Interred
Many family members and volunteers have researched the individuals and overall history of The Pennington African Cemetery.
The first photo is: Charles S. Jennings, died February 22, 1928 - Co. G 14th Regiment, RI Heavy Artillery Battery G 11th United States Colored Force. Charles ran away from home as a long boy (estimated approximately 14 years of age) to enlist in The Civil War. Right up until the day of his death, he always saw to it that flags were placed next to the Civil War veterans in the cemetery. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living Civil War veteran in Pennington.
The second and third photos are: Archibald “Spader” Seruby - Very popular resident. He sold popcorn, peanuts and candy at all sporting events and carnivals in the area.
The forth photo is: Charles Hendrickson, 1827-1902 - Lamplighter for Pennington Borough. Nineteenth century streetlights were field by gas. The gas lamps lined Main Street and were lit by him every day at dusk.
KNOWN BURIALS, YEAR: 1945 - 1965
Sarah E. Jennings 1946 Age 102 yrs John Henry Skillman 1946 Age 68 yrs Lena Jordan 3/24/1947 Age 64 yrs Father: George Newman Mother: Julia Birthday 7/13/1882 George A. Taylor 1948 Age 77 yrs Children: Kendall, Mabel, Larry & Arlene Born in 1871 Fredrick W. Boyer 12/17/1949 Age 68 yrs Father: William Boyer Mother: Fannie Spouse: Eleanor King Birthday 8/23/1881 Laborer Pennington School Edward Martin 1950 Age 64 yrs Henry Jordan 10/2/1952 75 yrs Father: Leonard Jordan Mother: Susan Spouse: Ida E. Campbell Birthday 4/1/1877 Janitor Edith Skillman 1952 74 yrs Stanley V. Jordan 1953 46 yrs Carcinoma Father: Henry Jordan Mother: Lena Spouse: Martha VanDerVeer Birthday 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 in 1878 Emma Grover Smith 1958 76 yrs Husband: Nelson Smith Brother: John Grover Born in 1884 Nelson L. Smith 2/12/1960 80 yrs Carcinoma of Lung Father: Joseph Smith Mother: Nancy Blackwell Spouse: Emma Grover Birthday 2/7/1880 Baker Frances H. Newman 1961 72 yrs Mary Abbott 1964 87 yrs Husband: Spencer E. Abbott Birth 1877
KNOWN BURIALS, YEAR: 1935 - 1944
Elwood R. Smith 2/21/1935 27 yrs 11 mnths 4 days Pulmonary Thrombosis Father: Charles Smith Mother: Emma Grover Waiter - Died in Summit - Death Notice in State Gazette, Trenton Times George Stewart 9/19/1935 17 yrs 10 mnths 9 days Endocarditis Father: George Steward Mother: Agnes Downes School girl Archibald "Spader" Stewart (Seruby) 9/27/1935 51 yrs (58 1 mnth 18 days) Mechanical Obstruction of Bowel Father: Jospeh Seruby Mother: Josephine Blachyard Peanut Vendor Edward Russell Smith 1935 27 yrs Georgia Stewart 1935 17 yrs Baby Boy Stewart 1935 Stillborn Father: Stanley Steward Mother: Leona Hubbard Mercer Hospital Ira C. Johnson 4/26/1936 77 yrs 6 mths 20 days 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 3/24/1937 63 yrs 5 mths 17 days 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 Age "Just a few minutes" Father: Stanley Jordan Mother: Martha Vandevees 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 5/13/1939 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 10/23/1941 80 yrs Handyman, Widower Spencer Abbott 1941 70 yrs Born 1871 Wife: Mary E. Abbot Brother: Ben Dyer William Boyer 1/31/1942 74 yrs Father: William Boyer Mother: Frances Butler Funeral at First Baptist Susan Witcher 3/10/1942 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 1/4/1944 70 yrs 4 mths 3 days Wife: Roxanne Widower Father to Fairfax, Helen, Joseph Seruby, & Estelle Seruby Cane Laborer Margaret A. Johnson 10/30/1944 86 yrs 9 mths 20 days Husband: Ira C. Johnson Daughter: Miss Sally Hoagland Born in 1856 Housewife
