Viele, H. A. Chauncey, Professor J. W. Draper, P. J. Armour, Cortlandt Palmer, J. C. Fargo, E. O. Matthiessen, Eliphalet Wood, H. R. Bishop, James Benedict, the late William E. Dodge, Robert Hoe, John T. Terry, George Lewis, S. B. Scheffelin, the Beekmans, John Anderson, A. C. Kingsland, H. Aspinwall, 0. B. Potter, General George W. Morell, the Onderdonks, Colonel Van Cortlandt, Philip Van Wyck, D. L. Seymour, William Nelson and many others of equal prominence.

HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

Population. -- The population of Westchester County in 1880, when the last census was taken, was 108,988, a loss of 22,360 as compared to the census of 1870, when the population was 131,348. This loss was due to the annexation, in 1874, of part of the county to the city of New York. It is a curious fact to note that the county lost, through this annexation, near thirty-seven per cent, of ita foreign born population, as against nine and one-third per cent, of its native population.

In 1880 there was a slight preponderance of females-- 54,976 against 54,012 males ; but the balance stood on the other side as regards children from five to seventeen years, -- 15,332 being boys and 14,748 girls. There were 22,043 men fit for military duty, -- i.e, from eighteen to forty-four years old, inclusive ; 7826 were over forty-four years of age, making the total voting population 29,869.

The death-rate per thousand was small, as compared to that of the whole State. The census tables do not give the mortality in each separate county, but in groups of several counties. Group No. 1, comprising Kings, Queens, Richmond, Rockland and Westchester, exclusive of New York and Brooklyn, presents a total population of 299,075 souls, and a mortality of 4881,-- males, 2622; females, 2259,- which gives a death-rate of 16.32 per thousand.