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Ocean Grove Times
Date : January 2, 1897
Miss Burr's Sudden Death
Miss Anna L. Burr of Ocean Grove, a sister of Mrs. Frank W. Sampson, died
very suddenly in Jersey City, where she had gone on a visit, Thursday of last
week, of peritonitis. The remains were brought here and funeral services held
at the residence of Mr. Sampson, 132 Cookman Ave, Saturday afternoon at half
past two o'clock. Miss Burr was 22 years of age, and her sudden death was a
severe shock to relatives and friends.
Ocean Grove Times
Date : January 2, 1897
Obituary.
Miss Kate Smock the eldest daughter of ex-sheriff Rulief P. Smock, died at
her home in Asbury Park last Monday night at the age of 40 years. The
remains were taken to Red Bank where funeral services were held Thursday
morning.
Ocean Grove Times
Date : January 2, 1897
Mrs. Theodore Ashmore, a former summer resident of Ocean Grove, died Thursday
morning at her home in Yonkers, NY. Funeral services will be held at her
former home in New Brunswick.
Ocean Grove Times
Date : January 2, 1897
Ansel Croft, well-known in Asbury Park, was accidentally shot at Long Branch,
Christmas night by William Showles, who was carelessly flourishing a revolver,
died the following morning. The two young men were friends, and although
Showles was held under $5,000 bonds, there is no question but that the sad
affair was entirely accidental.
(From Jan 9, 1897 edition - The coroner's jury empaneled to take testimony
in the case of the death of Ansel Croft, who was accidentally shot at Red
Bank by William Showels, Christmas Eve, has rendered two verdicts: one signed
by two of the jurymen saying the shooting was accidental, and the second
signed by the four remaining jurymen saying it was owing to criminal carelessness. )
(From Jan 23, 1897 edition - William A. Showles of Long Branch, the famous
bareback rider who accidentally shot and killed Ansel Croft, at Red Bank,
Christmas night, has been indicted for manslaughter by the Monmouth County
Grand Jury. His punishment will be decided later. In view of the
circumstances of the case, he will probably be let off with a fine.)
Ocean Grove Times
Date : January 2, 1897
A German, named Gottlieb Herner, of Red Bank, was drowned in the Shrewsbury
River Christmas afternoon. He had made a wager that he could cross the
river on the ice, but broke through and was drowned before assistance could
reach him.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: JANUARY 9, 1897
The Report Confirmed.
When it was published two weeks ago that Mrs. M. S. Eder, of Waverly House,
on Ocean Pathway, had died in California, there appeared to be some question
as to the correctness of the statement. Further particulars confirm the
report and state that Mrs. Eder was not well when she left Mount Holly on her
trip west, and was taken quite seriously ill while on the journey. After
reaching her temporary home in Lamanda Park, California, she rallied for a
time, but grew alarmingly worse and died Sunday, December 19, of paralysis.
The remains were embalmed, and in the spring will be brought to Mount Holly
for burial.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: JANUARY 9, 1897
Mrs. Hester E. Marine.
Mrs. Hester Eleanor Marine aged 76 years, widow of Rev. F. E. Marine and
mother of ex-Collector of Port William M. Marine, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs.L. E. Cathcart, 852 West North Avenue, Thursday, after a brief
illness.
She was born in Sussex County, Delaware, and was a daughter of William
Knowles, who for many years was one of the Sussex County levy tax judges, and
who served in the War of 1812. Her mother was a Miss Nelly Collins, of the
old Maryland family of that name. Both of her parents were of well-known
Eastern Shore families, and the estate on which she was born had been in her
family's possession for more than 200 years. In 1841 Mrs. Marine was married
to Mr. Fletcher E. Marine, who died in 1889. Five children, William M.
Marrine, Jas. H. Marine, Mrs. Louisa E. Cathcart, Mrs. H. E. Davis, and Mrs.
Thomas Lurch, survived her.
Mrs. Marine was a summer visitor to Ocean Grove, and spent her season of 1896
at the Howland House.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: JANUARY 9, 1897
Death of Miss Evans.
Miss Elizabeth Evans, a sister of Postmaster George W. Evans, died at the
latter's residence on Main Avenue, Wednesday evening, Jan 6, at nine
o'clock. Miss Evans had been an invalid for some years, suffering from some
nervous prostration. She usually made her summer home at Ocean Grove, and
came here the last time in May, 1896. She was a faithful and conscientious
christian, although her physical condition prevented her attendance at places
of public worhship.
Arrangements have been made for short services at the house this (Friday)
evening at half-past 7 o'clock and Saturday. The remains will be taken to
Philadelphia for internment in Mr. Evans' lot in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: JANUARY 9, 1897
Mrs. Gabastedo, of West Asbury Park, died on Saturday evening last. The
funeral services will be held on Tuesday.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: JANUARY 9, 1897
Drowned in a shallow brook.
Wednesday morning of last week the body of Daniel Flock, a farmer residing
near Manalapan, was found face down-ward in a shallow brook near that town.
He had been to Freehold that previous Monday to testify in a case before the
county court, and failing to reach home in a reasonable time, a search was
instituted with the above result. The horse he was driving was also found to
be dead, having evidently fallen over a high embankment. Flock is supposed to
have been under the influence of liquor at the time of his death.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: January 23, 1897
Chas. W. Woodland, Proprietor of the Park View House at Lakewood, died on
Monday from over-exertion in extinguishing a fire in the parlor of his
hotel. The upsetting of a lighted lamp ignited the curtains and he fought
the fire desparately and alone for some minutes before help arrived. When
others reached the room he was found unconscious upon the floor amid the
charred remnamt of curtains, carpets and hangings.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: January 23, 1897
Sam Drum, a harmless lunatic of Red Bank, has been sentenced to 30 days in a
county jail. Sam has a mania for singing gospel hymns and keeping time on a
drum. He also has a habit of hideously distorting his face, and it was for
this offense he was sent to Freehold, as he badly frightened several ladies
one day recently at Red Bank.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: January 23, 1897
Obituary Notices.
Mrs. Eleanor Strickland.
Mrs. Eleanor Strickland, wife of Ira A. Strickland, died at her home, 87
Broadway, Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock. The deceased was 29 years of
age, and although rather delicate in health, was nevertheless suffieciently
strong to attend to her ordinary domestic duties. On Friday, the 8th of
January, she was suddenly stricken with paralysis of the left side, and
although everything possible was done to relieve her condition, there was no
perceptible improvement. Mrs. Strickland's maiden name was MacMillan and her
former home was in Newark, although her family had been summer residents of
Ocean Grove for many years, occupying a pleasant cottage on Embury Avenue
near Beach Avenue. Beside her husband she leaves one sister, Mrs. Stephen D.
Woolley, of Ocean Grove, and two brothers, George MacMillan, who has also been
making his residence here for some time past, and Edward M. MacMillan, of
Newark, NJ.
Funeral services were held at her late home on Broadway, Wednesday evening at
8 o'clock, a large number of sympathizing friends were present. The services
were in charge of her pastor, Rev. Joseph G. Reed, of Saint Pauls M.E.
Church, assisted by Rev. William Franklin. A quartet consisting of Miss
Blanch Bennett, Miss Alida Patterson, George M. Bennett and J. Edward
Flitcroft sang several selections appropriate for the occasion. Rev. Mr.
Reed, in his remarks, paid a tribute to the departed one as being a true
christian and one who had lived out her belief. Rev. Mr.. Franklin followed
in a few remarks after which the benediction was pronounced. The remains
were taken to Newark on the 9:10 train Thursday. W. H. Hamilton, Andrew
VanCleve, Thomas Martin and E.N. Woolston, members of the E. H. Stokes Fire
Company No. 3, of which Mr. Strickland was a member acted as pallbearers.
Many loving tributes in the way of beautiful flowers were received. A short
funeral service was held at the home of her brother, Edward M. MacMillan, 110
Washington Avenue, Newark, NJ, which was also in charge of Rev. Mr. Reed. The
internment took place in that city. The funeral director John H. Burtis was
in charge.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: January 23, 1897
Mrs. Mary H. Bertron.
Mrs. Mary H. Bertron died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. David W.
Cooper, 110 Main Avenue, Ocean Grove, at 3:15 Wednesday afternoon of
pneumonia. The funeral services will be held at the above named residence
Saturday morning at 11:30, Rev. J. G. Reed officiating. All friends of the
family are invited to attend the services. The internment, in charge of
undertaker Burtis, will take place in Mount Prospect Cemetery.
Mrs. Bertron came to Ocean Grove from Philadelphia some years ago, and made
this place her home when not away in the performance of her professional
duties as a trained nurse. She leaves one son, Walter H. Bertron, and one
daughter, Mrs. David W. Cooper, both residents of Ocean Grove. She was
highly esteemed in the community, and will be mourned by a wide circle of
close friends and acquaintences.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: January 23, 1897
Henry B. Felch.
Henry B. Felch, a son of Charles and the late Johanna Felch of Ocean Grove,
died in Trenton Wednesday of last week. The remains were first brought to
Asbury Park and on Saturday taken to Newark, where the funeral services were
held. The internment took place in Fairmont Cemetery, in the latter city.
