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Mercer County
New Jersey
Obituaries and Death Notices


Dates given are usually the date of the newspaper story, not the date of death.



April 12, 1882-
Frank Applegate, a young man about twenty years of age, living at Highstown, was instantly killed at the Union street crossing (Trenton) of the Pennsylvania Railroad, on last Saturday night. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)


July 5, 1882-Died-Applegate-Near Princeton, June 21st,
Gideon L. Applegate, in the 65th year of his age. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)

April 12, 1882-Died-Cook-In Ewing township, Mar. 29th?, 1882,
Elisabeth, widow of the late Theodore Cook, in the 70th year of age. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)

January 25, 1882-
Mrs. Fisher, wife of Augustus Fisher of this place, died on Sunday evening.  
DIED-FISHER-On Jan. 22, 1882, Rhoda Anna -----, wife of Augustus Fisher in the 29th year of her age. Funeral ceremonies today (Wednesday) at 11 o'clock, in the old brick church.
(Submitted by Shauna Williams)


May 10, 1882-Mr. J. Newton Hagaman buried a young child last Wednesday. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)

Daniel Heald, jr., listed in the 1843 Chicago, IL City directory as: "Mason, Jackson [St.], bet Clark and Pacific ave; Died, Trenton. N.J., July 12, 1874, aged 66 - 9-28" [submitted by K. Torp]


January 15, 1882-
Alfred Lambert, of Hopewell township, near Harborton, committed suicide Thursday morning by shooting himself in the mouth with a pistol. He arose as usual with his wife in the morning, but did not leave the room until after she had gone, which was unusual, and it is since supposed that he waited for an opportunity to get his pistol. He came down soon after and ate his breakfast. His son and workman went to the barn and he went to the woodshed. Soon after a smothered report was heard by the family, but was not recognized as that of a pistol. When found he was dead and the pistol lay near him. He had evidently shot himself in the mouth as the upper and lower jaws were fractured, the tongue and flesh about the mouth were badly mangled and torn by the explosion. No cause could be assigned for the act, but since last Friday he looked flushed, slept badly, ate less than usual and seemed nervous.  He was about 44 years of age and leaves a wife and five children. Dr. J.S. Lanning, of Woodsville, was called and notified the county physician. The case being clearly one of suicide a burial certificate was given-Emporium. (submitted by Shauna Williams)

March 1, 1882- Edward Moore, of Trenton, who was lately bitten on the lip by a dog, died on Sunday from hydrophobia.  (Submitted by Shauna Williams)

April 5, 1882 - Last Saturday morning the dead body of James Murphy was found among some terra cotta pipes in the yard of O.O. Bowman's Terra Cotta Works, Trenton. The marks of violence found on him at once led to the belief that he had been murdered. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)

March 8, 1882-FISHER-In Trenton, on Wednesday, Mar. 1st, 1882, James Reading, son of James S. and Jennie S. Fisher, aged 5 years and 10 months. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)

March 29, 1882- Last Tuesday Mr. Noah T. Stout, who resided about two miles south of Hopewell, took his fishing lines and went to Titus's mill pond to fish. Not returning that day nor during the night, search was made for him when his dead body was found on the banks of the pond, by D.B. Cox. He had caught two or three fish, one of which was on the line. What was the cause of his death can be conjectured. As there was no evidence of any struggle his death must have been very sudden. He was about 77 years old.  (Submitted by Shauna Williams)

January 15, 1882- The youngest child of James? K? V----, of this place, died Monday morning. (submitted by Shauna Williams)

May 31, 1882-A little three year old daughter of John S. Van Dyke, died last Saturday morning, of diphtheria. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)

February 22, 1882-Died-VOORHEES-On Monday morning, February 13th, 1882, Frank J., youngest son of Jas. R. Voorhees, aged 2 years, 2 months and 28 days. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)

March 8, 1882-WALSH-Near Hopewell, on Feb. 20th, 1882, Maggie, wife of Patrick Walsh, and eldest daughter of Mrs. Mary Dolan, in the 23d year of her age. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)

February 22, 1882-Died-At his residence in Hopwell, N.J., on Wednesday morning Feb. 15?, 1882, at 5 o'clock, Isaac D. Waters, in the 76th year of his age. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)

March 1, 1882-Charles Wilson, father of Capt.John Wilson, died at Trenton last Sunday morning, at the age of 86. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)

Died at Trenton, New Jersey, after an afflicting illness of two weeks, in the 45th year of his age, James J. Wilson, Esq., Editor of the Trenton True American, and formerly a Senator of the United States. [August 18 1824, Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) - Submitted by Nancy Piper]

January 15, 1882-Jas. Wurtz, of Princeton Junction, the man who dug the grave of Aaron Burr in the Princeton cemetery, died last Saturday, aged seventy-give years. (Submitted by Shauna Williams)








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