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Morris Area Genealogy Society - 1 - Vol 18 No 2, June 2005

Morris Area Genealogy SocietyNewsletter

Vol 18 No 2 June 2005

RECENT PROGRAMS

March:Unfortunately our March meeting had tobe cancelled due to the weather. Ourprogram on German Research withspeaker Tom Peters has beenrescheduled for our September meeting.Check the September Newsletter for ourfall programs.

April:MAGS member, Michelle Chubenko, hasbeen a professional genealogist for fouryears specializing in the central NJ area.She spoke to us about “Researching

Your AncestorsLocality”. Shetold us: everytime an ancestormoves, you needto start over.Start with a mapof the time periodfor the area.Determine the

distance from their location to thenearest county seat to see which onethey might be likely to use. Learn thecounty boarder changes and what themigration routes were - did peopletravel by land or by water? Determinehow land was obtained – was the statea deed state or a federal township

system state? Learn about thegeography and history of the area.

May:The topic for our May meeting was“Improving the Image ofGenealogy or Using Your Computerto Bring Photos Back to Life”. Ourspeaker, Wick Smith, talked to us aboutthe reasons to buy a scanner and toldus some of the problems encounteredwith old photos & slides such as fadedcolors, lack of contrast, scratches andstains. He then scaned into hiscomputer an old photo with plenty oftears and scratches. Using PhotoElements 2, he showed us how herepairs these problems. It was a veryinformative program.

Morris Area Genealogy Society website:rootsweb.com/~njmags/

In This Issue

MAGS Recent Programs ......................New Acquisitions ..........................................2Morris Co Marriages ......................................6MAGS News.................................................10Iron Era.........................................................11Bible Records – DeHart (Baker) ..................13Queries .........................................................15MAGS Upcoming Programs .......................16


Morris Area Genealogy SocietyP.O. Box 105

Convent Station, NJ 07961-0105

OfficersPresident ............................................................................Alan P. ZimmermanVice President/Program Chair........................................Stuart ShippeyTreasurer..............................................................................................Henry WeisRecording Secretary................................................................. Ginny WaltonCorresponding Secretary................................................................Lois WeisTrustee (04-06) ...................................................................Martha HellriegelTrustee (05-07) ..............................................................................Evelyn HueyTrustee (past president).................................................. Linnea B. Foster

Committee HeadsHistorian......................................................................................Elizabeth PierceHospitality .........................................................................................................OPENIndexing ...................................................................................... Linnea B. FosterLibrary Liaison..................................................................................... Claire KissilMembership...........................................................................................Ruth WillisName Badges.................................................................Henry and Lois WeisNewsletter Coordinator...........................................................................OPENNewsletter Editor.................................................................... Ruth P. DanielsPublicity .........................................................................................Martha CorsonResearch Coordinator ....................................................... Linnea B. FosterWebmaster...........................................................................................Anna Nagy

Membership Dues for 2005-2006USA Individual - $15.00 Canadian Individual - $22.00USA Family - $20.00 Canadian Family - $28.00Institution (Newsletter only) - $10.00

MeetingsMeetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month,September through May, at Grace Episcopal Church, 4Madison Avenue, Madison, New Jersey. Coffee is served at6:45 pm; meetings begin at 7:00 pm. Usually a briefbusiness meeting is held first, followed by the evening’sspecial program.

NewsletterThe Newsletter is published four times a year: March, June,September and December. Back issues are available at$3.50 each. Members are welcome to submit ideas orarticles for the Newsletter. Deadlines for articles for eachissue are as follows:

Issue DeadlineMarch...................................................................................................... February 1June .....................................................................................................................May 1September................................................................................................August 1December..........................................................................................November 1

Newsletter Committee: Claire Kissil, Henry & Lois Weis, RuthGrimm, Jan Huth, Ruth WillisNumber on mailing label indicates year to which dues paid.ISSN 10594502

New Acquisitions at the Library

by John Andrew Sass

Here are the latest acquisitions in the LocalHistory and Genealogy Department of theMorristown-Morris Township Library:

Obituary Index to The Daily Record, 2004,Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey,compiled by Claire Kissil, Morris AreaGenealogical Society, Morristown, NewJersey, HM1 DAI OBI, 2005. This is themost recent addition to the series ofindexing the obituaries from the MorristownDaily Record. Users of this index should beaware that while this is primarily an index ofobituaries, additional information might befound in the death notices. Death noticesare usually listed on the same newspaperpage as the obituaries, however, a deathnotice may appear a day or two before orafter the obituary or even as much as a weekor two before or after the obituary. Indexingdeaths recorded in Morris Countynewspapers has been done for the period1798-1923. Obituaries from the MorristownDaily Record are indexed for the years 1940to the present.

Images of America, The Delaware andRaritan Canal, New Jersey, by Linda J.Barth, Arcadia Publishing Company,Charleston, South Carolina, H2 BART,2003. This publication retraces the historyof the Raritan Canal throughout central NewJersey from its earliest beginnings in the1830’s to the present. Over 200 vintagephotographs and postcards of the canaldepict the progress of this man-madewaterway with its locks, aqueducts andmachinery that enabled the waterway totransport military men and supplies betweenNew York and Philadelphia. Severalfamilies and individuals cited and/orpictured throughout this publication include:Arrowsmith, Deats, Heerman, Holland,Neilsen, Rightmire, Roebling, Stockton,


Veghte, Vroom, Welch, White and manyothers. Indexed.

