Craft Masonry in Albany County, New York - Onondaga and Oswego ...

attended the meetings with regularity and discharged all his duties as a member, or officer, of the board with punctuality and with
signal ability, securing, by his fidelity and devotion, the confidence and the respect of his associates.
Since 1879 he had been a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association, and at the annual meetings of this society, as well
as at the annual meetings of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties, for many years he represented the College of
Pharmacy as delegate. He served as delegate from the Albany Medical College to the decennial convention for revising the U. S.
Pharmacopoeia held in Washington in 1880, and as delegate from the Albany College of Pharmacy to the conventions of 1890,
1900, and 1910.
Dr. Huested was a member of Temple Lodge No. 14, F. and A. M., of the Loyal Legion, and of George Dawson Post, G. A. R. He
was a member of the Kappa Psi fraternity, and at the fifth annual banquet of the Beta Delta chapter, A. C. P., in 1915, he was
presented with a silver loving cup in token of the affectionate estimation in which he was held by the members. In 1884 he received
from the Albany College of Pharmacy the honorary degree of Graduate in Pharmacy (Ph. G.).
AN ENGAGING PERSONALITY.
The subject of this brief sketch was a man of most engaging personality. That which particularly characterized him seems to the
writer to have been his calm and equable temper, which was seldom ruffled and not easily disturbed. He was satisfied with his lot,
was jealous of no man, and could view with satisfaction, quite unmixed with any tinge of envy, the good fortune which came to
others. Little favors gratified, and simple pleasures satisfied him. He loved nature, and had made botany a study, and the sight of
the first wild-flowers in spring was a never-failing delight.
A few years ago he moved from Albany and, with his wife, took up his residence with a son in Delmar, a few miles from the city,
where he had opportunity to cultivate flowers, grow some vegetables, and look after the chickens and fruit with the assistance of his
grandson, and these rural occupations afforded the exercise which he needed and greatly interested him. He was growing older, but
his eye was bright, his step elastic, his manner as buoyant and his greeting as cheery and as cordial as ever. His mind was to him
his kingdom. It was well stored with knowledge and upon its accumulated stores he could at all times draw for his own edification,
refreshment and recreation, and for the instruction and entertainment of others. He was a conscientious, just and fair-minded man,
whose disposition was philosophical, and whose attitude on any matter of moment was always and instinctively reasonable, tolerant,
and free from prejudice. To the close of his life he retained in a remarkable degree his youthful vigor, health, and mental alertness,
and this was largely due to the general sanity of his life, the acts of which were prompted by reason and not by impulse or passion.
His bent was charitable and his disposition kindly. He never spoke angrily or intemperately, seldom even hastily, and he was as
slow to take, as he was unwilling to give, offense.
Dr. Huested's home at Delmar, a few miles out of Albany.
Success in life is variously measured. Fame, influence and wealth are thought by many to denote it, but others, and with saner view,
hold that life successful which has been devoted to the conscientious performance of duty, to useful work honestly done, to
unselfish service to mankind. Judged by this standard the life here briefly and imperfectly delineated was preeminently successful,
and he who lives such a life can anticipate its inevitable close with serenity because its end is peace.
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Page 52 [971] Family Sketches
George Lawyer, is a descendant of Johannes Lawyer, who came from Holland to Schoharie, NY, about 1700 on a surveying
expedition, and whose son, Johannes H. [and others], was granted 36,000 acres of land in what is now Schoharie county, by King
George II. The latter was commissioned by Governor Tryon in 1772 ensign in Shaffer's Company of Foot and by Sir Henry Moore,
Bart., ensign of Grenadiers. He served as lieutenant in the 15th NY Regt. through the Revolutionary war, as did also his son Jacob,
who was an ensign. Jacob I. Lawyer, son of Jacob, succeeded his ancestors as a large land owner in Schoharie, and married
Nancy Spraker, who died in 1884, aged 101. Their son, George, who is living at Schoharie Court House at the age of ninety, owns
much of the ancestral grant. Dr. James Lawyer, son of George, practiced medicine in New York city and at Middleburgh, NY, and
was for six years treasurer of Schoharie county, where he died 26 Nov 1890. During the Rebellion he was assistant surgeon in
Bellevue Hospital. He married, first, Eliza J. Irwin, who died in 1880, leaving an only son, George, of Albany. He married, second,
her sister, Mrs. Marion K. Case, who survives.
George Lawyer, born in New York city, 24 Sep 1864, attended Schoharie Academy, was graduated from Hamilton College in 1885,
with membership in Phi Beta Kappa, and read law with Judge S. L. Mayham, of Schoharie Court House. He was graduated from the
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