Ocean County , NJ History

 New Jersey Courier 19 Dec 1913

 New Jersey Courier 19 Dec 1913

New Jersey Courier 13 Jul 1893

from the Trenton Evening Times 22 Jul 1913 JOSEPH WARNER'S FUNERAL Special to the Times. BORDENTOWN, July 22 - The funeral of Joseph Warner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Warner, who died at his parents' residence on Willow Street, Saturday morning, took place Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Frederick L. Jewett, pastor of Trinity M.E. Church, conducted services at the house. Interment was at the Groveville Cemetery, under direction of W.E. McCoy.

New Jersey Courier 18 Jul 1913

from the Trenton Evening Times, 27 Oct 1913 RILEY - At Bordentown, N.J., on the 24th inst., Mary F. Riley, widow of the late William Riley, aged 74 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 217 Prince Street, Bordentown, N.J., Tuesday afternoon, October 28, at 2 o'clock. Interment at the Mansfield Burying Ground.

MIDDLETON, SARAH A from the Trenton Evening Times, 28 May 1913 CROSSWICKS, May 28 - The body of Sarah A. Middleton, widow of Edward Middleton, who formerly resided at Point Pleasant, and who died at the home of a son in New York a few months ago was brought to Crosswicks and interred in the burying ground beside her husband. Mrs. Middleton's body has been in a receiving vault in New York since her death.

LEWIS, DAVID CHAMBERS from the Trenton Evening Times, 5 Jun 1913 LEWIS, PROMINENT IN MANY WAYS, IS DEAD Cranbury Man Was "Forty-Niner" and Long Active in Masonic, Religious and Other Circles. Special to the Times. CRANBURY, June 5. - David Chambers Lewis, Cranbury's oldest resident, passed away at his home here last night, aged 88 years. Always active and energetic Mr. Lewis was noted for his systematic regularity of life, and was seldom ill even for a day until he was stricken on Monday, May 26. In matters of religious, social, political and civic, Mr. Lewis took an active part. He was an elder of the Second Presbyterian Church and was always present at the Sunday and mid-week services. He was a member of the Masonic Fraternity, being a past master and a charter member of Apollo Lodge, No. 156, (may be 136) F. & A. M., of Cranbury, instituted in 1885. At a special meeting of the lodge in April 1905, a handsome crayon portrait of Mr. Lewis was

New Jersey Courier 11 Jul 1913 At Bayville on Monday, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ad Allgor, a pot of boiling ham on a gasoline stove resulted seriously to Mrs. Allgor, her little grandchild, and the house itself. The gasoline stove sat on top of the kitchen range, and the pot of ham boiled over, making a splutter and a blaze. Mrs. Allgor grabbed a piece of carpet to smother the blaze, and her son tried to help her. In the excitement the gasoline stove was knocked on the floot. The carpet which was being used to smother the flames got on fire, and was thrown out the kitchen door, where it fell on the little child of Harry Allgor of Double Trouble, which was visiting its grandparents, and burned it badly. The child was brought up to Dr. Brouwer to have its wounds dressed. It was burned on the head, shoulders, hands and legs. Mrs. Allgor, Sr. was also badly burned about the head and hands, and the boy had his hands and arms burned. The kitchen and the adjoining room were pretty wel

New Jersey Courier 11 Jul 1913 Tuckerton, July 6--In a fit of despondency, due it it supposed by his family and friends, to a belief that he was suffering from an incurable disease, Nathan Gerber, a wealthy merchant of this place, committed suicide this morning by cutting his throat and leaping or falling from the open window of the third floor of his store building to the ground. Gerber was one of the most influential Hebrews in South Jersey, and was the owner of a chain of stores in Tuckerton, Atlantic City and Mount Holly. He was supposed to be a wealthy man, and to all his acquaintances, excepting his family and his few intimates, was believed to be in good health. However, he had been feeling bad recently and went to Philadelphia to consult a specialist. What he was told no one knows, for he would not talk about his visit to the physician with his family. He had been melancholy and brooding since. This morning Gerber was up early, and bought a horse from a neighbor, and wen

