Michael Ulshoeffer (March 30, 1793 – September 6, 1881) was a New York City lawyer, politician and judge.
Michael Ulshoeffer | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New York State Assembly from New York County | |
| In office July 1, 1817 – December 31, 1822 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 30, 1793 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | September 6, 1881 (aged 88) New York City, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican / Bucktails |
| Spouse |
Mary Ann Gracie
(m. 1823; died 1876) |
| Parent(s) | Margareth Miller George Ulshoeffer |
Early life edit
Ulshoeffer was born in New York City March 30, 1793. He was the son of Margareth Miller and George Ulshoeffer (1748–1836), a Hessian who was born in Creglingen, Germany, and who was forced into the British service and sent to America in 1777. After the war ended, his father came to New York where he was a music teacher until his death in 1836.[1]
Ulshoeffer studied law in the office of T.W. Smith at 3 Cedar Street and later became Smith's partner.[1]
Career edit
In 1813, he was admitted as an attorney in the Court of Common Pleas and in the Supreme Court of New York. In 1815, he was appointed a Master in Chancery, serving from 1815 to 1825 as Notary of the City Bank. In 1816, he was admitted as a counsellor at law in the Mayor's Court.[1]
Beginning in 1817, he was elected as a Democratic-Republican / Bucktails member of the New York State Assembly, being the champion of a bill to revise the state constitution, writing a reply to Chancellor Kent's opinion disapproving the measure. He first sat in the 41st New York State Legislature and was reelected every year serving until December 31, 1822.[2] He became corporation attorney, and later corporation counsel, occupying the latter office for four years.[3]
In 1834, Ulshoeffer was appointed judge of the court of common pleas by William L. Marcy, the Governor of New York, reappointed in 1843, and was elected a member of that bench in 1846 under the new constitution. At the expiration of his term Ulshoeffer did not resume practice, but was frequently selected as an arbitrator and referee.[3]
In 1862, Ulshoeffer was appointed as one of the Commissioners of Estimate for the extension of Central Park in the vicinity of 106th and 110th Streets and Fifth and Eighth Avenues.[4]
Personal life edit
In 1823, Ulshoeffer was married to Mary Ann Gracie (1805–1876), daughter of the late William R. Gracie, Esq., who owned a large area of Brooklyn Heights and occupied one of the most imposing mansions on Washington Street when it was Brooklyn's most fashionable address.[5][a] Together, they were the parents of:
- Nancy Gracie Ulshoeffer (1824–1884), who married Irving Paris (1816–1879),[6] and a nephew of Washington Irving,[5] in 1848.[7]
- Sarah M. Ulshoeffer (1831–1882)
- Mary Gracie Ulshoeffer (1836–1911),[8][9] who married in William Bayard Hoffman (1817-1880), the son of Dr. William Hoffman,[10][11] in 1865.[12] He was previously married to Mary Lorillard Wolfe (1823-1847), the granddaughter of Pierre Lorillard II and sister of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828–1887), the philanthropist.[13]
- William Gracie Ulshoeffer (1837–1904),[14] a Columbia University educated lawyer[15] who did not marry.[16][17]
He died in New York City on September 6, 1881, at the age of eighty-eight.[1] He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.
Descendants edit
Through his daughter Nancy, he was the grandfather of Francis Ulshoeffer Paris (b. 1864).[6] Through his daughter Mary,[10] he was the grandfather of Dorothea Wolfe Hoffman (1866–1907)[18][19] and Mary Ulshoeffer Hoffman (1868–1951), who were both painted by Fredrika Weidner in 1898.[20]
References edit
Notes
- ^ Other sources indicate that Mary Gracie was the daughter of Scottish born shipping magnate and merchant, Archibald Gracie (1755–1816).[1] If so, that would make Charles King, James G. King, and William Beach Lawrence Ulshoeffer's brothers-in-law.
Sources
- ^ a b c d e Brooks, James Wilton (1896). History of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of New York: With Full Reports of All Important Proceedings. p. 64. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Hough, Franklin (1858). The New York Civil List: containing the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present time. Weed, Parsons and Co. p. 124. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ a b This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- ^ "General News". The New York Times. 1 March 1862. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ a b "This Week in Society". Brooklyn Life. December 4, 1909. p. 14. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ a b Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York (1916). Genealogical Record. The Society. p. 38. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald: 1835-1855. Genealogical Publishing Com. 1987. p. 256. ISBN 9780806311845. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "MARY GRACIE HOFFMAN". The New York Times. 9 July 1911. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Social Register, New York. Social Register Association. 1912. p. 285. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ a b Hoffman, Eugene Augustus (1899). Genealogy of the Hoffman family : descendants of Martin Hoffman, with biographical notes . New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Lawrence, Ruth (1930). Colonial Families of America (PDF). New York: National Americana Society. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Married. | HOFFMAN -- ULSHOEFFER". The New York Times. 17 June 1865. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. New York, NY: J.T. White & Company. 1900. p. 411. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ "DIED. Ulshoeffer". The New York Times. 4 October 1904. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Columbia University (1888). Catalogue of Officers and Graduates. p. 104. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ New York (N Y. ) Board of Trustees of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge (1884). Report of the Committee Appointed by the Board of Trustees: Consisting of the Mayors of the Cities of New York and Brooklyn, Together with the Report of the Accountants to Said Committee in the Matter of an Examination of the Financial Affairs of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, December 31, 1883. Eagle Book and Job Printing Department. p. 300. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ New York Ward 15 District 13 (2nd Enum), 1870 United States Federal Census.
- ^ "Dorothea Wolfe Hoffman (1866-1907)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "DIED. HOFFMAN". The New York Times. 8 October 1907. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Mary Ulshoeffer Hoffman (1868-1951)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 10 March 2018.