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26-679: He was born November 2, 1866 in Claverack, New York , the son of attorney Jacob F. Miller, a Williams College graduate. He attended college at New York University (NYU), where he played lacrosse and served as the team captain. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1888. After graduating college, he played with the Staten Island Athletic Club and captained the lacrosse team to the 1890 championship. He then attended law school at Columbia University , where he graduated cum laude in 1891. Staten Island participated in

52-602: A Dutch tenant farmer made the first discovery of a mastodon tooth here. The town is centrally located in Columbia County, east of the city of Hudson . Claverack was originally approximately 60,000 acres (24,000 ha) in area and was known as the Lower Manor of Rensselaer , part of a vast estate on both sides of the Hudson River granted in the 17th century to an early prominent Dutch family. During

78-527: A dozen other brewing scions and their families. The Woodlawn Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) associated with Woodlawn Cemetery. It began as the Friends of Woodlawn in 1999. It enhances the mission of Woodlawn through fundraising, educational opportunities and outreach with other non-profits. In 2021, over 40 stones were conserved in a joint effort between the Woodlawn Conservancy, the Friends of

104-571: A family mausoleum. Woodlawn was the destination for many human remains disinterred from cemeteries in more densely populated parts of New York City: The fictional cemetery of the Synagogue in Brooklyn in the film Once Upon a Time in America is actually located here, renamed "Riverdale Cemetery". Numerous notable persons have been interred at Woodlawn Cemetery including: Chief Justice of

130-472: A female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 26.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.96. In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.4% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

156-437: A payment of $ 150 for his services as coach, which he denied in a letter to the editor. He stated "I have been somewhat strenuous in advocating the principles of pure amateur sport, I prefer not to remain under the stigma of receiving money for athletics." The confusion arose due to Miller advising the team to hire a professional coach, as he no longer had enough free time to devote to the task. The manager requisitioned $ 150 to hire

182-576: A replacement coach, but the athletics department denied it due to a lack of funds. He served as the president of the Professional Lacrosse Association, and from 1900 to 1902, as the president of the Inter-University Lacrosse League. The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) came into being on December 22, 1905, through Miller's proposal. He recommended the combination of

208-546: A team composed of business men who don't get a chance to practice more than three or four hours a week, I think it's about time to stop it ... Although we are not afraid to take a beating from a Canadian team as such, we don't care to be beaten by Canadians and have a New York club get the credit of it. He played for the Crescent Athletic Club from 1895 to 1912. In 1897, Miller accompanied the Crescent team on

234-512: A tour of England with each player paying his own way as a testament to their club's principle of amateurism. After an abbreviated domestic season, the team left for England in March. There, they compiled a record of 7–5–2 against British clubs. Miller served as the head coach for the Columbia lacrosse team for several years. In 1900, The New York Times erroneously reported that he had received

260-499: Is a major tributary from the south and forms the western boundary of the town before entering Claverack Creek. The Taconic State Parkway passes north-south through the eastern side of the town. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,401 people, 2,485 households, and 1,669 families residing in the town. The population density was 134.3 inhabitants per square mile (51.9/km ). There were 2,839 housing units at an average density of 59.6 per square mile (23.0/km ). The racial makeup of

286-792: Is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx , New York City. US Lacrosse inducted him into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1957. Claverack, New York Claverack is a town in Columbia County , New York , United States. The population was 6,058 at the 2020 census. The town name in English was derived from the Dutch word Klaverakker , meaning "Clover Fields" or "Clover Reach". In 1705,

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312-572: The Rolfing body therapy and noted female biochemist Ida Rolf ; and, businessmen such as shipping magnate Archibald Gracie , cosmetics manufacturer Richard Hudnut , America's first self-made millionaire woman Madam C. J. Walker , department store founder Rowland Hussey Macy , and variety store mogul F. W. Woolworth . A large number of New York brewers (e.g., the Haffens of Haffen Brewing Company ) are interred there on "Brewer's Row", along with

338-495: The Royal Canadian Air Force of World War II . In 2011, Woodlawn Cemetery was designated a National Historic Landmark , since it shows the transition from the rural cemetery popular at the time of its establishment to the more orderly 20th-century cemetery style. As of 2007, plot prices at Woodlawn were reported as $ 200 per square foot, $ 4,800 for a gravesite for two, and up to $ 1.5 million for land to build

364-479: The United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 48.0 square miles (124.2 km ), of which 47.6 square miles (123.2 km ) is land and 0.39 square miles (1.0 km ), or 0.81%, is water. Claverack Creek enters the town at the hamlet of Mellenville and runs southwest before turning north and forming the western town boundary before entering Stockport . Taghkanic Creek

390-493: The poverty line , including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over. 42°13′30″N 73°44′04″W  /  42.22500°N 73.73444°W  / 42.22500; -73.73444 Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx) Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and a designated National Historic Landmark . Located south of Woodlawn Heights, Bronx , New York City, it has

