Obits: Ocean Grove TIMES, 1897 [Selected obits]: Monmouth Co, NJ Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Christina Applegate, jersey@jerseyside.com from the Archives of George Michals ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ 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.