Jan. 2, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 19 (1467)
Murder in Middlesex
A murder which seems to have been of the most wanton character occurred on the farm of Mr. Peter Perrine, near Englishtown, on Tuesday evening. A colored man named Joseph Rivers disputed with the wife of another colored man named John Redick. Rivers went up stairs got a gun and dared Redick who had been taking his wife's part to go pit doors. He went and was shot by Rivers through the heart and lungs, expiring immediately. Rivers fled to Freehold and there gave himself up to the authorities, stating the murder was committed in self defense. A coroner's jury found him guilty of wilful murder and he lies in jail at New Brunswick awaiting trial.
Married
On Christmas Day, at the residence of the bride's mother, near Stockton, by the Rev.
P. A. Studdiford, Mr. Francis A. Hendricks, of Centre Bridge, Pa. to Miss Sarah Elizabeth
Scarborough.
Nov. 19, by Rev. R. Van Amburgh, Theodore Melick, of Union, to Kate A. Haver, of Clinton.
December 24th, by Rev. J. P. Dailey, Cornelius Waldron to Anna Wilson (colored).
On the 15th inst., by Rev. J. R. Willox, Isaac F. Apgar of Lebanon to Elizabeth Sutton of
Tewksbury.
On the 19th of Dec. by Rev. M. F. Swaim, Asa Corson, of Locktown to Lydia Mechlin, of
Cherryville.
Sudden Death
A young lady named Hunter, from Allentown, Pa., died suddenly on Monday last, at the residence of Michael Uhler, near Frenchtown.
Appeals. The following is a list of Appeals, to be tried Jan 22d, 1867:
Sutton vs Sutton
Sutton vs Sutton
Sutton vs Sutton
Jan. 16, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 21 (1469)
Married
Jan. 5, by Rev. R. Van Amburgh, Mr. James G. McVicker to Miss Martha Jane Mitchel,
all of Clinton.
On the 15th ult., by Rev. D. Rothwick, of Bucksville, Pa., Mr. George H. Schnider of Stockton, N.J., to Miss Hannah E. Worman, of Centre Hill, Bucks Co., Pa.
On the 22d ult., in Frenchtown, by Rev. H. J. Hayter, Mr. Michael Niece, of Kingwood, to Miss Josephine Gray, of Philadelphia.
Jan. 1st, by Elder Gabriel Conklin, Mr. Levi Corson to Miss Amy E. Hurley, both of Bucks
County, Pa.
Dec. 29th, 1866, by Rev. M. F. Swaim, Mr. Jacob McGloughan, of Quakertown, to Miss Amy Van Syckel, of Rowlands Mills.
On the 29th ult., by the same, Mr. John Rittenhouse, of Alexandria to Miss Gertrude M.
Johnson, of Readington.
Died
In Union township, Jan. 2d, Mrs. Mary Taylor, widow of Wm. Taylor, in the 87th year of
her age.
In Delaware, 9th inst., of brain fever, Mary Bell, daughter of Asher and Ann Wolverton, aged
nearly 2 years.
In Delaware, 9th inst., Eleanor, wife of Adam Williamson, in the 86th year of her age.
At the residence of Mr. M. Uhler, in Erwinna, on the 26th ult., Mary Alice Hunter, of
Allentown, Pa., aged 17 years, 9 months and 12 days.
Near Copper Hill, Dec. 17th, Mrs. Anne, widow of George Trout, in her 84th year.
Near Baptisttown, Jan. 3d of Congestive Fever, Samuel Judson B. son of the late Eli and Susan E. Britton, and grandson of Elder Garbriel Conklin, aged 13 years and 6 months.
Jan. 23, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 22 (1470)
Mrs. Meram Hart died in Union, Mo., a few days since, at the age of 100 years, 3 months and 10 days. She was a native of Sherporn, Mass., her maiden name was Breck, and she had a distinct rememberance of the battle of Lexington.
Jan. 30, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 23 (1471)
Married
January 10, by Rev. J. P. Dailey, Mr. Charles Kelly to Mrs. Ann Allen both of
Flemington.
January 16, by Rev. R. Van Amburg, assisted by Rev. E. Van Slyck, Mr. Jacob Sharp, of Clinton, to Miss Louisa Gearhart, of Readington.
December 5th, 1866, by J. M. Duckworth, Justice of the Peace, Mr. Edwin Benwood, to Miss Mary E. Smith.
Feb. 6, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 24 (1472)
Married
January 24th, by Rev. T. Swaim, Mr. Joseph Gano, of Mt. Pleasant to Miss Elizabeth
Miers of Raritan.
February 2d, by the same, Mr. Chauncey Rockafellow, to Miss Kate G. Hoagland both of
Readington.
On the same day by the same, Mr. Jacob Sheets to Kate Ewing, both of Readington.
On the 24th ult., at the M.E. Parsonage, at Frenchtown, by Rev. H. J. Hayter, William S. Iliff
of White Haven, Pa., to Mary Praul, of Frenchtown, N.J.
Died
At his residence, Whitehouse, on Sabbath morning, 13th ult., Wm. Johnson, M.D., in the
73th year of his age.
Serious Accident
We are sorry to announce that on Saturday afternoon last, Mr. Asher Hill, who resides but a short distance from this place was severely injured by being thrown from a sleigh. It seems that while driving through the village his horse became unmanageable and in his efforts to subdue the animal was thrown violently from the sleigh inflicting a dangerous wound in the temple. He was carried to the house of Mr. Ogden Roberson, where his wounds were properly cared for.
David Ryerson, President of the Sussex Bank, died at Newton, on the 29th ult.
