Monmouth County, New Jersey Obituaries

January 15, 1882 - A colored boy namedJob 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. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]

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]

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