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S. Oakley Van der Poel Jr.

Physician

Centurion, 1895–1912

Full Name Samuel Oakley Van der Poel Jr.

Born 27 August 1853 in Kinderhook, New York

Died 22 April 1912 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York

Proposed by Charles McBurney and Francis H. Markoe

Elected 2 November 1895 at age forty-two

Archivist’s Note: Son of S. Oakley Van der Poel; brother of John Van der Poel; nephew of Aaron J. Van der Poel

Seconder of:

Century Memorial

Samuel Oakley Van der Poel, sprung from a family of distinguished physicians, himself honorably known in this city and Albany, his early home; at the time of his death senior medical director of the New York Life Insurance Company.

Henry Osborn Taylor
1913 Century Association Yearbook