Miss H. Virginia Hankinson, daughter of the late Samuel Hankinson of West Freehold, died at the home of her brother, William Hankinson, at New York on Saturday, April 15th, aged 27 years. Death was caused by typhoid fever. Miss Hankinson was a graduate of the Freehold high school and lived at West Freehold until a few years ago. Besides her brother, she leaves one sister, Mrs. L. Warren. The body was buried at Freehold.

Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, April 26, 1899

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