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The Warren County offices will be closed tomorrow, Friday, April 17th in observation of Good Friday.
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Just days after his assassination, President Lincoln's funeral train began its 1,654 mile journey from Washington, D.C. to his final resting place in Springfield, IL. On 9 April 1865, President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train passed through New Jersey. Thousands of onlookers lined the tracks to pay their respects to the deceased president as his train passed through Newark, Jersey City and Trenton.
"April 24, 1865. The train left Philadelphia at 4:00 a.m. People gathered at the station in their bed clothes to bid farewell. After passing through many New Jersey towns the train reached the Jersey City depot at 10:00 a.m. The station clock was stopped at 7:20a.m., the time of the president's death. From Jersey City, the body was ferried across the Hudson River and taken to New York City Hall. There, 500,000 mourners came to view the remains" ("April 24, 1865").
New-York Daily Tribune (April 25, 1865), "Philadelphia to New York."
"AT TRENTON.
The Delaware River, which separates the State of Pennsylvania from that of New-Jersey, was crossed at 5 ½ o’clock; and as the trains passed through Trenton the bells of the city were tolled. Immense throngs of spectators had here gathered. Every hill-top [sic] and the line of the road, and other advantageous points were largely occupied. The train proceeded onward until it reached the station, where it stopped for thirty minutes. The population here had assembled in much larger numbers, for this was the more attractive point.
The station was elaborately festooned, and the national banner draped with crape was a prominent feature. There was a detachment of the reserved Veteran and Invalid Corps, drawn up in line on the platform, giving the customary funeral honors. Music was preformed by an instrumental band, minute guns were fired, the bells continued to toll.
A number of persons rushed, from various directions, toward the car containing the body of the President; but the masses generally retained their standing positions, evidently showing that they were satisfied to retrain their impatience for a few minutes until the car should pass before them.
Absorbed in the general interest of the same, it did not occur to the male part of the throng that general lifting of that a general lifting of the hat would have been a silent, but becoming mark of respect to the dead. Everywhere, however, the emblems of mourning were prominent, showing that the people of Trenton, like all other true patriots, were not unmindful of the great loss which has befallen the nation in the violent death of a beloved and honored President.
AT NEW-BRUNSWICK.
Leaving Trenton, the train arrived at New-Brunswick at about 7 ½ o’clock, where it halted perhaps half an hour to afford the residents an opportunity to examine the funeral car and its treasured but inanimate content. Crowds accordingly hurried in that direction. Meantime minute-guns were fired and the bells tolled. At 8 o’clock the train was again in motion.
AT RAHWAY AND ELIZABETH.
Twenty-five minutes past eight o’clock and we were at Rahway, and at 8:45 arrived at Elizabeth.
At both these places the emblems of mourning were numerously seen, and flags draped, as at the cities and other places previously passed. The tolling of the bells and the firing of cannon were repeated. Near the latter town a party of young men displayed, on differently colored banners, the words separately of “VICTORY,” “PEACE,” “UNION,” “GRANT,” “SHERMAN,” with the usual crape attachments.
AT NEWARK.
As we move on the crowds begin to largely increase, for we are in sight of Newark, a city of 80,000 inhabitants.
The private residences and public buildings and stores and workshops, are, some of them, elaborately draped, flags half-mast, and other evidences of sorrow exhibited.
Arrived at Newark, and the train for a few minutes at rest, a fine opportunity is afforded from the car window to view the animated scene.
Guns are fired and the bells toll. All Newark, with the exception of those at the windows, seems to be out of doors. Trees, and house-tops, and door-steps, and car-trucks—in fact, all the highest attainable positions and points where an obstructed view can be had, were occupied. Throngs of people, from various parts of New-Jersey, might have been measured for miles.
And here it should be stated that as the funeral train passed, nearly every man lifted his hat as a mark of respect, and many women removed their bonnets, animated by a feeling similar to that which governed the opposite sex.
Among the more prominent features was the United States Hospital suitably decorated. In front were a large number of soldiers, some of them on crutches.
All the patients who could move themselves were drawn up in double file. Everyone [sic] of them stood uncovered, and seemed to be deeply affected by the touching spectacle of the hearse bearing the remains of the assassinated President
AT JERSEY CITY.
The train is again in motion, and soon reached Jersey City.
The corpse of the President arrived at the Jersey City Depot yesterday morning at precisely 10 o’clock. The delegations from New-York, with the military heads, were waiting on the platform to receive the remains. They consisted of Major-Gen. Dix and staff, Major-Gen. Sandford and staff, Gen. Hincks, Gen. Peck, and nearly all of the prominent New-York military authorities, with Mayor Gunther, the members of the Common Council, the Joint Committees of the Common Council and Board of Aldermen."