KNOWN BURIALS, YEAR: 1923 - 1934
Florence Stewart 1/26/1923 15 years Pneumonia Father: George Stewart Mother: Agnes Downs Hoagland Infant 6/27/1923 4 days Father: Howard Mother: Sarah Johnson Lambskin casket funeral at house 4:00 pm Octavia G. Hunter 8/11/1923 19 yrs 1 mth 15 days Insane Father: Samuel Mother: Winning Greenlee School girl Mary M. Brown 10/27/1923 21 yrs 10 mths 20 days Tuberculosis Father: John Mother: Nammie Word Funeral at First Baptist John Howard 4/7/1924 Dropsy Married Beatrice Elizabeth Smith 11/17/1924 9 mths 20 days Meningitis Birthday 1/27/24 Georgiana Downs 1/30/1925 55 yrs 6 mths 26 days Father: Joseph Smith Mother: Jane Jennings Cora May Smith 4/9/1925 41 yrs 1 mth 15 days Tuberculosis Father: Trestion Mother: Hannah Mae Augustas Mercer Johnson 6/16/1925 19 yrs Josephine B. Seruby 1/8/1926 87 yrs 1 mth 18 days Father: Samuel Blackwell Mother: Amelia M. Height Race: White John Whartenberg 1/21/1926 1 yr 9 mths 3 days Bronchial Pneumonia Father: John Mother: Myrtle Smith Middle name Victor Hazel Smith 1/26/1926 22 yrs Tuberculosis Father: Driver Maiden Name: Hazel Driver Thomas Witcher 2/3/1926 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) 4/10/1926 3 weeks Father: Thomas Taylor Mother: Florence Smith Annie Blackwell 6/28/1926 84 yrs Paralysis Father: William Stanley Mother: Sallie Brown Amos Seruby 10/14/1926 10/16/1926 50 yrs Tuberculosis, Cancer Father: Henry Mother: Elizabeth Trunax Elizabeth Eaton 2/26/1927 74 yrs Sepha Arteriosis Father: Scudder Mother: Wilson Maiden Name: Baldwin Birthday 8/19/1852 Birdy Smith Martin 6/8/1927 6/9/1927 48 yrs Father: Joseph W. Smith Mother: Nancy Allen Smith Birthday 2/2/1878 Sara E. "Sadie" Williamson 7/30/1927 20 yrs Grandfather: George W. Williamson Twin siser: Mamie Williamson Amanda Eliz. Smith 12/7/1927 21 yrs 6 mths Tuberculosis Father: Driver Mother: Faro Birthday 6/5/1906 Raymond G. Smith 2/6/1928 26 yrs 6 mths 9 days Tuberculosis Father: Joseph W. Smith Mother: Cora M. Houston Birthday 12/25/1901 Charles S. Jennings 2/22/1928 2/25/1928 Father: George Mother: Susan Carter Grandson: Donald Jennings Civil War Veteran, Co. G 14th Regiment, RI Heavy Artillery Battery G 11th Unites States Colored Force. Edward Harris 3/12/1928 71 yrs 4 mths 29 days Paralysis Father: Harris Mother: Matilda Birthday 8/10/1856 Joseph Clarence Smith 3/4/1928 28 yrs 16 mths Peritonites Father: Joseph W. Smith Mother: Clara Hoeston Birthday 1/18/1900 Sadie Lancaster 5/28/1928 72 yrs Elizabeth Baldwin 9/1/1928 41 yrs Gertrude Cain 9/11/1928 38 yrs Sarah Rebecca Blackwell 6/16/1928 67 yrs Complication of Disease Maiden Name: Stanley, Husband: George Blackwell Birthday 10/17/1861 Elizabeth Howard (Lizzie) 7/8/1928 7/11/1928 81 yrs Dropsy Father: Isaac Jackson Mother: Phebe Elizabeth Baldwin Sept 1928 41 yrs Georgia Collins 3/22/1929 George Collins 3/22/1929 Cerebral Hemorrhage Caroline Johnson 10/2/1929 65 yrs Florence Jordan 6/25/1929 6/28/1929 20 yrs Appendicitus Father: Henry Mother: Leana Newman Birthday 8/30/1908 Rev. B. Wilson White 12/24/1929 64 yrs Pinkey Ray 3/12/1930 38 yrs 4 mths 22 days Pneumonia Father: Mincin Maiden Name: Comeguis Birthday 11/13/1890 Housewife Eleanor Boyer 4/19/1930 Aaron M. Downs 5/17/1930 62 yrs Failing Heart Father: William Mother: Jane Baldwin Birthday: 5/15/1867 Addie Newman 11/30/1930 36 yrs Wilber Harris 1/21/1931 40 yrs AnnaJane Smith 7/23/1931 68 yrs Eizabeth Cary 8/31/1931 78 yrs Gardner Williams 10/19/1932 37 yrs Lillian Clark 11/6/1932 39 yrs Dorothy Jordan 3/17/1933 Age 10 mths Father: Stanley Mother: Martha Vanderveer Born 8/1/1932 Hattie Boyer 12/3/1933 61 yrs Benjamin F. Dyer 2/16/1934 62 yrs William Brown 10/22/1934 20 yrs Baby Girl Smith 10/18/1934 10/19/1934 4 hours Father: Leon Mother: Rosalie Hoaglan
