From the Port Jervis Evening Gazette, September 5, 1874, page 1: OBITUARY NOTES OF AGED RESIDENTS OF SUSSEX COUNTY The Newton, N.J., Herald in noting the death of two aged residents of Sussex county, pays just tribute to their memory. We extract the following: UNCLE JOHN HOPPAUGH Died, in Newton, on Monday evening, the 31st of August, John Hoppaugh, aged 96 years. "Uncle John," as he was familiarly called, was born in the vicinity of Philadelphia, and came to Sussex when a lad, or over ninety years ago. He settled in the neighborhood of Beemerville, and was employed most of his life as a teamster. He was a hardy, industrious man, tough as a knot, and for many years in the employ of the late Joseph E. Edsall, at Hamburgh. He never used tobacco, which is a rare thing to say of teamsters nowadays. He was the father of several children, and was an honest man and good citizen. For many years he had made his home with his son, Peter, in Newton. MRS. ASA WILSON Elizabeth, wife of Asa Wilson, died in Wantage the 23rd ult., aged 66 years. Mrs. Wilson was a granddaughter of the late Judge Evi Adams, of Wantage, and extensively connected with the old families of that neighborhood. As a wife, mother, and neighbor, none were more highly respected by the community in which she resided. For a period of 35 years she had been a member of the First Baptist church, Wantage, and her life was such as becomes a truly Christian woman. Her funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Jewett, assisted by Rev. Levi Morse, Rev. D. Silver, and Rev. Dr. Parmelly, of Jersey City. She was interred in the new cemetery of the First Baptist church.