Feb. 13, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 25 (1473)
Fatal Accident
As the half-past four o'clock train on Thursday afternoon last was crossing the bridge over the canal between Salterville and the Bay Cemetery, on the Central Railroad, the Fireman, Henry Vanderveer, put his head out of the engineer's house and struck against a post which threw him off, and he fell upon the track, the locomotive passing over his body. Death was instantaneous.
Jacob Locke, the largest man in York Co., Pa., died in Manchester in that county, on the 12th, of Apoplexy. He was fifty-seven years old and weighted about 500 pounds. His coffin was thirty five inches broad and thirty three deep.
Death in the Ministry
Rev. John McNair, D. D., died recently after a brief illness at his residence in Lancaster, Pa. He was in the sixty first year of his age and hadd been nearly forty years in the ministry. He was buried on Tuesday in the cemetery of Gardenersville, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey from the house of his brother-in-law, Dr. Thomas E. Hunt.
Feb. 20, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 26 (1474)
B. F. Hancock, father of General Hancock, died at Morristown, Pa., on Friday morning. Deceased was collector of the Internal Revenue in the Sixth District of Pennsylvania. He was
sixty-seven years of age.
Married
At the Baptist Parsonage, Feb. 9th by Rev. C. E. Young, Mr. C. R. Shrope of Baptisttown, and Miss Hattie H. Heggs of Kingwood, Hunterdon County.
Feb. 9th, by Rev. J. P. Dailey, Mr. John S. Kline, of Readington, to Miss Sarah Tunison, of
Flemington.
At the bride's residence on the 9th, by Rev. H. J. Hayter, Mr. Smith Clark, Jr., to Miss Sarah
C. Starker, both of Milford, N.J.
On the 13th by Rev. John B. Kugler, assisted by Rev. J. D. Randolph, Mr. John Chandler, to Miss Lucy C. Kugler, both of Frenchtown, N.J.
Died
At Frenchtown, on the 12th inst., Mary Jane, wife of Demarest Gordon, aged 21 years and 4 months.
At Baptisttown, on the 3d inst., Thomas Roberson, in the 80th year of his age.
Death of Rev. S. Y. Monroe
Rev. S. Y. Monroe, a popular and beloved clergyman of the Methodist E. Church, was killed on Saturday on the New Jersey Railroad near Jersey City.
Feb. 27, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 27 (1475)
Death of An Aged Woman
Mrs. Hannah Lemon Woodruff died on the 7th inst., in the nintieth year of her age, at Perth Amboy, where she has resided for the past sixty years in an ancient mansion remarkable for having been the residence at different periods, of a colonial Governor, General George Washington, Commodore Truxton, and Commodore Lewis. She was the daughter of Thomas Lewis, of Marblehead, Mass. one of the most prominent merchants of the eighteenth century and sister of commodore Jacob Lewis commander of the U.S. Naval forces in New York harbor and other localities during the War 1812... She married Lieutenant Abner Woodruff, U.S.
Navy, who served under commodore Bainbridge during the war with Tripoli and the war of 1812.
Married
Feb. 21st, by Rev. J. P. Dailey, William Antes, of Lambertville to Alice A. Rake, of
Raritan tsp.
Died
Feb. 14th, George Elwood, infant child of John and Rebecca Sutton.
Near Jerseyville, Illinois, Feb. 8th, Georgeanna, infant daughter of Brazilla R. and Mary B.
Thatcher, aged 3 months.
Feb. 24th, Kate, wife of Samuel Bilyue, and daughter of Philip and Mary Rockafellow, aged
about 20 years.
Feb. 24th, near Flemington, Ira Williamson, aged 53 years.
Mar. 6, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 28 (1476)
Shocking Murder
One of the most atrocious and cold blooded murders it has ever been our duty to record was perpetrated on Monday night, in the quite village of New Market, Middlesex county. ... The victim is the wife of Dr. Lester Wallace Coryell, practicing physician in the village. The Dr. was called late in the evening to visit a patient about a mile from his residence and left his wife, servant girl and child, aged one year and nine months, in the house. About 12 o'clock a Mrs. Hillyer the nearest neighbor heard a noise like a scuffle going on at the doctor's house but supposing it was occasioned by the doctor's return she thought no farther of the matter until a few moments afterward, she hear the agonizing cry of a woman saying "oh my poor baby!".... Mrs. Coryell, whose maided name was Mary Ellen Stewart passed the larger portion of her life on the very spot where she was so unexpectedly cut down.
Married
In the Asbury M. E. church on Sunday eveing, February 24th, by the Rev. James
Lawton, Wm. T. Vliet of Bethlehem, to Miss Mary E. Bowlby of Asbury, N.J.
On February 21st ult., by the Rev. John B. Kugler, Mr. John A. Stevenson, to Miss Kate Nolan, both of New Hampton, N.J.
On the 2d inst., by Rev. J. P. Dailey, Joseph H. Kinny, to Emma Cole both of Flemington.
Arrest of the Supposed Stewartsville Murderer
On Wednesday, Detective Becker, of the Independent Police of Newark, arrested at Vineland, in this State, a man calling himself, Christoff Snider, on the charge of having murdered, Mrs. Kays, at Stewartsville. ...
Mar. 20, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 30 (1478)
Married
March 12, by Rev. R. Van Amburgh, John S. Cramer to Emeline Hoffman, all of Clinton.
Died
In Delaware, at the house of Asher Wolverton, of Consumption, Wilson Fisher, aged about
22 years.
In West Amwell, Mrs. Elizabeth Sharp, wife of Levi Sharp and daughter of Joseph Philips.
