Person:Charles Tunis (2)

BIRTH: OBIT:http://69.39.174.45/DATA/1900-24/1907/1907-08-22.pdf The Matawan Journal, MATAWAN, N. J., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 22, 1907 born at Englishtown, N. J., on September 23, 1834.

CENSUS 1850 New Jersey, Monmouth, Millstone Thomas T. Tunis, 41, male, merchant, b. New Jersey [b. abt 1809] Sarah R. Tunis, 39, female, b. New Jersey [b. abt. 1811]

   Charles S. Tunis, 15, male, b. New Jersey [b. abt 1835]

Edward Tunis, 6, male, b. New Jersey [b. abt 1844]

OCCUPATION: History of Monmouth County, New Jersey by Franklin Ellis. FHL 974.946 H2e, 1974, p. 453 "Soon after the final withdrawal of Mr. Bartleson (1856) from the Inquirer, Charles S. Tunis became associated with Mr. Pharo in the proprietorship of the paper. The next change was the withdrawal of Pharo, leaving Tunis sole proprietor. Then came the firm of Tunis & Stout, then the withdrawal of Tunis in June, 1859. During Mr. Tunis' proprietorship a daily edition of the Inquirer had been issued for a time, but was found unprofitable, and discontinued July 17, 1858."

CENSUS:http://search.ancestry.com/ 1860 New Jersey, Mercer, Trenton Ward 3, p. 5, 25th day of June 1860 Charles Tunis, 27, male, editor, b. New Jersey, [living with George Davis, hotel keeper]

NEWS:http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/doc/ 1860-09-15; Trenton State Gazette

  C.S. Tunis, Assistant Editor of the True Democrat, is confined to his bed with bious(?) fever. We hope our friend T. will recover from his serious indisposition, and live many days to aid us with his pen in doing battle for the side of Freedom.

CENSUS: 1875 New Jersey, Monmouth, Upper Freehold Charles S. Tunis, 40, male, native, white, b. Monmouth, father & mother native born, farmer Ellen G. Tunis, 30, female, native, white,b. New York, father & mother native born Lelia R. Tunis, 7, female, native, white, b. New York, father & mother native born Carrie M. Tunis, 5, female, native, white, b. Monmouth, father & mother native born Annie H. Tunis, 2, female, native, white, b. Monmouth, father & mother native born Josephene Tunis, 6 mons., female,native, white, b. Monmouth, father & mother native born Violetta Peacock, 60, female, native, white, b. Monmouth, father & mother native born

CENSUS: 1880 New Jersey, Monmouth, Upper Freehold Township, Imlaystown, Dist. 126, 16 June 1880 Tunis, Charles S. white, male, 45, marr., farmer, b. New Jersey, father & mother b. New Jersey Tunis, Ellen G., white, female, 35, wife, marr., keeping house, b. New York, father b. England, mother b. New Jersey Julia R., white, female, 12, daughter, single, at home, b. New Jersey, father & mother b. New York Tunis, Carrie M., white, female, 10, daughter, sinle, at home, b. New Jersey, father & mother b. New York Annie H., white, female, 7, daughter, single, b. New Jersey, father b. New Jersey, mother b. New York Tunis, Josephine, white, female, 5, daughter, single, b. New Jersey, father b. New Jersey, mother b. New York Tunis, Laura V., white, female, 3, daughter, single, b. New Jersey, father b. New Jersey, mother b. New York Tunis, Helen(?) S., white, female, 1, daughter, single, b. New Jersey father b. New Jersey, mother b. New York Peacock, Violetta, white, female, 71, mother in law, wd., b. New Jersey, father & mother b. New Jersey

CENSUS: 1895 Mercer, Trenton Ward 3 Charles Tunis, white, male, over 60 Ellen Tunis, white, female, 20-60 Annie Tunis, white, female, 20-60 Josephine Tunis, white, female, 20-60 Laura Tunis, white, female, 5-20 Helen Tunis, white, female, 5-20 Edward Tunis, white, male, 5-20