Lewis Condit of Morristown, Morris County,New Jersey: Physician, Congressman,Trustee of Princeton & Railroad President,by Captain Henry A. Hudson, Jr., USNR-Ret. and Mary Kay Parish Hudson, HM9COND, 2004. Even though this publicationis mainly about Lewis Condit, a numberother related families from the MorrisCounty area are also noted. They include:Alden, Allen, Best, Boither, Byram,Chandler, Cooke, Dobson, Dodd, Edson,Erdley, Fordham, Harrison, Haywood,Homan, Lee, Mahien, Mills, Mitchell,Mullins, Orcutt, Partridge, Shaw, Simmons,Tracey, Ward, Whitmire, Woodhull andothers. Indexed.

Women’s Place in New Jersey History, byDeborah Marquis Kelly and Ellen FreedmanSchultz, published by Preservation Partners,Crosswicks, New Jersey, with a projectgrant from the New Jersey HistoricalCommission, H2 WOME, 2004. Thispublication grew out of the New JerseyHistory Women’s Heritage Trail Project thatidentified and documented New Jersey’shistoric sites because of their associationwith women. This publication also tells acollective story of women who contributedto the agricultural, industrial, labor anddomestic history of the state as well as tohelp broaden everyone’s understanding andawareness of this long forgotten part of ourstate and nation’s history. Those cited inthis publications include the followingfamilies: Abbot, Allen, Askew, Augusto,Bancroft, Barry, Barton, Beach, Bell,Blackwell, Boehm, Bonaparte, Botto,Boudinot, Brackett, Bradford, Brown, Burr,Case, Cautley, Colvin, Conlon, Creswell,Cunningham, Cushing, Dayton, Dean, Dix,Dodge, Downs, Dulfer, Dunlap, Dwyer,Eager, Edison, Eldridge, Elstner, Fallon,Farrand, Fauset, Fenderson, Fenwick, Field,

Flynn, Force, Fowler, Foxlee, Franklin,Freeman, Frelinghuysen, Fuld, Gag, Gage,Gardiner, Gaston, Gibson, Gilbreth,Goodwin, Green, Grice, Grimke, Haddon,Hall, Hanaford, Hancock, Harland,Herbermann, Hobart, Horton, Howell, Hoyt,Hutcheson, Jay, Jefferson, Jeritz, Johnson,Katzenbach, Kite, Kratiger, LaFetra, Laird,Lamb, Landon, Lang, Lawrence, Lee,Leonowen, Lindbergh, Lowry, Lucey,Maass, MacCulloch, McFralane, Masters,McCauley, McNaughton, Mehegan, Morris,Mott, Murat, Nakamura, Norton, Oliphant,Pattison, Paul, Pettersen, Philbrook, Philips,Piccard, Plume, Precker, Prevost, Ramsay,Reed, Reid, Roebling, Rosenthal,Roundtree, Rudolph, Sachar, Saltzman,Saunders, Scudder, Seabrook, Sheppard,Spencer, Spring, Stader, Stanton, Steele,Stockton, Stone, Studley, Thompson,Tillotson, Van Ness, Ward, Warne, Waters,Washington, Weld, Wells, Whitall, White,Williams, Willoughby, Winser, Winston,Wittpenn, Wright and many others.Indexed.History of the Niagara Frontier, NiagaraFalls, Niagara County, New York, by JosiahBroadman Scovell, sponsored by the RotaryClub of Lewiston, New York andQueenston, Ontario, Canada, FosePublishing Company, Inc., Niagara Falls,New York, H974.798 SCO, 1951. Eventhough this publication is old, it is awelcomed addition to the library. Thispublication documents the history of thisscenic and historic area of our country.

New York’s Detailed Census of 1855, GreenCounty, New York, extracted andsystematized by Fred. Q. Bowman andadapted and edited by Arthur C.M. Kelly,Kinship Publishing Company, Rhinebeck,New York, H929.01 CENSUS NY 1855,1988. The 1855 New York State Censusreveals much about the individuals living inNew York State at that time. This censusincludes information that federal census


never documented until 1900 such asrelationship to head of household, county ofbirth if in New York, length or residence inthe town of report and ownership of land aswell as age and occupations. Through thealphabetical arrangement of entries, aresearcher is able to find informationconcerning any county resident veryquickly. This book also includes all villagesand hamlets as well as a map of the county.

Sharon District, Litchfield County,Connecticut, Probate Records, 1757-1783,by Donna Valley Russell, Catoctin Press,Middletown, Maryland, H974.61 RUS,1984. This publication contains probaterecords (guardianships, wills andadministrations) from the Sharon District ofConnecticut. They are arranged in the orderas they appear in the court records. TheSharon probate district included the towns ofSharon, Kent, Canaan and Salisbury, butlater these towns formed independentdistricts. The original files are now housedat the Connecticut State Library in Hartford,but many of the files are missing. Theserecords in this publication have beenrearranged to fit a uniform format, and thewording is not necessarily as it appears onthe document. Editorial comments havebeen placed in parentheses. If a name,relationship, or anything else of genealogicalvalue that should be on the record is lacking,it was because the record was incomplete.Indexed.