In Flemington, of Consumption, on the 26th of Feb. Jeremiah Case, aged 19 years.
At Clinton Station, Feb. 20, Anna Ella, daughter of Henry F. and Hannah M. Apgar, aged 1 year and 5 months.
In New York, on the 26th of February, suddenly of disease of the heart, Wm. Poulson, aged 67 years, formerly of this county.
Sudden Death
Dr. Wyckoff, of Reaville, who it will be remembered was in this town last winter, treating cases of stuttering and stammering, fell dead in the street in Somerville, on Wednesday last. His death is said to have been caused by heart disease. He leaves a young wife to mourn his sudden demise.
Mar. 27, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 31 (1479)
Died
At Ringoes, on the 14th inst., after long suffering, of Diabetes, William Servis, Jun.,
in the 33d year of his age.
Apr. 3, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 32 (1480)
Horrible Murder
A horrible murder was committed on the evening of Monday, March 18, near Noblestown, Washington County, Penn. Three men went to the house of Hugh Sproull, a wealthy farmer, and demanded his money. He refused and told them he knew them. One of them seized Miss
Sproull, an aged sister of Mr. S. and carried her upstairs, where he bound her to the bed with
ropes. The other two attacked Mr. Sproull, and beat him with a pair of tongs and inflicted on
him stabs that must have proved fatal in themselves... Mr Sproull was bachlor sixty years old.
Geo. Rolfe, an inoffensive man, aged 35 years, was murdered on Sunday morning in the Williams House in Falmouth Maine, by Eben Williams, aged 21 years who shot him through the heart with a rifle and then cut off his head with an axe. Williams is an imbecile...
Died
In Delaware, March 31st, David Larew, at an advanced age.
At Brookville, of Consumption, Asa Reed, Sen., aged about 48 years.
Apr. 10, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 33 (1481)
Died
At Prallville, on the 4th inst., Mrs. Peggie Lafler, widow of the late Geo. Lafler,
Sen., at an advanced age.
Apr. 24, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 35 (1483)
John Kipp, an unmarried man, aged about 36 years, was accidently killed in the New York spike factory, Jersey City, last week.
Married
March 23d, by Rev. John K .Willox, Mr. Henry Laned of Tewksbury, to Miss Frances
Frazy of Chester, N.J.
March 28th, by the same, Mr. George Housel of Chester, N.J., to Miss Rachel M. Seals of
Tewksbury, N.J.
April 1st, by the same, Mr. James Lutz to Miss Margaret Prine, both of Tewksbury.
Alfred Teufel was hung at Doylestown, Pa., on Thursday last, for the murder of Capt. Wiley...
Mr. Charles G. Hoagland, of Warren county, who represented the Third District of that county in the Legislature of 1864, '65 and '66, died at this residence near Knowlton, on Tuesday morning last 16th inst., after a illness of about two weeks.
Suicide
Mr. Cornelius Kurtz, a well known citizen of Somerville, residing on the mountains
about ten miles north, committed suicide, on Saturday morning last 13th inst., by shooting
himself in the head with a common shot gun. ...
May 1, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 36 (1484)
Married
On the 18th of April, Mr. George Wagner of Frenchtown, to Miss Fannie Cramer, of
Belvidere.
April 18, by Rev. R. Hyde, Mr. John Tomlinson of Franklin to Mrs. Sarah Ann Crum, of Delaware township.
The New Market Murder
The Grand Jury of Middlesex county has indicted Bridget Durgan for the murder of Mrs. Dr. Coriell, in February last.
Fatal Accident at Plainfield
On Monday morning last, as a young lad, about fifteen years of age, son of Wm. Linberger, of Plainfield, was attempting to get upon a coal train near the depot at that place, his feet were caught under the wheels and mashed to a jelly, he however hold on with his hands and was dragged nearly five hundred feet, ... He lived between four and five hours after the accident..
Married
At Stockton, May 1st, by Rev. C. E. Cordo, Mr. Frank W. Hunter, of Scranton, Pa., to
Miss Becky Larue, of Stockton.
Died
In Kingwood township, April 19th, Mrs. Sarah, wife of James Ashcroff, aged 60 years.
Dead Man Found
On Sunday, 28th ult., while some persons were walking through the woods near New Hope, they discoverd the body of a dead man partly covered with leaves. A post mortem examination of the body was made by Dr. Foulke, but no evidence of violation was discovered. The body had evidently been lying there for some time, as decomposition had begun...
(Doylestown Democrat).
May 15, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 38 (1486)
Report of the Finances of the Township of Tewksbury -
Money paid in 1867 for the support of the Poor:
Jan 2, George B. Sutton, store trade for poor, $10.90.
Apr 2, George B. Sutton, store trade for poor, $15.08
Murder in Wilmington
Wilmington, Del., April 29 - Pusey Smith, the proprietor of the Indian Queen Hotel, in this city, was fatally stabbed by Joseph Pratt, at the house of the latter this morning..
Married
April 27th, by Rev. D. Walters, Mr. James Trimmer, to Miss Caroline Trimmer, both of
Franklin, Hunterdon Co., N.J.
May 8th, by the same, Mr. John Lyman, to Mrs. Naomi A. Dayton, both of Flemington, N.J.
Died
In Delaware township, on the 5th inst., Agnes, wife of Daniel A. Larue, in the 39th
year of her age.
On the 16th of March, near Flemington, Anna E., only daughter of Joseph and Adaline Hoagland, aged 4 years, 1 month and 24 days.
