Ocean County , NJ History

New Jersey Courier, Wednesday December 22,1886: "An accident occurred at the crossing of the New Jersey Southern Railway at Ridgeway yesterday morning, resulting in the death of a man directly in front of his home, and within twenty yards of it. Millard F Jameson, a son in law of John H Irons, had been at work with his father-in-law a short distance from his home. Shortly after eleven o'clock, he started for home to put up his team. To reach home he was compelled to cross the railroad track. Train No. 10, William Savage, engineer and George Brown conducter, left Lakwewood at 10:45, for Barnegat, being due at this town at 11:20. When within a short distance of the Ridgeway crossing, the engineer saw Jameson on the track with his team. The air brakes were at once put on, the engine reversed and the throttle pulled wide open, but too late to avert the catastrophe, although the train was stopped within two hundred feet of the spot where it was when Jameson was first seen....

from the New Jersey Courier 4 Aug 1892 Mrs Zelina Harker, wife of William Harker, died on Friday last, July 29th, aged 31 years. She had been ill but about a fortnight, and was not considered to be in danger. The cause of her death was typhoid fever. Mrs Harker was a daughter of John H Irons of our town. Some years ago, she married Mr Jamison, who met a tragic death- his wagon being struck by a train, and he being thrown dead almost into his own door. By him she had one son, a bright lad of about six years. On the 10th of May last, she was married to William Harker of Hornerstown. Mrs Harker was a woman of quiet and unostentatious manners, but of thorough worth, and will be greatly missed by a large circle of friends. Funeral services were held on Sunday, and conducted by Rev R B Stephenson. Interment was at Cedar Grove Cemetery

from the New Egypt Press 3 Mar 1905