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From: Sharon Colquhoun <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] STIRES
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 14:12:34 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <000d01c1b960$8046ff20$695879a5@D3D2Y211>


There was still a Stires family in Hopewell Township
as recently as the 1960s as I went to school with one
of them. Check the local listings!


--- William Hartman <> wrote:
> Looking for any information on:
>
> John S. Stires, Jr. (b. 21 Jan 1819: Hunterdon Co.);
> (m. 19 June 1839: Hunterdon Co.); his wife:
> Sarah (nee Polhemus) Stires (b. ? d. ?) and their
> children:
> Elizabeth Augusta Stires (b. c 1839)
> Susan Stires (b. c 1841; d. 24 Dec 1927) My
> Ggrandmother, m. Arthur Hughes
> Sarah J. Stires (b. c 1843)
> George C. Stires (b. c 1845)
> Mahlon M. Stires (b. c 1849)
>
> Notes from my Father indicates that John and Sarah
> moved to and may have died in Monmouth County,
> perhaps in the vicinity of Keyport, Sarah Polhemus
> was alleged to have come from that area, but I have
> found no documentation after their disappearance
> from Hunterdon Co.
>
> All above were noted in the 1850 US Census as living
> in Readington Township, Hunterdon Co.
>
> After the death of John S. Stires, Sr. and his wife
> Sarah (nee Smith) Stires in 1851 of dysentery
> (buried: Flem. Bapt. Ch. Cmty.); John, Jr. sold his
> property in Readington Township and vanishes along
> with his wife and children (except Susan, who
> remained in Flemington and for whom I have records).
>
> I have been in contact with W. Dennis Stires who
> maintains the Stires Genealogy and he has no further
> records either!
>
> Any leads greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> MrBill
>
>
>
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Harry and Sharon Moore Colquhoun
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