May 22, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 39 (1487)
Hon. James Patterson, of Middletown, Monmouth county, died on the 8th day of May. He had passed over three score and ten years.
Hon. Joseph A. Wright of Indiana, more familiarly known as Governor Wright, United States
Minister to the Court of Prussia, died at Berlin, on the 11th inst., of dropsy.
Sad Calamity
On the afternoon of Saturday, 11th inst., a party of children living in the neighborhood of Pittstown, in this county, assembled together for the purpose of having what they called a picnic. Wandering to a neighboring meadow, they found a lot of brook mint, of which they ate heartily, and after spending the afternoon in childish sport, returned to their homes. On the following evening two of the party were taken violently ill, and one a daughter of Mr. S. Probasco, died in a short time. The other was saved. Two days after, a son of Mr. Wm. M. Stryker, was attacked in the same manner and although everything that skillful hands could devise to save the child's life was done, the effort was unavailing, and on Thursday death relieved it of its dreadful sufferings.... it was discovered that the children had been eating ... called night shade, and which is a deadly poison.
Sudden Death
Mr. Richard Vroom, an aged and much respected citizen of Readington township,
died very suddenly one day last week.... he died in a short time of heart disease.
Drowned
On Friday, the 10th inst., a son of Mr. Wagner, of Milford was drowned, while playing upon a raft in the Delaware. - The strong current carried the body rapidly down the river, and at last accounts had not been recovered. He was aged about nine years.
Mr. Jeremiah Arose, aged one hundred and six years and fourteen days, died near Keyport, at his residence in South Amboy Township, Middlesex County, last week.
May 29, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 40 (1488)
A little son of James Blake, Esq., of Litchfield, Ct., was found hanging by his neck dead from
a schoolhouse window...
Married
May 22d, by Rev. R. Thomas, at his residence in Rosemont, William M. Coats, of
Quakertown, to Cornelia Butterfoss, of Sergeantsville.
At Frenchtown, Wednesday the 23d inst., by Joseph C. Wringt, Esq., Thomas Abel, of Frenchtown, to Sarah Jane Wilson, of Kingwood.
Died
Near Hamden, May 1st, after a painful illness, Eliza Hibler, wife of Benjamin Fritts,
aged 45 years.
Near Croton, April 26th after a protracted illness, Jacob Snyder, in the 65th year of his age.
In Trenton, on the 18th inst., David K. Bodine, in the 61st year of his age. The deceased
formerly resided at Quakertown, in this county...
June 5, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 41 (1489)
Married
In Delaware township, by Rev. J. Poulson, Mr. Charles R. Woodruff to Miss Ellen Moore.
Died
In Philadelphia, May 21st., of jaundice, Mrs. Hannah Maria, wife of Alva Rittenhouse,
and daughter of James Salter, of this County, aged 24 years.
In Delaware township, May 30th, of disease of the brain, Annie, daughter of John S. and Sarah Ent, aged 2 years and 1 month.
June 12, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 42 (1490)
Suicide
A German, named Wm. Winter, a watchmaker at Plainfield, committed suicide on Sunday
of last week, by taking a dose of Prussic acid.
Married
June 1st, by Rev. J. D. Randolph, Mr. Albert P. Williams to Miss Martha Pittenger,
all of Frenchtown.
May 28th at Rosemont, by Rev. R. Thomas, Mr. Joseph Hagaman to Miss Martha A. Johnson, both of Delaware township.
The body of the little son of Henry Wagner, who was drowned at Milford a few weeks ago, has
been found at Florence, washed ashore and was taken to Milford on Saturday last, 1st inst.,
for burial.
June 19, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 43 (1491)
Murder Near Plainfield, N.J.
A colored man named George West, was shot dead on Saturday evening by a man of his own color, named Sylvester, near a small place called Dog Corner, about two and a half miles from Plainfield, New Jersey....
Married
June 8th, 1867 by Rev. D. Walters, Mr. Leonard Cronce, to Miss Barbara A. Roe, both
of Raritan township.
By the Rev. John B. Kugler, on the 12th inst., Dr. Howard Service to Miss Belinda H. Johnston, both of New Hampton.
June 8th by Rev. R. Van Amburgh, John T. Cox to Rachel E. Bush, both of Readington.
Died
In Delaware, Mrs. Morris, widow of the late William Morris, aged about 82 years.
June 26, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 44 (1492)
Shocking Murder at Newark
Yesterday morning, as the train which leaves Rahway for New York at 5:30 o'clock, was nearing the junction of South Broad street and Railroad avenue, a man and woman were observed by the engineer sitting on the ties of the northern track, and as the train approached them the man was seen to rise and place his hands on the shoulder of the woman, and drag her to the track on which the train was running, where she fell and the man left her to be run over. She was struck and instantly killed, her body severed in twain, both legs and both arms cut off and head frightfully cut.... The remains of the woman were gathered up and borne to the dead house, where they were recognized as those of Mary Voorhees, an abandoned woman...
Sad Drowning Accident
A party of eight persons engaged a sail boat at Newark for the purpose of taking a sail up the Passaic river. The party consisted of Mr. Frederick Ulmi, his wife, four children, sister-in-law, and a gentleman visiting them. While the pleasure seekers were admiring the beautiful scenery in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant Cemetry, a squall suddenly sprung up, and before the gentleman having the craft in charge could prepare for the emergency the boat capsized, throwing the whole party into the water. Unfortunately, aid was too far distant, and the mother, with two children, sank beneath the water. At the time of the occurrence the mother had her infant pressed closely in her arms and both went down together. The other little one was aged about 4 years. Mr. Ulmi, his remaining children and his visitors clung to the keel of the boat and were finally rescued.
