The Princeton Press, Sat., Feb. 16, 1895:
Comrade Lewis Fisher, of Major-General Hunter Post, G. A. R., died Sunday morning, February 10, at his home near Mount Rose. He was 71 years of age. He entered the service of the country as a private in Co. F, 45th U. S. C. T., July 23, 1864, and served until the close of the war. With his regiment he took an active part in the battles of Petersburg, Fort Harrison, and was at Appomattox when General Lee surrendered. He was a charter member of Hunter Post and bore the reputation of being a good man in the community.
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At a special meeting of Major-General David Hunter Post, the following preamble was adopted:
Whereas, as it has pleased Almighty God, in His widsom, to remove by death our beloved comrade, Lewis Fisher, be it
Resolved, That while we deplore the loss of him, our departed comrade, we extend to his wife and relatives and friends our heartfelt sympathy; be it further
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family and also spread on our minutes and published in the Princeton PRESS and Signal; be it further
Resolved, That we, as a token of our respect, wear the badge of mourning for the space of 60 days.
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The Princeton Press, Sat., Mar. 16, 1895:
ONQUE--On Thursday Evening, March 14, John Onque, aged 66 years. Funeral services in Witherspoon St. Pres. Church to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon, March 17, at 3 p. m.
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The Princeton Press, Sat., Apr. 13, 1895:
SUMMERSET--At Princeton, April 8, 1895, Martin Summerset, aged 50 years.
SOMERS--At Princeton, April 13, 1895, Mrs. Flora Somers, mother in law of Peter K. Hoagland.
Funeral services at No. 91 Witherspoon Street at 2:30 and at the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church at 3 o'clock on Monday, April 15.
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The Princeton Press, Sat., June 29, 1895: |
Coroner Bower was notified of the matter on Tuesday night, and immediately drove to Princeton and viewed the remains, returning at 2 o'clock in the morning. Learning that the mother was in destitute circumstances, he came up on Wednesday and took the body to Trenton, where a post-mortem examination was made by Doctors Cantwell and McGalliard.
Mr. Thompson has not lived with his so-called wife for a number of years, the mother and daughter residing together in the small house at the Basin. The woman had a reputation that was anything but enviable. The locality is the most disreputable in Princeton, being the scene of frequent broils and carousings, and has been called the "slum" of the town. There have always been a number of tough and abandoned characters dwelling in that vicinity, and being outside the limits of the borough they have been less under the eye and control of the law.
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SUICIDE.
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Edith Thompson, generally known as Edith Howard, a colored woman, committed suicide on Tuesday morning by jumping into the canal. She was 39 years of age and lived with her mother near the canal at the Basin. She was the daughter of Edward H. Thompson, a colored herb doctor, living at 35 West Hanover street, Trenton. As far as can be learned the woman was under the influence of liquor and the suicide was accomplished under a drunken craze.
She left the house, which is about one hundred yards from the canal, walked straight down to the bank and deliberately jumped into the water.
The act was seen by some persons on the bridge near by. They hastened to the spot, but before their arrival the woman had sunk for the last time. Her body was found later by a man who dove for it and brought it to the shore. |
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The Princeton Press, Sat., Aug. 3, 1895:
ROBESON--At Princeton, Aug. 1, '95, Rosie Robeson, in her 1st year.
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The Princeton Press, Sat., Aug. 10, 1895:
GORDON--At Princeton, August 9, 1895, Mrs. William S. Gordon, aged 40 years.
Mrs. Emily W. Gordon, widow of William S. Gordon, formerly of Washington, died at her home on Witherspoon street yesterday morning, aged about 40 years. Her husband was in the U. S. service as a landsman on the U. S. S. Conemaugh during the war of the rebellion. Three children survive her.
Funeral services on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the house and 3 o'clock at the Witherspoon St. Presbyterian Church.
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The Princeton Press, Sat., Aug. 24, 1895:
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It seems that Yates and some small boys were bathing in the quarry when he was taken with cramps and sank immediately, with the raft which would have saved his life only a few feet away. The boys ran away frightened and would tell nobody, but came on the ground afterwards and pointed out the exact spot where they saw him sink from view.
The quarry is a dangerous place for youngsters, but it is understood that Mr. Kargé will make strenuous efforts to have the tide of young swimmers turned into another channel. It would be well for parents to caution their children. Yates was buried on Tuesday. He was about sixteen years of age.
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DROWNING ACCIDENT.
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Last Saturday, between five and six o'clock p. m., the quarry on Mr. Kargé's property was the scene of confusion, when it was rumored that Arthur Yates, a colored boy, had been drowned. Several men went into the water, and for over an hour the search for the body continued. George Collins, who was floating around on a raft and using a long pole, thought he felt the body. Calling to Charles VanMarter to steady the raft, Collins went down the pole to the bottom, and when he again reached the surface he had the unfortunate colored boy by the arm. The body was at once, by order of Marshal Tyrrell, taken out on the bank, where all attempts at resuscitation were of no avail. He was then taken to his home on Chestnut street, where a heartrending scene was witnessed.
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The Princeton Press, Sat., Sept. 14, 1895:
MILLER.--Near Princeton, Sept. 11, 1895, Primus Miller, aged 72 years.
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The Princeton Press, Sat., Sept. 14, 1895:
Mr. Primus Miller, one of the oldest and best known of our colored citizens, was buried this afternoon. He was a pensioner of the United States Government, and has for some time been blind and feeble.
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[Note: Primus Miller's son Peter died November 7, 1864 in Summit House General Hospital, Philadelphia, PA of "exhaustion following amputation of left arm." Pvt. Miller, Co. D, 8th Regiment, U. S. Colored Infantry, was wounded in the Battle of Olustee, Florida on February 20, 1864. After treatment at the General Hospital, Beaufort, South Carolina, he returned to his unit on May 10. On September 29, 1864, he was again wounded in action at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm. He was cared for in the hospital at Hampton, Virginia before being transferred to Philadelphia. His mother Mary and his father Primus, as they grew older and more frail, received a pension based on Pvt. Miller's service and death in the Civil War. Peter Miller is buried in the Philadelphia National Cemetery.]
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