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D. Lydig Suydam

Merchant/Importer

Centurion, 1859–1884

Full Name David Lydig Suydam

Born 24 January 1812 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 19 December 1884 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Saint Marks Church-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, New York

Proposed by John Frederick Kensett and Henry L. Pierson

Elected 4 June 1859 at age forty-seven

Archivist’s Note: Brother of James A. Suydam

Century Memorial

The names of those we have lost in 1884 are, in the order of their decease: Edward M. Archibald, B. H. Hutton, John J. Cisco, Augustus Schell, Willard Parker, Joseph S. Bosworth, Augustus E. Silliman, Gouverneur M. Ogden, Freeman J. Fithian, Robert Hoe, Isaac Newton, Frank E. Kernochan, Henry T. Anthony, Francis C. Bowman, Samuel H. Shreve, Benjamin F. Butler, D. Lydig Suydam, Charles Buckingham, and Dr. Noah Hunt Schenck.

It is not by their number alone that these vacant places are conspicuous; for many among them recall the thought of honored character—the associations of dear companionship enjoyed—the memories of faithful service rendered.

Augustus R. Macdonough
1885 Century Association Reports