About John Dash Van Buren, Jr.
Lived 1838 – 1918 (aged 79). John Dash Van Buren, Jr. was an American military officer and civil engineer.
John Dash Van Buren Jr. (August 8, 1838 – March 11, 1918) was an American civil engineer, naval engineer, lawyer and politician from New York. He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1876 to 1877. Afterwards he resumed his private practice.
Personal life In 1875, he married Elizabeth Ludlow Jones (sister of banker Shipley Jones), and their son was Maurice Pelham Van Buren (1894–1979).
He died on March 11, 1918, in New Brighton, Staten Island.
Legacy He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and of the American Society of Naval Engineers. Besides papers in theJournal of the Franklin Institute and the Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, he has published Investigation of Formulas for Iron Parts of Steam Machinery (New York, 1869).
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American civil engineer (1838-1918)
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John Dash Van Buren, Jr. was born on 8 August 1838 in New York City.
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John Dash Van Buren, Jr. died on 11 March 1918 in New Brighton.
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John Dash Van Buren, Jr. was a military officer and civil engineer.
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John Dash Van Buren, Jr. was American.
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