The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-26

| earthly voyaging and recently, within q
few months of each other went over tC
the silent majority"
On this street the dwelling belonging tc
Elisha Wallace's estate was then only hall
its present size and was occupied by Jas
Conway. Opposite on the Barber property,
stood wheelwright shop where Charles
Coles carried on business, and after him,
Samuel Bennett. The house where Jere-
iniah Smith now lives was not built. On
the opposite side in the last house, lived
Hugh Grimshaw, a carpet weaver by trade,
father of Hugh Grimshaw, a prosperous
farmer near Harrisonville. This house we
are informed, was many years ago, part OF
farm house, now gone which stood
further out the Auburn road and back from
the street, in which lived one James
Vernon, a farmer who was drowned in
Philadelphia one 22d of February in the
river at the foot of Market street. His
body was found on the following 4th
of July in the dock at the same place where
he walked overheard and was brought to
Woodstown for burial He left widow
and nine daughters. DR.. A. Williams, a
Homeopathic physician had his office and
residence in the house now occupied by Mrs.
Barber and in the old house adjoining, re-
ence of E. C. Haines. lived and died, John
Haines, his father, who for many years had
the care of the Friends meeting house and
school house. He was a quiet old man,
possessing considerable fund of informa-
ton and good deal of dry humor which
made him popular with young and old
He used to delight in writing conundrums
and problems on the blackboard when
cleaning up the school house at night, for
the scholars to puzzle their brains over the
next day.
His wife Harriet survived him but few
years, and both lie now in the Friends
burying ground, where in his lifetime the
old man had prepared the narrow house
appointed for all living, for those who pre-
ceeded him. s'Uncle Aaron" Wood and
his wife "Aunt Mary" who lived in the
pext house. have also passed away.
On the corner of Auburn street, DR.. l.
S. Fogg, now of Philadelphia, had estab-
lished Dental office and many poor vie
tim of aching molars has cause to remem-
Der the place. Here his mother, Mrs.
Elma Fogg lived and with her boarded on
his first arrival in Woodstown, Rev. c.
Bridgeman, the first settled pastor of the
Woodstown Presbyterian church.
Next below the corner, where Barclay
1<dh dido udiittsoiiC ltsittCiCC nov Stditio'
was a one story cottage where resided
Thomas Adams, skillful mechanic and a
great fisherman We remember his telling
us once to be careful and keep away from
the water when we went fishing. The
next house, occupied by Aaron Cole, was
then double house. There resided Hannah
Test and David Hollinshead and his sister
Miss Mary Hollinshead. Mr. Hollinshead
at that time carried on the ready made
clothing business in the second story of the
building now occupied by Smith Hewitt as a
meat market and afterward removed across
the street to the building where William
G.. Leap has his store, where he remained
until he sold out to J. III. Peterson. Next his
residence stood shop. unoccupied at the
time of which we write.
David c. Pancoast resided in his man-
sion now owned by JOS. E. Ballinger.
Samuel Lippincott. grand father of VIM.
P. Lippincott, lived in the house where the
latter now resides and between that and
the house where Hannah B. Smith lives
were vacant fields. The residence of Han
nah Smith was at that time standing, but
has since been entirely changed by the i'm
provements made by Jonathan ID. Smith,
since deceased. He also built the house
now owned by James G. Pancoast, and when
living probably did more according to his
means than any other man in building and
improving in Woodstown and vicinity. He
at that time resided in the dwelling now
owned by the Hunt family, and We re-
member him as a genial kind-hearted gentle
man. The house now occupied by Nathan
Thorn was erected later by Mrs. Sarah
Hillman.
The property owned by Jacob F. Clark,
adjoining the meeting house, was occupied
by A. Clement & Bro, the part occupied
by Richman Coles, being a country store
where they carried ON business until they
removed to Haddonfield when they were
succeeded by the firm of Peterson X Hol-
linshead This was an important business
stand, until the completion of Hunt 5
building down town, when the last named
abandoned it for the new store of Mr..
Hunt, and the old store was converted into
a dwelling.
Except by the addition of a portico in
front and at one end as a shelter from rain
the Friends meeting house retains its an
Gent simplicity inside and out and is truly
one of the old land marks. Even the old
fashioned wood stoves that We're there be-
fore we were born, still help to warm the
edifice ON occasions of worship.
Near the meeting house stood small
building. wherein was kept in dignitied re-
tirement the ''Old Discipline" fire engine,
which has lately been rejuvenated. The last
time We remember to have seen the ma
chine in active service at fire, was in 1861
when David C. Pancoast' S barn was struck
by lightning one night and entirely con-
sumed. The engine was brought out the
next day to extinguish the burning embers.