The New York Times/1891/04/03/Hendrick Vanderbilt Duryea

by The New York Times

Hendrick Vanderbilt Duryea.

Hendrick Vanderbilt Duryea, a lifelong resident of Long Island, died at his home in Glen Cove Wednesday afternoon in his ninety-third year. He was attacked by a severe cold ten days ago which developed into the grip, which his great age made him unable to withstand. He was in possession of all his faculties at his death, and was remarkably hale and hearty up to the day he caught cold. He was the father of nine children, eight of whom are still alive. They are Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Parkin, John, William, George, Edgar E., Henry T., and Major Gen. Hiram Duryea. The other son was Wright Duryea, who died in September, 1880. He was the founder of the celebrated starch works at Glen Cove, and he not only became a millionaire himself, but made all his brothers and his father wealthy also. Hendrick V. Duryea met many hardships in his young days, including the loss of one arm. He lost the hand in a buzz saw, and gangrene setting in the whole arm had to go at the shoulder. His wife died only a few years ago. Mr. Duryea was aboard the steamboat Seawanhaka when it was burned. He was then eighty years old, and as he had but one arm be would have been lost had it not been for the kindness and bravery of the wife of ex-Mayor William Russell Grace, who put a life preserver about him and helped him over the side. The funeral services will be held to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock la the Presbyterian church at Glen Cove.