See: www.loc.gov/exhibits/lincoln/interactives/long-journey-home/apr_24/article_2_602d1.html
Lincoln's Funeral Train traversed 1,654-miles, which began 24 April 1865 and took about two weeks. Upon arrival to Springfield, he (and his young son, Tad who died a few years before his father) were temporarily entombed in a receiving vault at Oak Ridge Cemetery until the official burial site was prepared. In December, Mrs. Lincoln had his remains removed to a temporary vault closer to the proposed memorial site. By 1871, three years after constructing the tomb, Lincoln and his three youngest sons' remains were placed in crypts in the unfinished structure. In 1874, his remains were interred in a marble sarcophagus in the burial chamber. There were two attempts to steal his body after that, and the criminals were arrested and charged. Their intent was to hold his remains hostage for a ransom.
In 1882, Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln passed away and her remains were placed next to Lincoln's. Five years later, both bodies were reburied in a brick vault beneath the floor of the burial room. Their final resting place ("Lincoln's Tomb") was designed by Larkin Mead and completed in 1874 in Oak Ridge Cemetery. At the entrance of the tomb is a bronze bust of President Lincoln where visitors from around the world rub his nose for good luck.
Virtual Tour: www.visitspringfieldillinois.com/LocationDetails/?id=Lincoln-Tomb
RESOURCES
"April 24, 1865." With Malice Towards None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition. Library of Congress. www.loc.gov/exhibits/lincoln/interactives/long-journey-home/apr_24/index.html#:~:text=Lincoln's%20Long%20Journey%20Home,-Back%20to%20Interactive&text=The%20train%20left%20Philadelphia%20at,time%20of%20the%20president's%20death.
"Lincoln's Funeral Train and the Grand Review." American Battlefield Trust. 26 June 2015, updated 1 August 2024. www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/lincolns-funeral-train-and-grand-review.
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Just days after his assassination, President Lincolns funeral train began its 1,654 mile journey from Washington, D.C. to his final resting place in Springfield, IL. On 9 April 1865, President Abraham Lincolns funeral train passed through New Jersey. Thousands of onlookers lined the tracks to pay their respects to the deceased president as his train passed through Newark, Jersey City and Trenton.
April 24, 1865. The train left Philadelphia at 4:00 a.m. People gathered at the station in their bed clothes to bid farewell. After passing through many New Jersey towns the train reached the Jersey City depot at 10:00 a.m. The station clock was stopped at 7:20a.m., the time of the presidents death. From Jersey City, the body was ferried across the Hudson River and taken to New York City Hall. There, 500,000 mourners came to view the remains (April 24, 1865).
New-York Daily Tribune (April 25, 1865), Philadelphia to New York.
AT TRENTON.
The Delaware River, which separates the State of Pennsylvania from that of New-Jersey, was crossed at 5 ½ o’clock; and as the trains passed through Trenton the bells of the city were tolled. Immense throngs of spectators had here gathered. Every hill-top [sic] and the line of the road, and other advantageous points were largely occupied. The train proceeded onward until it reached the station, where it stopped for thirty minutes. The population here had assembled in much larger numbers, for this was the more attractive point.
The station was elaborately festooned, and the national banner draped with crape was a prominent feature. There was a detachment of the reserved Veteran and Invalid Corps, drawn up in line on the platform, giving the customary funeral honors. Music was preformed by an instrumental band, minute guns were fired, the bells continued to toll.
A number of persons rushed, from various directions, toward the car containing the body of the President; but the masses generally retained their standing positions, evidently showing that they were satisfied to retrain their impatience for a few minutes until the car should pass before them.
Absorbed in the general interest of the same, it did not occur to the male part of the throng that general lifting of that a general lifting of the hat would have been a silent, but becoming mark of respect to the dead. Everywhere, however, the emblems of mourning were prominent, showing that the people of Trenton, like all other true patriots, were not unmindful of the great loss which has befallen the nation in the violent death of a beloved and honored President.
AT NEW-BRUNSWICK.
Leaving Trenton, the train arrived at New-Brunswick at about 7 ½ o’clock, where it halted perhaps half an hour to afford the residents an opportunity to examine the funeral car and its treasured but inanimate content. Crowds accordingly hurried in that direction. Meantime minute-guns were fired and the bells tolled. At 8 o’clock the train was again in motion.
