1828.
JOHN VAN BUREN died on board the Steamship Scotia, Oct. 13, 1866, aged 56 years. He was the son of President Martin and Hannah (Hoes) Van Buren, and was born at Hudson, N. Y, Feb. 18, 1810. He studied Law with Hon. B. F. Butler, in Albany, and with Hon. Aaron Vanderpoel, in Kinderhook, N. Y., and began practice with Mr. McKown, in Albany. In 1836 he became a partner of Mr. Hamilton W. Robinson, and in the following year, his father being then President, he visited England. In 1845 he was chosen, by the New York Legislature, Attorney General of the State, and in that position he conducted several important prosecutions with remarkable ability. On the expiration of his term of office, he removed to the City of New York, where he took a prominent position at the bar, and became still more widely known for his political activity and influence. In the spring of 1866 he went abroad for his health, which had been for some years failing, and it was on the voyage home that his death occurred.
He married, shortly after his visit to England in 1837, Miss Vanderpoel, of Kinderhook. She died, not long after her marriage, leaving one daughter, who still survives.
