George Washington Schuyler

George Washington Schuyler (February 2, 1810 – February 1, 1888) was an American businessman, author, politician, and member of the prominent Schuyler family. Early life George Washington Schuyler was born on February 2, 1810, in Stillwater, New York, which is located in Saratoga County, New York. His parents were Annatje (née Fort) Schuyler (1770–1851) and John Harmanus Schuyler (1763–1846), the private secretary of John Barker Church. His siblings included: Henry Ten Broeck Schuyler, Phillip Church Schuyler, Catherine Angelica Schuyler (wife of Nicholas Bleecker), and Rebecca Sarah Margaret Schuyler. His paternal grandparents were Harmanus Schuyler (a son of Nicholas Schuyler and Elsie (née Wendell) Schuyler) and Christina Ten Broeck (a daughter of Samuel Ten Broeck and Maria (née Van Rensselaer) Ten Broeck). His family moved to Ithaca, N.Y., in 1811. There, he worked on the family farm, and attended the public schools. At age sixteen, he began to work at a drugstore and learned this trade. In 1834, he enrolled at New York University and graduated in 1837.