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1889 Deaths

Princeton Press, Sat., Jan. 26, 1889:

ONQUE.--At Princeton, Jan. 20, 1889, JAMES ONQUE aged 80 years. 		  Princeton Press, Sat., Feb. 9, 1889:

    The funeral of Hattie Shaw was preached at the Bright Hope Baptist church last Sunday, the service being conducted by the Rev. J. A. Harris, of Orange, N. J. The text was Ecclesiastes, 12:6, "Or ever the silver cord shall be loosed or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern." The service was largely attended by both white and colored.
Princeton Press, Sat., July 20, 1889:

ONQUE.--At Princeton, July 15, 1889, MATTIE ONQUE, in her 15th year. 		Princeton Press, Sat., Sept. 7, 1889:

GORDON--At Princeton, September 2, 1889, Mrs. Addison Gordon, aged 50 years.
Princeton Press, Sat., Dec. 28, 1889:

ONQUE--At Princeton, Dec. 28, 1889, MARY ONQUE, aged 19 years. 		 
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