The case of Mr. Felch is a particularly sad one. He was but 18 years of age
and was employed in the Ocean Grove Post Office; but some three years ago
mental trouble developed, which required his removal to the asylum.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: January 23, 1897
Walter Franklin
Walter Franklin, the three year old son of Walter and Laura Franklin, died on
Tuesday of menbranous croup. The funeral services were held at the cottage,
109 Broadway, Thursday, at 2 o'clock, the remains were interred in Mount
Prospect Cemetery.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: January 23, 1897
Norman G. Dunphy
Norman G. Dunphy, a resident of West Grove, died at his residence in that
town Monday night at 12 o'clock of consumption, at the age of 23 years. The
funeral services were held on Thursday in the West Grove M.E. Church.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: January 23, 1897
Joseph H. Vaughan
Joseph H. Vaughan died at the Methodist Hospital in Philadelphia, Thursday
morning, January 14, of Bright's Disease at the age of 54 years. The
deceased was a widower and spent past season at Ocean Grove, stopping with
his sister, Mrs. Rev. H.C. McBride. He was ill during the greater part of
the summer and fall, and on December 10 he was removed to the hospital where
he would receive closer attention and care, and be more comfortable than was
possible at a private house. The remains were interred at the Mount Vernon
Cemetery, Philadelphi.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: January 23, 1897
Charles W. Kelso
Charles W. Kelso, a former resident of Asbury Park, and of late years the
representative of the New York and Long Branch Steam Boat Company in this
vicinity, died in his home at Long Branch Monday evening from Consumption of
the Brain. Some time ago Mr. Kelso was thrown from a carriage and received
severe injuries, but had in a measure recovered and was not thought to be in
danger. The funeral services will be held Thursday.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: January 23, 1897
Reuben Savidge
Reuben Savidge, of Asbury Park, died at his residence, number 406 Seventh
Avenue, Tuesday morning, January 19, at the age of 64 years. The funeral
services will be held on the following Thursday, and the remains were removed
to New York, his former home, for internment.
Ocean Grove Times
Dated Jan 30, 1897
Obituary Notices
Mrs. Ruth Holbrook
Mrs. Ruth Holbrook died at her home, number 87 Main Ave, Saturday January 23,
at 6 o'clock a.m. Of pneumonia. The funeral services were held at the
residence Tuesday afternoon at half-past one o'clock, and the remains in
charge of the Undertaker Sexton were taken to Mount Prospect Cemetery for
internment. The deceased was 29 years of age and had been very low from a
severe attack of pneumonia, but was slightly improved with a fair chance of
recovery when on Tuesday of last week the house took fire and the room in
which she way lying became filled with smoke befor assistance arrived to
carry her out, that it became necessary to throw open the windows to admit
fresh air to prevent suffocation. This was early in the morning and the air
was raw and chilly. Mrs. Holbrook's feeble condition made this exposure
exceedingly dangerous, and this with the excitement and shock of the removal
to another room resulted in a relapse, which in her weakened condition she
could not resist. And the daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Asa K. Herbert, of
Bridgeton, NJ beside her husband, one child, a boy two years of age, survived
her.
Ocean Grove Times
Dated Jan 30, 1897
Saturday night of last week James McCormick, a farmer living near Matawan was
killed in a runaway accident. The horse became unmanagable and upset the
wagon. William McCormick, a brother, was also in the vehicle, but was not
seriously injured.
Ocean Grove Times
Dated Jan 30, 1897
The body of Captain Edgar Pearce, of Manasquan, who lost his life in the
wreck of the schooner "C.B. Orcutt," December 24, on the Massachussetts coast
came ashore last week. The remains were brought to Manasquan for funeral
services and internment.
Ocean Grove Times,
Date: February 6, 1897
Daniel Carpenter, of Belmar, died very suddenly at his home in that town
Monday evening, of heart failure. A widow, three daughters and two sons
survive him.
Ocean Grove Times,
Date: February 13, 1897
Mrs. Cornelius Applegate mother of John D. Beegle, died Thursday evening
about eleven O'clock.
Ocean Grove Times,
Date: February 13, 1897
An Old Time Telegrapher
Cornelius Day, who was killed last Thursday morning at Englishtown by the
7:59 a.m. Express train from Asbury Park to Philadelphia, had been in the
employ of the railroad company as station agent for nearly a quarter of a
century. He was also the telegraph operator, but never adopted the system of
receiving messages by "sound," and at the time of his death still took his
train orders and commercial telegrams on the "Register," the old style
machine which embossed the dots and dashes representing the telegraph
alphabet on a strip of paper. He was probably the only operator in the state
who clung to this system of telegraphy.
Ocean Grove Times,
February 20, 1897,
Funeral of Mrs. Applegate
The funeral services of the late Mrs. Margaret Applegate were held in the
West Grove M.E. Church, Sunday afternoon, February 14, at half-past one
o'clock. The audience room of the building was filled with relatives and
friends of the deceased, who had gathered to pay the last tribute of love and
respect. The pastor, Rev. J. Hoffman Batten, conducted the services and spoke
very touchingly of the lesson taught by the life of the departed, whose faith
and hope had carried her uncomplainingly and triumphantly through an
agonizing illness of long duration.
Mrs. Applegate was a member of the West Grove M. E. Church and had been a
resident of this vicinity for about 15 years. Her husband Cornelius
Applegate died some 12 years ago, and since that time she made her home with
daughter, Mrs. John D. Beegle, in Asbury Park. She was 70 years of age and
was born at Fairfield, near Freehold. The remains were interred in Mount
Prospect Cemetery. 2 sons, Rue and Holmes, and 1 daughter, Mrs. J. D.
Beegle, survive her.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: February 20, 1897
A Trenton Character Dead
Visitors to Trenton during the past 15 to 20 years have invariably met a
queer, dwarfed woman, who was consistently on the street for the purpose of
begging. She was called "Becky Turnuptoes" by the children, because she wore
shoes much to long for her, and they turned up at the toes. She died Sunday
aged 75 years, having been a pauper for many years. It was said that she was
married to a man over six feet tall, and that they used to exhibit themselves
at sideshows. She was about as tall as a six or seven year old child.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: February 20, 1897
An old Country resident Dead.
Mrs. Margaret Hampton, 98 years old, died at Long Branch, Monday of last
week, in the home which she has occupied for the past 75 years. She was
surrounded by five generations of her family. Her living descendants number
100.
Ocean Grove Times , Date: February 20, 1897
Mrs. Mattie E. Cooper, wife of David W. Cooper, died at her home, number 110
Main Avenue, last Saturday morning, February 13, of pulmonary trouble, at the
age of 27 years and six months. Mrs. Cooper had been a sufferer of poor
health for some time, and although there was but little hope of her ultimate
recovery, yet her rather sudden death was very much of a shock to all except
those with a close knowledge of her condition.
Beside her husband, two children, Mildred aged seven, and Willie aged four,
are left to mourn her loss. The deceased came to the Grove some twelve
years ago and made her home with her uncle and aunt, Mr. And Mrs. George K.
Hough, and was married to Mr. Cooper eight years ago last September. Her
mother, Mrs. H. H. Berton, died at the home of Mrs. Cooper on the 20th of
January last, and this sad event appeared to have a depressing effect on her
daughter. The deceased was a member of Saint Paul's Church, and joined the
society under the pastorate of Rev. J. B. Westcott, and she possessed a wide
circle of close friends in the community.
The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30, Rev. J.G. Reed
officiating. A delegation from the choir of Saint Paul's Church was present
and sang several comforting hymns. Rev. William Franklin led in prayer,
after which Mr. Reed spoke touchingly of her life and it's closing moments.
The remains were interred in Mount Prospect Cemetery, the following persons
acting as pallbearers: Fred Bamman, and John Knox. Representing the improved
order of Heptasophs: B.F. Wainwright, and W. H. Pine. Representing the I.O.of
O.F., and Lewis Baremore and E. N. Woolston the Jr., Order American United
Mechanics.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: February 20, 1897
Mrs. Mary Dorsett
Mrs. Mary Dorsett, wife of Charles B. Dorsett, one of the employees of the
furniture store of J. A. Githens and Co., died at her home at West Park at
nine o'clock Wednesday morning, at the age of 22 years. She had been ill for
a couple of weeks, but was supposed to be in a fair way to an early recovery,
but died quite suddenly from an apparent trouble of the heart. The funeral
will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday and the remains will be taken to her
former home at South River for internment.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: February 27, 1897
Charles H. Gillespie, of East Orange, NJ, and a well known property owner of
Belmar, dropped dead on Monday of last week, while on his way from business
to his home. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause of his sudden
death.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: February 27, 1897
Death of Mrs. Davis Carel.
Mrs. Mary Carel, wife of Davis Carel, and for many years a summer resident of
Bath Avenue, of Ocean Grove, died at her home in New Brunswick, NJ, Thursday
morning, February 25, at the age of 75 years. Paralysis was the immediate
cause.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: March 6, 1897
Death of Davis Carel
Mrs. Mary Carel, wife of Davis Carel, and for many years a summer resident of
Bath Avenue, Ocean Grove, died at her home in New Brunswick, NJ, Thursday
morning, February 25, at the age of 75 years. Paralysis was the immediate
cause.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: March 13, 1897
William Henderson, Sr., of West Asbury Park died at Monmouth Memorial
Hospital, Long Branch, about seven o'clock last Tuesday evening. The
deceased had been an employee of Senator Bradley for many years, and for a
number of seasons was a special officer at the boardwalk. He had been ill
for two weeks, and was taken to the hospital Wednesday of last week where he
underwent a difficult operation. He leaves a family consisting of a wife and
three children. The funeral services were held Thursday at two o'clock at the
West Park Methodist Church.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: March 20, 1897
Obituary Notices
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas who resided at number 74 Embury Ave, died some time
Friday night of last week. She lived alone and the neighbors having neither
seen nor heard her up to noon on Saturday made an investigation and she was
found lying on the kitchen floor dead. The coroner and a physician were
summoned and it was ascertained that she died of an attack of apoplexy.
