The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-01-19
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Stockton.

The fine sleighing was enjoyed by
many on Saturday and Sunday, auto.
mobiles having to take eback seat"
Mrs. Spencer l.. Dilts spent Friday
and Saturday at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Walter G. Tindall, of Easton
The Mission Study Glass connected
with the Presbyterian Church will meet
on Saturday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Charles Hendricks, of Centre
Bridge.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher, OF Highland
Farm, left on Thursday for Pittsbure.
Pa, where she will spend the balance
OF the winter with her daughter, Mrs.
nj. Everitt johnson.
Mrs. William II, Woolyerton is
spending a few days as the guest OF
MIR. and Mrs. Irving, of Westfield.
Her daughter, Miss Primrose, spent
Sunday there also.
Mrs. John +. HINT is spending a
week at the home OF Rev. and Mrs.
William j. Bone, at Newtown, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bone buried their two
months.old son on Thursday.
The coolest weather that can be
remembered by many of our borough
residents was experienced the past
week. On Saturday morning the Their.
mometer registered eleven degrees
below zero, and on Sunday morning,
fourteen below. AT Prallsville it was
three degrees lower. Frozen water
pipes have been the order of the day.
According to the information bureau
more snow is to follow and we may
expect this kind of weather for at least
another week.
Notwithstanding the severe snow
storm which swept through this valley
on Friday, a goodly number of farmers
gathered here at P. Nj. to meet the
Agricultural Special, which stopped at
this station. Had the weather been
favorable no doubt many more would
have taken advantage of the oppor-
tunity to hear these prominent lectures
on the subjects OF "soil improvement"
and the profitable Poultry Keeping"
John w. Stockton, the oldest resi-.
dent of this borough, quietly celebrated
his ninety-eighth birthday anniversary at
his home on South Main Street, where
hehas resided the past forty-six years.
MIR. Stockton is hale and hearty, aud
although his eyes have been failing fol
several years, he walks around the
house and grounds without aid.
Mr.. Stockton is the son of John and
Sarah Stockton, and descendent of
Richard Stockton, of the celebrated
New Jersey family, who belonged to
the Stocktons of Malpas, County
Chester, England, which had among its
disgutinished members a Lord Mayor
of London in 1870.
These colonists emigrated to Long
Island previous to 1910, and in 1880
purchased $4,000 acres of land in one
tract, where now stands Princeton, N.
j., and its famous college.
Mr. Stockton was born near King
wood, Hunterdon County, January IS.
1914. When still boy his parents re-
moved to Milford, N. j., where they
resided many years. He received his
education at the district school, and
later learned the trade of carpenter,
which trade he followed until he retired
from active work.
He married Miss Lavinia Van Ness,
who died soon after the birth OF their
first child. This child, daughter, is
Mrs. Lavinia Dalrymple of Trenton,
A few years later he married Miss
Elizabeth Moore of Holland, NJ.
Six Children were born to this union,
three sons and three daughters. Two
daughters, Mrs Lehman K. Strouse Of
Plainheld and Miss Annie Stockton,
who resides with her father are the only
survivors.
Mr.. Stockton, who hopes to be
spared to reach the century mark, had
several brothers, all Of whom lived to
extreme old age.
The town of Stockton was named
| for this famous family.