Marriages
June 19th by Rev. R. Hyde, Mr. William L. Welch, to Miss Elizabeth Gary, all of
Raritan.
June 6th, by Rev. J. R. Willox, Mr. John A. Fritts of Bedminster, Somerset county to Miss
Charity Pickel, of Tewksbury, Hunterdon county.
June 13th, by Rev. N. L. Upham, of Reaville, Mr. Martin Bellis, to Miss Augusta Case, both of Raritan.
Killed by Lightning
During the thunder storm on Tuesday afternoon last, Mr. John Van Fleet, who was at work in a field about two miles north of Somerville, was struck by lightning and instantly killed - He was engaged in carting rails from one part of the field to another and was sitting upon the load when struck. He was thrown under the horses feet and his clothes torn off from him. The only mark left was a hole in the bottom of one foot. Mr. V. was a young man, son of Abram Van Fleet, and leaves a wife and one child. He lived in Pluckamin.
July 3, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 45 (1493)
Murder at Flaggtown
A horrible murder was committed about 5 o'clock on Saturday morning last, at Flaggtown three miles south of Somerville, N.J. A little son of Mr. Andrew Beard had his throat cut from ear to ear by a man named Jake Van Arsdale. The particulars as far as we can learn, are as follows: The little boy went to Van Arsdale's room to call him to breakfast, when the latter sprang from his bed and seizing the child, committed the terrible deed...
July 17, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 47 (1495)
Marriages
At Baptisttown on the 6th inst., by Rev. S. Sproul, Mr. William Higgins, to Miss
Margaret J. Hope, both of Delaware township.
On the same day by the same, at the residence of the bride's father, near Baptisttown, Mr.
George Trout of Delaware, to Miss Mary C., daughter of Scott Allen, Esq., of Kingwood.
Deaths
June 29th at her residence in Delaware township, Mrs. Susan Hice, in her 71st year.
Near Locktown, January 21st, Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Elisha Warford, aged 86 years.
July 24, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 48 (1496)
Marriages
July 4th, by Rev. John R. Willox, Mr. Eben? Apgar, to Miss Margaret J. Lisk, both
of Washington township, Morris Co.
July 13th by the same, Mr. George T. Howel, to Miss Margaret Lambert, both of Washington
township, Morris Co.
On the same day by the same, Mr. Jacob Lauermann of Morristown, to Miss Anna Young, of
Washington township, Morris Co.
On the 21st ult., by Rev. J. R. Manning, Mr. Charles Derramer, to Miss Kate Thompson, all of Port Colden, Warren Co.
Deaths
July 1, 1867, in Wertsville, Ezekiel Quice, aged 80? years.
At his residence in Flemington, on Friday July 18th, 1867, Robert N. Stout, aged 81 years.
July 31, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 49 (1497)
Marriages
July 20th, by Eld. Gabriel Conklin, Mr. John S. Echlin of Kingwood to Miss Mary E.
Britton of Milford.
Aug. 7, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 50 (1498)
Sudden Death
We regret to announce that on Saturday last, the wife of Dr. Lilly, residing in
Lambertville, while on the street, was taken suddenly ill with an appoplectic fit, and died
almost immediately thereafter.
Fatal Accident near Marlton
Charles Cameron, a resident of Medford, was killed suddenly on Thursday, 8th, while choppping in Jas. Wells' woods, near Marlton. The Mount Holly Mirror says a large tree which he was felling, lodged against another one, and he ascended to loosen it. Upon reaching the desired spot, both trees fell suddenly, killing him instantly.
Killed
Dixon Naylor, of Pennsylvania, was recently struck in the Prallsville, Hunterdon Co.,
stone quarry, by a falling derrick and died from the effects of the blow.
Marriages
June 20th by Rev. H. J. Hayter, Mr. John M. Runyan, of Everittstown to Miss Eura
Ann, daughter of Hugh Sinclair, of Frenchtown.
At Frenchtown, July 2d, by the same, Mr. Samuel E. Shick, of Scranton, Pa., to Miss Ann Eliza, only daughter of John Stillwell, of the former place.
In Frenchtown, June 1st by Rev. J. D. Randolph, Mr. A. P. Williams, to Miss M. M. Pitttenger, all of Frenchtown.
Deaths
At Lambertville, on Sunday evening last, Mrs. Mary Ellen Lilly, wife of Dr. Samuel
Lilly, in the 50th year of her age. The funeral will take place from the residence of her
husband, on Thursday morning next at 11 o'clock.
Aug. 14, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 51 (1499)
Fatal Accident
A servant girl living in the family of Mr. Joseph Wise, in Catharine street, Elizabeth, was fatally burned, Friday morning week, about 11 o'clock by some kerosene oil with which she was endeavoring to light a fire, contrary to the repeated instructions from her employer. She was burned on almost every part of her body. She died the same night.
Marriages
July 27th at Rosemont, by the Rev. R. Thomas, Mr. Asa H. Holcombe, to Miss Rachel
A. Eick, both of Sergeantville.
Deaths
At the house of George F. Crater, in Flemington, on Wednesday morning, August 7th, of
Consumption, Henry Runkle Decker, of Jersey City, in the 34th year of his age, son of Rev.
Sylvanus W. and Mary G. Decker, formerly of Flemington.
Aug. 21, 1867, Vol. XXIX, No. 52 (1500)
Marriages
August 15, by Rev. John R. Willox, Mr. John C. Barkman, of Bedminster, Somerset
Co., to Miss Almira Sutton, of Tewksbury township, Hunterdon Co.