AT RAHWAY AND ELIZABETH.
Twenty-five minutes past eight o’clock and we were at Rahway, and at 8:45 arrived at Elizabeth.
At both these places the emblems of mourning were numerously seen, and flags draped, as at the cities and other places previously passed. The tolling of the bells and the firing of cannon were repeated. Near the latter town a party of young men displayed, on differently colored banners, the words separately of “VICTORY,” “PEACE,” “UNION,” “GRANT,” “SHERMAN,” with the usual crape attachments.
AT NEWARK.
As we move on the crowds begin to largely increase, for we are in sight of Newark, a city of 80,000 inhabitants.
The private residences and public buildings and stores and workshops, are, some of them, elaborately draped, flags half-mast, and other evidences of sorrow exhibited.
Arrived at Newark, and the train for a few minutes at rest, a fine opportunity is afforded from the car window to view the animated scene.
Guns are fired and the bells toll. All Newark, with the exception of those at the windows, seems to be out of doors. Trees, and house-tops, and door-steps, and car-trucks—in fact, all the highest attainable positions and points where an obstructed view can be had, were occupied. Throngs of people, from various parts of New-Jersey, might have been measured for miles.
And here it should be stated that as the funeral train passed, nearly every man lifted his hat as a mark of respect, and many women removed their bonnets, animated by a feeling similar to that which governed the opposite sex.
Among the more prominent features was the United States Hospital suitably decorated. In front were a large number of soldiers, some of them on crutches.
All the patients who could move themselves were drawn up in double file. Everyone [sic] of them stood uncovered, and seemed to be deeply affected by the touching spectacle of the hearse bearing the remains of the assassinated President
AT JERSEY CITY.
The train is again in motion, and soon reached Jersey City.
The corpse of the President arrived at the Jersey City Depot yesterday morning at precisely 10 o’clock. The delegations from New-York, with the military heads, were waiting on the platform to receive the remains. They consisted of Major-Gen. Dix and staff, Major-Gen. Sandford and staff, Gen. Hincks, Gen. Peck, and nearly all of the prominent New-York military authorities, with Mayor Gunther, the members of the Common Council, the Joint Committees of the Common Council and Board of Aldermen.
See: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lincoln/interactives/long-journey-home/apr_24/article_2_602d1.html
Lincolns Funeral Train traversed 1,654-miles, which began 24 April 1865 and took about two weeks. Upon arrival to Springfield, he (and his young son, Tad who died a few years before his father) were temporarily entombed in a receiving vault at Oak Ridge Cemetery until the official burial site was prepared. In December, Mrs. Lincoln had his remains removed to a temporary vault closer to the proposed memorial site. By 1871, three years after constructing the tomb, Lincoln and his three youngest sons remains were placed in crypts in the unfinished structure. In 1874, his remains were interred in a marble sarcophagus in the burial chamber. There were two attempts to steal his body after that, and the criminals were arrested and charged. Their intent was to hold his remains hostage for a ransom.
In 1882, Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln passed away and her remains were placed next to Lincolns. Five years later, both bodies were reburied in a brick vault beneath the floor of the burial room. Their final resting place (Lincolns Tomb) was designed by Larkin Mead and completed in 1874 in Oak Ridge Cemetery. At the entrance of the tomb is a bronze bust of President Lincoln where visitors from around the world rub his nose for good luck.
Virtual Tour: https://www.visitspringfieldillinois.com/LocationDetails/?id=Lincoln-Tomb
RESOURCES
April 24, 1865. With Malice Towards None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lincoln/interactives/long-journey-home/apr_24/index.html#:~:text=Lincolns%20Long%20Journey%20Home,-Back%20to%20Interactive&text=The%20train%20left%20Philadelphia%20at,time%20of%20the%20presidents%20death.
Lincolns Funeral Train and the Grand Review. American Battlefield Trust. 26 June 2015, updated 1 August 2024. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/lincolns-funeral-train-and-grand-review.](https://warrenparks.com/wp-content/plugins/custom-facebook-feed-pro/assets/img/placeholder.png)
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In 1908, the Scranton family held a family reunion and possibly visited Shippen Manor and Selden's former residence just north of this site.
Who are they?
Note: The Henrys are related to iron master William Henry III (1794-1878). Two Henry daughters (Ellen and Jane) married two Scranton brothers (Selden and Charles). This is a mix of generations.
(The order below is numerical and matches the labeled photograph.)
