Ocean County , NJ History

GARRISON-KELLY from the Trenton Times 14 Oct 1901 Former Bordentown Man Married. Bordentown, Oct 14. - Lieutenant D. Mershon Garrison, United States Navy, grandson of the late Captain D.S. Mershon, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Garrison, of this city, and Miss Jessie C. Kelly, daughter of the late Captain W. A. Kelly, were married September 26, in Charleston, S.C. Their future residence will be Annapolis, Md., where Lieutenant Garrison is stationed as a professor in mathematics at the Naval Academy.

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

EVANS-THOMAS from the Trenton Evening Times 22 Sep 1911 BORDENTOWN Miss Edith Thomas and Richard Evans who were quietly married nearly a year ago and who have kept the marriage a secret will depart in a few weeks for Denver, Colo., to take up a permanent residence. Both the young people are well known in this city.

from the Tuckerton Beacon, 11 Dec 1975 Henry C. Werner, jr., 51, of the Johnstons Training and Research Center, Bordentown, died on 6 Dec at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Phila. He was born in Cliffside Park and had been employed by the State of New Jersey for over 22 years. He had been Superintendent of Cottage Life at the Training Center. He was a World War II veteran of the navy. He is survived by the widow Carolyn, a son, Henry C. III at home and his father, Henry Sr. of Barnegat. Funeral services were held Dec 10 from the Hubert Funeral Home, 517 Farsworth Ave, Bordentown and burial was in Bordentown Cemetery. Memorial contribution may be made to the American Cancer Society.

FOWLER-BARTLETT from the Trenton Times 16 Mar 1905 Bordentown, March 16. - Cards of invitation are out for the wedding of Miss Ida May Fowler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Fowler, to Harry Bartlett, both of Bordentown, to take place at the home of the bride's parents, No. 17 Union street, Wednesday evening, March 29.

AYRES-MORTON from the New Jersey Mirror 1 Jan 1868 We copy the following from the New York Home Journal: "On Wednesday, December 18, (1867,) Mr. Eugene Ayres, a prominent young lawyer of the West, hailing from St. Joseph, Missouri, son of Mr. Reuben Ayres, of New York, was wedded to the pretty Miss Maggie, daughter of Jacob Morton, Esq., of Bordentown, N. J. The bride was dressed in a rich rep(sic.) lavender silk, and a costly lace veil. The ceremony was performed at eight o'clock, P. M., by the Rev. Mr. Burr, of Bordentown, in the presence of about one hundred invited guests. The bridesmaids, Miss Hanna, of Philadelphia, and Miss Harvey, of New York, were attired in white tulle. The bride received many valuable presents, among which were two solid silver tea sets, and a check for ten thousand dollars.

From the New Egypt Press 25 Feb 1910 The funeral of Mrs. Hoffman, wife of James Hoffman of near Georgetown was held in the St. Andrew's Church here on Saturday at 10 o'clock a.m. Father Edward Cahill of Browns Mills celebrated mass. The deceased died in St. Frances Hospital, Trenton, after a lingering illness. Interment was in the Bordentown Cemetery under the direction of Clark B. Rogers.

from the Trenton Times 28 Dec 1915 CANNON- In this city, on the 26th inst., Sarah B., widow of Garrett Cannon, of Bordentown, N.J. The relatives and friends are invited to attend the services at the Christ Episcopal Church, Bordentown, N.J. on Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock sharp. Interment at St. Mary's Burlington, N.J. Friends may view the deceased at the residence of Mr. Clarence BIDDLE, No. 322 West State Street, Trenton, N.J., on Wednesday afternoon and evening.

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 Times 16 Jun 1917 BORDENTOWN, June 16. - Miss. Mary F. Barrett, daughter of the late Patrick and Ellen Barrett, who died Wednesday, was buried this morning from the residence of her brother-in-law, John Messler, 35 Church Street. Requiem high mass was celebrated in St. Mary's Church. Interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery under direction of Rogers.