Alfred Southard's narrow escape, 1914
New Egypt Press 8 May 1914
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News From Archertown, 1905
New Egypt Press 31 Mar 1905 A party of friends were entertained on Monday evening by Walter Bell and wife, it being their first evening in their new home. Those present spent a very pleasant evening playing bingo, Jenkins up Copenhagen, and various other games. Refreshments were served at a late hour. There were about forty people present. There have been many moving here during the past week. Walter Bell moved his family on the farm at the schoolhouse corner, lately vacated by Thomas Riley whom moved on the Davis farm. Alfred Southard moved on the old Henry Moore place; George Horner moved from the corner house formerly occupied by Jackson Southard, on the road to the Hopkins place; Alfred Bell moved in the house vacated by Walter Bell, and Ellis Hopkins moved where Albert moved from. Nearly everyone of Archertown's inhabitants have moved in new homes. Edward Ivins whose birthday was on Wednesday of this week, had the misfortune to be sick all day. He is twelve years old, and ...
Civil War News, 1864
Civil War News Concerning Ocean County and its Residents OCEAN EMBLEM 11 AUG 1864 From a gentleman who is pretty well acquainted with the figures, we are informed that the quotas of the several townships in Ocean County, under the call for 500,000 men, are as follows: Jackson....24 Plumsted...33 Brick......46 Dover......65 Union......44 Stafford...54 total.....266 The Coming Draft We are requested by Mr. John H. Irons to say, that the time for paying in and receiving the Thirty Dollars from enrolled men, has been extended to Saturday of this week. From the 14th Regiment Camp 14th N.J. Volunteers, near Harper's Ferry, VA, 26 Jul 1864 Editor of the Emblem: --I have several times thought that I would drop you a line since the battle of Monocacy, where our regiment was engaged. I have delayed writing mainly because it seemed impossible to get a true report of the casualties in Co. F. and to write the half of the reports for the second or third days after the bat...
A.E. Koster
Information about this family was taken from their headstones in the Green Bank Cemetery and the Pleasant Mills Cemetery, and the 1885 Census. Augustus Ernst Koster was born in Hanover, Germany on 17 June 1840. All that is known of his family in Germany is that he had a brother named Charles, according to the Batsto Citizen's Gazzette vol XXIII #1. He came to America at the age of 14, supposedly after his mother had arranged to have him released from military training in Germany. He originally went to New York City, and in 1869 moved to Hermann, a town which no longer exists in Washington Township, supposedly to make glass. His father in law, John H. Rapp, is the investor who purchased the land and opened that glass works, so it is probable that he had some role in Augustus' choice to move to Washington Township. The town is supposed to have had between 40 and 70 homes at that time, plus one hotel. An 1876 Burlington County directory lists August Koster of Green Bank as a hot...
News From Colliers Mills, 1900
New Jersey Courier 4 Oct 1900: The seven year old daughter of Alfred Southard has been very sick with the whooping cough and pneumonia, but is somewhat better now. There are one hundred twenty five Italians picking cranberries at this place. Mrs. Caroline Smith of Trenton has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Jennie Reynolds the past week. Henry Lewis is suffering with a boil on his nose. Wiliam Cawley expects to get done picking cranberries this week. He will not have more than one hundred and fifty boxes, where he generally has five to eight hundred boxes. James Buckalew, George Vannote, and Benjamin Buckalew killed nine wood duck Saturday last.
News From Colliers Mills, 1905
New Egypt Press, 31 Mar 1905: Rev. W.A. Lilley preached a very fine sermon Sunday afternoon. Many came out to hear him and received much good from the sermon. A.J. Durand druggist of Moorestown has been spending a few days at the home of James Buckalew. John Southard is moving this week near Cranbury where he will go do bookkeeping with his daughter Katie.