Mayflower Families In Progress, TheFamily of John Alden of the Mayflower andthe Fifth Generation Descendants of hissons John2, Joseph2 and Jonathan2, Volume16, Part 3, compiled by Esther LittlefordWoodworth-Barnes, edited by Alice CraneWilliams, General Society of MayflowerDescendants, Plymouth, MA, H929.1MAYFAM, v.16:3, 2004. This publicationis based on the carefully researched articlesin genealogical journals, and family

histories, together with probate and landrecords, and vital statistics from town andchurch records. This new publication is awelcomed addition to the other previouslypublished editions. Indexed.

Phillip De Lannoy or Philip Delano of the“Fortune” 1621 and His Descendants in theFifth and Sixth Generations, compiled byMuriel Curtis Cushing, edited by MargaretHarris Stover, General Society ofMayflower Descendants, Plymouth,Massachusetts, H929.1744 DELANO, 2004.This publication is also based on thecarefully researched articles in genealogicaljournals, and family histories, together withprobate and land records, and vital statisticsfrom town and church records. One of themain goals of the Delano Kindred ofAmerica is to correct and update thisgenealogy by substantiating anddocumenting the Delano/DeLanodescendants and their allied families. Thisnew publication is a welcomed addition tothe other previously published editionsconcerning the Mayflower Families.Indexed.

Revolutionary War Period, Bible, Familyand Marriage Records Gleaned fromPension Applications, Volume 21, by DeidreBurridge Dagner, edited by Helen M. Lu,Patriot Publications, Charlottesville,Virginia, H929.2 LU, 1995. Material in thisbook was abstracted from Selected Recordsfrom Revolutionary War Pensions andBounty-Land Warrant Application Files,1800-1900. The primary objective of thisseries was to abstract the birth, marriage,and death records from the pensionapplications. While the widow’sapplications may contain only proof of thesoldier’s service and marriage date, many ofthese applications contain data on more thanone generation and may include severalsurnames. The soldiers’ pensionapplications usually contain information


pertaining to their military service, whereasthe widows’ pension applications containmore genealogical information; therefore,the concentration of this series was directedto widows’ applications. The widows notonly had to furnish proof of the soldier’sservice, but also had to supply otherinformation, including her maiden name,age, place of residence, the date and place ofher husband’s death, and their marriage dateand place. The birth dates of their childrenmay also be indicated. If the widowremarried after the death of the soldier, theapplication usually revealed the name of hersubsequent husband(s). Indexed.

Staff Officers In Gray, A BiographicalRegister of the Staff Officers in the Army ofNorthern Virginia, compiled by Robert E.L.Krick, The University Of North CarolinaPress, Chapel Hill, North Carolina andLondon, England, H973.7 KRI, 2003. Thispublication references more than 2,300 staffofficers in Robert E. Lee’s famous Army ofNorthern Virginia during the Civil War.

These men include ordinance officers,engineers, aides-de-camp and quartermastersall of which, helped to feed and clothe thearmy, maintain its discipline, and operate itsmilitary machinery. A typical entry in thispublication includes the officer’s full name,the date and place of his birth and death, anddetails of his education and occupation.Each biographical summary also includes asynopsis of the officer’s military record.The publication is divided into twoappendices: Confederate Staff OfficersOther Than Army of Northern Virginia andGeneral-by-General List of Army ofNorthern Virginia Staff Officers. This newaddition to the library makes a valuablecontribution to our knowledge about thosewho fought in the Civil War. Indexed.

Lastly, surnames of published genealogies:

Field – Descendants Ancestors and Cousinsof Rhoda Estelle Field (2 volumes)Stevens – Family Papers

Special Interest groups

At our April meeting, a German Interest Group was formed. They plan to meet at theMorris County Library conference room at 10:00 one Tuesday each month. Groupmember (and our current MAGS president) Al Zimmerman says “At meetings, we shareinformation, experience, and research interests for genealogy in Germany and emigrationfrom Germany. We will continue to meet as long as there is enough interest to do so.”

The group’s aim is for people of German ancestry to move beyond genealogy in the UnitedStates. It was so well received that it feels like a good thing to do. Some members of thegroup said "This is what I was looking for when I joined MAGS."

If you are interested in joining this group, come to our next MAGS general meeting inSeptember and sign up or e-mail us at [email protected].


Morris County Marriages

by Linnea B. Foster

The following is a continuation of the abstract of Book G of MorrisCounty Marriage Records. An explanation of these records may befound in Vol. 6 No. 3 (Sep.1993) and Vol. 17 No. 3 (Dec. 2004). Themarriages have been abstracted in the order in which they wererecorded. The name of the minister or official and the date recordedis shown for each group of marriages. The first column shows thepage number in Book G; the second column shows the date of themarriages; the third column shows the names of the bride and groomand other information that appears in the original record.

