Shark caught near Mt Pleasant, described in an incredibly racist story from 1859
Ocean Emblem 31 Aug 1859
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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 Flambo
Deaths in Washington Township, 1859-60
Persons Who Died Year Ending June 1st 1860 Washington Township, Burlington County, New Jersey From the Federal Census Name Age Date of Death Cause of Death Length of Illness Occupation Jackson, Enoch 3 March 1860 Catarrh on breast 4 days Jervis, Susanna 7 June 1859 fits 4 days Loyd, William 9 mos July 1859 fits 4 days Hankins, Margaret 20 January 1860 consumption 1 year Hughes, Sarah E. 8 mos February 1860 Billious Fever 9 days Gough, Isaac 1 mo. July 1859 dropsy 3 days Sooy, Rebecca A. 10 Nov 1859 Typhoid fever 9 days Thompson, Theodore 50 June 1859 accident (fell) 1 day laborer Reed, Henry 34 May 1860 inflammation of lungs 10 days Pool, Chas. A. 4 April 1860 maw worms 6 mos Sheppard, Abigail 53 April 1860 consumption 9 days Rumford, Mary 6 days October 1859 disease unknown
The Jacob Harden Murder
NEW JERSEY MIRROR DEC 29 1859 On Tuesday last, the Warren County Courts commenced, and it was expected that the case of Jacob S. Harden, for the murder of his wife, would be the first taken up. --The trial promises to be long and tedious.-- Over one hundred and twenty-five witnesses have already been subpoenaed, and more will doubtless be summoned before the close of the trial. The prosecution will be conducted by Attorney-General Dayton and Prosecuting Attorney Vleit. Harden will be defended by Ex-Chancellor Williamson, J. G. Shipman and David A. Depue. In advance of the trial, the Warren Journal gives the following sketch of Mr. Harden and his late wife, which is not only interesting in itself, but essential to a correct understanding of the merits of the issue, about to be determined Jacob Snover Harden is the son of Mr. John Harden, a respectable and worthy farmer of some means, residing on the Paulin's Kill, near Blairstown in Warren County. At about the age of ten or twe