Deaths Reported by the "Long Islander" 1891-1900
Abstracted by David Roberts
“J”
Surnames
JACK Charles 28 years
d. at
funeral
JACKSON Mr.
funeral at
JACKSON
Rev. Anthony *
funeral
JACKSON
Charlotte * 9
mos 11 days
d.
late resident of East Rockaway; will proved at Nassau County
Surrogate=s Court; sister of Phebe A. Weekes of New York City and Louisa Bond and Clara Discoll, both of Oceanside; 29 April 1899 paper
JACKSON
Georgina 65 years
murdered
JACKSON
Irene 7 y 1 m 20 d
d.
JACKSON
James Edward ANed@ * 35 years
d. 18 August 1894 at Greenlawn; interment
at Huntington; Aemployed by ex‑Supervisor Elbert Arthur ever since he was
eight years of age@; Aindustrious, honest and frugal@; Aowned several acres of valuable land near the [Greenlawn]
railroad station@; survived by wife and three children
d. 24 August 1900 at Halesite; stricken
with apoplexy while bathing on the afternoon of 23 August 1900; died the next
morning at Archer=s Hotel, Halesite; head of W. Jackson=s Son,
mantel manufacturers of 246 Front Street, New York City
JACKSON Mrs. Lewis * 22
years
d.
JACKSON
Lizzie
d.
JACKSON M. Franklin 25
years
d. 3 November 1895 at Jericho; Aconsumption of the kidneys@; interment at Jericho; son
of Sidney W. Jackson; son-in-law of Ansel T. Jackson;
Aassociated with his father as a farmer and stock raiser@; Avery quiet
disposition and very fond of home and the association of older people rather
than to be among the young people@; survived by unnamed widow
JACKSON
Thomas S.
funeral
JACKSON
Townsend
d. at
JACKSON
William
d. Asix weeks ago@; Hempstead item; resident of Oceanville;
member of Moses A. Baldwin Post, G. A. R. Hempstead; 14 February 1891 paper
JACKSON
William
d. 28
April 1895 at Holbrook; pneumonia; funeral Episcopal Church, Sayville; native
of Scotland who left his money and farm to Charles Neilson of Patchogue, who
had befriended him; had been valet to General [Winfield] Scott Aof Mexican
War fame@
JACKSON
Mrs. William
d.
JACKSON
William L. 86
years
d.
JACKSON
Willie 10 years
d.
JACOBS Andrew 82
years
d.
JACOBS
William 70
y 2 m 18 d
d.
JAEGLE
Christopher 80
years
d. 22 May 1897 at Hicksville; funeral at German Lutheran Church,
Hicksville, which was Aone of the largest ever held in that church@; survived by three daughters and one son; born
28 April 1817 at Elmendinger, Baden, Germany;
immigrated to America ca. 1840 and settled in Hicksville in 1849, when there
were only three houses in the village; Aone of the first settlers of the village of Hicksville@; Aone of the
original organizers of the German Lutheran church in this village [Hicksville]
and a liberal supporter of the same@; memorial notice from German Lutheran Aid Society in 19 June 1897
paper
JAEGLE
Sophie
d. 10 May 1894 at Hicksville; heart failure; wife of Christopher Jaegle; immigrated
to the U. S. about 1840 and Ahas spent 47 years on the old homestead here at Hicksville
respected and beloved by everyone who knew her@
JAMES
Bernice
d. 15 October 1895 at Oyster Bay; paralysis; funeral Christ
Episcopal Church, Oyster Bay; maiden name was Bernice Holmes; sister of Sylvester Holmes, William Holmes, Mrs. John
Walters, Mrs. George Townsend and Mrs. William Higgins; first husband was
Charles Johnson, Awho died some years ago@; wife of Stephen James, who she married Aabout a
year ago@
JAMES
Catharine R. 57
y 10 m 5 d
d.
JAMES
Fannie * 47
years
d. 7 May 1898 at East Norwich; Asuddenly@ of heart disease; funeral at A. M. E. Church, Oyster Bay;
interment at Pine Hollow; wife of James James,
coachman for Mr. Boyce of East Norwich
JAMES John 63
y 11 m 26 d
d.
