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The Jillson twins, 1890

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photo reprinted in the Beach Haven Times 2 Sep 1998

Barnegat, 1890s

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John Thompson obituary, 1890

NEW JERSEY MIRROR 30 APR 1890 At Tuckerton, February 28, 1890, John D. Thompson, Esq., in his 83d year. The deceased had been for many years closely identified with the interests of the sea-shore section of Burlington County, having lived the greater part of his life at Tuckerton. He was born at Quaker Bridge, in Washington township, in the year 1807, and at the time of his death was within a few weeks of completing his eighty-third year. He removed to Tuckerton while a young man and became proprietor of the stage line between that place and Philadelphia, and soon after married Sarah Bartlett, a daughter of Nathan Bartlett, of Tuckerton, who was a highly respected member of the Society of Friends. This union, which was a happy one, continued for upwards of fifty years, his wife still surviving him. They have four children--three daughters and a son. Few men, if any, in that part of Burlington County, have filled so many places of responsibility and trust as Mr. Thompson, and if