Deceased was 58 years of age. Relatives were summoned and on Monday the
remains were taken to her former home in Jersey City, and the funeral
services were held the following day.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: March 20, 1897
Mrs. Susan Fellows died at her boarding place at 69 Embury Avenue, early
Thursday morning at the age of 59 years. The deceased had been suffering for
some weeks of dropsy. The remains will be taken to Mauch Chunk, Pa., today
and the funeral services will be held on Saturday in that city.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: March 20, 1897
William R. Maps, president of the Long Branch Banking Company, died at his home
Long Branch, Wednesday morning at the age of 87 years. Mr. Maps was one of
Monmouth County's solid and substantial citizens and during his career had
taken prominent in educational and banking enterprises at Long Branch.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: March 20, 1897
Joseph Thomas Mooy, son of Mr. And Mrs. F. S. H. Mooy, died at Bradley Beach
early Sunday morning, of croup, aged two years and two months. The funeral
took place Tuesday afternoon, the remains being interred at Mount Calvery
Cemetery.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: March 20, 1897
Harold I. White, son of Mayor William P. White, of Avon, died early Thursday
morning, aged sixteen years. Brights disease caused his death. Funeral
services will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. At the house and at 2:00 o'clock at
the Avon Baptist Church. Interment at Glendola.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: March 20, 1897
George W. Pitterger died Monday morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. Rue
Applegate, at 65 Delaware Ave., Ocean Grove. His age was forty years. He
was ill two months, consumption having caused his death. The body will be
taken to Farmingdale for interment.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: March 20, 1897
Edward W. BROWER, son of Mr. And Mrs. William H. Brower, died at Interlaken
Farm, Tuesday, aged three years, seven months and nine days. The funeral was
held Thursday afternoon. Interment at West Long Branch.
Ocean Grove Times, Date: March 27, 1897
Mrs. Martha LENT, of West Park, died at the residence of her daughter on
Bangs Avenue, last Sunday at the age of 71. The deceased was the widow of
the late W. H. Lent. Funeral services were held at the house Tuesday
evening, and the remains taken to Montrose, NY, the following day for
interment.
Ocean Grove Times, April 3, 1897
Funeral of W. S. MIDDLETON
The funeral of the late William S. Middleton took place yesterday (Tuesday
March 23) at 2 o'clock from 114 East Hanover Street. Rev. Dr. J. Richards
Boyle, pastor of the State Street M.E. Church, conducted the services. Dr.
Boyle, in the course of his sermon, referred to the deceased as "one who was
a good and manly citizen, a loving father and a Christian; a man who has left
behind him a good record and a stainless name. Kings would willingly give up
their throne, and a millionaire would sacrifice his fortune to posses that
which belonged to our late friend- the legacy of a good life."
There were numerous and beautiful floral offerings from the children and
grandchildren, the clerks of the First National Bank and friends. The
pallbearers were: William H. Brokaw, Charles Whitehead, William I. Vannest,
Joseph B. Richardson, Henry C. Case and Jonathan H. Blackwell.
Daily State Gazette, Trenton.
Ocean Grove Times, April 3, 1897
Mrs. Eliza A. FENIOUR, widow of Joseph Feniour, died at her home, 1908 Race
Street, Philadelphia, on Monday, March 29. Mrs. Feniour had been a summer
resident of Ocean Grove for many years, occupying a pleasant cottage on Webb
Avenue near the Ocean.
Ocean Grove Times, April 10, 1897
Sudden Death of Mrs. SCUDDER
Mrs. Sarah Ruth Tracy Scudder, widow of the late Rev. E. C. Scudder, DD, died
about 2:30 this morning, at her residence, 627 Mattison Avenue, after an
illness covering a period of only twelve hours. Mrs. Scudder was around
yesterday as usual, but late in the day was suddenly taken ill. All that
medical aid could do proved of no use and she died at 2:30 a.m. The cause of
death is given as heart failure.
The deceased is will known in Asbury Park, and the news of her sudden death
will be received with sorrow. For many years her husband, who died about a
year ago, was pastor of the Grand Avenue Reformed Church.
Mrs. Scudder was born in Vermont, May 29, 1832 and was married in August,
1855. She sailed for India the same year, returning in 1875 for mission work
in this country. She has been stationed at Upper Red Hook, NY; San Antonio,
Texas, and Asbury Park. All of Mrs. Scudders children were born in India.
They are Rev. E.C. Scudder, Jr., who is now stationed at the Arcot Mission,
India; Myron T. Scudder, who is connected with the State Regents office at
Albany, NY; Rev. F.F. Scudder, who, accompanied by his wife, will sail for
Japan in August; Mrs. S. D. Scudder, who resides in San Antonio, Texas;
Mrs. Bruce S. Keator, Misses Anna and Isabel Scudder, who reside in Asbury Park.
The funeral services were held in the Reformed Church, Asbury Park, Thursday
morning at half past ten o'clock, in the presence of a large concourse of
relatives and friends, and the remains were laid at rest in the cemetery at Tennent.
Ocean Grove Times, April 10, 1897
Death of Henrietta RAINEAR
Henrietta B. Raniear, the daughter of Captain Lewis Rainear died at her home
on Main Avenue, at 10:30 Wednesday morning, at the age of 22 years.
The deceased had been a great sufferer almost from her birth owing to her
crippling condition; but not withstanding she bore her infirmities bravely,
was always bright and cheerful, and thoughtful of others before herself.
She spent eight years of her childhood in an institution for crippled
children in New York City, and received considerable benefit from the
treatment, but was able even then to get about only with great difficulty.
Her death is a sad blow to the family, as her bright, sunny disposition in
the midst of suffering and affliction had brought to her the tenderest love
and regard of all with whom she came in contact.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at half past ten
o'clock, and she will be laid at rest in the cemetery at West Long Branch.
Ocean Grove Time, April 17, 1897
Templar Funeral Service
The members of Corson Commandery, Number 15, Knights Templar, of Asbury Park
have been directed to assemble in full uniform at the Commandery rooms on
Saturday, April 17, at 12 o'clock sharp, for the purpose of performing escort
duty at the funeral of their late frater, Sir John ROCKAFELLER, who died at
half past 12 o'clock on Wednesday the 14th. The funeral ceremonies will be
in charge of Corson Commandery, and the services will be conducted at the
home of the deceased, number 205 Fourth Avenue, Asbury Park, beginning at one
o'clock.
Ocean Grove Time, April 17, 1897
The Death of John ROCKAFELLER
John Rockafeller, Proprietor of Sunset Hall, in Asbury Park, died at half
past twelve o'clock Tuesday night at the age of sixty four. The deceased had
been somewhat of an invalid for a number of years, but was still able to go
about and attend to his ordinary business affairs and while his death was
sudden, still his physical condition was such that the end was not entirely
unexpected.
Mr. Rockafeller was among the pioneer residents of Asbury Park, and had
always taken an active interest in the advancement of the boroughs interest,
and had been personally connected with several of its business enterprises.
He served one term as a member of the Board of Commissioners, had acted on
the Board of Health, and was an active member of the Courson Commandery,
number 15, Knights Templar, which organization will have charge of the
funeral services, which will be held on Saturday afternoon.
Ocean Grove Time, April 24, 1897
Alice HESS
Alice B., daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Jacob Hess, died at her home 550 Cookman
Ave, Monday, at the age of 16 years. The funeral services were held Tuesday
evening, and on Wednesday the remains were taken to Bayville for interment.
Ocean Grove Time, April 24, 1897
Lillie BRESNAHAM
Lillie May, the 8 year old daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Ira Bresnaham, of West
Park, died last Wednesday morning. The funeral services were held on Sunday
at the Church of the Holy Spirit, and the remains were intered in Mount
Calvary Cemetery.
Ocean Grove Times, May 1, 1897
Obituary Notices
Hope E. MORRISON, wife of Peter Morrison, of West Grove, died at her
residence at Corlies Ave last Friday morning. The funeral services were held
on Sunday, and remains taken to Farmingdale, NJ, for interment.
Ocean Grove Times, May 1, 1897
William MURDOCH, of West Asbury Park, a veteran of the late war, died at his
residence Sunday evening at the age of 62 years. Deceased was a member of
C. K. Hall , Post G. A. R. No. 41, and the organization attended the funeral
services which were held on Wednesday, in the West Park M.E. Church. In
charge of the pastor, Rev. G. R. Middleton.
Ocean Grove Times, May 1, 1897
Josiah BUZBY, of Asbury Park, died at his residence in that town Friday
morning, April 23, at the age of 84 years from an acute attack of
pneumonia. Mr. Buzby had been a resident of the Park for some 15 years and
notwithstanding his years had taken an active interest in public affairs.
The funeral was held Monday evening at the residence 209 Second Ave, at 8
o'clock and the remains were taken to Crosswicks, NJ, his former home, for
interment .
Ocean Grove Times, May 15, 1897
The bodies of Mrs. Fannie SCOTT and her little nephew, Master George
McKENZIE, who were asphyxiated by gas Wednesday night of last week were
removed to New York on Saturday, for interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Ocean Grove Times, May 22, 1897
Miss Kate R. EBERHART, a resident at 105 W. Fifth Avenue, died on Tuesday
morning of this week. The deceased was the daughter of Mrs. Rebecca T.
Eberhardt, and had followed the occupation of an artist. The funeral
services were held on Wednesday afternoon, and the following day the remains
were taken to Williamsport, Pa, her former home, for interment.
Ocean Grove Times, May 22, 1897
Kenneth A. THOMPSON the nine year old son of Mr. And Mrs. John Thompson, of
Imlaystown, was drowned in the mill pond, at that point a few days ago.
Ocean Grove Times, May 22, 1897
Miss Pauline BEAUTELL, of Manasquan, died on Sunday last from the effects of
arsenic taken with suicidal intent. The poison was purchased at the
drugstore in Manasquan under the pretense that it was to be used for killing
rats. When it was discovered that she had taken poison, medical assistance
was summoned, but could afford no relief. Miss Beautell was 18 years of age,
and formerly resided in Asbury Park. Her two sisters, Laura and Minnie, are
still residents of that place.
Ocean Grove Times, May 22, 1897
Mrs. Anne Louise WHITE, wife of James H. White, of Bradley Beach, died at her
residence, corner of Cook and Hammond Avenues, on Friday of last week of
pneumonia at the age of 48 years. The funeral service were held at half past
2 o'clock on Monday in the Bradley Beach M. E. Church, and the remains were
intered in the cemetery at Manasquan.