KNOWN BURIALS, YEAR: 1917 - 1922
Susie Randall 2/14/1917 Frances Boyer 4/23/1917 76 yrs Mephritis Dayton Blackwell 5/27/1917 Father: Samual Blackwell Algernon Newman 9/25/2017 Joseph Johnson 11/9/1917 39 yrs 9 mths 3 days Tuberculosis Father: James S. Mother: Sadie Williamson Robert Mason 11/11/1917 11/12/1917 19 yrs 9 mths Tuberculosis Father: Charles Mother: Rosy Isaac Trueheart 12/28/1917 75 years Kidney Troubles Father: Trueheart Mother: Trueheart Mrs. M. Cambbell 1/23/1918 Edward Smith 1/1/1918 Marjorie E. Taylor 3/9/1918 2 yrs 7 mths 8 days Tuberculosis of Lungs Beverly Hearns (infant) 4/30/1918 1 year Pneumonia Father: Beverly Hearns Mother: Maiden Name Crews Annie Agnes Rots 7/8/1918 Rayond Edward Jordan 7/18/1918 1 year 7 mths 23 days Father: Henry Jordan Mother: Lena Newman Annie Voorhees 10/19/1918 42 years Pneumonia Father: Ben Mallack Mother: Hannah Schenck Simon Posh 10/26/1918 Bertha Lawrence 11/23/1918 19 days Father: Samuel Lawrence Mother: Mattie Whortenberry Viola Taylor 11/6/1918 26 years 9 months 21 days Influenza Father and Mother: Beurker Bertha Wortenberry 11/23/1918 Age 4 days Infant Hearn 2/4/1919 Stillborn Premature Birth, Influenza Father: Beverly Hearns Mother: (Amanda Cruse?) Mother: Mattie Wortenberry Nancy Ellen Smith 7/10/1919 Born 1/22/1839 Paralysis Father: Samuel Blackwell Mother: Marie Blackwell George Clendenning Applegate 7/30/1919 49 yrs Father: Jacob Applegate Mother: Dianna Johnson John Leo DeNike 17 yrs 11 mths 8 days Father: John Denike Mother: Harriet Robinson Charles A. Van Dorn 1920 Ada Jones 3/29/1920 4/1/1920 Father: Randall Jones Mother: Rachel Jones William Jennnings 6/13/1920 87 yrs 7 mths 26 days Old Age and Paralysis Father: Davis Jennings Mother: Sarah Stein Margeretha Taylor 11/19/1920 69 yrs Perforated Bowels Father: Benny Austin Mother: Percilla Williamson Russell Jackson 12/20/1920 4 days Pulmonary Hemorrhage Father: Wm Jackson Mother: Eva Massey Charles Smith 5/10/1921 57 years Cancer of Kidneys Father: Joseph Smith Mother: Jane Jenning Georgie Belle Smith 7/19/1921 Age 40 Father: Jacob H. Hoagland Mother: Sara M. True James M. Watson 7/30/1921 7/31/1921 Age 8 months Diptheria Father: Miles Watcon Mother: Agnes Hall Samuel Benjamin Myers 8/8/1921 Age 1 year Roland Smith 8/22/1921 8/24/1921 Age 1 month Father: Nelson Smith Mother: Georgie Belle Smith John Pennial 10/11/1921 10/21/1921 Age 2 months (25 days) Father: Joseph Pennial Mother: Elizabeth Brown Beatrice Wortenberry 11/2/1921 11/3/1921 Age 4 days Father: John Wortenberry Mother: Myrtle Smith Ruth S. Hoagland 11/23/1921 2 months 26 days Broncho Pneumonia Father: Howard Hoagland Mother: Sarah A. Johnson Beverly Hearns 1/9/1922 Age 38 Stephen Denike 5/2/1922 68 years 4 days Influenzal Pneumonia Father: Thomas Denike Charles Smith 7/19/1922 14 yrs 7 mths 28 days Typhoid Fever Father: Charles Smith Mother: Emma Grover
KNOWN BURIALS, YEAR: 1911 - 1916
