R. R. Pray, Chancellor of the State of Mississippi :

*■ Mrs. Howard died on the 8th of March, 1834. b See Religious Soc lib. B. p. 56. e Lib. B. p. 60.

COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 67

Interred.

Near this stone lie the remains of

George McChain,

Lieutenant in the sixth regiment of the

United States Infantry, and distinguished

for his valour in the battles of Chippeway and

Bridgewater. In him were united the energy

of the soldier, with the easy politeness of the

gentleman. Impressed with the great truths

of religion, he was hospitably, gentle, sober, just,

and contemplative. From the ardour of his

love of country, he early devoted himself to her

service, where he was brave without vanity, and

magnanimous without ostentation. To

perpetuate the memory of so beloved a character,

his mourning friends have erected this humble stone,

a frail memorial of their veneration for his virtues,

and a faint testimony of their grief for a misfortune,

alas : indelibly engraven on their hearts.

He died on the 19th day of October, 1818,

Aged 32 years.

Also monuments to the memory of his father John McChain, one of the Westchester guides in the revolutionary war, and the Rev. Allen Blair, who departed this life June 14, aged 72 years; also Jane, wil''e of St. John Constant, who died April 2, 1817.

The Van Nest Reformed Dutch Church in Peekskill, was incorporated on the 3d of January, 1843, and called by the above name, " in consideration of the private virtues and public liberality of Abraham Van Nest of New York." The consistory also resolved to confide the manaofement to a board of nine trustees. The following gentlemen were elected to this office, on the 16th of January, 1843: James Goetchius, William Leavins, John P. Cruger, Washington S.