(continued from Vol. 18, No. 1, pg. 10)

by Luther Halsey Van Doren, Pastor, Presbyterian Church of New Vernon - Recorded 7 Nov 1863 19 21 Jan 1863 Henry Ludlow of Pessack to Augusta Mills of Logansville 19 30 Mar 1863 David H. Thomas, a widower, to Agnes Van Doren Cameron, all of Morris

Co. 19 12 Sep 1863 Gilbert Lafayette Beers of New Vernon to Elliza Ella Jucho of 56 Hoyt St.

Brooklyn, New York 19 30 Sep 1863 Alivosto Sayre of Union Co. to Mary Elizabeth Birmingham of Morris

Co.

by Joseph M. Ogden, Pastor Presbyterian Church, Chatham - Recorded 19 Nov 1863 19 19 Mar 1862 Theodore M. Ely to Albertina Hopping, both of Chatham Twp.

by David M. James, Minister of the Gospel at Budds Lake - Recorded 1 Dec 1863 19 19 Sep 1863 Elias B., son of Elisha Skellenger of Chester, and Sarah Elizabeth, daughter

of Joseph Mc Cain of Mt. Olive

by C. Clark, Minister of the Gospel - Recorded 12 Dec 1863 20 7 Oct 1863 Matthew Sigler of Dover and Martha Jane Jackson of Drakeville 20 30 May 1863 Jessie Jinnings and Mary E. Powers, both of Morris Co. 20 11 Oct 1863 Daniel Giddis and Abigail Totten, both of Suckasunna 20 5 Dec 1863 Elisha B. Earles of Rockaway and Emma Jane Dickerson of Denville

by Samuel P. Halsey, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Rockaway - Recorded 16 Dec 1863 21 17 Mar 1863 Mr. John Howells and Mary Jenkins 21 11 Nov 1863 Samuel R. Hyler and Catherine Miggins 21 17 Dec 1863 Wesley Freeman and Urania Bowen

by Rev. Daneil E. Magie - Recorded 18 Dec 1863 21 15 Oct 1857 Robert Campbell of Newark and Miss Matilda Miller of Montville, at

Montville 22 19 Dec 1857 Gilbert Kanouse of Powerville to Miss Adelia Stickle of Rockaway Valley,

at Boonton


22 19 Jun 1858 John Mc Kinley to Mrs. Ann Norton, both of Boonton, at Boonton 22 18 Sep 1858 Martin Bickley to Miss Mary Williams, both of Boonton, at Boonton 22 10 Oct 1858 Thomas Roberts of Albany to Miss Ann Turner of Boonton, at Boonton 22 16 Oct 1858 Israel Cutler to Mrs. Sarah M. Howell, both of Boonton, at Boonton 22 24 Nov 1858 Benjamin F. Howell of Troy, New Jersey, to Miss Frances H. Willis of

Powerville, at Powerville 22 6 Jan 1859 Cook Talcott of Glastenburgh, Connecticut, to Miss Sarah E. Chamberlain

of Amsterdam, New York, at Boonton 22 8 Apr 1859 Hubbard S. Stickle of Splitrock to Miss Maria Wilson of Parsippany, at

Boonton 22 28 Mar 1860 Julius W. Tiemann of New York to Miss Maria Antoinette Megie of

Boonton, at Boonton 22 15 Nov 1860 Abner Demouth to Miss Jane Stilwell, both of Boonton, at Boonton 22 24 Dec 1860 James D. Mockridge to Miss Melinda Estile, both of Boonton, at Boonton 22 31 Dec 1860 John Johnson to Miss Mary Ann Richardson, both of Boonton, at Boonton 22 16 May 1861 Jesse Lyon to Miss Jane Maria Estile, both of Boonton, at Boonton 22 20 Apr 1861 James Bevercombe to Miss Mary Worman, both of Boonton, at Boonton 23 1 Jan 1862 Semion Showery of Jacksonville to Miss Elizabeth Wright of Jersey City,

at Boonton 23 6 Mar 1862 Oscar Patterson to Miss Hellen Clarke, both of Boonton, at Boonton 23 26 Nov 1862 Matthias D. Kitchel of Rockaway to Miss Anna Elizabeth Doughty of

Boonton, at Boonton 23 31 Dec 1862 Alexander Hampton of Beavertown to Miss Charlotte Righter of

Rockaway, at Boonton 23 28 Mar 1863 Theodore Jackson of Doremastown to Miss Emma Moore of Morristown,

at Boonton 23 28 Mar 1863 John Jackson of Jacksonville to Sarah Jackson of Boonton, at Boonton 23 8 Apr 1863 George W. Tibbals to Miss Sarah E. Plant, both of Boonton, at Boonton 23 30 Apr 1863 David Peer to Miss Sarah Isabella Clark, both of Boonton, at Boonton 23 6 Jul 1863 Stephen Frediricks of Montville to Miss Ellen Jarvis of Boonton, at

Boonton 23 8 Aug 1863 Thomas Northwood to Miss Harriet Steventon, both of Boonton, at

