Name Date Death Date Burial Age Burial Cause Burial Genealogy Comments
1859 - 1891            
Elizabeth Alling 1859 Nov 21         Born: 6/1/1855
Tillie Gray 1868       Husband: Samuel Alling  
Isaac T. VanDorn 1868         Born: 6/1/1855
Jacob Applegate 1870          
Maria Van Dorn 1874 Oct 21          
Enoch Limehouse 1883          
Emma Van Dorn 1883 Nov 15 or 1889   21 yrs      
Louisa Hughes 1884? March          
Wilmer Elmer 1886 Nov 30 or 1887         Born: 11/30/1886 or 1887
Alphonso Smith 1890       Nephew: Alphonso "Phonsie" Smith Born: 11/30/1886 or 1887
Julia Hubbard 1890          
Clarence Jennings 1891          
William Johnston 1891 Mar 03         Civil War Veteran
Company F 26th Regiment
NY infantry
Van Dorn Infant ?          
1892 - 1899            
George W. Reasner 1893 Jan 25   55 yrs 11 mths Heart Disease    
Newton Downs 1893 Mar 20 1893 Mar 22 19 yrs Consumption   Born: 1/22/1874
Paid by John R. Henderickson
Henry T. Campbell 1893 Apr 13   67 yrs Heart Disease    
Andrew J. Van Dorn 1893 Apr 13 1893 Jul 18 66 yrs      
Ethel Lelia Berry 1893 Jul 25 or 1896 5 mth 12 days or 3 yrs 66 yrs     Born 2/13/1893
Louisa Muisl 1894          
Harriet Ellen Berry 1894 Apr 10         Born: 7/2/1862
Harry Johnson (infant) 1894 Oct 09   7 mth 14 days     Paid by father Ira Johnson
Infant Williams 1896 May 12          
Sarah A. Mason 1896 May 15   56 yrs Consumption    
James Saltes 1896 Apr 13   about 46 yrs Consumption    
Sabina Schenck 11/22/1896   53 yrs      
Isaac R. Willam 12/21/1896   56 yrs Disease of Rectum   Civil War Veteran Injury in war
Company K&B 27th regiment
US Colored Volunteer Infantry
Thomas Ely 1897 Oct 01          
May Williamson 1897 Oct 25          
Samuel Allen 1898 Feb 21          
Daniel Wooding 1898 Mar 16   24 yrs Consumption   Emma
Hannah Blackwell 10/20/1899 10/23/1899 80 yrs General Debililty Husband: Noah Blackwell 1899 Oct 20 1899 Oct 23 80 yrs General Debililty ; Husband: Noah Blackwell  
1900 - 1906            
Theodore Hagaman 1859 Nov 21 1900 Nov 07   67 yrs Laborer  
William H. Boyer 1901 Jul 08   61 yrs     Civil War Veteran
Company E
29th Regiment
Conn Colored
Volunteer Infantry
Joseph Ely 1901 Oct 11   49 yrs Paralysis   Laborer
Joseph Watson 1901 Dec 03   74 yrs 10 mths Gangrene   Laborer
Jane Smith 1902 Feb 13   74 yrs 7 mths Apoplexy Duration Instantly    
Ephram Cannon 1902 Feb 14   77 yrs Paralysis    
William H. Downs 1902 Mar 03   52 yrs Preumonia    
Harriett Cook 1902 Mar 31   100 yrs     Housekeeper
Charles Hendrickson 1902 Jun 24       names Julia Hendrickson and Mary Hendrickson are on monument. Born: 1827
Lamplighter Pennington Boro
Ellen Voorhees 1902 Jul 02          
Mary Etta Harris 1903 Apr 02          
Elizabeth Williams 1903 Dec 15          
Sarah Elizabeth Cannon 1904 Mar 07   62 yrs Dropsy   Housekeeper
Randolph Jones 1904 Jun 15   80 yrs     Civil War Veteran
Company L 11th U.S.