416-704: The 1892 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) tournament with the Lorillard, Manhattan, and New York clubs. There were allegations of professionalism and the importation of ineligible Canadian ringers by those three teams, and Staten Island played only under protest. Miller was critical of the New York club in particular: When a club deliberately imports six or eight of the best players in Canada, feeds them like fighting cocks, keeps them with nothing to do from one week's end to another but play lacrosse, and then plays them against

442-601: The American Revolution, the Town was formed in 1778 from the older District of Claverack. In 1782, some of the land was reassigned to the newly organized town of Hillsdale . Claverack was reduced again in 1785 to form the city of Hudson . In 1779 Washington Seminary was founded in the town by the local Dutch Reformed pastor. Prominent former students at the school include U.S. President Martin Van Buren . In

468-788: The Bronx Terminal Market". He served on the Real Estate Board which handled the expansion of the New York City Subway system, and in 1917, was named to the New York State and the United States Food Administration Boards. He also was a trustee of NYU. Miller was appointed as the first official Bronx Borough Historian in 1944, and continued that appointment until 1953. He died on January 21, 1956, and

494-922: The Inter-university Lacrosse League and the Intercollegiate Association, which at the time, played under slightly different rules. In the USILA, Miller served on the Executive Committee. Miller was hopeful for the future of the sport and described it as follows: When the United States and Canada are unified, Lacrosse may well claim to be the national game of the Union; for long before the earliest white pioneers and voyageurs in North America,

520-864: The United States Charles Evans Hughes ; influential New York urban planner and builder Robert Moses ; actress Cicely Tyson , aviation pioneer Harriet Quimby , performer, playwright and producer George M. Cohan ; gangster Bumpy Johnson ; authors Nellie Bly , Countee Cullen , Clarence Day , Damon Runyon , E.L. Doctorow , Herman Melville , and Dorothy Parker ; musicians Irving Berlin , Miles Davis , Felix Pappalardi , Duke Ellington , W. C. Handy , Fritz Kreisler , Pigmeat Markham , King Oliver , and Max Roach ; singers Celia Cruz and Florence Mills ; Film director Otto Preminger ; husband and wife magicians Alexander Herrmann and Adelaide Herrmann ; sportswriter Grantland Rice ; gunfighter and US marshal Bat Masterson ; developer of

546-902: The character of a rural cemetery . Woodlawn Cemetery opened during the Civil War in 1863, in what was then Yonkers , in an area that was annexed to New York City in 1874. It is notable in part as the final resting place of some well-known figures. The Cemetery covers more than 400 acres (160 ha) and is the resting place for more than 300,000 people. Built on rolling hills, its tree-lined roads lead to some unique memorials, some designed by famous American architects: McKim, Mead & White , John Russell Pope , James Gamble Rogers , Cass Gilbert , Carrère and Hastings , Sir Edwin Lutyens , Beatrix Jones Farrand , and John La Farge . The cemetery contains seven Commonwealth war graves – six British and Canadian servicemen of World War I and an airman of

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572-496: The game of baggataway , which afterwards became lacrosse, was played by the Indian tribes in widely scattered parts of the northern continent of America ... With the elimination of old methods of play, the white man has introduced team play and science into the game, so that now it is recognized that no team of individual players, no matter how skilful [sic], can beat a team of merely good players who have fine team organization. Miller

598-1193: The nineteenth century the school was renamed Claverack College ; it closed in 1902. The many 18th-century homes in the area include the 1786 William Henry Ludlow House . In addition to the William Henry Ludlow House, other properties and structures on the National Register of Historic Places include the Claverack Free Library , Double-Span Whipple Bowstring Truss Bridge , George Felpel House , First Columbia County Courthouse , Stephen Hogeboom House , Dr. Abram Jordan House , Ludlow-Van Rensselaer House , Jacob P. Mesick House , Harmon Miller House , Stephen Miller House , Cornelius S. Muller House , Harriet Phillips Bungalow , Rev. Dr. Elbert S. Porter House , Reformed Dutch Church of Claverack , Stephen Storm House , Trinity Episcopal Church , Jan Van Hoesen House , William W. Van Ness House , Van Rensselaer Lower Manor House , Conyn Van Rensselaer House , and Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer House and Mill Complex . According to

624-401: The town was 93.95% White , 3.31% African American , 0.20% Native American , 0.36% Asian , 0.06% Pacific Islander , 0.78% from other races , and 1.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.47% of the population. There were 2,485 households, out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were married couples living together, 9.1% had

650-409: Was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males. The median income for a household in the town was $ 41,647, and the median income for a family was $ 50,175. Males had a median income of $ 32,896 versus $ 23,925 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 19,848. About 3.8% of families and 6.7% of the population were below

676-531: Was an attorney by trade and worked for most of his life at the law firm started by his father. From 1910 to 1914, Miller served as the Bronx 's third Borough President . In 1912 Borough President Miler proposed the creation of terminal markets in New York City, including the seeds of the original Bronx Terminal Market . In his New York Times obituary, it is noted that Miller was considered as "the father of

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