Ocean County , NJ History

New Jersey Courier, April 16,1908: "Mrs Elizabeth Burke, wife of Aaron Burke, died at her home near Cassville April 4, aged 52 years, 11 months and 26 days. Brights disease was the cause of death. She had been failing for more than a year, but had been about the house to within a little more than an hour before she died. She was born in the vicinity of Cassville and had always lived there. She was a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs James Moore. Besides her husband nine children, five sons and four daughters, survive as follows: C A Burke, Smithburg; Frank Burke, Lakewood; Charles, Oliver and Norman Burke, who live at home; Mrs Hattie Griggs of Cassville; Mrs William A Horner, Freehold; Mrs Flora Bills, Cassville; and Miss Flossie Burke of home. Five brothers, George and William Moore of Cassville; Barzilai of Lakewood; Peter of Toms River and A J Moore of Clarksburg, also survive. Interment was made at Cassville cemetery".

from New Jersey Courier 22 Oct 1915

from the New Jersey Courier, 25 Oct 1918 John Calvin Bowers, a well known resident of Barnegat, died at his home in that town of Bright's disease on Tuesday morning, Oct 22. He was prominently known all along the shore. In the 70s as a young man he was clerk for the late John Aumack in the store now owned by E.H. Berry, next to the bank, Water Street, Toms River. Later he moved to Forked River, where he married the daughter of David Stout Parker. From Forked River he went to the city and spent some years, and had been living for the past few years at Barnegat.

from the New Jersey Courier, 25 Oct 1918 John Calvin Bowers, a well known resident of Barnegat, died at his home in that town of Bright's disease on Tuesday morning, Oct 22. He was prominently known all along the shore. In the 70s as a young man he was clerk for the late John Aumack in the store now owned by E.H. Berry, next to the bank, Water Street, Toms River. Later he moved to Forked River, where he married the daughter of David Stout Parker. From Forked River he went to the city and spent some years, and had been living for the past few years at Barnegat.