1. Ellen Scranton (Sheridan?) Belden (1851-1932): Born in Oxford and died in NY. She was the daughter of Col. Charles Scranton (1822-1888) and Jane Ann Henry (1823-1909), daughter of William Henry III. She was married to Rev. William Henry Belden (1841-1896) and around five children, including: Ellen Scranton Belden, Mary Megie Belden, William Henry Belden, Evelina Belden, and Charles Selden Belden.
2. Clara (or Katherine?) Ellis Scranton (1896-1960), was born in Oxford and died in Mountain Lake, NJ. She was the daughter of Joseph Henry Scranton (1866-1943) and Clara Wallace Ellis (1867-1930).
3. Mary Elizabeth Scranton Lukens (1849-1925): Born and died in Oxford. She was the eldest daughter of Col. Charles Scranton and Jane Ann Henry. Her husband was Edmund Taylor Lukens (1848-1940) who worked for the iron works in Oxford. They had several children.
4. William Henry Belden, Jr. (1883-1948): Born in NY and died & buried in Michigan. He was the son of Rev. William H. Belden (1841-1896) and Ellen Henry Scranton (1851-1932). Grandson of Col. Charles Scranton & Jane Ann Henry.
5. Jane Henry "Jennie" Scranton Roe (1857-1918): Born in Oxford and died and buried in Fort Worth, TX. She was one daughters of Col. Charles Scranton and Jane Ann Henry. She married to Addison John Roe (1833-1909) and had at least three children including: Jeanne Marie Roe (1888-1978), Adelaide Elizabeth Roe (b. 1889), and Mary Scranton Roe (1891-1981).
6. Jane Ann Henry Scranton (1823-1909): Born in Wind Gap (Boulton), PA and lived in Oxford for most of her life. She died in Oberlin, OH (buried in Belvidere Cemetery). She was the daughter of William Henry III and wife of Col. Charles Scranton. They married on 16 June 1847.
7. George Scranton Humphrey (1856-1940): Married Caroline Amelia Scranton (1859-1929), daughter of Col. Charles Scranton and Jane Henry. He was born and died in NY. He and Caroline had at least two children: Mary Wheeler Humphrey and Charles Scranton Humphrey.
8. Caroline Amelia Scranton Humphrey (1859-1929): She was born in NJ and was the daughter of Col. Charles Scranton and Jane Ann Henry. Caroline married George Scranton Humphrey (1856-1940). She and her husband had around two children: Mary Wheeler Humphrey and Charles Scranton Humphrey.
9. Charles Scranton Humphrey (1888-1911): Born in Indiana. His parents were George Scranton Humphrey (1856-1940) and Caroline Amelia Scranton (1859-1929). He may have been unmarried and without children.
10. Evelina Belden (1885-1966): She was born in Bridgeton, NJ and died in Oak Park, IL. She was the daughter of Rev. William Henry Belden (1841-1896) and Ellen Henry Scranton (1851-1932). She married Henry Thomas Paulson (1884-1974) and had at least two children: Mary Paulson and Belden Henry Paulson.
11. Mary Wheeler Humphrey (1893-1985): She was born in NY and died in Pasadena, CA. She was the daughter of George Scranton Humphrey and Caroline Amelia Scranton. She was the granddaughter of Col. Charles Scranton and Jane Ann Henry. She married Lindsay Stillwell Backus Hadley (1884-1952) and had at least four children: George Humphrey Hadley (1917-1941), Carmer Hadley (1919-2000), Caroline Scranton Hadley, and John Hadley (1926-2009).
12. Reuben Albright Henry (1819-1910): Born in PA and died in Jersey City, NJ. His parents were William Henry III (1794-1878) and Mary Barbara Albright (1799-1842). He married Esther Perkins (1831-1920) and they had at least two children: Selden T. Scranton Henry (b. 1853) and Elisha Coray Henry (b. 1858).
13. Charles Wallace Scranton (1897-1985): He was born in Oxford and died in Pinehurst, NC. He was the son of Joseph Henry Scranton (1866-1941) and Clara Wallace Ellis (b. 1867). Shippen Manor displays his portrait when he was a child. He was the grandson of Col. Charles Scranton and Jane Henry.
14. Katherine Ellis Scranton (1897-1960): She was born in Oxford and died possibly in Connecticut. She was the daughter of Joseph Henry Scranton (1866-1941) and Clara Wallace Ellis (b. 1867), sister of Charles Wallace Scranton, daughter of Col. Charles Scranton and Jane Henry, and was the wife of James Lawrence Benedict III (1893-1943). She and James had at least two children: Clare Scranton Benedict (1924-1955) and James Laurence Benedict IV (1932-1997).