Ellen Virginia Taylor 1905 May 16   33 yrs 6 mths Consumption   Laborer
Abraham Smith 7/26/05   80 yrs     retired
Mazzy Waller 1905 Aug 08          
Samuel Schenck 1905 Oct 14   40 yrs Consumption   Laborer: Paid by Overseer of the Poor
1906 - 1911            
Theodore Williamson 1906 Feb 07         Laborer
Sarah Smith 1906 Jun 23     Heart Trouble Duration 6 hour   Housewife
Susan A. Johnson 1906 Nov 09   66 yrs     Housekeeper
St. Barnabas Hospital Newark
Interred 11/19/06
Ammda E. Van Dorn 1907         Born:1869
Louisia Hearns 1907 Feb 02   19 yrs Childbirth    
John H. Grover 1907 Feb 17   34 yrs 3 mths Pneumonia Sister: Emma Grover Smith Born: 1873 Laborer
Samuel Blackwell 1907 Apr 04   89yrs 11mths 20days     Retired
Mabel Elizabeth Ely 1907 Jul 22          
Mary Ausgusta Williamson 1907 Aug 18   8 mths   Father: Elmer Lee Grant
Mother: Bertha Grover		  
George W. Williamson 1908 Jan 21   67 yrs 5 mths Dropsy Grandchildren:
Sadie and Mamie Williamson		 Laborer, Civil War Veteran, 1908 Company F
8th Regiment Colored
Clabon Jones 1908 Apr 04   22 yrs Consumption   Laborer
Marguerite Smith 1908 Apr 08   1 yr 8 mths Typhoid Fever Father: John,  Mother: Helen  
John Smith 1908 Apr 17   26yrs 8mths 10days Pneumonia   Laborer
Ernest Fultz 1908 Apr 24   3 yrs 6 mths Marasus, Consumption    
Noah Blackwell 1908 Mar 03   78 yrs Strangulated Hernia Wife: Hannah Blackwell
Nephew: George Blackwell		  
Margaret Waller 1908 Jul 22   37 yrs 11 mths Typhoid fever   Housewife
Dianna Applegate 1908 Mar 15   75 yrs     Housewife
Mary F. Johnson 1909 Jan 01   29 yrs   Father: Harvey
Mother: Rosana		 Housewife
Bell Howard 1909 Jan 24   75 yrs   Father: Randolph Jones
Mother: Rachel Jones		 Domestic
Mary Burk   1909 Mar 21 62 yrs   Father: Joseph, Mother: Mary  
Phebe Young 1909 May 05 1909 Apr 04 75 yrs ??   Father and Mother
Surnames: Light		  
Mary J. Johnson 1909 Apr 08     Measles Father: Joseph, Mother: Mary  
Lettie Armstrong (Lettia)     72 yrs   Father: Light, Mother: Light Housekeeper
Joseph W. Smith 1909 Jul 30   55 yrs 3 mths Brights disease Father: Joseph, Mother: Jane  
Catherine Reasnor 1909 Aug 22   80 yrs 17 days Old Age   Retired
Emma Jennings 1909 Sep 15 1909 Sep 18 42 yrs Cancer of Stomach Father: Charles, Mother: Sarah Born: 10/08/1889
Edward Mason   1909 Oct 09 66 yrs Heart Weakness Duration 1 Week   Laborer,
Civil War Veteran,
Company B
29th Regiment Colored Volunteer
Philip Sener 1910 Apr 04   75 yrs Paralysis   Laborer,
Civil War Veteran,
Company B
29th Regiment Colored Volunteer
Jennie Waller 8/15/10   36 yrs 7 mths     Father: Joseph, Mother: Alice
Parents both in West Indies
Husband:Dellie Waller
Jessie A. Johnson 1910 Aug 29   16 mths Cholera Infantum Father: William, Mother: Ella  
1917 - 1922            
Susie Randall 1917 Feb 14         Born: 1874 Oct 09
Frances Boyer   1917 Apr 23 76 yrs Mephritis   Retired Housekeeper
Dayton Blackwell 1917 May 27       Father: Samual Blackwell  
Algernon Newman 1917 Sep 25         Laborer
Joseph Johnson 1917 Nov 11   39yrs 9mths 3days Tuberculosis Father: James S.
