The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-04-17
Obituary.


PETER BOVINE CAMPBELL.
Peter Bovine Campbell died at rs
Seventh Avenue, Long Branch. N j.
Saturday, April 18th, in his ninety fifth
year.
He was IN in what Is now the
Borough of Freehold in the farm house
Of the Grandin Lloyd farm which house
stood somewhere between Miss Ellen
Hunts residence and Lincoln Street.
the son of William Campbell and
Hannah Bovine his wife and was named
for his maternal grandfather, Peter
BOVINE. He was one Of a family Of nine
children, all OF whom grew up. ma rried
and lived useful lives.
The CanpbeIi,s and the Bowne's were
among the earliest settlers of Monmouth
County and all were patriots during the
trying days OF the war Of the revolution.
John Campbell his great grandfather.
was the son of j ohm and Bridget and the
! first of this faulty born in this country
November 9th, 1919. He must have
been a man OF parts, he was one Of the
twelve loving subjects, to whom the
charter OF st. Peters church in Free
hold was granted bv George the Second
In 1886 and the deed from James Robin
son donating the parallelol ram Of land
IN the corner of Main and Throck-
morton Streets and running through to
Broad Street to St. Pet r's Church in
Freehold WIS acknowledged before him
as Justice. lie served as Quartermaster
and also as assistsnt commissarv OF
the hospital OF the Flying Camp. In the
war OF the voiution his son Gorge w.
was hospital physician and surg con.
another son, John, was soldier and
William lad OF twelve years, the
grand father of Peter Bovine Campbell
was drummer and drum major and
wounded IN the shoulder at the battle
of Monmouth
probably today would be classed
as semitic although he made no
| pretension to this claim. Under
the tutelage of his father and from
close observation and experience.
| he learned that certain intensive
methods of cultivation, the proper
application Of lime, mari and stable
manure and rotation Of crops produced
results. His hobby was the horse,
| he loved horses and generally had
his sta bles full of his own and other
peoples. He had wide acquaintance
among horsemen and was as widely
I consulted by them, but all these
activities he gave up years ago and
never quite forgave the automobile for
driving him off the road.
He married, In 1858. Mary
Elizabeth, daughter Of James
schureInan and Susan Wall,
his wife, who died IN 1910. He lost q
daughter aged five and q son IN
| infancy, one son William Denise,
young lawyer Of prominence died
while member of the New Jersey
Lao lot L
James w. s., president of the First
National Bank, Freehold, and Henry.
the president of the Broad Street Bank.
Red Bank, also, three grand children
land three great-grand children.
| HUBBARD F. WEEKS.
died at his home at 10 Fifth street.,
Lakewood. Thursday, of heart disease
aged 81 years. His funeral service was
held n onday at his late heme with
Rev. E. G. Conover. pastor of the
Freehold Baptist church officiating.
| Burial was made In MapleWood Gene
fiery, Freehold. He is survived by q
widow and one brother, William Weeks
who lives In the south. At one time the
deceased was IN business In Freehold.
PENNINGTON W. LEMIN6.
of near Ciarksburg died at the home OF
/ MS sister, Mrs. Carrui at Newark on
Saturday Of tuberculosis of the throat,
aged 81 years, His funeral services
was held on Tuesday at the home of his
father. Enoch, Leming. at Red ValIeyat
one o'clock and o'clock at Pleasant
Grove church. Burial was made there.
! He is survived by q widow and twol
children besides his parents and severa
brothers and sisters.
MRS. JOANNA VOORHEES,
widow of j. Wesley Voorhees, died at
the Asbury PAX hospital on Saturday,
of general debility, following the suffer
ing from broken hip few weeks ago.
She was 70 years of age. Her funeral
service YVES held on Wednesday at one
O'Clock at her home at Atkins avenue.
Bradley Park and 2 o'clock at the
Adelphia Method st church with Rev.
J. j. Messler, pastor of the West Grove
Methodist church officiating. He was
assisted by Rev. A. d. Ward Of Adel-
phia snd Rev. Frank Van Hise of
Ardena. She is survived By two brothers.
Silas Barton of West Grove aud Frank
Barton of Ardena Burial was made in
Adelphia cemetery.