father died when he was young, but he attended public schools and graduated from

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in 1830. He was admitted to the

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in 1833 and commenced practice in Kingston. Schoonmaker was a member of the

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(10th D.) in

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and

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, and was elected as a Whig to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law in Kingston. Schoonmaker was Auditor of the New York State Canal Department from 1854 to 1855, and Superintendent of Banks from 1855 to 1856. He was also President of the Kingston

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for nine years, and was President of the Village of Kingston in 1866, 1869 and 1870. In 1867, he was a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention of 1867–68. On December 13, 1837, in

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, he married Elizabeth Van Wyck Westbrook (1810–1887), daughter of Cornelius DePuy Westbrook (1782–1858) and his first wife, Hannah Van Wyck (1787–1817). She is a descendant of Louis DuBois. Their son, Captain Cornelius Marius Schoonmaker was a United States Naval Academy graduate who died in the

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in American Samoa. He was born February 2, 1839, in Kingston and died on March 16, 1889. Marius Street in Kingston is named after him and Elizabeth Street in Kingston is named after his wife. Schoonmaker died in Kingston and was interred in Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery. Congressman Cornelius C. Schoonmaker (1745–1796) was his grandfather.

References

External links

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Marius Schoonmaker entry
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