Deaths
In Frenchtown, August 2d, Lizzie, daughter of Cornelius J. and Mary Voorhees, aged 5?
months.
In Frenchtown, August 6th, Susan, widow of the late Ralph Mathews, aged 76 years.
In Frenchtown, August 2d, William R., son of Theodore and Sarah Ann Sinclair.
Suddenly on the 6th inst., Ellen C., infant daughter of Thomas C. Smith, of Reaville.
Aug. 28, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 1 (1501)
Identified
The unknown man who was killed on the South Branch Railroad, of which an extended
notice was given last week, in these columns, has been identified, and we learned that his
remains are to be removed. The card found upon his person had inscribed upon it his proper
name - "Conrad Crozer." He was from Bethlehem, Pa....
Drowned
A sad accident occurred at Plainfield, on Friday week. Two sons of Mr. Randolph, miller, while crossing the stream west of the town, were carried away. One succeeded in saving himself and the other was lost, the body not being recovered, although search was made until night.
Marriages
August 17, by Rev. R. Van Amburg, Peter L. Pickel, of Readington, to Anna C. Harrison, of Clinton.
Deaths
At the residence of Asher Bonham, in Michigan, on the 9th inst., Maxwell D. Conover,
formerly of this County, aged 30 years.
At Clover Hill, August 20, 1867, Peter C., son of John P. and Mary Schenk, aged 18 years, 8
months, and 7 days.
In Flemington, August 13th, of cholera infantum, Charles E., son of Elisha S. and Martha
Wyckoff, aged 8 months and 11 days.
Sep. 4, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 2 (1502)
Execution of Bridget Durgan
Bridget Durgan, the murderess, was hung in the jail yard, at New Brunswick, on Friday last at 10 o'clock and fifteen minutes in the morning....
Funeral
The illness of Josiah O. Stearns, of which mention was made in our last issue, resulted in this death, at his late residence in Elizabeth on Thursday morning last... His remains were taken to Boston for interment.
Lockjaw
Mr. Tunis Woodward died at Plainfield, on Saturday week, of lockjaw, caused by having his hand mangled by a threshing machine, while engaged in threshing out his crop of wheat, near the village of Raritan, Somerset county, some three weeks ago.
Marriages
August 21, by Rev. James Lawton, George S. Andress, to Hugh Anna Ferguson, both of
Asbury, N.J.
Deaths
In Delaware township, August 8, after a lingering illness, Jacob Bodine, aged 60? years, 11 months and 8 days.
In Frenchtown, August 27th, of consumption, Mrs. Mary, wife of Cornelius J. Vorhis, aged 25 years.
July 26th, after a lingering illness, Harriet Stinebaugh, aged 38 years, 3 months and 12 days.
August 26th, Annie, daughter of Elijah W. and Caroline Bellis, aged 3 months and 22 days.
Public Sale of Real Estate
Pursuant to an order of the Orphans' Court of the County of Hunterdon, made on the 20th day of June last, the subscriber, administrator of the estate of Asa S. Snyder, deceased .... A Wood Lot, situate near Mountainville, in Tewksbury township, bounded by lands of Peter Sutton, George Vescelius and others, ...
Sep. 11, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 3 (1503)
Funerals of Prominent Men
The funeral of Hon. Ira C. Whitehead, late Judge of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, took place at the First Presbyterian Church in Morristown, on Saturday... The remains were interred in the family lot in the rear of the church. Judge Whitehead was born near Morristown in 1798 and graduated at Princeton College in the class of 1816.
The funeral of Josiah O. Stearns, late Superintendent of the Central Railroad of New Jersey,
took place at St. John's (Episcopal) Church at Elizabeth on Saturday.
Sep. 18, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 4 (1504)
Marriages
July 8th, 1867, by William Sine, Justice of the Peace, Godfrey Fleming, of Alexandria, to Sarah C. Hendershot of Tewksbury.
September 7th, by the same, Nathan Philhower, of California, to Eleanor S. Hendershot, of
Tewksbury.
Sep. 25, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 5 (1505)
Marriages
At the Presbyterian Parsonage, Reaville, by Rev. N. L. Upham, on the 16th inst.,
Peter C. Peterson, of Flaggtown, to Mary Jane Docherty, of Wertsville.
At Frenchtown, Sept. 17th, by Rev. Henry J. Hayter, Mr. David Hough to Miss Sophia, daughter of the late Peter Risler, all of the above place.
Oct. 2, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 6 (1506)
Marriages
September 24, 1867 by Rev. R. Van Amburgh, Newton Hoffman, of Clinton, to Cornelia
W. Hunt, of Tewksbury.
September 7, by the same, Anthony Harsel to Christian Bird, both of Readington.
Deaths
At Ney, Illinois, after a long and painful illness, which she bore with christian
resignation, August 25th, 1867, Eliza Burroughs, wife of Robrt Smith, formerly of Hunterdon
County, New Jersey.
September 19th, William Biggs, aged nineteen years, seven months and seventeen days.
Oct. 9, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 7 (1507)
Jacob Woll and his wife committed suicide by taking arsenic at East Liberty, near Pittsburge, on Thursday.
Marriages
On Tuesday morning, October 1st, by Rev. J. D. King, Mr. George W. Harper, of
Lancaster Court House, Virginia, to Miss Hettie, daughter of the late David K. Bodine, of
Trenton, N.J.
Deaths
At Readington, Sept. 29th, John Demott, in the 76th year of his age.
September 30th, in Branchburg, John P. Voorhees, aged about 80 years.
