Ocean County , NJ History

from the New Jersey Courier 29 May 1879 Gertrude C. Hyer, mother of James A. Hyer of Toms River, died at Freehold on 21 May, at the age of 81

from the New Jersey Mirror 26 May 1842: On May 1, 1842, near Union Village, Somerset County, NJ. Thomas Ell, a colored man aged 104 years. The Sabbath before he died, he walked to the Baptist Church in that place, 4 miles, partook of communion, and walked home. He had been a member of the Baptist Church at Scotch Plains about 40 years