15. Ellen Henry Scranton Belden (1879-1968) was born in Istanbul, Turkey and died in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was the daughter of Rev. William Henry Belden (1841-1896) and Ellen Amelia Henry Scranton (1851-1932). She married William Haverfield Taylor (1875-1933) on 9 September 1908 in Oberlin, OH. They had at least three children: Mary Belden Taylor (1909-1909), Ellen Taylor (b. 1911) and Mary Wisney "Mimi" Taylor (1918-2008).
16. Jennie (Jeanne) Marie Roe (1888-1978): She was born and died in Fort Worth, Tx and was the daughter of Addison J. Roe (1833-1909) and Jennie Scranton (1857-1918). She married Clarence Vigil Price (1894-1965) on 16 June 1910 in Fort Worth, TX. They had at least six children: Jeanne Roe Price (1911-1999), George Jefferson Price (1913-1990), William Addison Price (1915-2009), Henry Price (b. 1920), Harriet Elizabeth Price (1924-1993), and Arthur Richardson Goodlatte (1939-1997).
17. Joseph Henry Scranton (1866-1941): He was born in Oxford and died in Liberty Twp, NJ. He was the son of Col. Charles Scranton and Jane Henry. He was married to Clara Wallace Ellis (b. 1867) and had at least two children: Katherine Ellis Scranton (1897-1960) and Dr. Charles Wallace Scranton (1897-1985).
This is the most updated information that I have found. Naturally, while doing any genealogy, there will be mistakes. Corrections are only made once the information has been verified.
The label for the photograph was done years ago.
Resources:
Find a Grave
The Belden Paulson Library Genealogy Pages
Jacobsburg Historical (Henry Family Genealogy)
Family Search
Ancestry
Private Genealogy websites
#HenryScrantonFamily #ShippenManor #OxfordNJ #WarrenCoNJ
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#Announcement Warren Co. Senior Citizen Art Show 2025
Warren County is inviting its senior artists ages 60 years of age and older to participate in the annual County Senior Citizen Art show, which will be held in May as a part of Older Americans Month. Digital guidelines and applications can be found on the Cultural & Heritage website (www.warrencountynjheritage.com/arts/warren-county-senior-arts).
Hardcopies and large print may be obtained by calling Warren County Cultural & Heritage Affairs (908) 453-4381 or emailing Gina Rosseland (grosseland@co.warren.nj.us).
The Annual County Senior Citizen Art Show is presented by the Warren County Division of Cultural & Heritage Affairs and co-sponsored by the Warren County Division of Aging & Disability Services, supported by the Warren County Board of County Commissioners, and funded, in part, by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA) and Department of State, Partner Agencies of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Drop-off for the artwork and applications will need to be delivered to the Wayne Dumont, Jr. Administration Building (165 CR 519 South, Belvidere, NJ 07823) on Thurs., April 24, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Labels will be made available to artists and will be completed and affixed to the artwork at this time.
The Warren County Art Show & artists’ reception will take place at the Wayne Dumont, Jr. Administration Building (165 CR 519 South, Belvidere, NJ 07823) from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2025.
Artwork will be on display at the Dumont Administrative Building until August 21, 2025.
Any questions regarding drop-off procedures for April 24th, please email or call Cathy Haschak (chaschak@co.warren.nj.us), Division of Aging & Disability (908) 475-6591.
For all other inquiries, please email or call Gina Rosseland (grosseland@co.warren.nj.us) , Division of Cultural & Heritage Affairs (908) 453-4381.
#WCSCAC25 #WarrenCoArts #WCCHA #NJSCSA #NJstatecouncilonthearts #NationalEndowmentfortheArts #ShippenManor
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Good afternoon friends, neighbors and community members.
The County's Bicentennial event is coming up in June and we are actively looking for volunteers to help that day.
Sat., June 28th (rain date Sun., June 29th)
If you can help for part or the entire day, please reach out to Gina for a volunteer application. grosseland@co.warren.nj.us or (908) 453-4381
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Good afternoon friends, neighbors and community members.
Shippen Manor is in need of volunteers for our museum days, special programming and events.
The museum is open on the 1st and 2nd Sundays (May through December). Sometimes, additional help is needed for fieldtrips during the week.
Our volunteers are a very important aspect of the museum's environment and without their time and dedication, the museum cannot open for tours, support its programming, or provide field trips for students.
If you are an adult (over the age of 18), and are interested, please reach out to Gina (grosseland@co.warren.nj.us).
Thank you.
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