Ocean County , NJ History

New Jersey Courier 27 Feb 1879

Ocean Emblem 3 May 1854

New Egypt Press 3 Mar 1905

from the Asbury Park Press 25 Nov 1991 DOROTHY MOUNT DANIELS, 63, of the Oakhurst Section of Ocean Township, died Saturday at the Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was a communicant of St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church, West Long Branch. Mrs. Daniels was born in Long Branch and lived there before moving to Oakhurst 43 years ago. Surviving are her husband, Joseph N; a brother, Howard Mount, Kennett Square, PA;five sisters, Florence Farlee, Vincentown section of Southampton Township; Irene Weed, Stockton, Marie Cobb, Wayside section of Ocean Township, Eleanor Bonte, Byron, Ill;and Joyce Jacobson, Long Branch. Woolley Funeral Home, Long Branch, is in charge of arrangements.

the following appeared in the New Jersey Mirror on 1 Jun 1865: A man calling himself John Deacon, was committed to Jail in this town (Mount Holly), on the 23d ult., charged with an atrocious assault upon Charles Mount, a colored man, living in Burlington, thereby causing his death. The circumstances of the case are as follows: On the 15th instant, Mount had a difficulty with a man named Samuel Wilson, which resulted in a fight between them. While the struggle was going on, and when Mount was upon the ground, Deacon deliberately went up and kicked him severely in the neck. The injury at the moment, was not thought to be serious, but shortly after Wilson and Mount were separated, it was found that the neck of the latter commenced swelling, and he continued to grow worse from the effects of the wound, and died on Thursday evening the 18th. An Inquest was summoned by the Coroner, J. Kingdon, and after a long and careful investigation, a verdict was rendered that Mount came to his death

the following appeared in the New Jersey Mirror on 1 Jun 1865: A man calling himself John Deacon, was committed to Jail in this town (Mount Holly), on the 23d ult., charged with an atrocious assault upon Charles Mount, a colored man, living in Burlington, thereby causing his death. The circumstances of the case are as follows: On the 15th instant, Mount had a difficulty with a man named Samuel Wilson, which resulted in a fight between them. While the struggle was going on, and when Mount was upon the ground, Deacon deliberately went up and kicked him severely in the neck. The injury at the moment, was not thought to be serious, but shortly after Wilson and Mount were separated, it was found that the neck of the latter commenced swelling, and he continued to grow worse from the effects of the wound, and died on Thursday evening the 18th. An Inquest was summoned by the Coroner, J. Kingdon, and after a long and careful investigation, a verdict was rendered that Mount came to his deat