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| | William Scudder Stryker |
 | | STRYKER, William Scudder, soldier, born in Trenton, New Jersey, 6 June, 1838, was graduated at Princeton in 1858, and began the study of law. |
 | | Returning to the north on account of illness, he became senior paymaster in charge of all disbursements in the district of Columbus, Ohio, was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for meritorious services, and resigned on 30 June, 1866. |
 | | Gem Stryker has compiled a "Roster of Jerseymen in the Revolutionary War" (Trenton, 1872) and a "Roster of New Jersey Volunteers in the Civil War" (1876). |
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