Monmouth County, New Jersey Obituaries
Daniel Commons
On the 18th ult., Daniel Commons, a man about fifty years of age, a native
of Middletown, Monmouth County, N. Jersey, having formed a resolution to starve himself, he survived 14 days and
expired on the morning of the 15th, during which time he neither swallowed victuals or drink, spoke distinctly
one hour before his dissolution. – Ib.
[Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa) January 4, 1826 - Transcribed by
N. Piper]
Job Fisher
A colored boy named Job Fisher residing near Fair Haven, died of blood poisoning on Tuesday evening. Fisher had been wearing
a pair of rubber boots, which about a week ago began to chafe his legs, but he did not think anything about it
until Friday week, when he had to take to his bed. As soon as a physician was called in he pronounced it a case
of blood poisoning caused by the chafing of the rubber boots. [January
15, 1882 - Submitted by Shauna Williams]
Elizabeth Henry
On October 2d, at Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, at the residence of her father, Elizabeth Root Henry, wife of Dr.
M.H. Henry and daughter of Hugh J. and Mary Hastings, of New York.
[The Medical and Surgical Reporter, Philadelphia, Oct 16, 1875. - Submitted
by Linda Rodriguez]
Geroge Holcombe
The Republican Compiler, Gettysburg, PA, January 30, 1828
Died at his residence, in Allentown, Monmouth county, New Jersey, on Monday morning the 14th instant, of consumption,
the Hon. George Holcombe, a member of the House of Representatives, for that State, to the Congress of the United
States.
James Mott
In Monmouth County, N.J. James Mott, Esq. aged 84--formerly representative in Congress.
[New Hampshire Gazette, December 30, 1823 - Contributed by Nancy Washell]
Rogers
On Tuesday the 16th inst., a duel was fought at Sandy Houk, near the Light House, between two midshipmen of the
names of Rogers and Morgan belonging to
the frigate Constituition. Both shots took effect at the first fire. Rogers was killed, the ball passing into his
right side, through his body and into his left arm. Morgan received only a flesh wound, the ball passing across
his breast. [The Centinel, Gettysburg, PA - October 31, 1810 - Submitted
by Nancy Piper]
David VanSchoick, b. Monmouth Co. New
Jersey, 1797, married in 1824, moved to Franklin Co. Ohio in 1837, then to Dayton, Ohio in 1840, and to Bloomington,
IL in 1866, died in Bloomington, IL. on 1/28/1874. Left 8 children - 4 sons, 4 daus. [Compiled
from old newspapers by Milo Custer in 1912 - Submitted by Teri Colglazier]
Died: Elliott Woods, 58, Washington architect, inventor, scientist,
at Spring Lake, N. J. He helped design the Senate and House of Representatives Office Buildings. [Time
Magazine, Jun 4, 1923, submitted by K. Torp]
JILTED WOMAN DROWNED
Believed to Have Jumped Overboard from Incoming Steamer
REDBANK, N. J., November 13.
The body of a woman washed ashore near the United States proving grounds, at Fort Hancock, November 1, was buried
today in Mount Olivet cemetery, near this place, without having been identified. A sensational feature accompanying
the finding of the body was a letter in the woman's pocketbook. The letter, written in Italian, contained the statement
by the writer that she was coming to America to find a sweetheart who had jilted her, and, failing to find him,
she would kill herself.
On the envelope containing the letter was an address, part of which had been worn away by the action of the water.
The only part of the address decipherable was "Mr. Abram Pop ____, ____4 Washington street, Indianapolis,
Ind."
The pocketbook contained also seven Austrian kronen. It is believed that the woman jumped from an incoming steamer.
[Daily Arizona Silver Belt November 14, 1907 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]
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