Ocean County , NJ History

New Jersey Courier 13 Feb 1879

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.

New Jersey Mirror 28 Dec 1938 Charles Panczer, 54, committed suicide in an outbuilding in the rear of his home on Crosswicks street, Bordentown, on Friday, by hanging himself to a rafter. He was a wire worker in Crescent Mill, in Trenton. His wife, Rose, worried by his absence, went to the building and found his body. Coroner John N. Swartz, of Palmyra, issued a certificate of suicide. Mrs. Panczer said her husband had steady employment and she could offer no reason why he had ended his life. The pair had resided in Bordentown since last April. They formerly lived in Trenton.

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 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.

The following news item about Crosswicks appeared in the New Jersey Mirror on 2 May 1861: Considerable excitement prevailed in Crosswicks, on Monday of last week, in consequence of an attempted murder and suicide. A German shoemaker, named Matthews Blitzer, have some suspicion of his wife's faithfulness to him, determined to kill her, but fortunately, failed in his purpose. He attacked her while she had a young child in her arms, and tried to stab her with a shoemaker's knife--but its bluntness and the thickness of her clothing, prevented the accomplishment of the deed. He then drew the knife across her throat and down her breast, making fearful wounds. Holding her infant in one arm, she applied her apron to her throat to stop the flow of blood, and ran to the nearest neighbor for assistance. Blitzer, immediately after inflicting the wounds upon his wife, cut his own throat, and started across the street, with his hand upon the wound, the blood streaming frightfully down his...

from the New Jersey Mirror 2 May 1861 Considerable excitement prevailed in Crosswicks, on Monday of last week, in consequence of an attempted murder and suicide. A German shoemaker, named Matthews Blitzer, have some suspicion of his wife's faithfulness to him, determined to kill her, but fortunately, failed in his purpose. He attacked her while she had a young child in her arms, and tried to stab her with a shoemaker's knife--but its bluntness and the thickness of her clothing, prevented the accomplishment of the deed. He then drew the knife across her throat and down her breast, making fearful wounds. Holding her infant in one arm, she applied her apron to her throat to stop the flow of blood, and ran to the nearest neighbor for assistance. Blitzer, immediately after inflicting the wounds upon his wife, cut his own throat, and started across the street, with his hand upon the wound, the blood streaming frightfully down his body. As he was about entering a house opposite his o...

Allentown Messenger 28 Apr 1911: Mr. Henry Reed of Union Mills and Holmes Herbert of Pemberton, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herbert of near Chesterfield on Sunday. Joseph Lawyer and son Eugene were Bordentown visitors on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herbert and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lawyer spent Saturday evening in Bordentown. Mrs. Henry Chaffee and daughters Helen and Emma spent Friday last shopping in Trenton. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Francis of Crosswicks were vistors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Barton Carter on Friday. George T. Forsythe is not very well at this writing. Miss Zilpa Burtis and Leon, Marie and Adele LaRue all spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Forsythe. Mrs. William Forsythe and daughter Harriett, of near Columbus spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Forsythe.

New Jersey Mirror 12 Apr 1866 Mr. Aaron Middleton, a highly respected and esteemed citizen of Crosswicks, committed suicide at that place, on Wednesday afternoon last. From the accounts received, it would appear that the act was a premeditated one. Mr. Middleton visited Bordentown on Wednesday, and returned home about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. After his return, Mrs. Middleton left home to attend the funeral of a neighbor--her husband refusing to accompany her. After her departure he loaded a gun, and seating himself in a chair, fixed the muzzle directly over the region of the heart, and pulled the trigger by means of a string attached thereto. Death must have taken place instantly, for the deceased was found sitting in the chair apparently asleep. Mr. Middleton leaves a wife and three children--two sons and a daughter. One of the sons is a practicing physician in Philadelphia On Nov 29 1905, another death is mentioned in that paper from Crosswicks: The body of Miss Emma R. At...

New Jersey Mirror 23 Mar 1865 SUICIDE.--About two weeks since, a boy named Josiah Mason, committed suicide by hanging himself, near Crosswicks. The deceased was a mere lad, only twelve years of age, and was hired out by his widowed mother, living in this city, to Mr. Robert E. Woodward, a highly respectable farmer, residing near Crosswicks, for a term of four years. He was in the employ of Mr. W. only a few months, during which time, we are assured by his employer, he conducted himself very properly, always obeying in whatever was required of him. About the time the deed was committed, at his request, he was allowed to go home for a short time.--Upon leaving home to return to his employer, he remarked that it was the last time they would see him. The same remark was made to a negro boy upon the farm, but no attention was paid it in either case. On the morning of the occurrence, he was discovered in the wood-house arranging some horse lines about a beam, but this also elicited no mark...

from the New Jersey Mirror 2 May 1861 Considerable excitement prevailed in Crosswicks, on Monday of last week, in consequence of an attempted murder and suicide. A German shoemaker, named Matthews Blitzer, have some suspicion of his wife's faithfulness to him, determined to kill her, but fortunately, failed in his purpose. He attacked her while she had a young child in her arms, and tried to stab her with a shoemaker's knife--but its bluntness and the thickness of her clothing, prevented the accomplishment of the deed. He then drew the knife across her throat and down her breast, making fearful wounds. Holding her infant in one arm, she applied her apron to her throat to stop the flow of blood, and ran to the nearest neighbor for assistance. Blitzer, immediately after inflicting the wounds upon his wife, cut his own throat, and started across the street, with his hand upon the wound, the blood streaming frightfully down his body. As he was about entering a house opposite his o...

from the New Jersey Mirror 22 Mar 1865 We published in our last paper, a brief account of a boy, only twelve years of age, committing suicide, by hanging, near Crosswicks. The following particulars of the affair, we copy from the Bordentown Register: SUICIDE.--About two weeks since, a boy named Josiah Mason, committed suicide by hanging himself, near Crosswicks. The deceased was a mere lad, only twelve years of age, and was hired out by his widowed mother, living in this city, to Mr. Robert E. Woodward, a highly respectable farmer, residing near Crosswicks, for a term of four years. He was in the employ of Mr. W. only a few months, during which time, we are assured by his employer, he conducted himself very properly, always obeying in whatever was required of him. About the time the deed was committed, at his request, he was allowed to go home for a short time.--Upon leaving home to return to his employer, he remarked that it was the last time they would see him. The same remark w...