Boonton 23 23 Aug 1863 Emmanuel Scruby to Miss Nancy Hilgrove, both of Boonton, at Boonton

by Samuel P. Halsey, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Rockaway - Recorded 29 Dec 1863 24 28 Dec1863 John F. Ford and Hannah Maria Duely

by John R. Heath, JP - Recorded 5 Jan 1864 24 19 Jul 1863 Henry Losey and Mary Ellen Weaver

by Lewis R. Dunn, Pastor M. E. Church, Morristown - Recorded 13 Jan 1864 24 13 May 1862 Edward A. Bumum of Bethel, Connecticut, to Julia A. Robinson of

Madison 24 3 Jul 1862 Frederic F. Brundy of New York to Elizabeth Skimur of Morristown 24 3 Sep 1862 Theodore Egbert to Julia E. McCready, both of Morristown 24 5 Oct 1862 Henry Hampton to Ann Higgins, both of Rahway


24 8 Oct 1862 Hampton A. West of Morristown to Ellen M. Carter of Madison 24 16 Oct 1862 William B. Zindle of Rockaway to Jane Love/Lore of Dover 24 5 Nov 1862 Felix J. Hinchman to Melissa Peer, both of Denville 25 18 Dec 1862 Theo Timbrook to Harriet A. Tucker, both of Boonton 25 31 Dec 1862 Wm. Dickkinson of Walnut Grove to Rhoda A. Baird of Morristown 25 6 Jan 1863 Thomas G. Ward of Keyport to Ann Eliza Evans of Morristown 25 7 Jan 1863 Joseph W. Beeley from the Army to Harriet Lewis of Morristown 25 21 Jan 1863 Wm. D. Dalrymple of Morristown to Susan E. Bunn of Bernardsville 25 25 Feb 1863 George H. Loree of Peapack to Harriet M. Mills of Morristown 25 7 Mar 1863 Charles H. Till of Denville to Susan M. Ellison of Parsippany 25 11 Mar 1863 Jacob Miller of Westfield to Isabella A. Mills of Canada 25 12 Mar 1863 James Armstrong, 2nd Regiment of N.J. Volunteers to Lucretia Heming of

Morristown 25 22 Apr 1863 Nicholas H. Smith to Cathe S. Fichter, both of Berkshire Valley 25 2 May 1863 Caleb Bohannan to Rachel Vansciver, both of Harrisonville 25 3 May 1863 Aaron Parsons of Chatham to Hannah M. Conklin of Green Village 25 3 May 1863 George Sayre to Jane Evans both of Chatham 25 15 Jun 1863 Orlando Earl to Emma O. Schenck, both of Mendham 25 4 Jul 1863 John Henderson to Mary E. Goble, both of Mount Hope 25 12 Jul 1863 George Parcels to Marietta Loomis, both of Green Village 25 3 Sep 1863 Geo. W. Dennis to Kate Drake, both of Allamoochy 26 24 Sep 1863 William J. Biddell of Brooklyn, New York to Addie B. Dickerson of

Morristown 26 15 Dec 1863 Samuel W. Cook to Martha I. Cook, both of Whippany 26 26 Dec 1863 James E. Crampton to Cathe I. Mc Nair, both of Rockaway

by David Magie, Jr., Pastor 1st Presbyterian Church, Mendham - Recorded 20 Jan 1864 26 18 Nov 1863 Mr. William K. Menagh, age 26, son of Hugh and Rachel Menagh to Miss

Julia Ann Cole, age 24, daughter of Mr. James and Mary Cole, all ofMendham Twp. at the house of the bride’s father

26 13 Jan 1864 Mr. Henry Miller Day, age 25, son of Harris Mills and Eliza Day to MissMary Woodruff Byram, age 25, daughter of Manuel N. and Mary Byram,all of Mendham Twp., at the house of the bride’s father

by Rev. James Lawton, Mendham - Recorded - 26 Jan 1864 26 23 May 1863 Abiram Aldrad to Harriet B. Polam, both of Mendham 26 15 Sep 1863 Lewis M. Spery of Brooklyn to Mary J. Banton of Water Street 26 24 Jan 1864 Charles A. Hughson to Susan A. Stiles, both of Mendham

by Samuel P. Halsey, Pastor, Presbyterian Church, Rockaway - Recorded 27 Jan 1864 27 26 Jan 1864 Marcus S. Ford and Julia A. Cahan

by Rev. R. S. Feagles - Recorded 19 Feb 1864 27 [5?] Jun 1861 Mr. Wm. Pearce to Miss Catherine Dehart at Mendham 27 23 Aug 1861 Mr. Malcom Thompson of Mendham to Miss Margaret Smith, Franklin,

Sussex Co., at Mendham


27 13 Sep 1861 Robert Waldron, Somerset Co. to Miss Sarah Mc Conkey of Mendham, atMendham

27 1 Jan 1862 Hezekiah Bidleman to Charlotte C. Ray, Waterville 27 1 Jan 1862 Alexander Bidleman to Margaret Jane Valentine, Waterville 27 4 Jan 1862 Mr. Wm. Thompson to Miss Rebecca Voorhees, Mendham 27 21 May 1862 Wm. Floyd Camp, New Preston, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, to Miss

