Ocean County , NJ History

  Pine Barrens Fire of 1936 As reported in the pages of the  New Jersey Mirror , 27 May 1936 Five Killed, Many Injured in Greatest Forest Fires in the History of Two Counties / More Than 20,000 Acres Involved in Four-Day Conflagration in the Area from Chatsworth to Tuckerton and Manahawkin--2,000 Men Fought Fire / Men Were Trapped While Fighting In one of the worst forest fires in the history of Burlington and Ocean counties, the past four days, burning over more than 20,000 acres, five men lost their lives and many others were injured. The area involved includes the section from Chatsworth to Tuckerton. There also were fires east of Brown's Mills. Colonel Leonidas J. Coyle, state fire warden, reported last night that the fire was under control and practically extinguished, when a change of wind turned the flames back over the area already burned over. The dead are: Edward F. Sullivan, 19, of New Brunswick. Kingsley White, 38, of Whitesville. Stanley Carr, 23, of Farmingd...

From the New Jersey Courier 30 Dec 1868: Frank Adams keeps a small but comfortable hotel, dispenses whiskey, Ayer's medicines, post office, and sausage meat with a liberal hand, and keep a nice little home for strangers ( Franklin Adam's uncle was the original owner of " The old Bass River Hotel". His name was Isaiah Adams, son of David and Hope (Rockhill) Adams. He Married Mary Ann Mathis, daughter of Daniel Mathis. Franklin's parents were Moses and Charlotte (Myers) Adams. Moses and Isaiah are the children of David Adams and Hope Rockhill. David is the son of Charles Adams and Hannah Jenkins. Charles is the son of Hezekiah Adams. Franklin's children are: Charles E., Jesse, Henry, Irick. This information came from the History of Little Egg Harbor Township and the Leek Family Bible. )

New Jersey Courier 5 Oct 1876 Bass River has changed very little, during the last decade; yet increased attention to agriculture is manifest on every hand. Pretty farms, neat residences, and school houses that will compare favorably with localities much more pretentious, give evidence that the population is at once intelligent and industrious. The school house, associated with which are so many tender memories of lessons conned, and extreme elementary ideas worked in by the aid of old fashioned licking stimulators, seemed as of old, though, wearing a more modern appearance and a more euphoneous name than "Frogtown Schoolhouse." Miss Eva Robinson, a lady of desirable properties, is the present teacher, and I understand is doing a good work educationally. "Mr. Mark Adams has charge of the New Gretna school. Of course, we can say nothing about what he will accomplish until he has been at work for some time, but we know that his intelligence is sufficient to bring up his s...

Ocean Emblem 13 Aug 1856

Ocean Emblem 6 Feb 1856

New Jersey Courier 30 Jan 1879

New Jersey Courier 7 Feb 1872 An interesting and lively game of baseball was played at Bass River on Saturday, 13th ult., between the Buck Tails of Bass River, and the Liberties of Bass River Neck, the former proving champions by a score of 23 to 15. The Buck Tails are now champions along the shore.

Another Adams who owned a hotel is mentioned in Bass River Township in the New Jersey Courier of December 30th, 1868. It describes him thusly: "Frank Adams keeps a small but comfortable hotel, dispenses whiskey, Ayer's medicines, post office, and sausage meat with a liberal hand, and keep a nice little home for strangers.". Thanks to Wynn for this new bit of information: Franklin Adam's uncle was the original owner of " The old Bass River Hotel". His name was Isaiah Adams, son of David and Hope (Rockhill) Adams. He Married Mary Ann Mathis, daughter of Daniel Mathis. Franklin's parents were Moses and Charlotte (Myers) Adams. Moses and Isaiah are the children of David Adams and Hope Rockhill. David is the son of Charles Adams and Hannah Jenkins. Charles is the son of Hezekiah Adams. Franklin's children are: Charles E., Jesse, Henry, Irick. This information came from the History of Little Egg Harbor Township and the Leek Family Bible.

This data was provided by Pete Stemmer at the Bass River Historical Society, and was compiled entirely by him and copied here with his permission. BASS RIVER TOWNSHIP CEMETERIES [See "Bass River Gazette" issues 5 & 6 for articles on Bass River Township's cemeteries.] There are five cemeteries in Bass River Township: (1) Miller Cemetery off of Rt 9 & North Maple Avenue; (2) Hillside Cemetery on Hillside Lane off of Old New York Road; (3) the Cramer Cemetery on Hammonton Road (Rt. 542) adjacent to Cramer's Auto Recycling; (4) the French Cemetery on Hammonton Road (Rt. 542); and the Adams - Leek-McKeen Cemetery on Leektown Road on the hill overlooking the Wading River Bridge. The following cemetery census was taken by Jean & Murray Harris and Jackie & Pete Stemmer from information found on the stones. Anyone buried in the cemeteries without a stone would not appear on this census. LAST NAME FIRST NAME CEMETERY PLOT BOR...