Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-02-25

in Gibbstown on Thursday, aged 65
years. Fhe funeral took place on
Monday, with mass at st. MichaeIs
Church, Gibbstown, and interment
at New Cathedral Cemetery, Phila.
Mrs. Margaret Ramsey, the oldest
member of the Gloucester County w.
C. T. u, died on Monday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs Kate Custer, in
Wenonah She was 80 years old. Her
funeral took place on Thursday, in
terment being at Belmar.
! Philip A. Mason, better known as
Judge" Mason, died early Tuesday
morning at his home, Silver Lake ave.
Westville. He was in his 86th year.
The funeral will take place on Friday
morning, Feb. 26th, at 10 o'clock, and
will proceed to Evergreen cemetery.
On the 22nd inst, Nadine Hull, wife
of William S. Brimijoin, passed away
at the family home, Central ave, Wood
bury Heights, aged % years. The fun
eral was from the family home on
the oath, interment at her parents
home, Lisbon Falls, Maine. Besides
her husband an infant child survives
! her.
! William J. Thompson. son of ex-
Assemblyman William J. Thompson,
died suddenly on Friday night at his
fathers home in Gloucester City.
Mr.. Thompson had been in poor
health for several months. He called
upon friend, and soon after his re-
turn home was stricken with a hemor-
rhage, which caused his death.
After he had been graduated from
the Sacred Heart College, Mr.. Thomp-
son studied law at t:ae3 University of
Pennsylvania, and later practiced his
profession in Camden. For several
| years he was solicitor of Gloucester
! City.
Eliza S. Wilson, daughter of Sarah J..
| Wilson, died suddenly Tuesday after
noon, at the family home, 652 Mantua
avenue. Miss Wilson and her brother
! Clement were at home, while Mrs. Will
son was with her son Albert near
Mullica Hill. She went out to attend
to the poultry, and he to the stock.
He finished and went to the house.
| later he went out to see why she did
not return and found her lying dead
near the poultry house. He carried
the remains into the house and alarm
ed the neighbors. Coroner Hunter
| held a view and gave a certificate of
death from heart disease. Miss Will
son was 81 years of age and had al
| ways resided with her mother on the
homestead. The funeral will be held
on Saturday next at 10 O'Clock a. m.
| Interment at Eglington. Relatives
and friends are invited to the services.
VIM Brooks who passed from this
! life to higher one on February II,
| 1909, was born in Newtown, Buck S
county, Pa, over eighty years ago, of
| Quaker parents. In his early man
hood he came to Westville to make
his home with his married sister, Mrs.
| Githen Being of an ambitious turn
| of mind, he established a business
| for himself, and later on two brothers,
| Charles and George, became associat-
| ed with him. the firm then being
known as the Brooks Bros, Stock
Dealers William was the last sur
viving member of the firm, Charles
having died in Sept. 1904, and George
Dec. 1908. They have left record
behind them for honest, upright deal
| ing in all their business transactions.
| The deceased was one of fifteen chill
dren, the family remaining unbroken
until the death of their youngest sis
| ter, Mrs. Caroline Young, which was
so shortly followed by that of the
eldest of the family, Mrs. Elizabeth
Citizen.
Interment was made in the family
burial ground in Newtown cemetery,
near their old home.