JAMES
Louisa C.
funeral 21 June 1895 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Northport; interment
at East Northport; daughter of William G. Gardiner of Huntington; wife of D. W.
James of Orange, New Jersey
JAMES
Stephen 53 years
d.
JAMES Mrs. Stephen
d. 6 January 1893; funeral at Oyster Bay; interment at Cold Spring;
Awell known in Oyster Bay, Cold Spring and other places@
JAMIESON
Mrs. Capt. 18
years
drowned 4 August 1894 in Long Island Sound on board a steam canal
boat towing a boat when it collided with a schooner east of Execution Light;
Mrs. Jamieson was knocked overboard and drowned; her body was found floating in
the water near Glen Cove on 6 August 1894; native of Canada who had been
married only 6 months; resident of Rouses Point, N. Y.; long account of accident in 11 August
1894 paper; account of inquest in 18 August 1894 paper
JANDER
infant
d.
JANSEN
Stephen
d. after a Afew days= illness
with pneumonia@; funeral
JARVIS
child
d. Athis week@; [
JARVIS
Capt. Alonzo 68
years
d. 6 December 1899 at Centreport; Asuddenly@ of
neuralgia of the heart; funeral at the Protestant Methodist Church, Centreport; widower; father of Eugene Jarvis, Grant Jarvis,
Mrs. Frank Morris and Stella Jarvis; native of West Neck; Aspent
greater part of his life on the water@; captain of Aseveral sailing vessels, among them the schooner Martha King, A. J. Miller and
D. C. Foster. His last position
was that of captain of the sloop yacht Corsair,
owned by Elbert Arthur of Northport@; Astaunch Republican,@ serving on the Huntington Town Republican Committee; served as
postmaster of Centreport
JARVIS
Anna 45 years
d. 18 February 1894 at Centreport;
interment at Northport; widow of Ira Jarvis mother of Rosa Jarvis and Herbert
Jarvis; native of Maryland and Afirst became acquainted with Capt. Jarvis during the War of the
Rebellion. He was left wounded on one of the battle fields and was founded and
cared for by this lady who afterwards became his wife@
JARVIS
Carrie L. 22
y 10 m 9 d
d.
JARVIS E. Franklin 33
y 11 m 3 d
d. 13 August 1899 at West Hills; brief illness; funeral at Melville
Presbyterian Church by Rev. Schwartz; son of Henry Jarvis; husband of Bertha
Jarvis, who survives; native of West Hills; Awell known in this village where he had a milk route ... resided on
the farm celebrated as the birthplace .... of Walt
Whitman@
JARVIS
Ebenezer 77 years
d.
JARVIS Edith 20
years
d.
JARVIS Edna Sammis 10 yrs
6 mos
d. 19 November 1895 at Huntington; typhoid fever; daughter of Capt.
Joseph R. Jarvis and the late Emily H. Jarvis; Huntington native, b. 22 May
1885; attended Second Presbyterian Church Sunday School
JARVIS Elizabeth 72
years
d. 8 April 1899 at West Hills; funeral at Melville Presbyterian
Church by Rev. Schwartz; daughter of Jesse and Hannah Oakley; widow of Henry
Jarvis; mother of Mrs. Homer Totten of West Deer
Park, Mrs. Seaman Post of Farmingdale, Alice Jarvis, Jesse Jarvis and E.
Franklin Jarvis, all of West Hills, George Jarvis of Connecticut and Charles
Jarvis of Nebraska; resident of the Walt Whitman Homestead; member of the
Melville Presbyterian Church; lifetime resident of West Hills; Aa kind
wife and mother and an agreeable neighbor@
JARVIS George*
d.
JARVIS
Hannah 83
years
d. 12 January 1894 at Huntington; widow of Moses Jarvis; Afor a
number of years blind and almost entirely deaf@; Aesteemed
Christian, a member of the Second Presbyterian Church@ (13
January 1894 paper); Afond of attending the services of God=s house in
the Huntington Baptist Church of which she was a consistent member and of which
she was a constituent at its organization over twenty‑five years ago@ (20 January 1894 paper)
JARVIS Hannah M. 59
years
d.