Mary J. Johnson 9/6/1911 23 yrs 15 days Tuberleaesus Father: Ira Mother: Margaret Housekeeper Lesley W.Moore 12/13/1911 2 mths 7 days Alice Vincent 12/27/1911 42 yrs Heart Affection Father and mother surnames: Willingtion Housewife Andrew King 4/23/1913 7 yrs 5 mths 20 days Urema following Scarlet Fever Elijah P. Johnson 11/1/1913 25 years 11 mths 7 days Pneumonia Father: Ira Johnson Mother: Maggie Applegate Farm Laborer Katherine Potts 1/16/1914 40 yrs Pistol shot wound resulted in Hemorrhages, at home Father: Joseph Smith Mother: Jane Mary F. Watson 2/7/1914 78 yrs Third degree Burns on Most of Body Father: Benjamin Welling Mother: Harriet Joseph Ely 12/19/1913 3 mths 8 days Whooping Cough Father: Isaac Mother: Gianetadunn Middle Name Vincent James Ely 4/4/1914 3 mths 15 days Whooping Cough Father: Isaac Mother: Gianetadunn Middle Name Herbert Mary Bunn 4/18/1914 81 yrs Addie Jordan 5/22/1914 15 mths Pneumonia Father: Henry Jordon Mother: Lena Newman Joseph G. Seruby 8/1/1914 8/4/1914 68 yrs (67 yrs) Parylysis Father: Henry Son: Archibald "Spader" Seruby Laborer, Civil War Veteran, Company D 24th Regiment Edith Wortenberry 8/23/1914 Harvey Johnson 2/25/2015 Grace M. Rots 7/20/1915 Ellen Inez Waller 11/25/1915 5 mths 19 days Pneumonia duration 4 days Father: Dellie Mother: Ellen Klotz Middle Name Inez Mary Crews 12/5/1915 Marjorie Craft 12/8/1915 15 years Tuberculosis duration 2 months Father: Alexander George Boldin 1916 Related to William H. Boyer Company A 8th Regiment US Infantry Lefrancis Leftwhich 10/11/1916 9 mths 26 days Whooping Cough Father: Albert Mother: Patty Hearns Margaret Moore 9/26/1916
KNOWN BURIALS, YEAR: 1906 - 1910
Theodore Williamson 2/7/1906 Laborer Sarah Smith 6/23/1906 Heart Trouble Duration 6 hours Housewife Susan A. Johnson 11/9/1906 66 yrs Housekeeper - St. Barnabas Hospital Newark Interred 11/19/06 Ammda E. Van Dorn 1907 Born in 1869 Mamie Williamson 1907 10 mths Twin Sister: Sarah "Sadie" Williamson Grandfather: Charles S. Jennings Louisia Hearns 2/11/1907 19 yrs Childbirth John H. Grover 2/17/1907 34 yrs 3 mths Pneumonia Sister: Emma Grover Smith Born in 1873 Laborer Samuel Blackwell 4/4/1907 89 yrs 11 mths 20 days Retired Mabel Elizabeth Ely 7/22/1907 Mary Ausgusta Williamson 8/18/1907 8 mths Father: Elmer Lee Grant Mother: Bertha Grover George W. Williamson 1/21/1908 67 yrs 5 mths Dropsy Grandchildren: Sadie and Mamie Williamson Laborer, Civil War Veteran, 1908 Company F 8th Regiment Colored Clabon Jones 4/4/1908 22 yrs Consumption Laborer Marguerite Smith 4/8/1908 1 yr 8 mths Typhoid Fever Father: John Mother: Helen John Smith 4/17/1908 26 yrs 8 mths 10 days Pneumonia Laborer Ernest Fultz 4/24/1908 3 yrs 6 mths Marasus, Consumption Noah Blackwell 5/3/1908 78 yrs Strangulated Hernia Wife: Hannah Blackwell Nephew: George Blackwell Margaret Waller 7/22/1908 37 yrs 11 mths Typhoid fever Housewife Dianna Applegate 3/15/1908 75 yrs Mary F. Johnson 1/1/1909 29 yrs Father: Harvey Mother: Rosana Housewife Bell Howard 1/24/1909 Father: Randolph Jones Mother: Rachel Jones Domestic Mary Burk 3/21/1909 age 62 Father: Joseph Mother: Mary Phebe Young 5/4/1909 4/2/1909 age 83 Father and Mother Surnames: Light Mary J. Johnson 4/8/1909 Measles Father: Joseph Mother: Mary Lettie Armstrong (Lettia) 72 yrs Father: Light Mother: Light Housekeeper Joseph W. Smith 7/30/1909 55 yrs 3 mths Brights disease Father: Joseph Mother: Jane Catherine Reasnor 8/22/1909 80 yrs 17 days Old Age Retired Emma Jennings 9/15/1909 9/18/1909 42 yrs Cancer of Stomach Father: Charles Mother: Sarah Birthday 10/8/1889 Edward Mason 10/9/1909 66 yrs Heart Weakness Duration 1 Week Laborer Philip Sener 4/4/1910 75 yrs Paralysis Laborer, Civil War Veteran, Company B 29th Regiment Colored Volunteer Jennie Waller 8/15/1910 36 yrs 7 mths Father: Joseph Mother: Alice Parents both in West Indies Husband:Dellie Waller Housewife Jessie A. Johnson 8/29/1910 16 months Cholera Infantum Father: William Mother: Ella