Ocean Grove Times, May 29, 1897
Death of Miss JEFFERSON
On Sunday, Susie Jefferson, daughter of Susan and the late John J. Jefferson,
died at her home, 701 Third Avenue, Asbury Park. Rev. A.J. Miller, rector of
Trinity Church, conducted the funeral services on Tuesday evening at the
house, and on Wednesday morning the remains were taken to New York for
interment in Trinity Cemetery.
Ocean Grove Time, July 3, 1897 Drowned in the Lake The body of 3-year old
Stanley DEARING Found in Wesley Lake. The heart-rending cry of "Child Lost"
broke the usual quietude of Ocean Grove on Tuesday morning when the search
for Stanley Dearing, an attractive little 3-year old was instituted.
Stanley and his five years old brother Raymond are the sons of Mr. And Mrs.
Dearing and live in New York at 341 West Forty-Fifth Street, but are visiting
their grandmother, Mrs. A.C. Tice of Star Cottage, New York Avenue and Mount
Zion Way, Ocean Grove. At nine o'clock on Tuesday morning the two little
ones started out for the beach where they were in the habit of playing. From
this point on the stories are numerous and conflicting. Raymond does not
remember much about his little brother or where he last saw him. One story
is that shortly after eleven o'clock a baby boy answering Stanley's
description was seen coming up the steps from the beach at Ross's Pavilion.
The little one was weeping and when accosted by a little girl he said he
wanted Raymond. To this the girl is said to have replied that she would find
Raymond and the pair started up the boardwalk. But the baby wanted to go
toward the Grove, and they turned and retraced their steps. Nothing further
can be learned regarding either the girl or the child. The report that
Raymond and his little brother were seen playing along the banks of Wesley
Lake during the morning has been productive of even greater apprehension for
the baby's fate. There was no sleep for the residents of Star Cottage on
Tuesday, and the search was continued throughout the night. Mrs. Tice is
almost prostrated with grief. From shortly after noon, when Raymond came to
her and told her he had lost his little brother, Mrs. Tice has continued with
a broken heart her search for her baby grand-child. Shortly after two
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon Christopher Easton was rowing into his
anchorage at the foot of Wesley Lake close to the Boardwalk, when he
discovered the body of a child rapidly rising to the surface of the water.
The boatmen had all been notified of little Stanley's disappearance, and
Easton hailed Major Patterson, the chief of police who was superintending
some work close by, and at his request carried the remains to the head of the
lake in his boat. They were then removed to Sexton's undertaking
establishment on South Main Street, to await the inquest of Coroner Henry
Herbert, who had been notified. Mrs. A. C. Tice, the child's grandmother,
was completely prostrated by the shock. Stanley's little playmate, a small
boy of four years, the son of Mrs. Condell on Lake Avenue, was asked by his
mother on Wednesday where he had left Stanley, and replied that he went down
the steps into the water. This probably is just how the sad accident
occurred, for the boatmen have about all they can attend to in warning the
little ones out of the boats and off the wharves. The funeral will be this
(Friday) afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at Star Cottage, New York Avenue and Mount
Harmon Way the Rev. J.G. Reed of St. Paul's Church will conduct the services
at the house, the interment will be made in the Fairview Cemetery at Red
Bank.
Ocean Grove Time, July 17, 1897 Mr. and Mrs. Henry WEISFORD, of the Osborn
House, are rejoicing in the advent of a new member of the family. It is a
boy and arrived in the early part of the week.
Ocean Grove Time, July 17, 1897 Dr. E. H. STOKES Dead. He Passed Peacefully
To His Reward Last Night. Ocean Grove Plunged In Deepest Grief - The
Mourning Is Universal. Closing Scenes of His Life - The End Is Not Unexpected
- Friends Surround His Bedside And Sooth His Last Moments - Eighty Two Stokes
Of The Association Buildings Bell Announced His Demise - A Sketch Of An
Active And Useful Life, Ended, As Was Hoped, In The Harness. "Dr. Stokes
is dead!" The strain underwhich the community has labored during the week,
gave way to a wave of sadness, deep and sincere in it;s voiced expression, on
Friday evening, when the above sentence passed from lip to lip, to be repeated
over until every person within the confines of Ocean Grove was quickly made
aware of the lamentable fact, and the outside world became acquainted with it
by means of telegraph. And if any confirmation of the sad intelligence were
needed it was supplied by the tolling of the bell in the Association
building's tower. The end came at 9:15, and immediately the bell began to
toll. Eighty two strokes, the number of his years, was struck off. In
keeping with his life, his end was calm and peaceful. Surrounding his
bedside were his sister, Mrs. Hulings, of Ohio; his nephews, Isaac and Wistar
Stokes. Drs. J. H. and H.B. Alday. Mr. Yatman, and the following members of
the Association: Vice President A. E. Ballard, Secretary George W. Evans,
William Franklin, D. M. Dickey, Honorable James I. Hays, J. E. Andrus, J.R.
Daniels, and Adam Wallace. He was unconcious the greater part of the day.
Shortly after eight o'clock in the morning he spoke to Dr. Daniels, saying ",
know you all." These were the last words he spoke as he immediately lapsed
into an unconsious condition, remaining so until the end. When the
announcement of his death was made, the streets upon which his home stands
became congested with a sympathetic throng. This was but one evidence of
esteem in which the president of the association is held by the people. At
the hour of going to press there had not been time to discuss the funeral. A
meeting of the association is to be held at 8:30 o'clock this (Saturday)
morning, when the details of his burial will be arranged. Dr. Stokes has
been far from well for a long time, but few aside from his physicians knew
the alarming character of his illness. The first serious seizure occurred
about four years ago, while plans for the new Auditorium were under
consideration. In company with Dr. J. H Alday he went one day to New York to
consult the architect relative to the building plans. In walking from the
cars to the boat he was suddenly and severely attacked with illness, but
quickly rallied and was able to return home the same day. To Dr. Alday he
confided the fact that he had suffered similar attacks for a long time,
though of less severe character, then again, shortly after he returned from
California in the spring of 1895 he suffered a slight stroke of paralysis.
As on the previous occasion, the public was not generally aware of the
serious nature of his attack, as the doctor was ever averse to making known
his sufferings. Since the last attack his health has been more or less
precarious, though he was about in his usual places and as active as ever.
At the service in the Auditorium Thursday, July 1st, he was seized with heart
failure. Five hours hard work on the part of his physicians, Drs. J. H. and W.
B. Alday, brought him about once more. He presided at the Auditorium
services on Sunday July 4th, though noticably feeble. He refrained from
taking any part in the celebration of independence Day. Monday, July 5th,
other than to introduce the oratorof the day. On Thursday of last week, an
excessively warm day, he took a twenty mile ride to Farmingdale and returned
on business. The heat and fatiuge incident to the long journey evidently
were too much for him, as next day he was compelled to take his bed. His
condition was not at first considered alarming, but he grew steadily worse.
His brother-in-law, Dr. Stout, was called in consultation on Monday
evening. The latter could onlyagree in diagnosis and treatment already
rendered. Osteosclerosis, or thickeningof the blood vessels, was the name of
his malady. A complication of cerebral congestion and heart failure set in on
Thursday evening, and his case was known to be hopeless, which fact was
bullitined on the board at the association office Friday morning at 10:00
o'clock, signed by Dr. Alday. Last January a consulation was had with Dr.
Delafield, the noted heart specialist of Bellevue Hospital, New York City,
who confirmed the diagnosis and treatment of Dr. Alday. He warned Dr. Stokes
to get away from all active persuits and everything calculated to excite him,
and especially to desist from preaching; but as Dr. Stokes had so often
expressed his hope that he "might die in harness," he found it particularly
chafing even to attempt to drop any part of his work. His hope bore full
fruition, for it was while in harness that he was stricken with the disease
that bore him away. Dr. Stokes was born October 10, 1815, at Medford,
Burlington County, NJ. His parents were English Quakers. At the age of
nineteen, with great zeal and that characteristic earnestness which marked
his afteryears, he entered upon a Christian life. His conversion was
effected under the ministry of Rev. Charles Pitman, D. D., in the month of
April 1834. To use his own words he "found peace with God in the attic of
his fathers house, number 16 Perry Street, Philadelphia, at 12 o'clock
midnight - alone."
He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Hannah H. Neff, of
Philadelphia, their marriage being consumated on July 31, 1838, four years
following his conversion to Christ. After three short years of an extremely
serene and happy married-life his wife was taken to her last home and,
coincidentally, her funeral occurred on October 10th, the twentysixth
birthday anniversary of her husband. A little over six years later he was
married a second time, choosing as his lifes helpmate Miss Sarah A., second
daughter of Rev. Edward Stout, of the New Jersey Conference. This marriage
service was performed by Reverend John K. Shaw, Presiding Elder of Camden
District, New Jersey Conference, on January 6, 1847. As the fruit of this
union there was one daughter, to whom they gave the name of the woman in the
bible whom Jesus loved - Mary. Her death at the age of twenty-four - just in
the bloom of youth and in the threshold of womanhood - was the greatest sorrow
of Dr. Stokes life, but as has been said by a very near friend of the family,
"Out of this trial came to him, by the grace of God, a depth and perfection
of religious experience that he probably would never otherwise have
attained." Dr. Stokes began his ministry in the month of May, 1843, nine
years after his conversion. The scene of his first material labor, in the
vineyard was of Salem Circuit, New Jersey Conference. Rev. Noah Edwards was
then the preacher in charge and Rev. Charles L. Ford was Presiding Elder of
the district. With a class of eighteen young men, in the spring of 1844 he
was admitted to the New Jersey Annual Conference, then convened at Trenton.
He was happy in being appointed to Medford Circuit, the home of his youth.
