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    John Lawrence Schoolcraft

    Birth: 9-22-1804

    Death: 6-7-1860

Relationships

Spouse

Beattie, Caroline Cornelia (CCS) | Marriage Date: 8-6-1853

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Children

Schoolcraft, Oliver Johnson

Schoolcraft, Marie Seward

Biography

John Lawrence Schoolcraft, born in Albany, NY in 1804, engaged in mercantile pursuits prior to his election as a Whig Representative from New York, serving in Congress from March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853. From 1854 until his death, he served as president of the Commercial Bank at Albany, NY. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860 and died while returning to his home from the convention at Chicago, in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada on June 7, 1860. He was interred in the Albany Rural Cemetery.

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, January 23, 1855

Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., October 3, 1859

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, April 1, 1858

Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 29, 1849

Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, December 8, 1851

Letter from Caroline Cornelia Beattie to William Henry Seward, November 30, 1857

Letter from Caroline Cornelia Beattie to William Henry Seward, November 30, 1857

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., September 23, 1857

Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, September 10, 1857

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 20, 1857

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., September 9, 1857

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., August 9, 1857

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., July 13, 1857

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 14, 1857

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., June 24, 1857

Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., July 12, 1857

Letter from Anna Wharton Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 23, 1857

Letter from William Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., May 9, 1857

Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, December 2, 1856

Telegram from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, October 9, 1856

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, September 15, 1856

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 27, 1856

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 21, 1856

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, April 19, 1856

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, February 7, 1855

Letter from Caroline Canfield Schoolcraft Beattie to William Henry Seward, 1855

Letter from Caroline Canfield Schoolcraft Beattie to William Henry Seward, February 12, 1855

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, June 27, 1854

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 16, 1854

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 27, 1854

Letter from Caroline Cornelia Schoolcraft to Frances Miller Seward, May 27, 1861

Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frances Miller Seward, November 28, 1859

Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., December 3, 1859

Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Seward, Jr., May 27, 1859

Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr., to William Henry Seward, August 15, 1859

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Maria Worden, February 17, 1859

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 24, 1858

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 24, 1858

Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, March 2, 1858

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward Jr., March 3, 1858

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, February 13, 1858

Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, July 1858

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, March 24, 1853

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, January 3, 1853

Letter from William Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., March 19, 1853

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, January 14, 1853

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 1, 1853

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Clarinda Miller McClallen, January 12, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 18, 1853

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, June 2, 1853

Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 11, 1853

Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, May 24, 1853

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, August 22, 1853

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, August 1, 1853

Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, August 3, 1853

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, July 19, 1853

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 18, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 15, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 29, 1852

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 19, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 25, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 12, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 16, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 22, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 27, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 15, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 29, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 17, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November, 1851

Letter from Caroline Canfield Schoolcraft Beattie to William Henry Seward, December 7, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, July 29, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 19, 1851

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 4, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, November 13, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 19, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 30, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 16, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 19, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 12, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 21, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 3, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, March 28, 1854

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 16, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 9, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 30, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 28, 1849

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 20, 1849

Letter from Charles Sumner to Frances Miller Seward, April 23, 1854

Telegram from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., June 8, 1860

Letter from Myron O. Wilder to Frances Miller Seward, Feburary 17, 1851

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 15, 1849

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 14, 1849

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 10, 1849

Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frances Miller Seward, March 4, 1860

Citations

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Biography: 

John Lawrence Schoolcraft, born in Albany, NY in 1804, engaged in mercantile pursuits prior to his election as a Whig Representative from New York, serving in Congress from March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853. From 1854 until his death, he served as president of the Commercial Bank at Albany, NY. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860 and died while returning to his home from the convention at Chicago, in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada on June 7, 1860. He was interred in the Albany Rural Cemetery.

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Source Citation U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880; New York State Education Department, Office of Cultural Education; Albany, New York; Year: 1860; Roll: M4; Line Number: 22 Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880. Microfilm, M1-M15, 15 rolls. New York State Education Department, Office of Cultural Education. New York State Library, Albany, New York. [New York State Library]