JARVIS
Henry 74 years
d. 18 October 1898 at West Hills; paralytic stroke; funeral at
Melville Presbyterian Church by Rev. Carter of Huntington; son of Carlton
Jarvis and Susan Everett; native of Melville, b. 21 November 1824; husband of
Elizabeth Oakley (m. 1845); son-in-law of Jesse Oakley; father of four
daughters and three sons; uncle of Baylis brothers of
Woodbury; member of Melville Presbyterian Church
JARVIS Capt. Henry 65
years
d.
JARVIS
Herbert 22 yrs 11 days
d.
JARVIS
Herbert 40 years
d.
JARVIS
Jesse 80 years
d. 4 July 1897; funeral at Northport; father of Mrs. Charles K. Sammis; Mrs. J. W. Bell; Mrs. Charles Ackerman; J. Udall
Jarvis; James Jarvis and Benjamin Jarvis; Afor many years the proprietor of one of the largest ship building
yards in our village [Northport] and employed a large number of men. He retired
from the business when steam vessels took the place of sailing vessels in the
coasting trade@
JARVIS
John 83 years
d. 14 April 1893 at Central Park; interment at Bethpage; father of
Whitson Jarvis; native
of Melville, b. 10 September 1810; resident of Central Park over sixty years;Athe
[Hempstead] plains at that time [1830s] were not covered with farms as now ...
Mr. Jarvis could stand on the plains at Central Park and see as far as
Hempstead as there were no houses or fences to obstruct the view@
JARVIS Capt. Jonathan 97
y 1 m 13 d
d. 14 May 1899 at Huntington; following the recent death of AUncle
Tommy@ Scudder, Capt. Jarvis was the oldest person in Huntington; funeral
at Huntington by Rev. Seem (Presbyterian) and Rev. Walter (M. E.); son of Simon
Losea Jarvis and Keturah
Conklin; husband of Ann West of Middletown Point, New Jersey (m. 28 May 1829),
she d. Atwenty years ago@; father of Emilous Jarvis of Huntington
and late Sarah W. (Mrs. Frederick) Manson; brother of Emilous
Jarvis, age 83, and William H. Jarvis, age 81; of his deceased siblings, many
reached very old ages Esther d. at 80, Phebe d. at
91; Philetus d. at 84 and Almira
d. at 80; native of Centreport, b. 1 April 1802;
learned blacksmith trade from his father; resided briefly at Commack; moved to
Huntington, where he lived ever since; captain of a packet line between
Huntington and New York City; afterwards, he owned two very good coasting
vessels, Mary Howell and Standard, and was engaged in the
coasting trade; following his retirement from the sea, he operated an ice cream
and candy saloon; a Astaunch Democrat@ ... who cast Ahis first vote ... for Andrew Jackson ... and it is said that he
has voted for every succeeding Democratic candidate@
JARVIS
Capt. Lemuel
d. Alast week@ at
JARVIS Philetus C. 84 years
d. 4 March 1891 at Huntington; recently fell on icy stoop; son of
Simon Losee Jarvis and Keturah
Conklin; m. 1830 Almeda B. Scudder; father of S. Lee
Jarvis and Joseph Jarvis; captain of coasting vessels until retirement 1886;
member of Second Presbyterian Church, Huntington; b.1 December 1806
JARVIS
Rachel 75
y 8 m 19 d
d.
JARVIS S. Annie Smith 36
years
d. 6 August 1900 at East Neck; Bright=s disease;
funeral at Central Presbyterian Church, Huntington; interment at Melville;
daughter of Ezra Smith and Miriam Colyer; wife of D.
Carll Jarvis (m. 26 November 1884); mother of Ezra Jarvis, age 14; Nellie
Jarvis, age 10; and an infant boy, age 5 weeks; a member of Central
Presbyterian Church; Aa woman of lovable disposition@; her husband managed the estate of George Shaw on East Neck
JARVIS
Sarah Adaline 84
years
d.
JARVIS
Simeon
d.
JARVIS
Stella ca. 34 years
d.
JARVIS
Susanna 81 y 6 m 25
d
d.