NEWS: http://mtpl.org/data/rbr/1890-1899/1897/1897.01.27.pdf Red Bank Register, RED BANK, N. J . , WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1897. Charles Tunis has retired from the firm of Miller & Tunis at Manasquan. He will engage in farming at Howell.

http://trentonhistory.org/Directories/1900dir-SZ.htm 1900 TRENTON CITY DIRECTORY Tunis Anna H, teacher, res 145 Prospect Tunis Charles S, supervisor of census, bds 145 Prospect

CENSUS: 1900 New Jersey, Monmouth, Upper Freehold, Dist. 148 Tunis, Charles S., head, white, male, Sept 1834, 65, wd., marr. for 33 yrs., b. New Jersey, father & mother b. New Jersey, Journalist, owns, mort. home.

NEWS: http://mtpl.org/data/rbr/1900-1909/1903/1903.12.02.pdf Red Bank Register, RED BANK, N. J., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1903. Wilson T. Clayton of Freehold has bought the Charles Tunis farm at Howell station and will move there.

OBIT: FHL film ? [look up again] Tunis, Charles Snowden d 8/17/1907 @ 73 son of Thomas Taylor & Susan Randolph Snowden & b. Englishtwn 9/23/1834. grandfather was Moses, son of Jonathan Tunis [don't think that is right] of Middletown. grandmother was Chrsitina Taylor of Hightstown. grandfather was Capt. John Snowden & grandmother Susan Cook, dau of Abiel & Mary of Upper Freehold. md. 1865 Ellen Gertrude dau of George Peacock of N.Y. City & had 8 ch - 3 living; Edward & Mrs. Laura Gillis of Perth Amboy and Virginia of Trenton. wife d 6/1898 @ Trenton. bur Greenwood Cem. Trenton. (issue of 8/23/1907 transcript)

OBIT: http://mtpl.org/rbr/1907.htm RED BANK, N. J.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1907 NEWSPAPER MAN DEAD Charles S. Tunis, an old newspaper man who spent a good part of his time in Monmouth county, died on Saturday, August 17th, at a Trenton hospital, following an operation. He was born at Englishtown 73 years ago. His parental grandfather was Moses Tunis of Middletown. After his public school education was completed he went with his father on a farm in Upper Freehold township. Afterward, for two years or more he attended a seminary near Eatontown which was conducted by Charles and Nathaniel Cothren. He afterwards engaged in educational work, which he gave up because of bad health. In 1856 he took up newspaper work and was an editorial writer for many years on newspapers throughout New Jersey. He was afterwards employed in the New York custom house. He leaves three children.

OBIT:http://69.39.174.45/DATA/1900-24/1907/1907-08-22.pdf The Matawan Journal, MATAWAN, N. J., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 22, 1907 OPERATION PROVES FATAL Charles S. Tunis, a Well-Known Newspaper Man Dies in Trenton Hospital.

