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Phineas Potter applies for guardianship of the Miller children, 1869

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Deaths in Washington Township, Burlington Co, 1869-70 (From the Federal Census)

Washington Township Deaths, 1 Jun 1869- 1 Jun 1870 Family # on census Name Age Date of Death cause of death occupation 60 Lane, Peter 55 February 1870 inflammation of brain ship carpenter 76 Ford, Lucinda 2 August 1869 cholera inflammation 85 Brewer, Hannah 24 March 1870 consumption housework 29 Johnson, William 68 Feb 1870 killed by machine laborer 121 Carney, Hannah A. 4 mos. July 1869 cholera inflammation

Weeks-Prickitt wedding, 1869

New Jersey Courier 6 Jan 1869 Asa S. Weeks of Green Bank married Dorothy A. Prickitt of Medford.

Wedding at Timbuctoo, 1869

New Jersey Mirror 9 Jun 1869 A wedding lately took place near Timbuctoo, at which the sable parson thus spoke: "Here's a couple who have walked out to-night, wishing to be jined in and thro' love, and wishing all dem dat have anything twixt them, to come forward and speak now; if not, let dem hold dar peace now and forever more. I wants every ear to hear, and every heart to enjoy. "Mr. Jim Thompson, whomsoever stands fastly by your left side, do you take her to be your beloved wife, to wait on her through sickness and through health, safe and be safe, holy and be holy, loving and be loving; do you love her mother; do you love her father; do you love her brothers; do you lover her sisters; but do you love God de best ?" Answer--"I do." "Miss Mary Johnson, whomsoever stands fastly by your right side, do you take to be your dear beloved husband, to wait on him through health and through affliction, safe and be safe, holy and be holy; do you love his