KNOWN BURIALS, YEAR: 1900 - 1905
Theodore Hagaman 11/7/1900 67 yrs Laborer William H. Boyer 7/8/1901 61 yrs Laborer - Civil War Veteran Company E 29th Regiment Conn Colored Volunteer Infantry Joseph Ely 10/11/1901 49 yrs Paralysis Laborer Joseph Watson 12/3/1901 74 yrs 10 mths Gangrene Laborer Jane Smith 2/13/1902 74 yrs 7 mths Apoplexy Duration Instantly Ephram Cannon 2/14/1902 77 yrs Paralysis William H. Downs 3/10/1902 52 yrs Preumonia Harriett Cook 3/31/1902 100 yrs Housekeeper Charles Hendrickson 6/24/1902 The names of Julia Hendrickson and Mary Hendrickson are on the monument. Born in 1827 Lamplighter for Pennington Boro Ellen Voorhees 7/2/1902 Mary Etta Harris 4/2/1903 Elizabeth Williams 12/15/1903 Sarah Elizabeth Cannon 3/7/1904 62 yrs Dropsy Housekeeper Randolph Jones 6/15/1904 Age 80 Civil War Veteran, Company L 11th U.S. Ellen Virginia Taylor 5/16/1905 33 yrs 6 mths Consumption Laborer Abraham Smith 7/26/1905 retired Mazzy Waller 8/8/1905 Samuel Schenck 10/14/1905 Age 40 Consumption Laborer - Paid by Overseer of the Poor
KNOWN BURIALS, YEAR: 1892 - 1899
George W. Reasner 1/25/1893 55 yrs 11 mth Heart Disease Newton Downs 3/20/1893 Buried on 3/22/1893 19 yrs Consumption Born 1/22/1874 Paid by John R. Henderickson Andrew J. Van Dorn 7/18/1893 66 yrs Ethel Lelia Berry 7/25/1893 or 1896 5 mth 12 days or 3 yrs Born 2/13/1893 Louisa Muisl 1894 Harriet Ellen Berry 4/10/1894 Born 7/2/1862 Harry Johnson (infant) 10/9/1894 7 mth 14 days Paid by father Ira Johnson Infant Williams 5/12/1896 Sarah A. Mason 5/15/1896 56 yrs Consumption James Saltes 4/13/1896 about 46 yrs Consumption Sabina Schenck 11/22/1896 53 yrs Isaac R. Willams 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 10/1/1897 May Williamson 10/25/1897 Samuel Allen 2/21/1898 Daniel Wooding 3/16/1898 24 yrs Consumption Emma Hannah Blackwell 10/20/1899 Buried on 10/23/1899 80 yrs General Debililty Husband: Noah Blackwell
KNOWN BURIALS, YEAR: 1859 - 1891
Elizabeth Alling 11/21/1859 Husband: Samuel Alling Tillie Gray 1868 Birthday 6/1/1855 Isaac T. VanDorn 1868 Jacob Applegate 1870 Maria Van Dorn 10/21/1874 Enoch Limehouse 1883 Emma Van Dorn 10/15/1883 or 1889 21 yrs Louisa Hughes March 1884? Wilmer Elmer 11/30/1886 or 1887 Born 2/20/188? Alphonso Smith 1890 Nephew: Alphonso "Phonsie" Smith Julia Hubbard 1890 Clarence Jennings 1891 William Johnston 3/30/1891 Civil War Veteran, Company F 26th Regiment NY infantry Van Dorn Infant ?
KNOWN BURIALS, YEAR: UNKNOWN
Samuel Alling Wife: Elizabeth Alling Closely related to the original owners of the cemetery. Sam Montgomery Civil War Veteran Nora and Fred Boyer Father & Mother to Shirley “Chip”, Chester “Chess”, & Fred “June” Boyer Buried near Uncle George Blackwell Ben and Lucy Dyer Brother to 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 Cane Amanda Driver Smith Sister to Hazel Driver Smith Hazel Driver Smith and Clarence Smith Mother and Father to Charlotte Smith Leysach Clarence was a brother to Alphonso Smith
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