Oct. 16, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 8 (1508)
Marriages
Oct. 8th, 1867, by the Rev. M. F. Swaim, John R. Stryker, to Miss Margaret Frace,
all of Pittstown.
Deaths
At his residence in Franklin township, September 18th, Mr. Taylor Suydam, in the 37th
year of his age.
Oct. 30, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 10 (1510)
Fatal Accident
An accident of a most painful character, happened on last Wednesday afternoon, at Kershow's Crossing, on the South Branch Railroad, resulting in the death of John J. Huffman, Esq., a citizen of Flemington... Mr. H. leaves a wife and two interesting sons to mourn his untimely death.
Sudden Death
Miss Anna E. Hunt, daughter of Amos P. Hunt, of Frenchtown, died suddenly on
the 4th inst., while riding in a carriage in Morrisville, Pa. on her way home. She was a
school teacher and very highly respected by all who knew her.
Marriages
August 24, by the Rev. Jos. S. Van Dyke, Mr. Louis Croesman to Miss Catharine
Crinnig, all of Bloomsbury, N.J.
On the 10th inst., at the house of the bride's mother, by the Rev. Jos. R. Van Dyke, Mr.
George B. Ayres of Buffalo, N.Y., to Miss Mary R. Smith, of Bloomsbury, N.J.
In Frenchtown, October 16th, by Rev. Job D. Randolph, Mr. Aaron P. Katchline to Linna,
daughter of James Dilts, all of Frenchtown.
By Rev. Mr. Upham, of Reaville, October 19, at the house of Mr. Ezekiel Carkhuff, Readington, John M. Saums, of Raritan to Emma C. Biggs.
October 22d, by the same, at the house of the bride's father, John E. Mathews, of Mount Airy, to Charity Case, of West Amwell.
Deaths
In Frenchtown, October 17th, Mrs. Sarah, widow of the late Aaron Brink, aged 74 years.
In Union township, October 15th, Mrs. Eleanor, widow of the late John Srope, aged about 78 years.
In Stockton, N.J., on the 28th of September, 1867, of inflamation of the bowels, Jennie S.,
daughter of Harry C. and Rachel Wanamaker, aged three months.
In Delaware, on the 23d inst., at the house of her brother, the Hon. David B. Boss, Miss
Rebecca M., daughter of Mr. Peter Boss, late of Ringoes, in the 58th year of her age.
Nov. 6, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 11 (1511)
Marriages
August 24th, by Rev. D. Walters, Mr. Charles Ledever to Miss Eliza Cook, all of Flemington.
By the same, October 15th, Mr. Phillip H. Bosenbury, of New Germantown, to Miss Christiana Potts, of Readington.
By the same, October 22d, Mr. Edward A. Yard, of Cherryville, to Miss Rebecca V., daughter of Aaron C. Hoagland, of Raritan tsp.
Nov. 13, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 12 (1512)
Marriages
At Bethlehem, Pa., on the 2d inst., by the Rev. Isaac K. Loos, Mr. Henry F. Shive
to Miss Elizabeth A. Streeter, both of Pattenburg, Hunterdon County, N.J.
On the 7th inst., by the Rev. G. S. Webb, Josiah C. Britton, and Ellanor, daughter of John G. Ewing, all of Klinesville.
On the 30th October, 1867, at the residence of Henry Maxwell, Alexandria, by the Rev. M. F.
Swaim, Mr. Martin Hyde, to Miss Mahala M. Stout.
At the same time and place, by the same, Mr. Holcombe Hyde, to Miss Mary L. Maxwell.
November 6, 1867, by the Rev. Mr. Upham, James Scudder, of Pennington, to Mary E. Wood, of Reaville, at the house of the bride's father, Mr. Joseph Wood.
Nov. 20, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 13 (1513)
Horrible Case of Supposed Infanticide
On Monday, November 4th, the quiet and peaceable citizens of White Hall, in the township of Lebanon, in this County, were thrown into an excitement by a report that the body of a female infant had been found in the garden attached to the residence of Mrs. Sarah Hann. The wife of John S. Apgar, a neighbor, who had heard rumors in regard to Sarah Jane Bulmer, the daughter of Mrs. Hann, (that she was enciente), made search and found the infant as above stated, covered over with a few stones, its skull and face horribly crushed and mutilated and the mother in the house suffering from her recent illness....
Death
Hon. Wm. Voohees, a lawyer of Jersey City, and formerly a representative in the
Legislature, and originally from Hunterdon County, died Wednesday of last week.
Sales of Real Estate
The executors of Peter H. Huffman, dec'd have made the following sales:
109 acres on the Mountain, to Lambert Sutton, Esq., at $62.25 per acres.
Marriages
On the 15th inst., at the M.E. Parsonage, Frenchtown, by Rev. H. J. Hayter, Mahlon
Rittenhouse, to Abby Pyatt both of Everittstown.
On the 9th inst., at the same place, by the same, Samuel Cowdrick to Hannah Niece both of
Kingwood.
On the 14th inst., at the bride's residence by the same, Josiah George, of Bridgeton, Pa., to
Amy Swallow, of Milford.
November 9th, by Rev. Robert Van Amburg, John E. Haver, of Clinton, to Maggie A. Conover, of Readington.
On the 7th inst., at Wilmington, Del., by Rev. A. J. Snyder, Richard C. Williamson, to
Prudence G. Green, both of Rosemont, N.J.
At the bride's residence, near New Hampton, on the 7th inst., by Rev. John B. Kugler, J.
Bodine Lunger of Asbury, to Mrs. Lydia Skinner.
