Isaac Vanderpool
Isaac Vanderpool (1850 – May 20, 1917)[1][2] was a pioneer, citrus businessman and politician in Florida. He served as a councilman and mayor in Maitland, Florida and was credited with the "scheme" to establish what became Eatonville, Florida to segregate Maitland's then-growing black population and remove those residents from the community. After his plans were realized, Maitland was reported to have no "negro" property owners left.[3][4]
Vanderpool was born in New York City. His family line was "Holland Dutch". His mother was born in Wolverhampton, England.[3] After a stint working for a diamond mine in Brazil, he came to Florida in 1870 with Henry S. Kedney, traveled down the St. Johns River and established a settlement where Maitland developed with a 160-acre government homestead land grant. He developed orange groves and got into the packing business. His son Fred W. Vanderpool inherited some of the property and got into the insurance business.[3]
Harriet Vanderpool was his wife. She was an organizer of the Florida Audubon Society[5] and they helped establish the Maitland Public Library as well as the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. In 1927, she wrote "Maitland Song", the official song for the city of Maitland. In Vanderpool became mayor of Maitland in 1887 and during this time. His tenure included the acquisition of land for the city's first cemetery. In 1892, he built the first packinghouse in Maitland, which was featured in The Gate City Chronicle as the state's "most modern and best packinghouse."[6]
Grace Norman Tuttle, who wrote "Echoes of Miami" columns for the Miami Herald, credited Vaderpool and the establishment of Eatonville with solving the "race problem" by establishing a separate town for blacks.[4]
He was photographed and his home by Lake Maitland with his family in front was also photographed.[7]
Mr. Vanderpool was one of the three surviving oldest residents of Orange county, having moved to that, part of Florida forty-two years ago. He was for many years the largest grove operator and packer in the state and prominent in social and business life. He is survived by his wife, three sons, [and] two daughters.[2]
Isaac Vanderpool, a pioneer resident of the Maitland section, died Sunday afternoon at the age of 67, at 6 o'clock, after an extended illness. Mr. Vanderpool came to Florida in settled at Maitland, and after an absence of a year or more in his native state, New York, he returned to his Florida homestead in 1876. Since that time he has resided at Maitland, and for two terms served the town as mayor. Beside his widow, My, Vanderpool leaves two daughters and three sons.[1]
On May 14, 1917, it was reported that Vanderpool was very ill,[8] and a week later it was reported that his eldest son Fred was traveling to attend his funeral.[2]
Vanderpool's wife died in 1937.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Isaac Vanderpool Dead". The Orlando Sentinel. May 22, 1917. p. 5 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Obituary for Isaac Vanderpool". The Miami Herald. May 22, 1917. p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cutler, Harry Gardner (March 29, 1923). "History of Florida: Past and Present, Historical and Biographical". Lewis publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Maitland and Eatonville Founding". July 7, 1926. p. 13 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Feathered Friends - Winter Park Magazine".
- ↑ "Letter from Jacobson to Isaac Vanderpool (September 16, 1894) · RICHES". richesmi.cah.ucf.edu.
- ↑ Poole, Leslie Kemp (2009). Maitland. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-6606-1. Search this book on
- ↑ "Mr. Isaac Vanderpool Is Very Ill". Orlando Evening Star. May 14, 1917. p. 4 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Mrs. Isaac Vanderpool". November 8, 1937. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
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