New Jersey Courier 11 Jul 1913 While speeding on the Lakewood-Toms River road at sixty miles an hour gait, an auto driven by Mr. Adams of New York on Saturday afternoon, July 6, struck the soft sand in the side of the road and turned turtle. Mrs. Adams, who was with her husband, was caught under the heavy car, her hip dislocated, and she was otherwise injured. Onlookers said the car was going at least sixty miles an hour;that another car coming about the same speed from the opposite direction reached a wagon loaded with gravel, bound for Lakewood, at the same time Adams' car did; that Adams, trying to avoid hitting the wagon or the car, took the side of the road, hit soft sand, and his car turned over. The driver of the car himself is reported as saying that the driver of the wagon caused the trouble by failing to turn out for the automobile.

from the Trenton Evening Times, 26 Jul 1913 BURTIS - Near Bordentown, N.J., on the 27th inst. , Calieta B., daughter of John B. and Ella M. Burtis, in the 21st year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family, also Columbus Grange No 58, P. of H., are invited to attend the funeral services from her parent's residence, near Bordentown, N.J., on Thursday morning July 31st, at 11 o'clock. Carriages will meet 9 a.m. train from Market Street Ferry, Philadelphia, and 9:20 train from Trenton at Bordentown. Interment at Mt. Holly Cemetery

from the Trenton Evening Times, 26 Jul 1913 BURTIS - Near Bordentown, N.J., on the 27th inst. , Calieta B., daughter of John B. and Ella M. Burtis, in the 21st year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family, also Columbus Grange No 58, P. of H., are invited to attend the funeral services from her parent's residence, near Bordentown, N.J., on Thursday morning July 31st, at 11 o'clock. Carriages will meet 9 a.m. train from Market Street Ferry, Philadelphia, and 9:20 train from Trenton at Bordentown. Interment at Mt. Holly Cemetery

from the Trenton Evening Times 28 Jun 1913 DIES AFTER FALL FROM RACING CART Special to the Times - MOUNT HOLLY, June 28 - From injuries received when he fell from a racing sulky near his home, Tuesday night, George Brown, of Crosswicks, died yesterday. He was found in an unconscious condition in the road on Wednesday morning and did not regain consciousness. On Tuesday night he went out to exercise his horse, and it is believed that he was thrown from the cart, landing on the base of his brain and paralyzing his entire body. At first, foul play was suspected, but upon investigation County Detective Parker and Deputy Sheriff Fleetwood could find nothing to substantiate this theory. He is survived by a wife and several children.

from the Trenton Evening Times 28 Jun 1913 EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL IS DROWNED MOUNT HOLLY , June 28 - Margaret, the eight year old daughter of Aaron J. Bozarth, of Monroe Street, was drowned yesterday afternoon in Rancocas Creek, within a short distance of her home. She was playing along the creek with a boy and slipped overboard while near the edge of the embankment. The boy ran and told the child's mother of the accident, but by the time the mother and others arrived on the scene it was too late for them to do any good. Under the leadership of the child's father, grapplers worked for about two hours and recovered the body within a hundred yards of the playground.

from the Trenton Evening Times 28 Jun 1913 DIES AFTER FALL FROM RACING CART Special to the Times - MOUNT HOLLY, June 28 - From injuries received when he fell from a racing sulky near his home, Tuesday night, George Brown, of Crosswicks, died yesterday. He was found in an unconscious condition in the road on Wednesday morning and did not regain consciousness. On Tuesday night he went out to exercise his horse, and it is believed that he was thrown from the cart, landing on the base of his brain and paralyzing his entire body. At first, foul play was suspected, but upon investigation County Detective Parker and Deputy Sheriff Fleetwood could find nothing to substantiate this theory. He is survived by a wife and several children.

from the Trenton Evening Times 28 Jun 1913 EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL IS DROWNED MOUNT HOLLY , June 28 - Margaret, the eight year old daughter of Aaron J. Bozarth, of Monroe Street, was drowned yesterday afternoon in Rancocas Creek, within a short distance of her home. She was playing along the creek with a boy and slipped overboard while near the edge of the embankment. The boy ran and told the child's mother of the accident, but by the time the mother and others arrived on the scene it was too late for them to do any good. Under the leadership of the child's father, grapplers worked for about two hours and recovered the body within a hundred yards of the playground.