He made the most of his early opportunities, rising steadily and with
rapidity in his appointments. In quick succession he was called to officiate
in the leading charges in Bordentown, Morristown, Newark, New Brunswick,
Trenton and Camden. Bishop James, recognizing his ability and merit,
appointed him to be Presiding Elder of the New Brunswick District, at the
conference held at Keyport, in 1867. After acceptably filling a full term of
four years, he was appointed Presiding Elder of the Camden District, for a
like term of years. While serving as Presiding Elder of the New Brunswick
District, the formation of Ocean Grove and its camp-meeting grounds was
promulgated. As is well-known to every reader of this paper on thirty first
of July, 1869, in a small tent he conducted a prayer and praise meeting, the
first religious service ever held on the now world-famous camp-meeting
grounds. A short time afterwards- which fact is also part of history- the
Ocean Grove Camp-meeting Association was formed, and Dr. Stokes was chosed as
president, which high office he honorably and admirably he executed ever since
- close upon twenty-seven years. That the Ocean Grove Camp-meeting, from its
smallest beginnings, has grown to the largest and most famous camp-meeting in
all the world is largely due to his masterful guidance, his Godly wisdom, his
sound judgement of principals, and his acute sense of the proprieties. When
once convinced that right was right there was with him no swerving, no
halting, no dissembling. For over a quarter of a century he held the reigns
tightly within his grasp; he has been the central figure, the commanding
genius of the Ocean Grove spirit. An apt simile was sometime ago furnished
by Rev. Dr. Hanlon, who said of his cherished friend: "Napoleon Bonapart is
the striking figure in the history of France, the Duke of Wellington in the
history of England, Washington in the foundation of the American Republic,
Lincoln and Grant in the great task of preserving it in the hour of its
greatest peril; so Dr. Stokes must always be - it matters not who must
succeed him - the striking figure in the wonderful history of Ocean Grove***
As legislator, as judge, as counselor, as executive, he has shown himself to
be an extraordinary man. *** It is only by the special help of Almighty God
that for so many years he has performed these vast and varied labors with an
efficiancy and fidelity that command an admiration of the thousands and tens
of thousands of those who know him and love him." In 1874 Dickenson College
honored Dr. Stokes by conferring upon him the title of Doctor of Divinity;
and in 1893 he received from Washington College (Tenn) the title of Doctor of
Laws. He was always greatly interested in educational matters, and for over a
quarter of a century he served as a member of the board of trustees of
Pennington Seminary, Pennington, NJ. Though himself denied in early life,
many of the educational privilidges now enjoyed by the youth of present day,
he was instrumental and active always in advancing the cause of learning.
His love of children and their concerns was second only to his love of God.
The spirit of his thought in this direction creeps out in many of his poems
and articles of prose. He was a close observer and a voluminous writer. As
early as 1837 he published "Devine Breathings," comprising a volume of one
hundred subjects in verse. His first book of prose was written in 1854,
entitled "A Pilgrims Foot-prints or Passages in the Life Of Rev. John
Hancock, of Madison, NJ." This publication was followed by
"Sweedsborough," "Mary's Memorial," "Our Darling Minnie," "Songs of the
Sea," "What I Saw In Europe," "Blossoms," "Story Of Fifty Years," and
"Scarlets By The Sea." In addition to these literary productions he has
written memiours of the deceased ministers of the New Jersey Annual
Conference from its origin, besides many letters and much correspondence to
various newspapers. For twenty years he was corresponding editor of the
"Ocean Grove Record," retaining his connection with the paper when it was
consolidated with the "Ocean Grove Times," and contuning his services since
the independent publication of the "Record." His recent letters from
California and the south were pleasant features of the paper, being read with
avidity by our patrons, who delighted in following the graphic pen-pictures of
the gifted writer. By reason of declining health he was unable to
(indecipherable) contrubute anything to our columns. His poems were widely
quoted, while the hymns he composed will be sung and admired for generations
to come. In 1895 he published a book of poems, a meritorious volume of 100
pages, made up of better part of memorial verses and pictures of his heros -
men and women whose example in the life is worthy to be patterned after.
Dr. Stokes was a man of more than medium height, owing partly to his erect
figure and commanding presence he seemed to be taller than he really was.
Add to his striking appearance and intelectual countenance and a magnific
personality, and we can readily perceive the reason he could attract, hold
and interst his audiences, no matter what the topic of his discourse, whether
religious or secular. He spoke to the point, "hewed to the line." With a
single sentence he could and often did, thrill his hearers to the point of
vociferous approval. Had he, in early life been given the privilidge of a
higher education, there is no prophesying to what pinnacle of fame he might
have attended. This disadvantage was overcome in large measure by his
indominible perservance and determination to succeed; and if in life he was
what the world calls a "bright man," it was due entirely to his own exertion
and sacrafices. In a word, he was a representative self-made man, with a!
gentle, loving, kind, generous- a true ambassador of Christ. A constant and
devout student of the bible - the text-book of his life - he acquired a
knowledge of spiritual lore truly surprising in its magnitude. Names,
Dates, incidents, all were subject to his memory, to be readily called up,
each in correct order as occasion demanded, his love for the good was
eaqualled only by his hate for evil - a hate to which he gave frequent and
vigorous public expression, for there were no half-way measures in his
methods. Perhaps his strongest characteristic was his peity - deep and
constant; no doubts, no fears as to the ultimate end of man. While intensely
earnerst in building up Gods kingdom in the present world, he was ever deeply
impressed with a sense of the reality and nearness of the world to come and
life everlasting. To know Dr. Stokes was a privilidge highly prized; to be
known with him was an honor eagerly coveted. >From grief of the dead we turn
with deepest sympathy to the living, to the helpmate left behind for a
while. How shall she the sharer of the departed's joys and sorrows, his
hopes and fears, his plans - how, we say, shall she be comforted? What feeble
words of man can assuage the grief? What balm of consolation shall heal the
wound left by the busy reaper? That she has the prayers and sympathy of
everyone far and near is true - and there may be much in this to sooth her
perturbed spirit and help her bear her sore trial - but only to Him, who was
the God of her husband. May she look to find the balm of Gilead to heal the
gaping wound. A little while the tended field, The bugle call - the
strife; The next the shouts of victory, The Crown - Eternal Life!
Ocean Grove Times,
Date: July 19, 1897
>From the Front Page notice of the death of Dr. Ellwood H. Stokes.
The funeral cortage, under the marshalship of General John C. Patterson,
moved from the house shortly before 2 o'clock in the following order:
1 Police.
2 Rev. A.E. Ballard, D.D., Vice President of the Ocean Grove Association,
Bishops James Fitzgerald, D.D., LL.D., John P. Newman, D.D. And officiating clergy.
3 Honorable pallbearers: Asbury Park - Senator James A. Bradley, N.E.
Buchanon, Theodore Oves, George L. Atkins, Ocean Grove Citizens - A.C. Field,
General James F. Rusling, John M. Dey, Johnson Taylor. Ocean Grove
Association - Senator William H. Skirm, Rev. George Hughes, T.M. Dickey, S.M.
Myers, T.J. Preston, E. Hanthorn, Rev. I. Simmons, Rev. W. H. Wardell. At
large - Dr. Thomas Hanlon, Rev. C.H. Yatman, Rev. J.T. Tucker, C.C. Clayton,
W.H. Beegle, Kennard Chandler, D.D. Peak.
4 Casket. Carried by Association employes - Capt. Lewis Rainear, John
VanCleaf, Wm. H. Strickland, Rue Applegate, Walter Franklin, E.G. Turner.
5 Pallbearers - John E. Andrus, Hon. James L. Hays, A. H. DeHaven, A.
Wallace, D.D., Rev. H.M. Brown.
6 Ocean Grove Fire Companies.
7 Citizens and friends generally.
The carrier will receive the casket from the hands of the pallbearers at the
residence and deliver it again to the pallbearers at the west entrance of the
Auditorium. The pallbearers will then convey the casket and place it in front
of the chancel.
After the services the body will lie in state at the Auditorium from 6pm
until 6am, Tuesday morning, a guard of honor, as follows, will watch over the
casket: 6 to 7, Reverend R.J. Andrews,D.D., Rev. J.R. VanKirk.
7 to 8, J.H. Alday, MD., Rev. J.R. Daniels.
8 to 9, J.E. Andrus, G.W. Evans.
9 to 10, E.T. Lovatt, General James F. Rusling.
10 to 11, Colonel James S. Yard, William H. Wardell
11 to 12, T.J. Preston, A.H. DeHaven.
12 to 3, Captain Lewis Rainear, N.E. Buchanon.
3 to 6, H.B.Ayres, William H. Hamilton.
Body, accompanied by relatives and Association members will be taken to
Haddonfield, NJ for burial, Tuesday morning.
Ocean Grove Times,
Date: July 24, 1897
Nicholas Sanna, who has charge of the music at Ross' Pavilion, was summoned
home on Friday by the death of his son, aged about six years.
Ocean Grove Times,
Date: July 31, 1897
Tribute to Elder John S. Ripley.
The consistory of a Grand Avenue Reformed Church of Asbury Park, NJ, lament
the departure of Elder John S. Ripley, who died June 10, 1897, in the 64th
year of his age. When our church was organized, February 17, 1876, he was
elected one of its elders, and he continued in that office to the day of his
death. In early life he was a teacher. In the late Civil War he was one of
our valiant defenders. As a business man he was very successful. The large
and flourishing West End Hotel is a monument to his thrift. In the church he
was efficient not only as an elder, but at times as a singer in the choir,
Sabbath School Teacher and Church Treasurer. For several months prior to the
close of his earthly life he was subject to great physical weakness and
suffering, which he bore with Christian fortitude and patience, and which we
no doubt prepared him for the life beyond. We miss him greatly, and
affectionately cherish in our hearts his memory.
RESOLVED, that a copy of the above be sent to his bereaved son, a published
in the papers, and be introduced in our book of minutes.
Peter Stryker, President,
J.H. Van Mater, Clerk.
Ocean Grove Times:
Date: July 31, 1897
Death of Judge Dayton.
