[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] later years. Four sons preceded him to the grave, — Romeyn Heck and Philip, in their infancy, and Pierre and Theodrie Romeyn, in their manhood, He was laid to rest in t lie old family burial-ground, the last hearing the name of Pierre, a name that had existed in the family for one hundred and sixty-three years. His widow and three children survive him, — Catharine T. It., married to the Rev. John Ruther-ford Mathews, Chaplain United States Navy, James Stevenson and Anne Stevenson. James Stevenson Van Cortlandt, at the age of eighteen, in 1S<;2, was made aid-de-camp to General Corcoran, and served on his staff until that general's PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT. sudden death. He then returned to the regiment (the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth New York) in which he had been mustered, remaining in it for two years, during all the terrihlc battles of the Wilder-ness and in front <>f Petersburg, until 1864, when he was promoted and joined the Twenty-second New-York Cavalry, being with that regiment during Sheridan's campaigns. He was mustered out in August, 1865, at the end of the war, with the full rank of captain, returning to his home at the Manor. Colonel Van Cortland! was a member of the Cin-cinnati Society, serving on the standing committee for many yean.