Jacob Stults (1830 - 1916)

Born 20 Apr 1830 in Hightstown, East Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey

Died 21 Jan 1916 at age 85 in Hightstown, East Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey

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Biography

Jacob Stults was born April 20, 1830 in Hightstown, New Jersey, one of fourteen children of David Stults and Harriet Hartman. He attended public schools until thirteen when he clerked at the Titus Brothers store in Trenton. Following that early start, Jacob had a varied and peripatetic work history mainly in the newspaper business; he was his brief partnership with a Yard ancestor. In 1849, he and James Sterling Yard of Freehold commenced publication of a newspaper in Hightstown called the Village Record published under the editorship of Yard & Stultz. Yard served as editor 1852-1854; Stults edited 1854-1861. Yard sold his interest and Morgan F. Mount joined Stults. The Village Record merged with the Hightstown Excelsior to form the Hightstown Gazette in 1861. Jacob also held newspaper positions in Long Branch, New Jersey; Washington, D.C.; Columbia, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. He even spent some time in Nicaragua exploring business opportunities for a venture group. On May 10, 1858, he married Martha Jane Morrison (1838-1923), daughter of Rev. Robert E. Morrison and Martha Swift of Hightstown, New Jersey. They had seven known children.

Jacob died January 21, 1916 and was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hightstown, Mercer County, New Jersey.

Children of Jacob and Martha Stults:

• Robert Morrison Stults b. 6-1-1861, a noted composer and musician; d. 1933; m. 1884 Julia Vanderveer (1862-1947)

• Mary Ellen Stults b. 11-20-1866; d. 1-20-1873, age seven

• Milton Stults b. 9-26-1862; d/y

• Jacob Albert Stults, DDS, b. 8-24-1874 in Long Branch, graduated from Baltimore College of Dental Surgery; d. 2-26-1900 at 26 years

• Henry Warren Stults b. Feb. 1880; joined the Third Cavalry Regiment U.S. regular army and served in the Philippine Islands for three years; m. Mary A. Bingham

• Percy Stults b. 2-25-1880 in Long Branch

• Helen A. Stults

NOTE: Jacob’s birth date recorded on his gravestone, 4-20-1830, is seven months before the birth date inscribed on his sister Katherine’s gravestone, 11-1-1830.

Sources

• Francis Bazley Lee. Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County New Jersey, Vol. 2, p 563-564. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York and Chicago, 1907.
• History of the Morrison Family
• Descendents of Gabriel Morrison: sites.rootsweb.com
• Library of Congress: loc.gov
• East Windsor Township: east-windsor.nj.gov
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83818856/jacob-stults: accessed March 12, 2024), memorial page for Jacob Stults (20 Apr 1830–21 Jan 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83818856, citing Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hightstown, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Leigh Miller (contributor 46928112).