On Wednesday at noon, William L. Dayton, lay judge of the Court of Errors and
Appeals, died from a stroke of apoplexy. His family is located for the summer
at Bay Head and the Judge made daily trips between that point and his office
in Trenton. Soon after arriving at his place of business on Wednesday he was
stricken with apoplexy and died two hours later.
Judge Dayton was a man of considerable prominence in the state and in the
country, having at one time been United States Minister to Hague, Holland. A
Wife, but no children survives him.
Mr. Dayton was receiver of the Asbury Park and Belmar trolly line and was in
Asbury Park on business on Friday of last week.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: July 31, 1897
Struck By A Train.
A West Park Expressman Found Dead Beside The Railroad Track.
Early Thursday morning Andrew Bennett, a track walker on the New York and
Long Branch railroad discovered the lifeless form of a man lying beside the
south-bound tracks of the road, just south of the Asbury Park waterworks.
Bennett obtained assistance and removed the body to the engine house of the
waterworks. The dead man proved to be William J. Garrity, a resident of West
Park, who was a driver of one of Brower's Expresswaggons at Bradley Beach. Bennett
then notified the coroner who viewed the remains and the scene of the accident.
Garrity, it is claimed, had been drinking during the day and evening and
shortly before 10 o'clock he left the house of his mother-in-law, Mrs. McNabb,
in West Park, presumably to go to the home of his employer at Bradley Beach.
The last regular south-bound train leaves Asbury Park Station shortly after 9
o'clock, but last night there was a special train running from Sea Girt to
convey Vice President Hobart from the State Encampment to his summer home in
Sea Bright, and it is thought that this train, which returned from Sea Bright
about midnight was the one which struck Garrity, who had probably been resting
beside the track.
A report was circulated about town on Thursday that Garrity had met with foul
play and in order to be better advised Coroner Herbert called Dr. J.F.
Ackerman to examine the body. The doctor, after a careful examination,
announced that he was undoubtedly killed by being struck by a passing
train. The body was taken to Sextons Undertaking Establishment where the
coroners inquest was held.
Ocean Grove Times
July 31, 1897
John S. Hurt, formerly a resident of Asbury Park, and ticket agent at the New
York and Long Branch Railroad Station, died at the home of his brother-in-law,
Hon. S.B. Oviatt, near Farmingdale, on Sunday of paralysis, at the age of 38.
Ocean Grove Times
July 31, 1897
Mrs. Eva Getley, wife of John Getley, of West Asbury Park, died on Wednesday
at the age of 25 years. The funeral will take place this (Friday) afternoon
at the West Park M.E. Church. The husband and one child survive her.
Ocean Grove Times
July 31, 1897
Miss Nellie R. Stranger, a daughter of Rev. J.C. Stranger, of the New Jersey
Conference, died at her summer home 100 Tabor Way, Wednesday morning of
pulmonary trouble. The remains were taken to New Brunswick in the afternoon
where the funeral services were held and the remains were taken to Bordentown
for interment.
Ocean Grove Times
July 31, 1897
County and State
Benjamin Coles of Red Bank died at his home in that town Wednesday night at
the age of 63 years.
Ocean Grove Times,
Date: August 7, 1897
Killed in a Collision
About 7 o'clock Monday evening Miss Libby Tuttle, of Poughkeepsie, NY, while
crossing Ocean Avenue at the foot of Pitman, was run into by a bicycle driven
by William Fine, of Trenton, and seriously injured. She was knocked down by
the force of the collision and when picked up was unconscious and blood was
oozing from her mouth, nose and ears. She was carried to the Alaska house
and Dr. Taylor was immediately summoned, but owing to the fact that the
patient remained unconscious during the night a satisfactory diagnosis could
not be made. Miss Tuttle, accompanied by her sister, arrived at the Grove on
Monday, and they were stopping at the Ariel House on Beach Avenue.
There appears to be no one particularly at fault in connection with the
accident. Mr. Fine saw the ladies crossing the street as they stopped
apparently to give him an opportunity to pass, he rode rapidly on when Miss
Tuttle stepped directly in front of the wheel. Mr. Fine received no serious
injury himself but was very much affected by the serious consequences to Miss
Tuttle and did all in his power to secure the necessary medical aid to
alleviate her condition.
A change for the worse set in on Wednesday from which time she steadily lost
ground and at 4 o'clock Thursday morning Dr. Taylor was summoned to her
bedside. The end was thought to be near but she rallied till noon when she
passed away.
The body was taken to Poughkeepsie, NY at 8:20 am Friday.
Ocean Grove Times,
Date: August 7, 1897
Dead Body In The Surf
On Tuesday last the body of a man was found floating in the surf at Belmar by
some persons who were bathing. It was drawn ashore and the coroner
summoned. The dead man was about 60 years of age, 5 feet 5 inches in height
and weighed 180 pounds. The clothing consisted of an old pair of pants and a
light shirt and it is supposed he had been drowned while bathing. The name "W.
Sterling," was marked on one of the pockets of the trousers and the initials
"G. M. C." "M. S." "A. S." and "J. C. McG., " were tattooed upon his arms.
In addition to the figures of a man and a woman a small anchor and a star.
Later it was learned the dead man was William Sterling, a sailor living at
Sailor's Snug Harbor, Staten Island. He had taken passage on the steamer
Hudson at New Orleans and disappeared before reaching New York. A careful
examination of the body showed several bruises and would on top of the skull
and as no water was found in the lungs it is thought that he may have been
the victim of foul play.
Ocean Grove Times,
Date: August 7, 1897
A Sudden Death
On Thursday afternoon about 1:30 o'clock Walter Landin, the janitor of the
toilet rooms on Central Avenue, discovered the body of an unknown man in the
building of which he has charge. About 5 minutes before Landin noticed the
man enter the building, but he showed no evidence of being ill. The janitor
notified the authorities in the tent office, and summoned Dr. Taylor who soon
arrived upon the scene. After a rapid examination Dr. Taylor, pronounced death
from cerebral hemorrhage and coroner Herbert was notified. The coroner made
an examination of the body and clothing, but he could find no marks of
identification, save the initials, J.R.L., with "18" above them, written upon
his collar, and blank checks on the National Bank of Castleton, New York,
which were in his pocket-book with considerable money.
The unknown is a man of fine build, five feet nine inches in height, gray
hair, slightly bald, close cut beard and mustache of a trifle grayer tinge.
He wore a cutaway suit of blue pinstripe cloth, a negligee shirt, black shoes
and brown stockings and a straw hat bearing the name of an Albany firm.
Coroner Herbert had the body removed to the undertaking establishment of J.E.
Burtis in Asbury Park to await identification and telegraphed the president of
the Castleton Bank for information.
About 7 o'clock Mr. Russel of the Hotel Ardmore on Ocean Pathway called at
the Auditorium in search of a guest who had been missing since noon. The
information Mr. Russel received led to the identification of the deceased as
Edgar J. Schemerhorn, of Schodack, New York.
Mr. Schemerhorn came to Ocean Grove on Wednesday accompanied by his daughter,
Mrs. A. Harris, of Brooklyn and her little girl. They took apartments at the
Ardmore and shortly before noon Mr. Schemerhorn went out for a walk and failing
to return during the afternoon or at teatime his daughter became anxious
and the search was instituted which led to the identification of the unknown.
The deceased was sixty-five years of age and was a retired farmer. The body
will be removed to Schodack for interment late this evening or tomorrow
(Saturday) morning. Mrs. Harris' husband was telegraphed for and arrived
early this morning.
Ocean Grove Times,
Date: August 7, 1897
Mrs. George H. Hayes, a resident of Ocean Grove, who has been in the Memorial
Hospital at Long Branch for treatment died in that institution Tuesday
afternoon of cancer of the stomach. The funeral services will be held to-day
(Friday) and the remains will be interred at Mount Prospect Cemetery.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: August 7, 1897
Found Dead at Deal Beach
On Sunday last the baggage master at Deal Beach found the body of a man who
was later identified as James Fisher, lying on a street leading from the
Macadam road to the Beach Boulevard. Nothing of any value was found upon the
remains and it is supposed that the man died from exposure. Coroner Herbert
was summoned and after viewing the body gave a permit for it's removal to
Burtis' Undertaking Establishment in Asbury Park. Fisher had recently been an
inmate of the Monmouth Hospital at Long Branch and was discharged from there
on July 9th, but was not in robust physical health.
As noone appeared to claim the body on Monday it was buried by undertaker
Burtis in Mount Prospect Cemetery.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: August 7, 1897
Miss Allie B. Sexton was married on Tuesday evening to Charles H. Johnson by
the Rev. M.L. Ferris. Both of the young people are residents of Neptune Township.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: August 7, 1897
Mrs. N.E. Richmond died at the home of her son-in-law, Charles Stillwagon, in
West Asbury Park on Tuesday at the age of 77 years. The funeral services were
held on Thursday and remains were interred in Mount Prospect Cemetery.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: August 7, 1897
Guy S. Stiger, the son of Silas C. Stiger, of Asbury Park, died in the New
York Hospital last Saturday morning from the affects of a surgical
operation. The funeral services were held at Mendham on Tuesday and the
remains were interred in the cemetery of that town. Mr. Stiger had been in
good health until a week before his death, when Dr. Mitchell was summoned to
make an examination, and ascertained that he was suffering from appendicitis,
and he was at once taken to the hospital to have the operation performed.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: August 7, 1897
Capt. J. M. Cramer Drowned.