Marcy Crater, Chester, at Chester 27 11 Feb 1863 Mr. Simeon E. Ammerman, Chester to Miss Eliza Jane Savidge, Mendham 27 1 Mar 1863 Isaac W. Muclow to Miss Harriet Emily Saunders, Mendham 28 15 Mar 1863 Laurence Kingsland to Miss Anna Moore of Morristown 28 25 Feb Mr. S. G. Lamphear, St. Lawrence Co. to Miss Eliza D. Thomson of

Mendham 28 24 Mar Mr. David Wilson, Newton, Sussex Co. to Miss Sarah E. Emmons,

Mendham 28 18 Nov 1863 Mr. Jesse S. Clark to Mrs. Susan Ford, Mendham

by Samuel P. Halsey, Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Rockaway - Recorded 4 Mar 1864 28 3 Mar 1864 Sedgwick R. Osenner and Kate Trowbridge

by Frederick M. Cook, JP - Recorded 5 Mar 1864 28 14 Jun 1863 John Mushbacker and Eliza Brown

by Geo. C. Bush, Minister of the Gospel, Hackettstown - Recorded 5 Mar 1864 28 9 Jan 1864 Mr. Peter V. Heath and Miss Frances Bilby, both of Washington Twp. at

the house of David Heath, Esq.

(to be continued)

Some of the MAGS indexers hard at work in the Local History and Genealogy Departmentat the Morristown – Morris Township Library:

Martha Corsen, Henry & Lois Weis, Lyn Foster, Evelyn Huey, Maria Young & Helen Benz


MAGS NEWS

This is the end of another very successful year for MAGS. We had some great speakersand another very good Genealogy Day. Kudos to all who helped.

At the April meeting, we elected some new officers; Stu Shippey will be replacing AlDavidoff as Vice President and Program Chairperson; Lois Weis will be the newCorresponding Secretary, relieving Claire Kissil of her responsibilities; and Evelyn Huey willbe a new Trustee, filling the spot left vacated by Emily Svenson. The rest of our officerswill continue in their positions for another year:

President Al ZimmermanTreasurer Henry WeisRecording Secretary Ginny Walton

For a complete list of our Officers and Committee Heads, see page 2 of this Newsletter.

At the May meeting Al Davidson thanked the group for the opportunity to have thechallenging and yet interesting job of Program Chairperson. And we would like to thankyou Al, for a job well done.

Also I would like to publicly thank John Sass and Linnea Foster for their contributions tothis Newsletter. RpD – Ed.

Our old interest groups have been reactivated starting with the German Interest Group(details on page 5). If you have an idea for an interest group, see Al Zimmerman or e-

mail him at [email protected]. TheGerman Interest group will continue to meetthrough the summer.

Ruth Grimm (right) is retiring as HospitalityChairperson after 10 plus years; a newChairperson or Coordinator will be needed. Ourpresident, Al Zimmerman (left), presented herwith lovely flowers at the May meeting as a token of our

appreciation. We look forward to seeing you on the other side of the table, Ruth!

As you can see we are now in need of anew Hospitality Coordinator. If you arewilling to serve, or can relieve theHospitality Chairperson of one of the tasks(to the right) please see Al or [email protected].

Hospitality Tasks ◦Shop for coffee, cookies & supplies ◦Make coffee before each meeting ◦Set the table for Coffee Time ◦Clean-up afterwards


THE IRON ERA

The Iron Era, published in Dover, NJ, containsa wealth of information about residents ofDover and the surrounding areas in MorrisCounty. The Morristown-Morris TownshipLibrary has microfilmed copies of the issuespublished from January 20, 1872 throughDecember 10, 1905. Unfortunately, there isno index. However, toward the end of eachyear from 1881 through 1892, a synopsis ofthe year’s events was published in thenewspaper. The Library’s collection includes atranscript of the synopses, Morris CountyHistory 1881-1892 [HM1/Dove/Mor].

(continued from Vol 18 No 1)

