John I. Schenck
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John I. Schenck (February 11, 1787 – April 22, 1833) was an American politician from
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Life

He was the son of State Senator John Schenck (1740–1831) and Elizabeth (Layton) Schenck (d. 1825). On April 13, 1813, he married Susan Smith (1794–1822), and they had four children: Sylvanus S. Schenck (1814–1829), Mary Elizabeth Schenck (1816–1837) and the twins John Calvin Schenck (1819–1887) and Martin Luther Schenck (1819–1831). The family lived at
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. He was a member of the
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(1st D.) from 1828 to 1831, sitting in the 51st, 52nd,
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and 54th New York State Legislatures. He, his wife, and his children were all buried at the Dutch Reformed Cemetery in Manhasset.


Sources


''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 127f and 145; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schenck, John I. 1787 births 1833 deaths People from Manhasset, New York New York (state) state senators New York (state) Jacksonians 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature