Ocean County , NJ History

 New Egypt Press 31 Aug 1906

 New Egypt Press 3 Aug 1906

 New Egypt Press 13 Jul 1906

 Lakewood Citizen 1 Jun 1906

 Lakewood Citizen 1 Jun 1906

 New Jersey Courier Nov 1 1906 I think dinner may not be the only thing spoiled. the furniture is worth almost as much as the entire house. 

 Asbury Park Evening Press 27 Aug 1906 Two women and a man in their stocking feet wading the surf threatened to cause a panic at the Arcade yesterday afternoon.  The wade was the result of a bet...

from the Trenton Evening Times, 6 Feb 1906 MRS. HENRY SAVAGE IS DEAD Special to the Times Lambertville, Feb 6. - Mrs. Susan Savage, wife of Henry C. Savage, died at her home at the York Street House early Sunday morning, after suffering from cancers of the stomach for the past four or five months. She was 67 years old. Her husband, four daughters and one son survive her - Miss Jennie Savage, Mrs. Elizabeth NAYLOR, Mrs. Orrin E. PETTY, Mrs. Fred. R. PARKER and Robert Savage. Funeral service, conducted by the Rev. John A. Carr, rector of St. Andrew's P.E. Church, will be held at the house at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Interment will be in Mt. Holly Cemetery. Peter Heath, funeral director, has charge of the arrangements.

from the Trenton Evening Times, 6 Feb 1906 BORDENTOWN Carrie N. Pittman died at her late home on Perry Street, Sunday night, age 42 years. Her funeral will take place Thursday, with interment at Juliustown under direction of C.B. Rogers.

From the Trenton Times,2 Feb 1906 FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS AS S.S. TEACHER Burlington Woman Honored by Reception at First Baptist Burlington, Feb 2. - A reception was given here last night in honor of Mrs. Mary A. Wright, who for more than fifty-eight years has been a teacher in the First Baptist Sunday School, of this city. The reception was held in the First Baptist Church and was attended by the members of Mrs. Wright's Bible class and the officers and teachers of the Sunday school. Mrs. Wright has a remarkable record as a Sunday school worker. She first joined the Sunday school when a child, 8 years of age, and when 16 years old she became a teacher. Mrs. Wright's first class was composed of half a dozen small girls and the membership of the school was then scarcely 200. Her class now has a membership of 50 and the enrollment of the entire school numbers 600. Despite her years, Mrs. Wright is one of the most faithful teachers in the school, and this winter she has not been abs

New Jersey Mirror 7 Feb 1906 A shocking suicide occurred at Keeler's Corner, near Pemberton, about seven o'clock Friday morning, when Mrs. Ellis Bird ended her life with her husband's double-barrelled shotgun. Melancholy and seemingly a nervous wreck, Mrs. Bird had been in a bad way mentally for a long time and recently she stated that she did not care to live longer. Early on Friday morning after her husband had left home for the farm on which he is employed the woman secured the shotgun and locked herself in a room away from their three young children. Loading the weapon, Mrs. Bird placed the stock on the floor, leaned with her head against the muzzle and pushed the trigger with a candy cane that had been given to one of the children. Death must have been instantaneous, as a greater part of the top of the unfortunate woman's head was blown off by the large shot contained in the shell. Flesh and blood were scattered about the room and it was a sickening sight to those

from the Trenton Evening Times, 2 Feb 1906 MRS. CHAPMAN IS BURIED Special to the Times. BORDENTOWN, Feb. 2. - The funeral of Eliza Chapman took place from the residence of her daughter, Margaret Shinn, Second Street, Wednesday afternoon. Services were conducted by the Rev. C.T. Knight, pastor of the First M.E. Church. The pallbearers were six sons-in-law: Philip French, Alonzo Low, Charles Williams, Frank Johnson, Joseph Chapman and Edward Carter. Interment was in the Methodist Cemetery at Crosswicks, under direction of F.B. Keeler.

New Jersey Mirror 21 Nov 1906 Drinking a two-ounce vial of carbolic acid on Saturday night, Mrs. Charles Workman, of Palmyra, committed suicide. She was despondent over continued ill health.

New Jersey Mirror of May 9, 1906: Albert Jones, of Masonville, who was recently charged with murder and after investigation proved to be nothing more dangerous than a chicken thief, was taken to the county asylum on Monday. He was declared insane while awaiting action of the Court On June 13, the newspaper had this follow-up: Little Carrie Jones, who created such a sensation a few months ago when she told thrilling stories of the murder of her sister by her stepfather, Albert Jones, then living near Masonville, but now an inmate of the State asylum, is being held at the county almshouse prior to being turned over to the care of the State Board of Children's Guardians. The child has been living in Camden with her uncle and aunt, but about about two weeks ago, it is reported, the latter eloped with a circus man, and the uncle decided that he could no longer care for her.

Allentown Messenger 19 Apr 1906: William Reed and wife, of Ellisdale were visiting Mrs. Reed's mother this week. Charles Thomas and family of near Davis Station, were visiting Mrs. Lizzie Potts recently. Walter Gordon and Walter Curtis have supplied the township with new posts and finger boards, which they put up a few days ago. Ralph C. Lee has taken the blacksmith shop at Yardville, and will move his family to that place on Thursday. Robert Smith and William Layton on Monday, visited Yardville, delivering cows for Frank Ridgway. Miss Emma Stout , of Cranbury, visited her mother here on Saturday and Sunday. Last week, D. Taylor Deviney took to Zelley & Taylor, of Bordentown, 322 more of his famous capons, making a total of 622 recently delivered, which averaged over 9 lbs. each.

Allentown Messenger 19 Apr 1906 (This was under the Jacobstown heading). William Reed, and wife, of Ellisdale, were visiting Mrs. Reed's mother this week.

Allentown Messenger 19 Apr 1906 Mrs. May Dunfee, of Wrightstown, was a caller at Walter Nixon's one day recently. Those on the sick list this past week are: Mrs. J.H. Shinn, Mrs. Sadie Calley,and Mrs. Edward DeCamp. Mrs Henry Grant and son Chester are convalescing. Mrs. Rebecca McCue and daughter, Mabel are spending this week with Mrs. William Gaskill of Groveville.

New Jersey Mirror 11 Apr 1906: The funeral took place on Monday. Discharging a shotgun with a strip of wood she had taken from a box, Sarah Tucker, the eighteen-year old daughter of Samuel Tucker, a farmer between this place and Chesterfield, committed suicide by blowing off the top of her head as she sat propped up in bed on Friday afternoon The young woman appeared to be in good spirits about 2 o'clock and her father can give no reason why she should have committed the rash act. No one was in the house at the time the gun shot was fired, Mr. Tucker having been working in the field. Coroner DeWorth, of Bordentown, viewed the body and gave a burial permit.

Trenton Times 22 Feb 1906 Asay Springs may not refer to an area, but to actual springs that are located in the White Horse area of present day Hamilton, across the Crosswicks Creek from Bordentown. That approximate area is the former location of a house once known as the Asay-Cubberly house. It was the home of Isaac Asay (son of Joseph, I believe), from 1849-1858 and maybe longer. A good account of the area can be found in Louis Berger & Associates, Historic Sites, Trenton Complex Archaeology: Report 12, The Cultural Resource Group, Louis Berger and Associates, Inc., East Orange NJ, Prepared for the Federal Highway Administration and the New Jersey Department of Transportation, Bureau of Environmental Analysis, Trenton, 1998. (That's a long way of saying they had to study the area before they could build a new highway. If you have a recent map of NJ, you'll see the area is now pretty well covered by the intersection of I-295 and I-195.) The springs were tapped to provide

According to the Trenton Times of Feb 22, 1906: Asay Springs may not refer to an area, but to actual springs that are located in the White Horse area of present day Hamilton, across the Crosswicks Creek from Bordentown. That approximate area is the former location of a house once known as the Asay-Cubberly house. It was the home of Isaac Asay (son of Joseph, I believe), from 1849-1858 and maybe longer. A good account of the area can be found in Louis Berger & Associates, Historic Sites, Trenton Complex Archaeology: Report 12, The Cultural Resource Group, Louis Berger and Associates, Inc., East Orange NJ, Prepared for the Federal Highway Administration and the New Jersey Department of Transportation, Bureau of Environmental Analysis, Trenton, 1998. (That's a long way of saying they had to study the area before they could build a new highway. If you have a recent map of NJ, you'll see the area is now pretty well covered by the intersection of I-295 and I-195.) The springs