RECORD OF THE YEAR 1891

October1 One year of successful business

under the McKinley law1 Drakesville depot abandoned and

the new Mt Arlington stationsubstituted

1 Rev Mr Pannell installed pastor ofthe Morristown CongregationalChurch

4 Rev Dr Halloway preached his 15th

anniversary sermon in DoverPresbyterian Church

4 Fund raised to erect ChrystalStreet Chapel, Dover

5 Democrats nominated Ford D.Smith for Assembly in First District

6 Job Wolfe, Mt Freedom, celebratedhis 91st birthday

6 Rev Wm Shawger, Netcong,ordained to the Baptist ministry

6 M.E. parsonage at Mt Freedomdedicated

7 Republicans nominated Horace L.Dunham for Assembly in FirstDistrict and John F. Post in Second

District; Mr Dunham declined andThos. Malley was substituted

11 Centennial of First PresbyterianChurch, Morristown observed

12 Democrats nominated Frank J.Headley for Assembly in SecondDistrict

15 Jacob L. Sutphen, Morristown,committed suicide

15 House of Jacob W. Welsh, GermanValley, burglarized

16 The President of the JournalCompany exposed as an illegalliquor seller

19 Annual inspection and parade ofMorristown Fire Department

20 St John’s new parish house,Dover, dedicated by BishopStarkey

20 House of Sidney W. Stalter,Morristown, damaged by a terrificbolt of lightning

20 Epidemic of diphtheria atChatham

25 New rooms of the Boonton LibraryAssociation opened to the public

25 New M.E. Church at Miltondedicated

25 Tremendous apple crop beingharvested

28 Ladies Missionary Union ofPresbytery met at Boonton

28 Rev W.J. Mewhinney installedpastor of Pleasant GrovePresbyterian Church

29 Wild cat killed near Petersburg29 Morris County Teachers’ Institute

opened at Dover30 Outdoor flowers still in bloom

November1 Wild and ripe strawberries picked

in the fields2 Searing’s Amusement Hall, Dover,


opened3 Election; Ford D. Smith and John

F. Post elected to the Assembly3 Mr & Mrs Jos. Beach, Rockaway,

celebrated their golden wedding4 A new hook and ladder truck

received in Boonton5 Rev A DeWitt Mason installed

pastor of Boonton ReformedChurch

5 Enemies of Rev A.C. Dill convictedin Morris County Courts

6 Heavy sentences imposed byJudge Childs for illegal liquorselling

8 Hardware store of A.G. Phillips,Morristown, burglarized

11 Rev Baker Smith installed pastorof Flanders Presbyterian Church

12 Sixtieth anniversary of the firstrailroad train run in New Jersey

12 New pipe organ of Boonton M.E.Church publicly exhibited

14 Three boy burglars arrested inMorristown

15 Total eclipse of the moonobscured by clouds in this vicinity

15 Whippany Presbyterian Churchextended call to Rev Chas.Helliwell

16 Mining suspended at the oldDickerson mine, Mine Hill

18 Flowers still in bloom outdoors19 First severe cold morning, 19°

above zero, waters frozen20 Rev J. Haviland, pastor of Dover

F.M. Church, assigned to Africanmission work

20 Great barn dance at H. McK.Twombly’s residence, Madison

20 Heavy gale blew down frame ofnew hotel at Stirling

22 Rev Wm Hollinshed resignedpastorate of Mt FreedomPresbyterian Church

23 Old Arnold Tavern, Morristown,secured as a hospital for the GreyNuns

23 Morristown bowlers beaten atDover

25 Railroad route from Rockaway toCaldwell being surveyed

25 David Neighbour, Lower Valley,celebrated his 94th birthday

26 A rainy Thanksgiving27 The IRON ERA completes its 21st

year30 Dover bowlers beaten at

Morristonw30 Ten degrees above zero

(to be continued)

We hope the enclosed envelope will be a convenience foranyone needing to renew their membership. The year datesfollowing your name on the Newsletter address label indicatewhen you need to renew, i.e. 04-05 indicates that you needto renew, 05-06 is already paid through June 2006.


BIBLE RECORDS

In 1968, Adelaide J. Howell presented three volumes of Bible Records to the Local History andGenealogy Department of the Morristown-Morris Township Library. These are records that shehad copied and collected over a period of years. A surname index was published in Vol. 1 No. 2and 3 (June and September 1988) of the Newsletter.

(continued from Vol 17 No 3)

DeHart Family Bible

Pasted on the inside back cover of Phebe DeHart Bible is a slip on which is written as follows:

Born Married DiedJeremiah Baker Aug 28, 1770 Mch 4, 1798 Aug 11, 1868Mary King June 9, 1778 Sept 3, 1851Andrew K April 5, 1799 Oct 16, 1823 June 11, 1854Henry April 29, 1801 Oct 30, 1839Elizabeth Sept 18, 1803 Dec 28, 1822William H Jany 3, 1806 June 15, 1848 June 27, 1876Nancy W May 24, 1809 Nov 17, 1836Mary K Aug 24, 1811 June 26, 1834Phebe H Nov 28, 1815 Nov 28, 1838Margaret Oct 29, 1818 July 23, 1847

The foregoing comprises all the script within the Phebe DeHart Bible. Newspaper clippingspasted on inside of front cover are as follows:

Died- Henry Baker of Dover, N.J. died at his residence on Dec 10, 1894. Born in the first part ofthe century, Apl 21, 1801, he has lived in the same vicinity ever since. He was the oldest FreeMason & Odd Fellow in this part of the State, having become a member of the Lodges nearlyhalf a century ago.

When Dover was a small hamlet, his father Jeremiah Baker came from Westfield, N.J. where thegrandfather Thomas Baker, who came from England some years previous during the 1700s, hadsettled and in 1792 purchased the property which has since been in the family’s possession.Here his father established the first tannery in northern New Jersey and carried on a successfulbusiness as Tanner and Shoe Manufacturer, in addition to clearing a large portion of land forfarming purposes with his brother William. Henry Baker succeeded to his father’s business andconducted it until the close of 186- (torn) when he became interested in opening and conductingthe valuable iron mines which underlie a portion of the homestead.

They had purchased the Stephen DeHart farm on Mine Hill adjoining Govr. Dickerson’sproperty and also opened two mines on that property, one of which was operated by ScrantonBros. of Oxford Furnace for a few years but now by Joseph Wharton, of Phila.

They also owned extensive tracts of timber land which cover an area of nearly 1000 acres,extending from Berkshire Valley to Lake Hopatcong.


