John Alsop King (1788–1867), the Governor of New York, and Mary Ray. Elizabeth's maternal grandfather was U.S. Senator Rufus King (1755–1827) and her great-grandfather was John Alsop (1724–1792), a prominent New York City merchant. Together, they had: Mary Van Rensselaer (1834–1902), who married John Henry Screven (1823–1903) in 1874. Cornelia Van Rensselaer (1836–1864), who married James Lenox Kennedy (1823–1864), son of David Sproat Kennedy and nephew of philanthropist James Lenox. Stephen Van Rensselaer (1838–1904), who married Mathilda Coster Heckscher (1838–1915). Henry Van Rensselaer, who died young. Euphemia Van Rensselaer (1842–), who became a Sister of Charity and took the name Marie Dolores. Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (1845–1911), who married George Waddington (1840–1915), a son of William D. Waddington (1811–1886) and Mary Elizabeth Ogden (1810–1867). John King Van Rensselaer (1847–1909), who married May Denning King (1848–1925), granddaughter of James Gore King. Katherine Van Rensselaer (1849–1901), who married Dr. Francis Delafield (1841–1915), son of Dr. Edward Delafield, in 1870. Henry Van Rensselaer (1851–1907), who joined the Society of Jesuits. Westerlo Van Rensselaer (1853–1857), who died young. Van Rensselaer died of typhoid fever in Cincinnati, Ohio shortly before the end of the War. He was interred in the Grace Episcopal Churchyard, in Jamaica, Queens in New York City. Descendants Through his son, John King Van Rensselaer, he was the grandfather of John Alexander Van Rensselaer (b. 1872), who married Helen F. Galindo in 1896, and who was arrested in 1908 for attempting to extort $5,000 from his mother. Through his granddaughter, Julia Floyd Delafield, Henry was the great-grandfather of Floyd Crosby (1899–1985), himself the father of musician David Crosby. References Notes Sources Retrieved on 2008-11-21 1810 births 1864 deaths 19th-century American politicians Henry Bell Military personnel from Albany, New York People of New York (state) in the American Civil War Politicians from Albany, New York Henry Bell Union Army generals United States Military Academy alumni Henry Bell Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) Deaths from typhoid fever