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1886 Jersey County
From the Jersey County Democrat, December 30, 1886. List of “aged people” who were still alive in Jersey County in 1886. The newspaper’s source was a Jersey County Atlas. I am uncertain what year this atlas was published.
Name; birth place; birth date.
Hon. W. H. ALLEN; Briston County, MA; 12 October 1814
David AMES is over 96
Judge M. E. BAGLEY; Greene County, NY; 18 August 1828
Col C. D. BEACH, near Burlington, VT; 17 July 1818
Silas BATES; Butler County, OH; 13 August 1817
John S. BEATY; Butler County, OH; 9 May 1816
Hon. David E. BEATTY; Butler County, OH; 4 February 1812
Jeremiah BELL; Harwick County, GA; 16 May 1808
George W. BURKE; Addison County, VT; 24 November 1807
Gottlieb BURKENMYER; Wurtemburg, Germany; 23 January 1823
Patrick B. BURNS; Meath County, Ireland; 15 aUGUST 1825
Judge Edwin COLEAN; Jersey County; 19 January 1830
Capt. Jonathan E. COOPER; Henry County, KY, 5 January 1807
Archibald CRAIG; Princeton, NJ; 14 August 1814
John C. DANNEL; Greene County; 4 November 1826
Samuel DAVIS, Rowen County, NC; 8 July 1798
John G. DOUGHERTY, Adams County, MS; 28 July 1820
Judge P. ELDRIDGE; Philadelphia; 14 March 1822
Isaac R. ELY; Monmouth County, NJ; 13 January 1824
Hon. J. N. ENGLISH; Henry County, KY; 31 March 1810
Samuel ERWIN; Wilson County, TN; 19 June 1811
C. B. FISHER; Somerset County, NJ; 14 June 1809 (died 1886)
Col. J. C. FROST; Monmouth County, NJ; 22 November 1832
E. M. FULLER; Burlington County, VT; 22 February 1817
Hon. H. O. GOODRICH; Delaware County, NY; 3 October 1819
Hon. Addison GREENE; Jefferson County, NY; 21 June 1819
J. S. GRIMES; Jersey County; 20 January 1820
Clarence M. HAMILTON; Franklin County, VT; 5 June 1826
Ford HANKINSON is over 96
W. S. HAWLEY; Onondago County, NY; 7 December 1818
Judge Richard I. LOWE; Somerset County, NJ; 6 May 1802
Jacob LURTON; Louisville, KY; 16 September, 1805
Hon. N. M. LURTON, Jersey County; 9 January 1830
Hon. H. C. MASSEY; St. Charles, MO; 19 November 1828
Isaac McCOLLISTER; Washington County, NY; 24 April 1817
A. A. McREYNOLDS, Sumner County, TN; 28 September 1819
Dr. G. S. MILES; Westminister, MA; 13 October 1832
Nathaniel MINER; Hunterdon County, NY (?); 3 November 1819
James MOORE; Knox County, TN; 11 December 1827
Judge Caleb NOBLE; Adams County, MS; 28 July 1817
Dennis PALMER; Addison County, VT; 7 May 1828
Orrin PALMER; Addison County, VT; October 1832
Peter R. PARSELL; Somerset County, NJ; 25 December 1825
Lewis RANDOLPH, Somerset County, NJ; 13 December 1808
William RHODES; Bedford County, VA; 17 September 1811
Guy C. RICHARDS; Broome County, NY; 2 November 1819
Thomas B. RUYLE; near Nashville, TN; 28 February 1820
Col. W. RUYLE; Nashville, TN; 18 October 1825
Henry RYAN; Greene County; 28 March 1831
Hubert SAUER; Germany; 27 December 1807
Glover SHORT; Pennsylvania County VA; October 1800
J. B. SCHROEDER; Portsmouth, NH; 24 December 1821
L. C. SIMMONS; Montgomery County, MD; 19 March 1807
John W. SISSON, Botetourt County, VA; 7 March 1813
Rev. John W. SLATEN; Jackson County, GA; 10 August 1810
Capt. John M. SMITH; Monmouth County, NJ; 5 January 1811
B. C. VANDERVOORT, Somerset County, NJ; 29 December 1821
Dr. A. K. VanHORNE; Scoharie (Schoharie?), NY; 2 April 1831
Josiah VAUGHN; Madison County; 5 December, 1822
Judge Geo. E. WARREN, Sciota (?), OH; 16 August 1817
Henry WEIGHARD; Germany; 28 January 1823
Ira M. WEST; St. Clair County, IL; 13 October 1824
Jacob E. WHITNACK; Somerset County, NJ; 12 February 1826
John C. WINSOR; Devonshire, England; 31 January 1812
Abraham WORTHY; Franklin County, GA; 11 November 1818
David G. WYCKOFF; Schoharie County, NY; 5 May 1812
James M. YOUNG; Rutherford County, NC; 16 December 1828
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