Joseph Batterson, 1860

-

 There is a record of a Joseph Batterson who was married at Pleasant Mills on 26 June 1859; the name of his wife is unclear. How he fits into the families listed below, who appear on the 1860 Census for Washington Township, Burlington County, is also not known.

House #Family #SurnameGiven nameAgePlace of BirthOccupation
295306BattersonJohn68NJLaborer
Hannah64NJ
Joseph W.32NJ
The enumerator skipped over house and family #296/307, or simply made an error while numbering them.
297308BattersonJohn B.31NJlaborer
Jane A.27NJ
Theodore11NJ
George W.5NJ
Analiza3NJ

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Biegenwald murders

-
About 25 years ago, a string of New Jersey girls were brutally murdered. This page tells the story of the monster responsible. Richard Biegenwald's childhood was a volatile one. His father was an alcoholic and, by the time Biegenwald was 5 years old, his mother could no longer control him. When police were digging up the yard of her Staten Island home, Sally Biegenwald described her son as a hyperactive child. He was prone to lighting fires in his bedroom. Once, he ignited his bed and threw himself in the fire. At the age of 5, he was institutionalized and received shock treatment. He spent most of his childhood in New York state youth detention centers. One medical report said young Biegenwald had a death fantasy and suffered from night terror. He was released when he was 15 and began high school the next year. But about six months later, he dropped out of school and drifted through the South. Over the next three years, Biegenwald had several brushes with the law. In Nashville,...
Read more

Murder in Manahawkin, 2006

-
Asbury Park Press 10 Nov 2006 STAFFORD TOWNSHIP — Two sisters died minutes apart Thursday after they were shot in the driveway of their home by their mother's ex-boyfriend, who then turned the gun on himself. On most Thursday mornings, 15-year-old Jessica Veitch would be in school. But with school out for the New Jersey Education Association's convention, the Southern Regional High School sophomore was able to spend the morning with her 21-year-old sister, Melissa. The young women were shot before they were able to make it to the front steps of their Mercer Avenue home after returning at about 11:30 a.m. from a trip to a convenience store. Neighbors who heard the shots and screams called 911. "I was in the service, so I knew it wasn't firecrackers," said Thomas Niemiec, 61, who lives a few houses away from the Veitches. Police arrived to find both girls on the ground next to the car, which had its passenger-side window shattered. They were transported to Souther...
Read more

16 Year old armed robbery in Lakewood, 1994

-
Asbury Park Press 10 Mar 1994 A 16-year-old Lakewood boy plead guilty yesterday to his role in a botched armed robbery in which a liquor store owner was shot and killed. Thorntom Merriweather waived jurisdiction of his case from juvenile court yesterday prior to his entering a plea to first-degree aggravated manslaughter before Superior Court Judge James N. Citta in Toms River. Under questioning by his attorney, Steven N. Cucci, Merriweather admitting going to Best Liquors of Lakewood on Sept. 18, 1993, along with Raheem Montgomery, 19; Paris Martin, 19, and Teron R. Savoy, 18, all of Lakewood, and knowing that Montgomery possessed a handgun and Savoy a shotgun. According to Ocean County Prosecutor Daniel Carluccio, store owner Sridnar Baile, 23, and his brother, Shravan Baile, 32, both of Staten Island, were leaving Best Liquors on Ocean Avenue after closing the store at 10:23 p.m. when they were confronted by the four teenagers in the parking lot. Carluccio had said the youths we...
Read more