Mother: Sadie Williamson
Robert Mason 1917 Nov 11 1917 Nov 12 19 yrs 9 mths ?? Tuberculosis Father: Charles, Mother: Rosy  
Isaac Trueheart 1917 Dec 28   75 yrs Kidney Troubles Father: Trueheart, Mother: Trueheart  
Mrs. M. Cambbell   1918 Jan 23       Died: New York City
Edward Smith   1918 Jan 18        
Marjorie E. Taylor 1918 Mar 09   2yrs 7mths 8days Tuberculosis of Lungs    
Beverly Hearns (infant)   1918 Apr 30 1 yr Pneumonia Father: Beverly Hearns
Mother: Maiden Name Crews		  
Annie Agnes Rots   1918 Jul 08 62 yrs      
Rayond Edward Jordan 1918 Jul 18   1yr 7mths 23days   Father: Henry Jordan,
Mother: Lena Newman		  
Annie Voorhees 1918 Oct 19   42 yrs Pneumonia   Father: Ben Mallack
Mother: Hannah Schenck
Simon Posh   1918 Oct 26        
Bertha Lawrence 1918 Nov 23   19 days     Father: Samuel Lawrence
Mother: Mattie Whortenberry
Viola Taylor 1918 Nov 06   26yrs 9mths 21days influenza Father and Mother: Beurker Domestic
Infant Hearn 1919 Feb 04   Stillborn Premature Birth, Influenza Father: Beverly Hearns
Mother: (Amanda Cruse?)
Mother: Mattie Wortenberry		  
Nancy Ellen Smith 1919 Jul 10     Paralysis Father: Samuel Blackwell
Mother: Marie Blackwell		 Born: 1839 Jan 22
George Clendenning Applegate   7/30/19 49 yrs   Father: Jacob Applegate
Mother: Dianna Johnson		 Born: 1870
John Leo DeNike     17yrs 11mths 8days   Father: John Denike
Mother: Harriet Robinson		 Born: 1903 Naval Hospital
Hampton Road, Va
3rd Class
Mess Attendant USA
Charles A. Van Dorn 1920          
Ada Jones 1920 Mar 29 1920 Apr 01     Father: Randall Jones
Mother: Rachel Jones		  
William Jennnings 1920 Jun 13   87yrs 7mths 26days Old Age and Paralysis Father: Davis Jennings
Mother: Sarah Stein		  
Margeretha Taylor   1920 Nov 19 69 yrs Perforated Bowels Father: Benny Austin
Mother: Percilla Williamson		  
Russell Jackson 1920 Dec 20   4 days Pulmonary Hemorrhage Father: Wm Jackson
Mother: Eva Massey		  
Charles Smith 1921 May 10   57 yrs Cancer of Kidneys Father: Joseph Smith
Mother: Jane Jenning		  
Georgie Belle Smith 1921 Jul 19   40 yrs   Father: Jacob H. Hoagland
Mother: Sara M. True		 Housewife
James M. Watson 1921 Jul 30 1921 Jul 31 8 months Diptheria Father: Miles Watcon
Mother: Agnes Hall		  
Samuel Benjamin Myers 1921 Aug 08   1 year      
Roland Smith 1921 Aug 22 1921 Aug 24 1 month ??   Father: Nelson Smith
Mother: Georgie Belle Smith		  
John Pennial 1921 Oct 11 1921 Oct 21 25 days ??   Father: Joseph Pennial
Mother: Elizabeth Brown		  
Beatrice Wortenberry 1921 Nov 02 1921 Nov 03 4 days ??   Father: John Wortenberry
Mother: Myrtle Smith		  
Ruth S. Hoagland 1921 Nov 23   2 mnths 26 days Broncho Pneumonia Father: Howard Hoagland
Mother: Sarah A. Johnson		  
Beverly Hearns   1922 Jan 09 38 yrs      
Stephen Denike 1922 May 02   68 yrs 4 days Influenzal Pneumonia Father: Thomas Denike  
Charles Smith 1922 Jul 19   14yrs 7mths 28days Typhoid Fever Father: Charles Smith
