Person:Wesley Dancer (1)

NAME: will of father, FHL film #466967BYU, 1521W, Proved April 18th 1864 Item, to son Wesley Danser the sum of four hundred dollars

BIRTH: from death record & findagrave

BIRTH & DEATH: RootsWeb World Connect Project

MARR: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com Sarah Hooper b. 26 1814, c: 17 Apr 1814 in Frist Presbyterian Church, Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey, married 1830

CENSUS:http://content.ancestry.com/ 1850 New Jersey, Mercer, Lawrence, 23 Sept. 1850 Wesley, Dancer (Daneau),38 male, farmer, 4,000, b. New Jersey Sarah Dancer, 37, female, b. New Jersey Peter Dancer, 14, male, b. New Jersey Emily Dancer, 11, female, b. New Jersey Phebe a. Danser, 11, female, b. New Jersey Adison Dancer, 9, male, b. New Jersey Alfred Danser, 4, male, b. New Jersey Mary Dancer, 1, female, b. New Jersey

NEWS: genealogybank.com 1850-10-24, Trenton State Gazette Westley Danser of Lawrence for assembly

NEWS: genealogybank.com 1950-11-21, Trenton State Gazette Members of the Assembly-Mercer, Westley P. Danser

MARR: https://wwwnet1.state.nj.us/DOS/Admin/ArchivesDBPortal/Marriage1867.aspx Index to Marriage Records, 1848-1867 Danser, Westly (Widower) Sutterley, Jane Trenton Mercer County : Trenton 30 Mar 1859 Bk. U : Pg. 336

CENSUS: 1860 New Jersey, Mercer, Trenton Ward 1, p. 8, 19th June 1860 Wesley, Danser, 48, male, store keeper, $3,000, b. New Jersey Feebe Ann Danser, 19, female, b. New Jersey Adison Danser, 17, male, clerk, b. New Jersey Alfie S[?], 13, male, b. New Jersey

TAX LIST 1862:http://search.ancestry.com/ US IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, Roll Title: District 2; Annual Lists; 1862-63; NARA Series: M603; NARA Roll: 20, September, Dancer, Wesley, residence: Trenton, Class B License: retail dealer, tax $10.00

TAX LIST 1864:http://search.ancestry.com/ US IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, Roll Title: District 2; annual Lists; 1864-1865, NARA Series: M603; NARA Roll:21, May, Dancer, Wesley, location: Trenton, occupation: wholesale deale over 25,000, class B license: $25.00

CENSUS: 1870 New Jersey, Mercer, Trenton Ward 1 Danser, Wesley, 57, male, white, book keeper, b. New Jersey Danser, Mary E. 47, female, white, b. New Jersey Danser, Howard, 8, male, white, b. New Jersey

[NIL FHL US/CAN Film 849572 New Jersey. Surrogate's Court (Mercer County) (Main Author) General index to estates A-G 1838-1939]

DEATH: http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/ 1871-04-12, page 2, Trenton State Gazette

  DANCER - In this city, on the 10th instant, Wesley Dancer.
  The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, from his last residence, Market, near Warren street, on Thursday, at 10'oclock A.M. Services in the State Street M. E. Church, at 11 A.M.

BURIAL:http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmercer/Peo/Riverview1820.htm Tombstone Inscriptions of Persons Born before 1820 And Buried in Riverview Cemetery Trenton, New Jersey Mary E., wife of Westley Danser; 1822 – 1906 Westley Danser; 1811 – 1871

DIRECTORY:http://search.ancestry.com/ New Jersey, Trenton, 1876-1881, Fitzgerald's Trenton and Mercer County Directory 1881 Dancer, Jane E., widow, h 221 Clinton, Millham Dancer, Mary E., widow Wesley, h 316 Broad

DIRECTORY:http://search.ancestry.com/ New Jersey, Trenton, 1886-1889, Fitzgerald's Trenton and Mercer County Directory 1886-87 Dancer Jane E, wid William, res 11 Hart av, Millham Danser Howard, invoice clerk, bds 346 Broad Danser Mary E, wid Wesley, res 346 Broad

DIRECTORY:http://search.ancestry.com/ New Jersey, Trenton, 1886-1889, Fitzgerald's Trenton and Mercer County Directory 1887-88 Dancer, Jane E, wid William, res 11 Hart av, Millham Danser Mary E, wid Wesley, h 346 Broad

1890 VETERANS SCHEDULES:http://search.ancestry.com/ Jane E. - W- Dancer, NJ, Mercer County, Ed 191 Trenton, 1890, p. 001

DIRECTORY:http://search.ancestry.com/ New Jersey, Trenton, 1893-1894, Fitzgerald's Trenton and Mercer County Directory 1894 Danser Mary E, wid Wesley, res 13 Hudson Danser Howard W, salesman, h 13 Hudson

[not in 1897 directory]

[3nd wife of Wesley] OBITUARY: http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/ 1906-11-04, Philadelphia Inquirer DIED DURING FUNERAL HOUR Woman Expired While Services Were Being Held Over Stepson speical to The Inquirer.

  TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 3. - Mrs. Mary C. Danser, widow of Wesley Danser, one of the best known business men of the city, died today during the hour of the funeral of her stepson, Alfred C. Danser, late of Chicago, who was brought her for burial.
  Mrs. Danser has been in ill health for some time.

OBITUARY:http://www.genealogybank.com 1906-11-05, Trenton Evening Times, p. 6 Mrs. Mary E. Danser.

  The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Danser, wife of the late Wesley Danser and step-mother of Alfred C. Danser, who was buried Saturday, took place this afternoon at 2 0'clock from her late home, 55 Hudson Street.
  Mrs. Danser died Saturday morning after a long illness. She was 85 years of age and her deat is supposed to have been hastened by news of the death of her step-son. Interment was made in Riverview cemetery under the direction of Ashmore & Margerum.

OBIT:http://www.findagrave.com/ Birth: 1822 Death: Nov. 3, 1906

DANSER--In this city, on the 3d inst.,Mary E, widow of the late Wesley Danser, in the 85th year of her age. Funeral private from the residence of her son, Howard W Danser, No 55 Hudson Street, on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment at Riverview Cemetery. Trenton Evening Times 3 November 1906

BIO: http://books.google.com/books Genealogical and personal memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey By Francis Bazley Lee p. 802-803, Frank Clifford Danser

  FRANK CLIFFORD DANSER, prominent among the farmers of East Windsor township, was born June 5, 1868, on the homestead, son of Peter Hooper Danser, and grandson of Wesley Danser.
  Hon. Wesley Danser, grandfather of Frank Clifford Danser, at one time represented his assembly district in the legislature.
  He married Sarah Hopper, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Hooper of Dutch Neck, N. J., both of whom were prominent in social and religious circles in the community in which they resided. There were born to them the following children: Emily, deceased; Peter Hooper, of whom later; Phoebe A., born 1838, wife of William A. Vecelius; Addison A., of Yardley, Pa., died suddenly Sept. 9, 1904; and Alfred C., of Chicago, Ill., born 1847, died Oct. 30, 1906.