JAYNE
Benjamin 52
yrs 1 mo
d. 12 May 1896 at Smithtown Branch; funeral [Smithtown] Landing M.
E. Church; members of Jephtha Lodge #494, F & A
Masons of Huntington attended the funeral; had been active with the Huntington
lodge for twenty-five years Note: see JAYNE
W. Benjamin
JAYNE
Brewster 92
yrs 4 mos
d. 14 April 1896 at Old Westbury; interment at Huntington; native
of Dix Hills; former resident of East Neck, Huntington, where he at one time
operated a brickyard; later in life owned a farm at Old Westbury; member of Roslyn
M. E. Church
JAYNE
Elizabeth ca.
83 years
d.
JAYNE
Matilda 71 y 11 m 10
d
d.
JAYNE Mrs. Peter 80 years
d.
JAYNE W. Benjamin
d. Aseveral weeks ago@; son of Elizabeth Jayne; brother of Mrs. J. B. Conklin; son-in-law
of Mrs. Satterly of Northport; resident of Smithtown
Branch; member of the firm Jayne & Conklin; 18 July 1896 and 25 July 1896
papers; Smithtown items. Note: see JAYNE Benjamin Note:
also called JAYNES
JEFFRIES Mrs. Lester 25
years
d.
JEFFRIES
Robert
Episcopal funeral 20 July 1896 at South Glen Cove; interment at
Westbury; survived by unnamed widow and one son; member of Seawanhaka Council
#362 Royal Arcanum, Daniel Downing Post # 365 G. A. R. and Pembroke Lodge # 73,
I. O. O. F.
JENKINS
Elizabeth 51 y 4 m 4 d
d.
JENKINS
Elizabeth 53
y 4 m 10 d
d. 10
December 1895 at New York City; funeral Reformed Church, Hicksville; interment
at Plain View; mother of Henry C. Jenkins and five daughters; former resident
of Hicksville, who had just moved to New York City in hopes of finding
employment for her daughters
JENKINS
George D. 6
mos 6 days
d.
JENKS Mrs. Frederick
d. Alast week@ at New Haven, Connecticut; sister of Sara Sperry of Glen Cove;
resident of New Haven; 25 May 1900 paper
JENNINGS
Mrs.
d.
d. 1 April 1900 at Bristol, Connecticut; brother of Charles J.
Jennings, former principal of Huntington Union School, now of Jamaica High
School; lawyer, with Newell & Jennings of Bristol; Aprominent
in educational matters, being at one time superintendent of schools in Bristol@; active
Republican
d.
d.
JENNINGS
Rev. William J.
d. 5
October 1895 at Bristol, Connecticut; father of Principal C. J. Jennings of
Huntington; memorial resolution from Hale Donation, South Coventry, Conn.,
dated 20 October 1895, copied from the Bristol
Press of Bristol, Conn., published in 16 November 1895 paper
JEONNOT
August Albert 56
years
suicide Alast week@ at Brooklyn; Aturned on the gas in his room@; funeral 4 Sep- tember 1896 at Brooklyn;
interment at Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn; survived by unnamed widow; father
of Afour grown children@; brother-in-law of Louis Kunz of Hicksville; resident of the
United States for thirty years; member of the firm Jeonnot
& Shiebler, watch case manufacturers, of
Brooklyn; owned Aa fine home@ at Jericho, where his wife was when he committed suicide at their
Brooklyn residence; Hicksville item
JEROME
Elizabeth McAllister
d. 10 October 1896 at Morris Park; wife of Leonard W. Jerome; niece
of General Wood, Awho was
prominent in the Mexican War@; former resident of Lattingtown
JEROME
John Vanderbilt
d. Alast week@; son of
Thomas A. Jerome; Asurvived his father but a few weeks@;
JEROME
Thomas A. 86
years
d. 26 July 1896 at New Brighton, Staten Island; acute gastritis;
funeral at Church of the Holy Communion,
New York City; brother of Lawrence Jerome, Leonard Jerome and Addison Jerome, Aall well
known club men@; husband of Emma Vanderbilt; Athey celebrated their golden wedding a few years ago@; father
of Aseveral children,@ among whom are Kate (Mrs. Clarence B.) Dinsmore
of New York City and Gertrude Alexondre, whose
husband owns the French steamer line [also John Vanderbilt Jerome]; formerly
owned a farm in
JERVIS Mrs. Scudder C. 80 years
d.
