Updated 04.29.2004

Looking inside there is a picture of Goldy Foulks on the left. On the right, that picture can

no longer be viewed and who this other person is no one knows.

Goldy Foulks was born in 1865 and died 29 March 1936. He is buried at Pemberton Baptist Cemetery, in Pemberton, New Jersey. He is the son of Thomas Foulks b:1826 and Maria Goldy b: 1837. they were married 25 December 1851 at Hanover Furnace, Burlington County, New Jersey. Maria Goldy is the daughter of William Goldy 1788-1858 and Anne (Nancy) Burroughs 1797-1849. William Goldy is the son of Samuel Goldy and Ann Toy.

New Jersey Mirror. April 1, 1936, page 1, column 2.

Autopsy Revels Heart Attack Cause of Aged Man's Death/ Goldy E Foulks, 74, Found Dead Near His Home in Brown's Mills / Robbery Theory is Disproved.

An autopsy on the body of Goldy E Foulks, 74, who was found dead near his home in Brown's Mills on Sunday, revealed that death resulted from a heart attack.

The postmortem was conducted by Dr John F Conroy, of Burlington, county physician. Cuts on the head and face caused suspicion in the minds of Foulks brother, Frank(lin) and nephew, Oliver Foulks, that the aged man had been attacked by robbers, as he usually carried considerable money in his pockets. State troopers found $21 in his clothening, dismissing the robbery theory. Walter H Stull, clerk of Pemberton township, passed the Foulks home at 2pm and noticed a man sitting in the yard. He investigated and discovered the man was dead. A light was still burning in the kitchen and the door was open. Stull summoned Foulk's physician, Dr Edwin Obert, of New Egypt, who said the aged man had been suffering from a heart ailment. Foulk's lived alone in a six-room house on a 23-acre farm in Brown's Mill, which he owned and was reputed to be wealthy. He was a retires peat moss dealer.

New Jersey Mirror

Headline: Effort to Show Man Was Insane When He Made Will / Testimony Being Taken in Orphans' Court in Estate Valued at $30,000 / Children's Home Is Legatee
Date: September 16, 1936
Page: 1
Column: 5
Summary: Testimony was taken before Judge Frank A. Hendrickson, sitting in the Orphans' Court Monday and yesterday, in the matter of the contest over the will of Gouldy Foulks, late of Brown's Mills, on the ground that he was mentally unfit to make a will. The caveator is his brother, Franklin J. Foulks, of Brown's Mills. The estate is said to be valued at $30,000. The will is dated January 16, 1935, and bequeaths one dollar to his brother, Franklin; one dollar to a nephew, Oliver Foulks, of Brown's Mills, and one dollar to a friend, Clifford Taylor, of Hightstown. All the rest, residue and remainder is bequeathed to the Mary A. Dobbins Memorial Home of the Burlington County Children's Home, Mount Holly. Many witnesses heard the past two days told of decedent's eccentricities during the last five years of his life. He was always talking about people putting "spells" on him, and that he drove out of his way to avoid them; that he burned a suit of clothes because he said they itched him; that he was addicted to the use of too much liquor; that one day he stopped his car, got out and smoothed out a cross that he said some person had scratched on the surface to hex him; that he carried a(sic) large rolls of money with him;, which he displayed in barrooms and stores, amounting sometimes to as high as $3,500; that he once turned in a new automobile for his old machine, claiming that the steering wheel of the new one burned his hands. Some of the witnesses expressed the opinion that he was insane. The testator died on March 29, 1936, at the age of 74 years. The will, execution of which was established at a session of court held in July, was drawn by Frank Palmer, of New Egypt, who is named as sole executor. Witnesses to the will were Vernon Nutt and Joseph P. Doran, both of New Egypt. Senator Percy Camp, Toms River lawyer, represents the executor; Harold R. Powell, of Mount Holly, appears for the caveator. The case is being continued today

New Jersey Mirror. December 2 1936, page 9, column 4.

Sanity of Aged Man Argued Before Court on Caveat to Will / Soundness of Mind of Goldy Foulks Questioned by Caveator--Decision Reversed.

Judge Frank A Hendrickson, sitting in on Orphan's Court at the Court House on Wednesday, heard argument of counsel in the matter of probate of the will of Goldy Foulks, late of  Brown's Mill. Testimony was taken in July and September and argument wad postponed until Wednesday. A caveat against probate of the will was filed by decedent?s brother Franklin J Foulks, of Browns Mills, on ground that the testator was of unsound mind at the time of the execution of the will. Testimony was produced at the September hearing to show that the deceased suffered from insane delusions, one of which was that different persons were putting spells on him. The testator died March 29, 1936, aged 74 years, leaving an estate valued at $30,000. His will dated January 16, 1935, bequeaths one dollar to his brother, Franklin; and one dollar to a nephew, Oliver Foulks, of Brown' Mills; one dollar to friend Clifford Taylor, of Hightstown and the rest, residue and remainder to Mary A Dobbins Memorial Home of the Children?s Home, Mount Holly. Harold T Parker, of Mount Holly counsel for the  caveator, argued that the testator was of undoubted unsound mind, indicated by his queer actions and remarks, and that therefore the will should be set aside. Senator Percy Camp, of Toms River, who represented the executor, Frank Palmer, f New Egypt, contended that while the decedent was eccentric, he was not insane, as was evidenced by the number of business transactions of Foulks, in which he displayed a keen mind. The law, said the Senator, assumes every man to be of testamentary capacity, and it requires strong evidence to offset that assumption. Both lawyer?s submitted briefs and decision was reversed.