At Klinesville, on the 13th inst., by Rev. G. S. Webb, Asa Suydam, to Rachel Reed.
Deaths
On the 30th ult., at Milford, Belle V. White, aged 6 years, 7 months and 27 days.
At Milford, on the 11th inst., Abigal Gordon, aged 62 years.
Nov. 27, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 14 (1514)
Obituary of John M .Voorhees...
State Items:
A child of Mr. Ebenezar Bishop, residing at Back Neck, near Bridgeton, was recently choked to death by a bean lodging in its windpipe.
One of the three or for survivors of the old slave system in New Jersey, died recently in
Paterson, at the ripe age of ninety-six years. - She was called Betty Peterson and was the
last slave belonging to the estate of Abraham Van Houten, deceased.
James Lloyd, aged about 15 years, son of Mr. Parvin Lloyd, residing near Halltown, in Salem
county, met with a fatal and melancholy accident on the 2d inst., ..
The people of Hudson City were startled on Monday morning week, by the news that an old and respectable citizen, Moses J. Moses, head book-keeper in the New York County Bank, located at the corner of 8th Avenue and 14th st., had committed suicide. It appears that Mr. Moses, who is 70 years of age ...
Marriages
November 20th, at the residence of the bride's parents, in Lambertville, by Rev.
J. B. Graw, James Miller to Mary F. Cooley.
Nov. 13, at Mount Airy, by Rev. J. Burrows, Robert H. Fisher, of Rocktown, to Cornelia B.
Wilson, of Head Quarters.
In Clinton, Thursday, November 7th, at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. I. A.
Baluvelt, Charles H. McCann to Carrie C. Race, all of Clinton.
Deaths
In Lambertville, Nov. 14th, Caroline V., daughter of David Conover, aged 16 years, 6
months and 22 days.
In Delaware township, Nov. 9th, Mrs. Ann Barber, in the 79th year of her age.
Nov. 16th, Mrs. Lucretia Phillips of West Amwell, in the 74th year of her age.
Dec. 4, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 15 (1515)
Marriages
Nov. 27, 1867, at the Reaville parsonage, by Rev. N. L. Upham, John C. Higgins, of
Raritan to Addie Terhune, of Princeton.
By Rev. R. Van Amburgh, Lewsi Hoffman of Lebanon, to Mary Ellen Jones, of Bloomsbury, Nov. 18.
By the same, Charles Hoyt, of Hamden to Mary Ann Sharp, of Clinton, Nov. 27.
By the same, Lemuel West, of Pittstown, to Martha Sharp, of High Bridge, November 28.
In Lambertville, Nov. 27, by Re. C. E. Young, Henry S. Moore, of Ringoes and Mrs. Sarah J.
Hoagland, of Wertsville.
In Flemington, by Rev. D. Walters, Andrew Stryker, and Maria Mecknore, both of Flemington, N.J.
Deaths
At Cherryville, November 8th, Leah, wife of William Large, in the 50th year of her
age.
Dec. 18, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 17 (1517)
A SAD SUICIDE
We are pained to learn that Mr. Morris S. Stiger, a highly influential and respected citizen of Clinton, in this county, committed suicide by hanging on last Thursday week...
Marriages
Nov.12 at Pulaski, Tennessee, by Parson, Colwell, George M. Maxwell, Esq., formerly of this county, to Miss Mary Innmon, of Alabama - formerly one of the States of the Union, but now a military despotism.
On Nov. 19th, by Rev. C. C. Winans, Mr. Miller G. Bell, and Miss Annie F. Soldiay, all of
Clarksville, N.J.
On Nov. 13th, by the same, at the M.E. Parsonage, at Clarksville, N.J., Mr. James M. Servis of Clinton, and Miss Martha J. Hubbard, of Lebanon.
Dec. 5, 1867, at the Reaville Parsonage, by Rev. N. L. Upham, John B. Sharp, to Sarah Biggs, both of Readington.
On the 12th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. W. J. Wright, Mr.
Liscomb T. Schanck, to Miss Virginia Augusta, daughter of David Williamson, Esq., all of
Ringoes.
Deaths
At Washington, D. C., December 7th, 1867, Catharine R., wife of Joseph H. Blackfan,
Esq., and daughter of Samuel Evens, Esq., of Trenton.
Near Croton, November 8th, 1867, Sarah Potts, wife of Thomas S. Potts, in the 70th year of her age.
November 8th, Leah Large, wife of William Large, of Cherryville, aged about 48 years...
Her end was sudden. Arising in her usual health, she attended to her domestic duties until
afternoon, when she was seized with a chill, symptoms of the Spotted Fever followed, and
before morning she slept in death.
Dec. 25, 1867, Vol. XXX, No. 18 (1518)
Marriages
On the 18th inst., by the Rev. M. F. Swaim, John W. Lancaster of Cherryville, to
Miss K. Opdyke, of Oak Grove.
Dec. 31?. 1867, by Rev. N. L. Upham, of Reaville, Jeremiah Reed, of Readington, to Deborah V. Young, of Raritan.
On the 7th instant, at the M.E. Parsonage, in Frenchtown, by Rev. H. J. Hayter, John Britton, of Alexandria township, to Mary C. Stohler, of Frenchtown.
On the 4th inst., by Rev. G. S. Webb, Rhuston Case, of Franklin, to Susie R., daughter of
William Risler, of Raritan.
Dec. 17th, by Rev. R. Van Amburg, Lucas V. Melick, to Hettie L. Huffman, all of Lebanon.
Deaths
On the 5th inst., near Sidney, Ida Dilts, in the 11th year of her age.