From their father, they inherited a grist mill and Valley Forge. All of the property has beenjointly held by the two brothers and since the death of William in 1876; the two estates haveremained intact.

Last year Henry baker purchased from the heirs of his brother William all the property west ofthe Rockaway River, about 900 acres in which they had an interest still continues in thehomestead and other property --------- he had a strong constitution: was frugal and temperate:reached an age far beyond the average allotted to man and died in full honor and was gathered tohis fathers.

Mr. Baker remained a bachelor until his 70th year, when he married Mrs L..J..Jenness of PortJervis.

On inside of front cover of the DeHart Bible also find pasted in newspaper clippings as follows:

Died, DeHart – Died suddenly on Dec 14, 1905 at his residence 1909 W 45th St, Winfield ScottDeHart. Funeral service at the residence of his mother Mrs John DeHart (nee Baker) 76 MonroePlace, Bloomfield, N.J. on Saturday evening Dec 16, 1905 at eight o’clock. Interment atconvenience of family.

DeHart, on Thursday the 29th inst. In Brooklyn, N.Y.Dr John N DeHart aged 54 years. Funeral service at 76 Monroe Place, Bloomfield, N.J. at 3P.M., Saturday Oct 31, 1896 at convenience of family.

Miss Mary J DeHart, sister of the late Winfield S DeHart, of the Dappin (Lappin) Brake Shoeworks, died in the home of her mother, Mrs. Phebe DeHart, 76 Monroe Place Wednesday nightafter a short illness. Death was due to epilepsy occasioned by a fall a few weeks ago, when shefell and struck her head. She was 66 years old.

CONDOLENCES:

Our condolences to the families of Charles Hay andGertrude Connell, both long time MAGS members.

Charles P. Hay, of Summit, NJ, died Tuesday, April 19,2005. He was a mechanical engineer and served in theNavy during World War II. In addition to being amember of MAGS he was in charge of the MAGSnametags for many years. Charles & Nancy Hay

Gertrude M. (Long) Connell of Long Valley, formerly of Mendham, died onSaturday, March 19, 2005. She had been a member of MAGS since 1991.

Our sincere sympathies to their families.


QUERIES

Members may submit one query forpublication in each issue of the Newsletter.Queries will be limited as space allows.

Please be sure to include dates and placesin your request. Make sure it is typed orprinted legibly. Please spell out all words.We will abbreviate as necessary. Don’tforget to include your name, address andzip code and/or e-mail address.

Answers to queries should be sent directlyto the submitter, whose name and addressis shown at the end of the query. Thedeadline for queries for the next issue isAugust 1, 2005.

GUERIN: Charles Henry Guerin b 30 Aug1843, to William Guerin & Susan Potts athomestead in Bernardsville. Charles servedin the Civil War Co C, NJ 15th RegimentInfantry. Especially looking for pictures ofCharles Henry or ANY info on his life &family, or Civil War. Later resided onWashington St & Western Ave inMorristown.Joyce Guerin, [email protected] Stanton Court, Whiting, NJ 08759

SANDERS: John b. 1790, NJ; d. 26 Nov1861; m. Mary Mariah Decker (b. 1789, NJ,d. 12 Feb 1866). Who were John’s parents?Where are John & Mary buried?SANDERS: Gilbert b. 25 Mar 1814, d. 3May 1889; m. 29 May 1842 ElizabethPoulison (b. 27 May 1820, NJ, d. 30 Mar1897). Where did they live? Where werethey born, married, buried?SANDERS: Edward b. 30 April 1845; m.Elmira Smith (b. 21 Dec 1870). Where werethey born and married?Lessley V Sanders, P.O. Box 104,Richmondville, NY 12149-0104

Visit our MAGS web site at:http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmags/

Photos in this issue by RuDan

Woodland Cemetery, Newark, NJ – Safe Day, Saturday, June 11th

The Volunteers of Woodland Cemetery, which is on South 10th St, Newark, NJ, will beholding the 8th Annual Safe Day at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 11th (rain date Sunday,June 12th). This “open house” is called Safe Day because it provides people anopportunity to visit the cemetery and their family’s gravesites in the presence of policeprotection. Many New Jersey families have ancestors or relatives from Newark and thesurrounding areas who may be buried in one of the 82,500+ graves on this deserted 35acres burial site. Over 9,500 tombstone inscriptions have been documented from 1854to 2004. Many more are needed. In addition, volunteers have been cleaning up andrestoring the cemetery over the last few years. For information on interments ordirections to the cemetery, please contact Mary E. Lish at (973) 667-0450 [email protected] or John A. Sass at (973) 748-0985 or [email protected]. They willbe there to help you to look for family interments and gravesites (see also MAGS Vol10, No 2, June 1997).


Morris Area Genealogy SocietyP.O. Box 105Convent Station, NJ 07961-0105

NONPROFIT ORGU.S. POSTAGE PAIDMORRISTOWN, NJPERMIT NO. 521

Dated Material – Time Value

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

June, July, August Have a Nice Summer!

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13 September 2005 First Meeting of the New Year

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Meetings are held at the Grace Episcopal Church,4 Madison Ave at Kings Rd (Route 124E), Madison, NJ

Refreshments at 6:45 pm - Meeting at 7:00 pm

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