Person:John Tunis (1)

BIRTH: month and year from 1900 census

BIRTH: calculated from death date found on tombstone in Bethesda Methodist Church Cemetery, Adelphia, Howell Township, Mounmouth, New Jersey

NAME: FHL 549688, #15088M, filed August 5, 1890, Howell Township, Monmouth, New Jersey residue after debts, etc, divided 7 equal parts, and four sons, Joseph L. Tunis, Charles W. Tunis, John M. Tunis and George S.W. Tunis

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/ Groom's Name: John M. Tunis Groom's Birth Date: 1830 Groom's Age: 26 Bride's Name: Elizabeth Parker Bride's Birth Date: 1837 Bride's Age: 19 Marriage Date: 18 Jan 1856 Marriage Place: Howell, Monmouth, New Jersey Groom's Father's Name: Henry Tunis, farmer Groom's Marital Status: Single Bride's Marital Status: Single Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02523-5 System Origin: New Jersey-EASy Source Film Number: 584573 Reference Number: M50847-3 Collection: New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985

DEATH: [of wife?] FHL film 1298676 Item 3 p. 6F Tunis, Elizabeth Ann wife of John M. d 8/27/1855 @ 20 Rumson. dau of Josiah & Deborah Parker. md 8 months.

Tombstone in Evergreen Cemetery Elizabeth Ann Parker wife of John M. Tunis, August 18, 1835 - September 27, 1855

CENSUS: 1860 New Jersey, Monmouth, Howell [living with father & mother] John Tunis, 30, male, farm laborer, , 500, b. New Jersey

[didn't find on Heritage Quest 1870 Census in Howell, Monmouth, New Jersey]

CHURCH: FHL film 1298669 Item 9 Tunis, John M., received: March 3, 1889, from probation by S. C. Chattin Item 10 Allphabetical Record of Members in Full Connection Tunis, John M, Jerseyville, by death Sept 1911

CENSUS: 1900 New Jersey, Monmouth, Howell, Dist. 121 Tunis, Charles W., head, white, male, Jan 1844, 56, single, b. New Jersey, father & mother b. New Jersey, farmer, owns, mortgage, farm Tunis, John M., brother, white, male, Sept 1828, 71, wd., b. New Jersey, father & mother b. New Jersey, farm laborer Clayton, Mary E., servant, white, female, Mar. 1847, 53, single, b. New Jersey, father & mother b. New Jersey

LAND: RED BANK REGISTER, N J , WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1901, Howell Township, deeds recorded in the office of the county clerk at Freehold for the week ending April 27th 1901. John M. Tunis to Charles w. Tunis. Piece of property, $1 Charles W. Tunis, ex'r to John M. Tunis. Piece of property $1

NEWS: http://mtpl.org/data/rbr/1900-1909/1903/1903.09.23.pdf RED BANK, N. J., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1903 Visitors From the West. Holmes and Henry M. Tunis of Brighton, Michigan, have been visiting their cousin. John M. Tunis of Howell, other relatives in Monmouth county.

CENSUS: 1910 New Jersey, Monmouth, Howell, Dist. 76, Howell Rd. Tunis, John M., head, male, white, 81, wd., b. New Jersey, father & mother b. New Jersey Tunis, Charles W., brother, male, white, 66, single, b. New Jersey, father & mother b. New Jersey Clayton, Mary E., neice, female, white, 63, single, b. New Jersey, father & mother b. New Jersey

DEATH: calculated from obituary

OBIT:http://rbr.mtpl.org/data/rbr/1910-1919/1911/1911.09.20.pdf Red Bank Register, RED BANK, N. J., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911 FARMER KILLED BY TRAIN John M. Tunis, Ground to Death Near Howell Station. John M. Tunis, a retired farmer of Howell, was instantly killed beneath the wheels of an express train near his home last Wednesday. Mr. Tunis was taking a basket of grapes and tomatoes to a neighbor and failed to hear the approaching train as he stopped on the crossing. A freight train which was drilling near the station helped to drown the noise of the train. Mr. Tunis was thrown under the engine wheels and his body was literally ground to pieces, portions of the body being strewn along the track for hundreds of feet. The engineer and firemen of the train knew nothing of the accident until the train reached Farmlngdale. Mr. Tunis was 83 years old and leaves a brother and sister, Charles Tunis of Howell and Mrs. Tunis Denise of Freehold.

BURIAL:http://www.whitesville.net/bethesda_cemetery.htm Bethesda Methodist Church Cemetery MONMOUTH COUNTY GRAVESTONES Bethesda Methodist Church Cemetery, at Adelphia (Formerly Blue Ball), Howell Township Tunis, John M., b. 1828, d. 1911. In Henry Tunis plot.

Evergreen Cemetery of the Embury United Methodist Church Little Silver, Monmouth County, NJ (side 1) Barzillai King Parker May 13, 1838 - July 30, 1881 His Wife Lavina C. Parker August 31, 1847 - November 30, 1922 Grace Edith Parker July 11, 1876 - June 14, 1879 John Albert Parker October 8, 1864 - February 3, 1901 (side 2) Thomas M. Parker May 27, 1841 May 21, 1879 His Wife Amelia S. Parker September 2, 1849 April 4, 1922 (side 3) Elizabeth Ann Parker wife of John M. Tunis August 18, 1835 - September 27, 1855 (side 4) Josiah Parker June 1, 1812 June 14, 1866 Deborah R. King His Wife April 21, 1816 December 9, 1875

didn't find on Heritage Quest 1870 Census in Howell, Monmouth, New Jersey

BURIAL:http://www.whitesville.net/bethesda_cemetery.htm Bethesda Methodist Church Cemetery MONMOUTH COUNTY GRAVESTONES Bethesda Methodist Church Cemetery, at Adelphia (Formerly Blue Ball), Howell Township Tunis, John M., b. 1828, d. 1911. In Henry Tunis plot.

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