  Charles Snowden Tunis died in McKinley Memorial Hospital, Trenton, on Saturday, August 17, where he had gone a week before to have an operation performed for bladder trouble.
  Mr. Tunis was the son of the late Thomas Taylor Tunis and Susan Randolph Snowden and was born at Englishtown, N. J., on September 23, 1834. He received a public school and seminary education and in 1854 began the study of medicine while principal of South Britain Academy in Connecticut, but gave up medicine, much to his regret later life.
  In 1856 he became connected with editorial work on the Monmouth Inquirer and New Jersey Farmer papers owned by Orrin Pharo and published at Freehold. In 1857 he bought out Mr. Pharo and became an influential factor in Republican politics in the State and was one of those instrumental in bringing the American and Republican parties together on a basic equally honorable to both.  
  In 18? he took Thomas P. Stout into partnership with him and in the following year sold out his interest to him.
  In the winter of 1850 Mr. Tunis accepted the editorship of the Trenton Tr? Democrat and it was his writings that eventually brought this paper into the Republican party.
  In September 1861, Mr. Tunis was appointed to a position in the New York Custom House where he remained for over twenty-five years. In a reorganization of the service during Cleveland's administration he was removed and he subsequently represented the Equitable life Insurance Company of New York and the Marvin Bufe Company.
  Upon the recommendation of Congressman Howell, Mr. Tunis was commissioned by Presidnet McKinley as Supervisor of the Census for the Fourth District of New Jersey. As Supervisor and as Chief Special Agent for Collection of Statistics Relating to Manufactures his work was highly complimented.
  Mr. Tunis has at different times filled various positions of trust and honor, disconnected with politics and he leaves behind a record of work well done, done with fidelity and intelligence. He served his fellow men and was honored by them, accordingly, in many ways, ways too numerous to recount. 
  Here was a man who was a singularly acute observer and reliable forecaster of political events - local, State and National - a man well fitted for the editorial work which was part of the factors of most of an active public life. 
  It was in 1865 that Mr. Tunis married Ellen Gertrude, daughter of George Peacock, a paper manufacturer and wholesaler of New York. Of their eight children, but two survive today - Edward Askley, a New York business man and Laura Violet, wife of Mr. Herbert Gillis, assistant Superintendent of a Chemical Works in Perth Amboy. Mrs. Tunis died in Trenton in June, 1898.
  Mr. Tunis was widely known by public men and newspaper men particularly. He played clean politics, it was his form of service in his time and place - too great a thing, too square a game to call anything but his highest and best efforts. We need more of such.
  Here lived and worked a man of mine, for men, and we mourn his going.
  The lifelong and cherished friendship between Mr. Tunis and ex-Governor William A. Newell, the originator of the United States Life Saving Service, has become well known, chiefly through Mr. Tunis' writings of Governor Newell. No one knew that sterling and able man better than Mr. Tunis and he left unfinished a biographical work regarding Governor Newell. It is to Mr. Tunis' painstaking efforts, too, for which the State is indebted for the fine picture of the late Governor which now adorns the walls of the Executive Chambers at the State Capitol.
  There are a few relatives of the Tunis name residing in this, Morris and other counties. And back preceding the Plymouth Rock Colony, to England on one side and to Holland on the other. Mr. Tunis' ancestry is traced.
 Many were the friends who mourned at his bier in Trenton on Tuesday, when Mr. Tunis was laid at rest. Those who bore him to the grave were James P. Herbert, of Trenton Junction; Alexander I. Moreau, of Freehold; George Berdine, Prosecutor of New Brunswick; Garrett B. Conover, of Englishtown; Howard Danser and John T. Jemison, both of Trenton.
  Mr. Tunis claimed Monmouth County as his home, owning a farm at Imlaystown in Upper Freehold Township. He went to Trenton a number of years ago, where the educational facilities for his children were better, and after they had all left school continued to reside there doing work for metropolitan and country newspapers. For years he was the Trenton correspondent of this paper and his articles were always truthful and interesting.

OBITUARY: http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/ 1907-08-18, page 6, Trenton Sunday Times-Advertiser Charles S. Tunis Dies After an Operation

  Charles S. Tunis of 212 East Front street, at one time a well known politician, died in McKinley Hospital yesterday morning, death resulting from an operation which Mr. Tunis underwent a week ago.
  The funeral will be from his last residence Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. There will be religious services at the house. The interment will be at Greenwood cemetery, under the direction fo Ashmore & Margerum.
  Mr. Tunis was a native of Monmouth county, where he was born 71 years ago. He is survived by one son, Edward, and one daughter, Mrs. Laura Gillis, of Perth Amboy. Mrs. Tunis died several years ago.
  Mr. Tunis was one of New Jersey's widely known men. He was prominent in politics and was active until a few years ago as a Republican. for thirty years he was connected with the United States Custom House in New York. He was also supervisor of census in one of the New Jersey census districts in 1900.
  Mr. Tunis was also a newspaper man and for many years published and edited the Monmouth County Transcript at Freehold.
  He was at one time secretary of the Monmouth County Republican Committee. Of late years he hed a retired life in this city.