History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

Grant," etc., who lived in North Tarrytown, Mount Pleasant, from boyhood until about 1856 ; Clarence Cook, the art critic, who attended school at Irving Institute, Tarrytown, and lived at Irvington; A. C. Wheeler ("Nym Crinkle"), poet and critic, who also attended school at Irving Institute and lived at North Tarrytown ; Charles A. Brace, author and philanthropist, who lived at Hastings ; Frank Vincent, Jr., author and traveler, who wrote " The Land of the White Elephant," " Through and Through the Tropics" and " Norsk, Lapp and Finn," and whose home is in Tarrytown ; Rev. William C. Wilkinson, D.D., formerly professor in Rochester Theological Seminary, who has written a critique on Arnold's " Light of Asia," etc., and who resides at Tarrytown ; Stephen H.

Thayer, the poet, who wrote " Songs of Sleepy Hollow," and lives in North Tarrytown ; Latham C. Strong, poet and journalist, wlio wrote " Castle Windows," " Poke O'Moonshine," etc., and was a resident of North Tarrytown until his death; Hamilton Mabie, editor of The Christian Union, who lived in North Tarrytown ; Marshall H. Bright, editor of The Christian at Work, who lives in Tarrytown ; Rev. Pharcellus Church, D.D., the author of a number of books, reviews, etc., and a resident of Tarrytown ; Rev. Jacob Dutcher, author of " The Old Home by the River," who was born in Greenburgh ; Minna Irving, poetess, a contributor to The Century, whose full name is Minna Irving Odell,and who lives in Greenburgh ; Henry Drisler, scholar, author and professor, who lived in Greenburgh ; Rev.

John A. Paine, professor in Robert College, Constantinople, archseologist to the Palestine Exploring Expedition,