[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] fare of the children of his native place. It was through his influence that the statues of Farragut, in Madison Square, and of the Poet Halleck, in Central Park, were added to the memorials of the famous sons of New York. Of a literary turn of mind, it is not strange that he should find congenial company among the men of letters who form the Century Club, nor that his name as an encourager of literature, and a contributor to it, should be well known among the lights of the literary world. Mr. Field married. June 19,. 1838, Catharine M. Van Cortlandt de Pcyster, daughter of Frederic de Peyster, Sr., of the city of New York, a lady who is connected with many of the ancient families, as the Livingstons, the Beekmans, Van Cortlandts, Van Rensselaers and others whose names are a part of the history of and an honor to the Empire State. He has two children — Cortlandt de Pcyster, born Decern-: STORKTOWN. I If) ber 28, 1839, and Florence Van Cortland t, born March 30, L851, who married David Wolfe Bishop. The son graduated at Columbia 00116510 in 18o9, went at once into his father's office, succeeded to his business upon his retirement, in 1865, and has since conducted it with ability and success. Inheriting from his father a benevolent disposition, he has been a worthy follower in his footsteps, and in the cause of education has expended nearly thirty thousand dollars.