Mother: Emma Grover		  
1923 - 1934            
Florence Stewart 1923 Jan 26   15 years Pneumonia Father: George Stewart
Mother: Agnes Downs		  
Hoagland Infant 1923Jun 27   4 days   Father: Howard
Mother: Sarah Johnson		 Lambskin casket funeral
at house 4:00 pm
Octavia G. Hunter 1923 Aug 11   19yrs 1mth 15days Insane Father: Samuel
Mother: Winning Greenlee		 School girl
Mary M. Brown   1923 Oct 27 21yrs 10mths 20days Tuberculosis Father: John
Mother: Nammie Word		 Funeral at First Baptist
John Howard   1924 Apr 07   Dropsy   Married
Beatrice Elizabeth Smith   1924 Nov 17 9 mths 20 days Meningitis   Born: 1/27/24
Georgiana Downs   1925 Jan 30 55yrs 6mths 26days   Father: Joseph Smith
Mother: Jane Jennings		  
Cora May Smith   1925 Apr 09 41yrs 1mth 1 days Tuberculosis Father: Trestion
Mother: Hannah Mae		  
Augustas Mercer Johnson 1925 Jun 16   19 yrs;      
Josephine B. Seruby 1926 Jan 08   87yrs 1mth 18days   Father: Samuel Blackwell
Mother: Amelia M. Height		 Race: White
John Whartenberg 1926 Jan 21   1yr 9mths 3days Bronchial Pneumonia Father: John
Mother: Myrtle Smith		 Middle name Victor
Hazel Smith 1926 Jan 26   22 yrs Tuberculosis Father: Driver
Mother: Hazel Driver;		  
Thomas Witcher   1926 Feb 03   Acute Indigestion Father: Unknown
Mother: Lucinda Muse
Wife: Susan Witcher		 Time of service 1:30
Interred 2/5/26
Birthplace Virginia
Officiating E.D. Crawley and Jones
Florence Smith (infant) 1926 Apr 26   3 weeks   Father: Thomas Taylor
Mother: Florence Smith		  
Annie Blackwell 1926 Jun 28   84 yrs Paralysis Father: William Stanley
Mother: Sallie Brown		  
Amos Seruby 1926 Oct 14 1926 Oct 16 50 yrs ?? Tuberculosis, Cancer Father: Henry
Mother: Elizabeth Trunax		  
Elizabeth Eaton   1927 Feb 26 74 yrs Sepha Arteriosis Father: Scudder
Mother: Wilson
Maiden Name: Baldwin		 Born: 8/19/1852
Birdy Smith Martin 1927 Jun 08 1927 Jun 09 48 yrs ??   Father: Joseph W. Smith
Mother: Nancy Allen Smith		 Born: 2/2/1878
Sara E. "Sadie" Williamson 1927 Jul 30   20 yrs Paralysis Grandfather: George W. Williamson
Twin siser: Mamie Williamson		  
Raymond G. Smith   1928 Feb 06 26 yrs 6 mths 9 days Tuberculosis Father: Joseph W. Smith Mother: Cora M. Houston Born: 12/25/1901
Charles S. Jennings 1928 Feb 22 1928 Feb 25     Father: George
Mother: Susan Carter
Grandson: Donald Jennings 		Co. G 14th Regiment,
RI Heavy Artillery Battery G
11th Unites States Colored Force
Edward Harris   1928 Mar 12 71yrs 4mths 29days Paralysis Father: Harris, Mother: Matilda Born: 8/10/1856
Joseph Clarence Smith 3/4/1928 Mar 04   28 yrs 16 mths Peritonites Father: Joseph W. Smith
Mother: Clara Hoeston		 Born: 1/18/1900
Sadie Lancaster 1928 May 28   72 yrs      
Elizabeth Baldwin   1928 Sep 01 41 yrs      
Gertrude Cain   1928 Sep 11 38 yrs      
Sarah Rebecca Blackwell 1928 Jun 16   67 yrs Complication of Disease Maiden Name: Stanley