It is reported that Capt J.M. Cramer of the 3-mast schooner Edward W. Smith,
which foundered on the rocks near Pond Island Light, at the mouth of the
Kennebeck River on the coast of Maine, on the 14th of July, was drowned at
the time the wreck occurred. Mr. Cramer was formerly a resident of Ocean
Grove, but of late has resided in Philadelphia. He was a brother to William
J. Cramer, of 109 Embury Avenue.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: August 14, 1897
Sea Gives Up Its Dead
The Body Of Jospeh Hardy, Who Was Drowned on Monday Washed Ashore
On Monday shortly afternoon 3 fishermen of Bradley Beach were returning from
a fishing trip and while crossing the outer bar about 150 yard off Koster's
Pavilion, a huge wave broke over them capsizing the boat. The fishermen were
Charles Kittle, Jacob Sculthorpe and a youth of 18 years, Joseph Hardy, all of
whom lived on Cook Avenue, Bradley Beach. Hardy resided with his
grand-mother, Mrs. Garret Riddle.
When the boat put out from shore in the early morning the sea was
comparatively calm, but when the return home was attempted the surf was high
both on shore and at the outer bar and the sea was choppy and ugly.
Sculthorpe was pulling the stroke oar while the unfortunate Hardy was rowing
in the bow. As the boat shot over the bar a heavy wave struck them astern
and flooded the boat. Hardy's oar became fouled with that of Sculthorpe and
the men stopped rowing at what proved to be a fatal moment, for behind the
first wave came a second, longer and stronger.
The towering billow was following them closely, gaining every moment. Hardy
saw the impending danger and rising from the seat he leaped overboard into
the angry waves. It is at this point that the story that the great
differences in opinion arise. Hardy, it is claimed, was an excellent swimmer
and some who witnessed his leap say that he jumped several feet clear of the
boat which they also claim immediately veered off from him; these claim that
it was his heavy clothing that caused him to sink, and this opinion is
substantiated by the fact that when the body was found it was nude. And
others claim that he was struck by the boat. Kittle, one of his companions,
claims that after the boat was capsized he went to Hardy's assistance, but
found he was unconscious and was unable to reach the body owing to the
undertow and then turned his attention to Sculthorpe who certainly would have
drowned but for his timely succor.
The fight was a hard one, but at last Kittle succeeded at towimg Sculthorpe,
who could not swim to the overturned boat. Climbing and struggling to save
themselves from being washed from the slippery bottom of the boat they at
last drifted ashore near Lillagores' while this tragedy was being enacted
scarcely an hundred yards from shore another pitiful picture was presented on
the beach. A score or more men stood watching the fishermen struggling to free
themselves from the very clutches of death, and yet made no movement to go to
their assistance. There were two men, however, who had seen the danger and
after running half a mile down the beach, they arrived in front of Koster's
Pavilion where they begged the crowd to help them man a boat, but there were
no volunteers and one of the men, Charles Beegle although exhausted from his
run, tied a line about his waist and dashed into the surf with all of his
clothes on, while his companion, Carroll Bennett, held the line. It was no
use, Beegle's exhausted condition and heavy clothing rendered him unfit to
battle with the sea and he was compelled to abandon his attempted assistance.
All night on Monday and all day Tuesday a careful watch was kept on the
beachfront in hopes of the recovery of Hardy's body, but twas not until 9
o'clock Tuesday evening that Charles Heisley and Edward Kelly discovered the
corpse being tossed about in the undertow between First and Second Avenues.
There is not a stitch of clothing on the body when found and it is generally
supposed that it was torn off by the heavy seas on Monday and Tuesday. The
body was identified by Charles Stillwagon, whose wife was Hardy's cousin.
Hardy's head was badly bruised and his lungs were free from water proving
that he died from injuries and not from drowning. Coroner Herbert was
notified and took charge of the body which was later removed to Burtis'
Undertaking Establishment.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: August 14, 1897
Another Fatal Accident
Howard Fisher, an employee of the auditing department of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Company, at their Philadelphia office, who has been spending
his vacation at the Saint James Hotel in Asbury Park, died on Thursday from
injuries received in a bicycle accident on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Fisher was one of a party of cyclers on Wednesday afternoon and was
riding at the rear of the line, he was anxious to catch up with his
companions and increased his speed. He dashed across the road and rode
directly into the horse attached to H.P. Gants' fishwagon. He either did not
see the vehicle or miscalculated the distance and was struck by the shaft of
the wagon in the stomach.
Although he was rendered unconscious by the accident his injuries were not
thought to be of an alarming nature until hemorrhages proved that the
internal injuries had been sustained. Dr. George F. Wilbur and J.H. Ryan
attended the injured man and did everything possible to save him and to
aleviate his sufferings. His brother was telegraphed for and arrived early
Thursday and remained at his bedside until he passed away at an early hour
that evening.
The remains were removed to the establishment of J.N. Burtus and later to
Philadelphia for interment.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: August 14, 1897
Martha L. Kilpatrick, the infant daughter of Mr. And Mrs. George L.
Kirkpatrick, died Sunday last at the home of its parents at 60 Broadway, of
pneumonia. The funeral services were held on Tuesday and on Wednesday. The
body was taken to Philadelphia for burial.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: August 14, 1897
On Sunday morning last William H. Dart, of Philadelphia, an employe of the
Ocean Hotel of Asbury Park, was found to have died during the night. Heart
disease was the trouble.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: August 14, 1897
On Saturday last, Helen C. Evans, the daughter of Mr. And Mrs. John C. Evans,
died at the residence of her parents, 303 Second Ave, at the age of 3 years.
The funeral services were held on Tuesday evening and the remains were taken
to New Brunswick for interment.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: August 14, 1897
The man found in the surf at Belmar last week with clothing marked "William
Sterling" was buried on Monday of this week. There seems to be some doubt as
to whether the man was drowned or killed, but the Coroner could not succeed in
obtaining any satisfactory information regarding the matter.
Ocean Grove Times
Date: August 14, 1897
Particularly Honest
An Oakland bootblack, an honest man, who would not deceive his patrons, when
he first went into business, 6 years ago, put up a sign, which read: "Joe
Garibaldi, bootblack. Has two small children." Each succeeding year found
him deserving of more sympathy, for he kept ammending the sign until it read
8 small children. A few day ago Joe's Stand was locked for a whole day when
he returned the next morning he confided to the butcher's boy that his baby
had died. His first work was to ammend the sign, so that it might not
mislead the public, and it then read: "Joe Garibaldi, bootblack. Has two
seven children." Then, to avoid being placed in a false position before the
public he added, with his finger and shoe blacking: "One he die."
Ocean Grove Times
August 21, 1897
Elizabeth Yard Moorehead
On Monday evening shortly after six o'clock Elizabeth Yard Moorehead, wife of
Henry P. Moorehead, and daughter of ex-postmaster Alexander C. Yard, of
Trenton, died at the summer home of her father on Main Avenue, Ocean Grove.
Mrs. Moorehead had been ailing for some time, but was not taken seriously ill
until two weeks before her death. Typhoid fever was the cause of her illness
and hemorrhages, the result of this disease caused her death.
The funeral service was held on Thursday at her father's home, 519 East State
Street, Trenton.
Ocean Grove Times
August 21, 1897
Weaver Wright
Weaver Wright, of Bradley Beach, died at his late home on Cook Avenue early
on Sunday morning. Mr. Wright was 57 years of age and was a highly respected
citizen in that community. The funeral services were held at his late
residence on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and a half hour later at the
Little Church In The Woods, Rev. W.W. Ridgely officiating. The interment was
at Long Branch.
Ocean Grove Times
August 21, 1897
Anna E. Hickman
On Saturday morning, after an illness of scarcely three months duration, Miss
Anna E. Hickman, daughter of Daniel and Eleanor Hickman, died at the residence
of her father, 86 Abbott Ave, Ocean Grove. Miss Hickman was about 16 years of
age, just entering young womanhood, the goal of girlish ambition and the
happiest period of a womans life popular even to being loved by all her
classmates of the Asbury Park High School, which she attended and from which
school she came home about 5 months ago with the first symptom of the disease
that resulted in her death - galloping consumption. The deceased was an
active church worker, being a member of Saint Pauls M.E. Church, which she
joined 5 years ago, by letter of Kingswood Church of Wilmington, Del, of
which she had been a member from the time she was nine years old. She took
an active interest in church work and was secretary of the Foreign Mission
Band and several kindered organizations.
The funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home
of her father and interment was made at Mount Prospect Cemetery. Mr. and
Mrs. Hickman, who feel deeply the loss of their daughter, have been greatly
touched by the kind sympathy of her many friends and in this manner we render
their sincere thanks for the many kindnesses shown them in their bereavement.
Ocean Grove Times
August 21, 1897
Howard Fisher, who died at the Saint James Hotel in Asbury Park on Thursday
afternoon from the result of injuries sustained by colliding with a wagon
while riding his wheel the previous day, was a man of considerable
prominence. He was 42 years of age and held the position of traveling
auditor of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. The accident which caused
his death occurred on Main Street and Sunset Avenue. Fisher was turning the
corner and ran into a fishwagon driven by H. P. Gant, the shaft striking him
a terrific blow in the stomach.
Ocean Grove Times
August 28, 1897
Thomas Prentis Dead.
Thomas Prentis, the proprietor of the Ocean House on Main Avenue, Ocean
Grove, died at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening, August 24th, at the age of 80
years. Mr. Prentis has been a resident of Ocean Grove for a number of years,
having conducted the Ocean House for several seasons, and prior to that the
Irvington House on Embury Avenue. For the last few months his health has
been gradually failing and it was a general breakdown of the constitution
rather than any specific disease to which he finally succumbed. Mr. Prentis
was born in New London, Conn., and at times had been prominent in political
matters. He was a resident of Rahway for a number of years and also of New
York and later came to Ocean Grove. He was a member of Saint Pauls M.E.
Church and was highly esteemed in the community. The wife and 2 daughters,
Mrs. William McCarthy, of Perth Amboy, and Miss Emma Prentis, of Ocean Grove,
survive him.
The funeral services were held this (Friday) morning at half past 10 o'clock
and the remains were then taken to Perth Amboy for interment. In the absence
of Reverend J. G. Reed, pastor of Saint Pauls Church, who is away on vacation,
Rev. Milton Relyea, a former pastor, officiated at the funeral services.
