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Philip N Schuyler - Firelands Pioneer, volume 17, page 1622

Schuyler, Phillip N., a son of Garrett Schuyler, was born in Minisink, N.J. on September 6, 1819. In 1829 he moved with his parents to Ohio. He later went to Norwalk where he attended school and taught school. He studied law and began practice in Akron, Ohio, but returned to Norwalk in 1854. In 1859 he was married to Elizabeth Thatcher. She died six years later. In 1870 he moved to Bellevue, where he died May 13, 1907. He left two sons, W.T. and Hamilton. He was one of the charter members of the Firelands Historical Society and was three times president of it. He was a delegate to the republican convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln and seconded the motion which turned Ohio's votes and gave Mr. Lincoln the nomination.