JOHNSON
infant
d.
JOHNSON
Mrs.
d.
JOHNSON Mrs.
d.
JOHNSON
Abigail 84
y 8 m 8 d
d. 7 March 1894 at Huntington; daughter of Jacob Jarvis; widow of Abiatha Johnson (m. 1830); mother of Matilda (Mrs. John)
Scudder, Reuben Johnson of Greenpoint, Jarvis Johnson
of Roslyn and Ida Johnson of Huntington; sister of Betsey, Susan, Ann, Jeanette
and Jacob; native of Centreport Cove b. 1809; member
of Centreport M. E. and Huntington M. E. Churches and
later Second Presbyterian Church
JOHNSON
Aimee Platt 3 y 1 m 3 d
d.
JOHNSON
Bertha May * 10
mos 22 days
d.
JOHNSON
Charles 35
years
d.
JOHNSON
Cora 23 years
d. 5 April 1898; funeral at Presbyterian Church, Northport by Rev.
Ellis; interment in Iowa; wife of H. E. Johnson; mother of Aa child
two weeks old@; former resident of Chicago, Illinois; had been a resident of
Northport for about a year; memorial window installed at the Presbyterian
Church, Northport, 4 June 1898 paper
JOHNSON
Cornelius 83
years
d.
JOHNSON Elizabeth Huntting 70
years
funeral 14 September 1895; interment at Smithtown; sister of late
John S. Huntting of Smithtown; widow of Stephen L.
Johnson of Jamaica; mother-in-law of Frank H. Pahde;
Northport item
JOHNSON
Frank
drowned
JOHNSON
Frank A. 40
years
d. 2 March 1895 at Philadelphia, Pa.; funeral Universalist
Church, Huntington; interment at Huntington; son of Samuel and Sarah Johnson; grandson
of Charles White of Moriches; husband of Mary E. Stanwood (m. 2 January 1882);
b. 19 August 1854; starting at age 15, he worked for some years with the Long Islander; in 1884, he purchased
the Northport Journal and after
a few years moved to Bay Shore and took the paper with him as the Bay Shore Journal; he was the editor
of that paper at the time of his death;
Republican
JOHNSON Gertrude* 45
years
d.
JOHNSON
Henry * 37
years
d. 25 June 1895 at Huntington; Aneuralgia about the heart@; drove Raymond Selleck=s
passenger stage from the depot to Huntington Harbor; Aon
Saturday evening as he was driving Mr. Selleck=s team
with a stage load of passengers from the depot, he was taken with a pain in his
side which became so violent that he was scarcely able to complete the drive to
the harbor@
JOHNSON J. Jarvis 60 years
d. 19 October 1898 at Huntington Harbor; heart disease; funeral at
Second Presbyterian Church, Huntington by Rev. Seem; son of Abiatha
and Abigail Johnson; native of Huntington Harbor, b. 1 July 1838; brother of
Dr. Reuben Johnson of Great Neck, Ida Johnson of Huntington Harbor and the late
Susan Matilda (Mrs. John R.) Scudder; never married; much of his career was
spent as a clerk on steamers from Long Island Sound ports to New York City,
including the ill-fated Seawanhaka;
later in life, ran a silk mill and a large farm at Roslyn; long obit in 22
October 1898 paper
JOHNSON
Jennie
suicide at Cleveland, Ohio; jumped from fourth floor window of
Lennox apartment house Asuffering from an attack of melancholia@; wife of
Walter F. Johnson; former resident of
Huntington; article copied from 26 June 1893 Cleveland News &
Herald; 1 July 1893 paper
JOHNSON Jere 70
years
d. 14 February 1898 at Thomaston, Georgia; Adeath no doubt somewhat hastened by the accidental drowning of his
son Fran at Babylon about a year ago@; Awell-known real estate dealer at Brooklyn@; Aan
auctioneer and real estate broker, he making a specialty of buying suburban
property, cutting it up into building lots and selling the same at auction@
JOHNSON
John
d.