Husband: George Blackwell		 Born: 10/17/1861
Elizabeth Howard (Lizzie) 1928 Jul 08 1928 Jul 11 81 yrs ?? Dropsy Father: Isaac Jackson
Mother: Phebe		  
Elizabeth Baldwin   Sept 1928 41 yrs      
Georgia Collins   1929 Mar 22   Cerebral Hemorrhage    
Caroline Johnson   1929 Oct 02 65 yrs      
Florence Jordan 1929 Jun 25 1929 Jun 28 20 yrs Appendicitus; Father: Henry
Mother: Leana Newman		 Born:8/30/1908
Rev. B. Wilson White   1929 Dec 24 64 yrs      
Pinkey Ray 1930 Mar 12   38yrs 4mths 22days Pneumonia Father: Mincin
Maiden Name: Comeguis		 Born: 11/13/1890
Housewife
Eleanor Boyer 1930 Apr 19          
Aaron M. Downs 1930 May 17   62 yrs Failing Heart Father: William
Mother: Jane Baldwin 		Born: 5/15/1867
Addie Newman 1930 Nov 30   36 yrs      
Eizabeth Cary   1931 Aug 31 78 yrs      
Gardner Williams 1932 Oct 19   37 yrs      
Lillian Clark   1932 Nov 06 39 yrs      
Dorothy Jordan 1933 Mar 17   10 mths   Father: Stanley
Mother: Martha Vanderveer		 Born: 8/1/1932
Hattie Boyer   1933 Dec 03 61 yrs      
Benjamin F. Dyer   1934 Feb 16 62 yrs      
William Brown   1934 Oct 22 20 yrs      
Baby Girl Smith 1934 Oct 18 1934 Oct 19 4 hours   Father: Leon
Mother: Rosalie Hoagland		  
1935 - 1944            
Elwood R. Smith   1935 Feb 21 27yrs 11mnths 4days Pulmonary Thrombosis Father: Charles Smith
Mother: Emma Grover		 Waiter – Died in Summit
Death Notice in State Gazette,
Trenton Times
George Stewart 1935 Sep 19   17yrs 10mnths 9days Endocarditis Father: George Steward
Mother: Agnes Downes		 School girl
Archibald "Spader" Stewart (Seruby) 1935 Sep 27   51 yrs Mechanical Obstruction of Bowel Father: Jospeh Seruby
Mother: Josephine Blachyard		 Peanut Vendor
Edward Russell Smith   1935 27 yrs      
Baby Boy Stewart 1935   Stillborn   Father: Stanley Steward
Mother: Leona Hubbard 		Mercer Hospital
Ira C. Johnson 1936 Apr 26   77yrs 6mths 20days Apoplexy Father: Ununiae
Mother: Elizabeth Hagaman
Wife: Margaret A. Johnson
Daughter: Miss Sally Hoagland		 Born: 1858, Laborer
Sally Brown   1936 14 yrs      
Edward E. Smith 1936   74 yrs      
Abram Smith   1937 Mar 24 63yrs 5mths 17days Coronary Thrombosis Father: Joseph Smith
Mother: Agnes		 Died Reading Railroad Station
Phillip Boyer 1937   64 yrs      
Mary Cannon 1937   69 yrs      
Baby Boy Jordan 1937   Just a few minutes   Father: Stanley Jordan
Mother: Martha Va ??		 Mercer Hospital
Mary Applegate 1937   77 yrs      
Charlie Callaman 1938   64 yrs;      
Mary Elizabeth Ely 1938   86 yrs      
John Baldwin 1938   55 yrs      
Aaron Downs 1939 May 13   62 yrs      
George L. Blackwell 1940   84 yrs   Wife: Sarah Rebecca Blackwell Born: 1856 Long time employee of the Pennington School. Prominent member of the community
Alphonso Smith 1940   60 yrs      
Robert Wilson 1940   51 yrs      
Randall Fultz 1941 Oct 23   80 yrs     Handyman, Widower
Spencer Abbott 1941   70 yrs   Wife: Mary E. Abbot
Brother: Ben Dyer		 Born: 1871
