Permelia Bloom
April 26, 1882 - Died- Near Baptisttown, April 9, 1882, Permelia, wife of
Sylvester Bloom, aged 65 years, 2 months and 24 days. [Submitted
by Shauna Williams]
Bergin N. Carter, Jr.
Hunterdon County has lost a longtime public servant, a strong and vocal supporter of democratic ideals and a gentleman
who would have stood out in any field but particularly so in politics. He is Bergen N. Carter, Jr., who died early
Monday morning of a heart attack. He spent virtually his life time in the county clerk’s office of Hunterdon, being
appointed to the office in 1927 as a youthful 25 year old. He served for 13 years as deputy clerk under the late
C. Lloyd Dell, and then for 26 years held the top post following his first election in 1940. His 39 years in office–always
as leading vote-getter on the GOP ticket and often without opposition–spanned several generations and saw unprecedented
growth and progress of the country. But always he was in the forefront of improvement and modernization of his
office procedures in a service which touched the lives of most residents of the county in one way or another.
A quiet man who did not seek the limelight, Berg was still always available to a club, civic or school group to
talk about what he loved most-the American democracy. He would make the words sing, in five minutes or a half-hour–"That’s
long enough," he’d say, as he expounded the ideals of a free society. The services were held Thursday at the
Flemington Presbyterian Church on Main Street near the War Memorial. Burial in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers
were members of the Lions Club. He resided at 49 Pennsylvania Ave. (Source:
Hunterdon County Democrat, June 30, 1966. Note: Mr. Carter was born in 1902 in Whitehall, N. J. and died 27 June
1966 Hunterdon Co, NJ.)
Benjamin Collins
COLLINS, Rev. Benjamin, minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died in Hunterdon Co., N. J., Aug. 14, after
falling over a precipice. (National Intelligencer, Aug. 30, 1831)
Mary Fox
Died on Sunday the 2d instant, Mrs. Mary Fox, of Amwell, New Jersey, of an
illness of three days, aged 99 years, 6 months and 14 days. When at the age of 96, she provided dinner for several
work hands, raked hay in the afternoon, and the day following offered her service to pull flax. [Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, PA), May 19 1824 - Submitted by Nancy Piper]
Mitchell Higgins
March 22, 1882 - In Flemington, Mar. 14th, 1882, Mitchell H., son of Joseph
and Margaret Higgins, aged nineteen years, seven months and two days.
March 22, 1882 - Mitchell, one of the twin sons of Mr. Joseph H. Higgins,
of our town, a young man in his twentieth year, was taken with scarlet fever, in its worst form, on Thursday last,
and notwithstanding all that medical skill or kind care could do, the disease proved fatal, and he died at an early
hour on Tuesday morning. The family have the sympathy of the entire community in their sudden and sad bereavement.-Flemington
Republican. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
Margaret Holcomb
March 8, 1882 - Mrs. Margaret Holcomb, wife of Howard Holcombe, of Lambertville, died suddenly on Tuesday week,
at her residence on Delaware avenue. She had only been complaining slightly for a few hours and doing her ordinary
work. She went to bed as usual the evening before, and not feeling very well in the morning, remained in her bed
until 9 o'clock when, without any particular symptoms of alarm, died suddenly. The real cause of her death is unknown.
She was about 30 years of age and generally enjoyed good health. With her numerous relations and friends who sustain
her loss, she leaves one child, a son two years old.- Lambertville Beacon.
[Submitted by Shauna Williams]
John Lambert
January 8, 1882 - On last Monday evening, Mr. John Lambert, of Lambertville, died at his home at the advanced age
of ninety-two years. At one time he was Mayor of this place and also at another time was honored with being a member
of the State Legislature. He was one of our oldest residents and has witnessed the growth and development of our
town through many long years .- Lambertville Beacon [Submitted by
Shauna Williams]
Mrs. Samuel L. Leigh
April 12, 1882 - Died- Near Flemington, April 24, 1882, Mrs. Samuel L. Leigh, aged 77 years. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
Samuel Mustard
June 7, 1882 - Lieutenant Samuel Mustard died at his residence, Lambertville, last Sunday week, and was buried
in Mount Hope Cemetery on Decoration Day. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
Runkle Rea
May 17, 1882 - Runkle Rea, an old and respected citizen of Flemington, died at his residence in that place, last
Tuesday morning, the 9th. He had been sick for a long time. [Submitted
by Shauna Williams]
Jesse Trimmer, [ Son of John &
Elizabeth (Lanterman) Trimmer,] b. Huntington Co. New Jersey, 3/14/1818, settled. in Illinois in 1826, married.
Ann Gilmore, 3/7/1839, died Money Creek Twp. McLean Co, IL 8/27/1876.
Children: Mrs. Eliza N. McNaught, Mrs. Sarah E. Scott, John F. Trimmer, Mary Trimmer, Frank Trimmer, Enos Trimmer.
(See Duis' "Good Old Times" 1874, P. 701,) [Compiled from
old newspapers by Milo Custer in 1912 - Submitted by Teri Colglazier]
Cornelius C. VAN HORNE
Date of Obit: 1853
Obituary Text: Cause of death was from cholera.
Cornelius C. VAN HORNE, deceased, formerly of Joliet Twp (Illinois)., was born in Hunterdon Co., N. J., April 13,
1794; shortly afterward, his parents removed to Amsterdam, N. Y., where his father, a widely-known clergyman of
the Dutch Reformed Church, lived many years. In the spring of 1832, Mr. VAN_HORNE came to Illinois and located
in Will (then Cook) Co. He died in Joliet, [IL] July 7, 1854. In 1813, he, married Elizabeth VEEDER, who died,
in Will Co., [Illinois] in 1838; in 1842, he married Mary M. RICHARDS, who is still living; by his first marriage
he had seven children - Abraham C., born in 1815; Simon V., born in 1818; Anne, born in 1822 ; Cornelius P., born
in 1824; Margaret C born in 1826; Barney W., born in 1829, and Andrew J., born in 1832.; by his second marriage
he had five children - William C., born in 1843; Augustus, born in 1844; Elizabeth, born in 1846; Theodore C.,
born in 1849, and Mary, born in 1852 - all now living. He was a man of great force of character, and of liberal
education, and had much to do with the shaping of events in the early days of Will Co., in the history of which
his name occurs often and very prominently ; he gave his name to the locality known as Van Horne's Point. He was
successively a Postmaster and a Justice of the Peace, and, upon the incorporation of Joliet as a city, he was chosen
its first Mayor; after a long, active and useful life, he died in 1854, one of the victims of cholera. [Contributed by Lisa Smalley - Lisarps at gmail.com]
Florence Rebecca Voorhees
March 22, 1882 - -Near White House Station, Hunterdon county, Feb. 24th, of scarlet fever, Florence Rebecca, daughter
of Rev. Henry M. and Lillean Voorhees, aged three years and seven months. [Submitted
by Shauna Williams]
Jeremiah Young
April 5, 1882 - The Ringoes correspondent of the Lambertville Beacon says: "On Wednesday morning Mr. Jeremiah
Young, in company with Levi Housel and Hiram Huffman, started for John Holcombe's, to get a cow and calf. As they
were returning the calf got over in Mr. W. Quick's field and Mr. Young went over to drive it out. As he was walking
along he fell, with his face downward, and Mr. Huffman went immediately to assist and raise him up. He was lifeless.
Mr. Young was 72 years of age, and has frequently told his friends that his 'time was short,' and that he would
die suddenly. He coughed some during the night previous to his death, but arose in the morning feeling as well
as usual and ate a hearty breakfast. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