JOHNSON John 19
years
d.
JOHNSON John* 44
years
d.
JOHNSON
Josephine * Aold@
found dead
JOHNSON
Lee ca. 50 years
d. 20 February 1895 at Garden City; son of Edward Johnson, a native
of Louisiana; nephew of Bradish Johnson; Edward and Bradish Johnson bought Aan immense tract of land in Islip town, upon which is now built the
greater part of the village of East Islip@; brother of Edward Johnson, with whom he had a malt business in
New York City; husband of Fannie Nicoll, who
graduated from Huntington Union School in 1865; son-in-law of William Nicoll; Islip native who had been an Ainvalid
from paralysis for some 15 years@
JOHNSON
Mary S. 64 yrs 9 mos
d. 15 March 1894 at Huntington Harbor; daughter of Samuel Johnson;
sister of Abathia Johnson, William Johnson, Alexander
Johnson, Hartt Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Henrietta
Johnson, Mrs. Henry Ketcham and Mrs. Merrill; native
of Huntington Aresided here all her life@; member of St. John=s Episcopal Church
JOHNSON
Peter * Aaged@
d. 5 October 1893 at Jericho; funeral at Westbury; b. a slave near Richmond, Virginia, in 1810;
escaped from slavery at the age of 20 with the help of Isaac Hooper, who hid
him on a ship; sailed off from Virginia on sloop bound for Oyster Bay and was
sent to Henry Willis of East Woods; later worked for many years for Edward L.
Frost of Cedar Swamp; before Emancipation, lived in fear that slave catchers
from Virginia would find him and return him to slavery; resident of Jericho in
his old age; son, grandson and great‑grandson of Edward L. Frost attended
the funeral; long obit and article on slavery in antebellum Virginia in 21
October 1893 paper
JOHNSON Richard* 49
years
d. 1
November 1899 at Riverhead; ulcer of the stomach; died in his cell at the
Suffolk County Jail; had been on trial for the murder of John Bunn at Bay
Shore, but due to his illness, the trial was postponed until 29 January 1900
JOHNSON S. Eugenie 20
yrs 4 mos
d. 25 January 1894 at Bay Shore; interment at Huntington; daughter
of Samuel C. and Sarah C. Johnson; Huntington native and member of St. John=s
Episcopal Church, Huntington
JOHNSON
Samuel C. 70
years
d. 21 December 1897 at Huntington Harbor; funeral at St. John=s
Episcopal Church, Huntington; son of Samuel Johnson; brother of Henrietta
Johnson of Huntington Harbor, Sarah Merrill and Iantha
Ketcham; husband of the late Sarah White, who d. Aabout
seven years ago@; father of Frank Johnson, Alexander Johnson and Eugenia Johnson,
all deceased, and Edward Johnson,
Charles Johnson and Burt Johnson, who survive; grew up on East Neck,
Huntington; followed the bay for his living; Aa man with
a warm heart@
JOHNSON
Sarah C.
d.
JOHNSON
Will *
d. 28 February 1894 at Aiken, South Carolina; Aaccidentally
shot and killed@ by Joseph Quinn, a groom employed by H. K. Vingot
of Westbury; Westbury item
JONES Mrs. Alfred 47 years
d.
JONES
Benjamin 72 years
d.
JONES Edmund 76
years
d. 10/11 February 1900 at Cold Spring Harbor; pneumonia; funeral at
St. John=s Episcopal Church, Cold Spring Harbor, by Rev. Baker; interment in
St. John=s Cemetery, Anear the church@; grandson of Major Jones; brother of David Jones of Flushing and
Charles Jones and Edwin Jones, both of Wisconsin; never married; seaman who was
a mate on Aseveral ocean going vessels@; lived for several years in the silver mining district of Montana
JONES
Elizabeth 25
years
d.
JONES Emma Louise 39 years
d. 21 May 1896 at Bridgeport, Connecticut; consumption; funeral at
Stony Brook; interment at Port Jefferson; daughter of Rev. Daniel and Harriet
Jones; sister of Mrs. B. Powell of Stony Brook
JONES
Harriet Howell 18
months
d.