William Boyer 1/31/42   74 yrs   Father: William Boyer
Mother: Frances Butler		 Funeral at First Baptist
Susan Witcher 1942 Mar 10   About 77 yrs Myocarditis Father: Payton Panel
Mother: Unknown
Husband: Thomas Witcher		 Housewife, Mercer Hospital, 5:15pm, Death Notice in Times, Moleskin Casket Pine, Birthplace Virginia
Alexander Craft   1942 76 yrs      
Samuel Seruby 1944 Jan 04   70yrs 4mths 3days   Wife: Roxanne
Widower Father to Fairfax, Helen, Joseph Seruby, & Estelle Seruby Cane		 Laborer
Margaret A. Johnson 1944 Oct 30   86 yrs 9 mths 20 days Paralysis Husband: Ira C. Johnson
Daughter: Miss Sally Hoagland		 Born: 1856, Housewife
1945 - 1965            
Sarah E. Jennings   1946 102 yrs      
Lena Jordan   1947 Mar 24 64 yrs   Father: George Newman
Mother: Julia [1]		 Born: 7/13/1882
George A. Taylor 1948   77 yrs   Children: Kendall, Mabel, Larry, Arlene Born: 1871r
Fredrick W. Boyer   1949 Dec 23 68 yrs   Father: William Boyer
Mother: Fannie
Spouse: Eleanor King 		Born: 8/23/1881
Laborer Pennington School
Edward Martin   1950 64 yrs      
Henry Jordan   10/2/52 75yrs   Father: Leonard Jordan
Mother: Susan
Spouse: Ida E. Campbell		 Born: 4/1/1877
Janitor
Edith Skillman   1952 74 yrs      
Stanley V. Jordan 1953   46 yrs Carcinoma Father: Henry Jordan
Mother: Lena
Spouse: Martha VanDerVeer		 Born: 2/2/1907
Truck Driver, Brocks Milling
Algernon H. Newman      1953 67 yrs      
Fredrick L. Newman   1953 62 yrs      
Charlotte Hooper 1954   65 yrs      
Adele Conover–Young   1954 40 yrs      
Nelson Smith   1955 49 yrs   Wife: Emma Smith  
Lillie L. Pierson   1957 77 yrs;      
Carrie A. Taylor   1957 79 yrs   Husband: George A. Taylor
Children: Kendall, Mabel, Larry, Arlene Taylor		 Born: 1878
Emma Grover Smith   1958 76 yrs   Husband: Nelson Smith
Brother: John Grover		 Born: 1884
Nelson L. Smith   1960 Feb 12 80 yrs Carcinoma of Lung Father: Joseph Smith
Mother: Nancy Blackwell
Spouse: Emma Grover		 Born: 2/7/1880
Baker
Mary Abbott   1964 87 yrs   Husband: Spencer E. Abbott Born: 1877
Burials Without Full Documentation (Partial List)      
Samuel Alling         Wife: Elizabeth Alling
Closely related to the original owners of the cemetery		  
Nora and Fred Boyer         Father & Mother to Shirley “Chip”, Chester “Chess”, Fred “June” Boyer Buried near Uncle George Blackwell
Ben and Lucy Dyer         Brother: Spencer E. Abbott
Guardian to: Dave Cane		 Prosperous family who emigrated to Pennington from the South
Roxanne Seruby         Husband: Samuel Seruby
Mother to: Fairfax, Helen, Joseph Seruby, Estelle Seruby Caner		  
Amanda Driver Smith     74 yrs   Sister: Hazel Driver Smith  
Hazel Driver Smith
and Clarence Smith 		        Mother and Father to Charlotte Smith Leysach Clarence was a brother to Alphonso Smith  
Mamie Williamson     10 months     Twin sister: Sarah Williamson

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