The Biegenwald murders

This page lists all of the deaths that were recorded in the Ocean Emblem newspaper,
published in Toms River, between October 1858 and
November 1859.

Surname	Given Name	Age	Residence	Date of Death	Place of Death	Cause of Death	Family	O.E. Issue
Aker	Elizabeth	---------	---------	27 Feb 1859	---------	---------	wife of Stephen Aker	9 Mar 1859
Anderson	Joseph	---------	Barnegat	10 Nov 1858	Barnegat	---------	---------	1 Dec 1858
Briant	Jonathan	3	Colliers Mills	26 Jan 1859	Colliers Mills	---------	son of James and Rachel Briant	2 Feb 1859
Brown	Laura	3y 8m 12d	---------	7 Feb 1859	---------	inflammation of chest and bowels	dau. of John A. and May C. Brown	16 Feb 1859
Carr	Jesse	81	---------	29 Nov 1858	Manahawkin	---------	---------	15 Dec 1858
Cummings	Albert	---------	---------	---------	West Flamboro, Canada	---------	---------	5 Jan 1859
DeWitt	Joseph C.	---------	---------	Belleville	20 Jan 1859	drowned	bro. of Hon. G. Dewitt, Sr.	2 Feb 1859
Hamilton	James	abt 40	---------	---------	Newark	drowned in canal- prob. suicide	---------	5 Jan 1859
Harris	Hannah	22	Toms River	12 Nov 1858	Toms River	burned to death when flammable liquid spilled on stove	daughter of George Harris	17 Nov 1858
Henderson	Thomas	---------	---------	---------	West Flamboro, Canada	---------	---------	5 Jan 1859
Higbee	Harriet L.	18	---------	11 Dec 1858	---------	consumption	---------	15 Dec 1858
Hurly	David	---------	Dover Township	19 Nov 1858	---------	---------	---------	24 Nov 1858
Hutchinson	Judson J.	---------	Lynn, MA	11 Jan 1859	Lynn, MA	suicide	---------	28 Jan 1859
Hyers	---------	young	Toms River	16 Oct 1858	Toms River	clothes caught on fire from stove, burned to death	son of James A. Hyers	20 Oct 1858
Irons	Nancy	67	---------	---------	---------	---------	wife of James A. Irons	23 Mar 1859
Laner	Andrew	abt 48	133 Prince St, Newark	4 Jan 1859	---------	---------	---------	5 Jan 1859
Merritt	Edward	abt 18	---------	10 Dec 1858	Rockaway Valley, Morris Co	well caved in	---------	22 Dec 1858
Moore	---------	---------	---------	18 Dec 1858	New Brunswick	fell off of boat and drowned	wife of John Moore	22 Dec 1858
Moore	John	---------	---------	18 Dec 1858	New Brunswick	fell off of boat and drowned	---------	22 Dec 1858
Pall	Benjamin	74	Manahawkin	27 Feb 1859	Manahawkin	---------	---------	9 Mar 1859
Parker	Emeline	46	---------	4 Mar 1859	Forked River	---------	wife of David S. Parker	9 Mar 1859
Phillips	Hannah	100 +	---------	22 Feb 1859	'on the beach'	---------	---------	23 Feb 1859
Pierce	William N.	---------	Squan Village	13 Nov 1858	Squan Village	throat cut by his wife	Has 7 children, one only 4 weeks old	17 Nov 1858
Ralph	Daniel	45	New Egypt	25 Feb 1859	New Egypt	---------	---------	9 Mar 1859
Sickles	----------	---------	Marlborough	20 Jan 1859	---------	caught in threshing machine	son of William Henry Sickles	26 Jan 1859
Skillings	Ashbell	---------	844 Broadway, NYC	26 Feb 1859	New York City	grief	---------	2 Mar 1859
Stokey	----------	6 mos 4 d	Howell	25 Dec 1858	Howell	---------	son of John C. and Emoline Stokey	12 Jan 1859
Truax	Hannah	89	Cedar Run	14 Nov 1858	Cedar Run	Old Age	---------	15 Dec 1858
VanSands	----------	---------	---------	last summer	Middletown, CT	drowned	son of Lucies D. Van Sands	9 Feb 1859
Worth	Richard	---------	---------	28 Oct 1858	'near Davison's Tavern'	head caught in hopper at brickyard	---------	17 Nov 1858