JONES Isaac Watts 72
years
d. 21
March 1899 at San Francisco, California; knocked down while crossing O=Farrell
Street Aand trampled upon by a spirited horse and run over by the buggy@; son of
Walter Jones; brother of Capt. W. J. Jones and the late Capt. E. M. Jones;
former resident of Cold Spring, where he was a store clerk with J. H. Jones
& Sons; later he ran a general store and drug store in Cold Spring; went to
California in 1858; never married
JONES John D. 83 years
d.
JONES John T. * 44
years
d.
JONES
Laura
d.
JONES Mary Esther Mott 71 years
d. 3 July 1898 at Cold Spring; funeral Episcopal Church, Cold
Spring; interment at Memorial Cemetery, Cold Spring; daughter of James Mott,
late of Manhasset; wife of Samuel A. Jones; Aan estimable lady whose many friends mourn their loss@
JONES Capt. Noah H.
funeral
JONES Sarah 82
years
d.
JONES
Susan M.
d. 29 May 1900 at Huntington; short illness; widow of Samuel W.
Jones; daughter of Joseph Lawrence Hewlett and Elizabeth Van Wyck, late of Great Neck; mother of Samuel O.W. Jones,
William Robert Jones, Helen Jones, Elizabeth H. (Mrs. W. Wilton) Wood, and
Susan M. (Mrs. William )Negley; a resident of
Huntington for 32 years
JONES
Townsend 70 y 1 m 23 d
d. 21 December 1891 at Cold Spring Harbor; son of John H. Jones;
brother of Samuel Jones and William E. Jones; father of Townsend Jones and
Thomas Jones; Agreater part of his life was spent in business in New York as
auctioneer, he being a member of the firm of Rudder, Jones & Company in
Warren Street@; Aduring the wartimes [Civil War] his income was very large, he
paying the highest income tax of any man in Suffolk County@; retired
to Cold Spring Aabout nine years ago@; member of St. John=s Episcopal
Church, Cold Spring
JONES W. Robert 35
years
d. 20 December 1900 at Maracaibo [or
Caracas], Venezuela; brain fever; interment in Venezuela, Aas
Venezuelan law forbids the removal of a corpse from the country within one year
of death@; son of Samuel W. Jones and Susan Hewlett; brother of Mrs. W.
Wilton Wood and Helen Jones, both of Huntington, Mrs. William Negley of Eagle Pass, Texas, and Samuel W. Jones of Mexico;
attended Huntington High School; long time resident of Mexico Aengaged in
the coffee trade, representing Hard & Rand, of Manhattan, at Arazaba, Mexico@; at the time of his death, he was in Venezuela with Louis Hewlett,
son of Walter R. Hewlett, of Cold Spring Harbor, representing S. Matherson, Jr. & Company Aa large
coffee house@ of Boston, Massachusetts
JONES
William E. *
drowned 2 April 1893 at Oyster Bay; body found morning of 3 April
1893 between dock and schooner Dunbar
on which he was a seaman; interment at Cold Spring Harbor; resident of
Northport; commonly called ABuck Bill@ Jones; b. Liberia, Africa; AHe had
been in nearly every part of the world as a sailor. He was well able to earn a
good living but for his love of liquor@
JORDAN
David C. 69
y 1 m 3 d
d.
JOST Mrs. Augustus
murdered
JOURDAN
Peter *
body recovered
from a well at Lakeville and Agiven a Christian burial@;
JUDD Mrs.
telegram
received
JUDGE Mrs. Aold lady@
d.
JUDGE
Thomas 15 years
d. 26 November 1896 at Glen Cove; Ajumped off
from the front car and fell under the wheels, and the entire train passed over
his legs, cutting them both off above the knees@; accident
happened at the Sea Cliff station of L. I. R. R.; taken back to Glen Cove; Ahe was
placed under the influence of ether, but expired before the mangled limbs could
be dressed@; funeral St. Patrick=s R. C. Church, Glen Cove; son of Patrick Judge; resident of Glen
Cove