Ocean Grove Times
August 28, 1897
Muriel Penfield, the little daughter of R.C. Penfield and Geraldine Kynett
Penfield, the daughter of Rev. Dr. A.J. Kynett - who herself died a little
over a year ago - died at Ocean Port Wednesday, August 25th, after a very
brief illness. The body was taken to Philadelphia Thursday, and laid beside
the mother in West Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Willisford Dey of Denver, Colorado, is on a visit to his parents Mr. and
Mrs. John M. Dey on Main Avenue. Mr. Dey was formerly a resident of Ocean
Grove and conducted an extensive real estate and insurance business which he
afterwards sold to Mr. T. Frank Appleby. He also, for many summers, led the
summer choir at the Auditorium.
Ocean Grove Times
August 28, 1897
On Wednesday last Miss Henrietta Geibel, of Newark, NJ, died at her summer
home, 11 Broadway, at the age of 29 years. Miss Geibel was suffering from
Septicaenia, and an operation for her relief was performed some 2 months ago.
Blood poison resulted, however, it was from the effects of this that she
died. The body was removed to Newark on Thursday in charge of Undertaker
James H. Sexton.
Ocean Grove Times
August 28, 1897
On Sunday last Martha the 5 months old daughter of C. F. and Catherine Ladd,
of West Park, died of Marasmus.
Ocean Grove Times
August 28, 1897
Mrs. E. Palmer, of New Haven, Conn., died at her summer home on Lake Avenue,
Wednesday, at the age of 54 years. The body was removed to New Haven on
Thursday morning.
Ocean Grove Times
September 4, 1897
Peter Gray died at his home in West Grove last Friday at the age of 56
years. The funeral services were held on Sunday and the interment took place
at Mount Prospect Cemetery.
Ocean Grove Times
Sept 4, 1897
One of the beach ponies belonging to Randolph Brower, on Friday of last week,
was struck in the breast by the shaft of a wagon going in the other direction
and received a wound from which it soon died.
Ocean Grove Times
Sept 4, 1897
Wednesday of last week the body of an unknown man was found floating in the
surf near Sea Bright, as there was a bullet hole in the mans head it is
supposed that he was murdered and thrown overboard.
Ocean Grove Times
Sept 4, 1897
On Friday last Mrs. William McDermott, of Freehold, was instantly killed at
the Court Street Crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad in that town by the
Philadelphia Express. Mrs. McDermott was 66 years of age and was the mother
of Frank and Joseph McDermott, the Freehold lawyers.
Ocean Grove Times
Sept 4, 1897
Schuyler Rhoades, the son of Capt. George B. Rhoades, who was summering with
his parents at Atlantic Highlands, was drowned last Saturday evening while
bathing at Curtis' Pavilion. He dived from a float and it is supposed struck
his head against the bottom with sufficient force to stun him. The body was
recovered after an hours work dragging the bottom of the river.
Ocean Grove Times
Sept 4, 1897
Albert Thomas, aged 14 years, was killed by a train on the New York and Long
Branch Railroad at South Amboy last Saturday morning. The gateman raised the
gates after a passing train and before Thomas could drive across an express
going in the opposite direction struck the horse and wagon and he was thrown
out landing on his head. He died in a few hours. A boy named Michael Nagle,
who was also in the wagon, escaped by tumbling backward over the seat when he
saw the train approaching.
Ocean Grove Times
Sept 11, 1897
Burned to death.
A mother and her babe lost their lives in a gasoline fire.
The fatal gasoline stove is again responsible for death and 2 more sufferers
have been added to the already list of victims. Mrs. Rachel Watts, wife of
Frank Watts, of Red Bank, and her son, Stanley, aged 15 months, received
burns on Monday which resulted in the death of both. It was Mrs. Watts/
intention to join her family and in the family of her brother, Mr. Elisha
Gulick, of 110 Main Avenue, Ocean Grove, on an excursion on the Shrewsbury
River. She arose earlier than usual and began to prepare breakfast when she
discovered that the tank of gasoline stove was nearly empty. She was holding
the baby in one arm and with the other hand filled the tank with oil from the
bottle, which she later held under her arm while she lighted the flame. As
she leaned forward with the lighted match the fumes of the oil in the bottle
ignited and instantly the mother and babe were enveloped in a sheet of flame.
Mrs. Watts ran across the hall to the apartments of Mrs. Hance and her cries
arose Mr. Watts who ran downstairs only to find the burning prostrate form of
his wife lying upon the floor. He extinguished the flames with pieces of wet
carpet and tore the burning clothing from the mother and the babe, who when
Mrs. Watts fell she threw from her in hopes of saving it from her fate. The
child was less severely burned than the mother, but the sufferings of both
were agonizing and lasted until 1 o'clock when death came to the relief of
the mother and a few hours later ended the torture of the little one.
The mother and child were buried on Thursday afternoon from their late home
on Monmouth near Pearl Street, Red Bank.
Ocean Grove Times
Sept 18, 1897
Killed by a fall.
Mrs.Sarah A. Ludlow receives injuries that result in death.
Mrs. Sarah A. Ludlow who resided with her daughter, Mrs. John S. Brower, at
50 Embury Ave, Ocean Grove, had the misfortune to fall down stairs last
Saturday evening and on Monday died from a result of injuries sustained.
Mrs. Ludlow was 85 years of age and very feeble, although able to be up and
around and largely to minister to her own requirements.
On Saturday evening she started to go to her room by way of the back stairs
when the other inmates of the house were startled by a crash and a scream.
Mrs. Ludlow had apparently made her way partly up the stairs when she slipped
and fell. At the foot of the stairs was a sash door which was forced open by
the blow and Mrs. Ludlows hand was badly cut by the broken glass. When picked
up she was unconscious and only for one or two brief periods before her death
was she able to recognize those about her. She died at a quarter past 6
o'clock Monday evening and for some time prior to the end she suffered so
severely that Dr. Ella Prentiss Upham, the physician in charge, was obliged
to administer morphine to afford relief.
A brief funeral service was held at the house Tuesday morning and at one
o'clock the remains were taken to Rahway, Mrs. Ludlows former home, for
funeral service and interment.
Mrs. Ludlow came to the Grove some years ago and has since been living with
her Son-in-law and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Brower. Besides the
daughter, 2 sons, Ebenezer Ludlow and William T. Ludlow, of Rahway, survive her.
Ocean Grove Times
Sept 18, 1897
Brought in from sea.
The body of a colored man found six miles off shore and brought to land by
the yacht Emma B.
Last Monday afternoon while the yacht Emma B, with its load of passengers was
taking the usual sailing excursion, the body of a man was discovered about six
miles off shore opposite Asbury Park. The captain sent out a small boat and
attaching a line to the corpse it was trailed ashore at the stern of the
yacht. Upon reaching the shore the body was made fast to the end of the
fishing pier until the coroner could be summoned, and afterwards was placed
in charge of Undertaker Burtis and buried at Mount Prospect Cemetery. An
investigation was at once begun and it was discovered that the corpse was
that of a colored man named Edward Tyson, who resided at 217 Thompson Street,
New York City. His brother, C.H. Tyson, came down and identified the articles
which were found upon the body and stated that Edward had sailed for
Jacksonville on one of the steamers of the Clyde Line on the first of September.
It is also reported that information had been received that a colored man was
lost from a steam ship on the 3rd of September about the time it was passing
Asbury Park, which leads to the further conclusion that the body must have
been that of Tyson.
Ocean Grove Times
Sept 25, 1897
Mrs. Cable Dead
On Sunday last Mrs. Hannah P. Cable, widow of the late James H. Cable, of
Greene, Greene County, NY died at her residence at 110 Embury Ave at the age
of 54 years. Mrs. Cable was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Burnett, of
Ocean Grove, and had been a resident here of many years. The funeral
services were held at 2 o'clock on Wednesday and the remains were placed in
Sextons vault at Mount Prospect Cemetery. Two children, a son and a daughter
survive her. The son, William P. Cable, is connected with the United States
Naval Service and is now on board one of the cruisers in the far East.
Ocean Grove Times
Sept 25, 1897
Effie May Hatten, the wife of Wesley Hatten, of West Asbury Park, died at her
home at the corner of Mattison and First Avenues on Thursday of last week at
the age of 25 years. The funeral services were held at Freehold and the
remains were interred at Parker's Cemetery.
Ocean Grove Times
Sept 25, 1897
On Wednesday last Thomas B. Cubberly, of Long Branch, was working on the
balcony on the third story of the Daly Club house, fell to the ground and was
killed. With the assistance of James Campbell he was endeavoring to put the
storm shutters in position when a railing upon which he was standing gave
way. Mr. Cubberly was 60 years of age and a native of Crosswicks, NJ. A
widow and four daughters survive him.
Ocean Grove Times
Sept 25, 1897
Drowned at Deal
Last Friday afternoon Richard Owens, a colored man, who resided at West
Asbury Park was drowned in the surf opposite Hendricksons place at Deal while
bathing. Owens had 2 companions on the beach, but when they saw the surf was
high they declined to go bathing. Owens went out by himself and the current
soon swept him beyond his depth and he called for help, but was drowned
before assistance could reach him. The members of the Life Saving Station
No. 6 were sent for and after dragging with a big net, they after a time,
succeeded in recovering the body. The remains were removed to Sextons
Undertaking Establishment, and after being viewed by the coroner a burial
permit was given. Owens was about 19 years of age.
Ocean Grove Times
Sept 25, 1897
On Saturday last Maria Giral de Lazo, the wife of Antonio de Lazo, minister
to the United States from Guatemala, Central America, died at her summer home
in Spring Lake at the age of 38 years.
Ocean Grove Times
Sept 25, 1897
* Laura A., daughter of John H. and Alice Smith, died at the home of her
parents at Avon Thursday of last week at the age of 18 years. The funeral
services were held the following Sunday and the remains were interred in the
Cemetery at Hamilton.