Ocean County , NJ History

N J Courier, June 2,1909: "Mrs Sarah E Holman, wife of former Sheriff Charles L Holman, died on Friday evening of last week. She was 75 years of age, and her years were against her recovery. Death was caused by pneumonia after an illness of one week. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church, of which she had long been a member, on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock. Her pastor, Rev C B Austin, DD, made the principal address referring to her home life and her influence with her family, and was followed by Rev James Morgan Read, president of Pennington Seminary, in a touching tribute to the many good qualities of Mrs Holman. Rev R B Whitman, pastor of the Baptist church read the scripture lesson; and the church choir sang: "Peace, Perfect Peace" and "Abide with Me". Burial was at the family plot in Riverside cemetery. The pall bearers were: Daniel Shutts of Shrewsbury;Joseph Shutts of Red Bank; Senator G F Cranmer of Trenton; Henry Simon

from New Jersey Courier 2 Jun 1909 Mrs Sarah E Holman, wife of former Sheriff Charles L Holman, died on Friday evening of last week. She was 75 years of age, and her years were against her recovery. Death was caused by pneumonia after an illness of one week. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church, of which she had long been a member, on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock. Her pastor, Rev C B Austin, DD, made the principal address referring to her home life and her influence with her family, and was followed by Rev James Morgan Read, president of Pennington Seminary, in a touching tribute to the many good qualities of Mrs Holman. Rev R B Whitman, pastor of the Baptist church read the scripture lesson; and the church choir sang: "Peace, Perfect Peace" and "Abide with Me". Burial was at the family plot in Riverside cemetery. The pall bearers were: Daniel Shutts of Shrewsbury;Joseph Shutts of Red Bank; Senator G F Cranmer of Trenton; Henry Si

These are the census entries from 1930 for Cloverdale: HSE# FAM# SURNAME NAME AGE BIRTH RACE OCCUPATION 321 322 Collins William 40 NJ W Odd jobs Blanche 34 NJ W Mildred 14 NJ W Blanche 10 NJ W William 2y 10m NJ W Clinton 20 NJ W illegible Helen 17 NJ W *she is William's dau. in law Edith H. 10 NJ W *she is William's grand daughter 322 323 White Nolan ?? SC B laborer- odd jobs

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

From the New Jersey Courier 28 Jul 1892 At Whitesville, July 22, 1892, Judge James D. White, aged 83 years and 7 months

NORCROSS, ELIZA from the New Jersey Courier 20 Feb 1914: Mrs. Eliza, wife of David Norcross, died on Tuesday night, February 17th, of pneumonia. Funeral will be held on Friday at the house of her husband, on Main Street, at eleven o'clock. Interment at Jacobstown Cemetery. She is survived by the following children: Rev. George Norcross of Tennessee, Mrs. Joseph Higgins and Caleb Norcross of Bordentown and Mrs. Ambrose White of New Egypt.

from the New Jersey Courier, 18 Oct 1918 Frank White, formerly of Laurelton, died recently at Panama, and his friends in Brick Township were just notified.

from the New Jersey Courier 25 Oct 1918 News has reached Lakewood last week of the death in Philadelphia of Mrs. Allison White, daughter in law of Mrs. Kate F. White of Lakewood, a victim of the epidemic. Her husband and two small children survive here. Lakewood relatives motored to Philadelphia to attend the funeral services.

from the New Jersey Mirror 22 Jul 1875 [the following story is quoted from the Visitor] Richard White, living on the River Bank, started out in his sail boat on Tuesday afternoon to look after a batteau which had been stolen a few nights previous. While nearing Burlington, a flaw upset the sail boat. Night came on his family became anxious about him, when his son William and Wm. Spellerberg went out to find him which they did near Burlington. When discovered, Mr. White could scarcely move, he having been in the water some time in endeavoring to get his boat ashore when he was seized with the cramp, and if assistance had not arrived in time he would probably have drowned. The affair created a great deal of excitement in Beverly, and rumors were rife during the evening that the gentleman had been found drowned, etc. Mr. White was entirely recovered and from appearances hie is likely to survive his allotted time.

in May of 1936, a tremendous forest fire swept through the Pine Barrens of Ocean County. This is how it was reported in the pages of the New Jersey Mirror on the 27th of May Five Killed, Many Injured in Greatest Forest Fires in the History of Two Counties / More Than 20,000 Acres Involved in Four-Day Conflagration in the Area from Chatsworth to Tuckerton and Manahawkin--2,000 Men Fought Fire / Men Were Trapped While Fighting In one of the worst forest fires in the history of Burlington and Ocean counties, the past four days, burning over more than 20,000 acres, five men lost their lives and many others were injured. The area involved includes the section from Chatsworth to Tuckerton. There also were fires east of Brown's Mills. Colonel Leonidas J. Coyle, state fire warden, reported last night that the fire was under control and practically extinguished, when a change of wind turned the flames back over the area already burned over. The dead are: Edward F. Sullivan, 19, of