Ocean County , NJ History

 New Egypt Press 13 Feb 1914

The New Jersey Courier of 27 Feb 1908 reported  that "a report was circulated about the county last week that Mrs. Ada Leming of Leesville, Jackson Township, was lost in the woods two weeks before and had not since been seen. She has however now been located with some relatives in Brick Township. Mrs. Leming was recently a patient in the State Hospital for the Insane at Trenton and when she disappeared from her home it was feared she had a return of her old malady and wandered into the woods, and perished from the cold" And yet, the next day, the  Lakewood Citizen 28 Feb 1908  reported "Mrs. Ada Leming of Leesville, who was recently brought home from the asylum, has been missing from her home for two weeks. Search has been made daily, but at this writing, no trace of her has been found."

 Here is a summary of every mention I found of Ethleen in the Courier. She taught in Toms River schools beginning in the 1880s at least, and was still teaching as of 1930. Ethleen Longstreet was teaching intermediate school in Toms River at least by 1886 (New Jersey Courier 6/23/1886).  In 1891, she was still teaching intermediate school when she assited Professor Clute with a difficult instrumental duet at the graduation exercises (New Jersey Courier 6/25/1891). She spent Thanksgiving 1891 at Keyport (New Jersey Courier 12/3/1891) In the summer of 1892, she visited East Bridgeton (New Jersey Courier 25 Aug 1892).   In spring of 1893, she succeeded Anna Stephenson as the organist at the Methodist Episcopal church. (New Jersey Courier 30 Mar 1893) In 1894, she visited a new utopian community in Concord, MA. (New Jersey Courier 16 Aug 1894) In 1898, she visited her brother, Alvah, in Norwalk, CT (New Jersey Courier 4 Aug 1898). In December 1899, she visited her sister,...