Miss Alfreda Walling, daughter of Jane Ann and Spafford Walling, died at Matawan on Monday of last week, aged 27 years. Death was caused by consumption. Her mother survives her. Miss Walling was engaged to be married to Levi S. Emmons, Jr., of Matawan.

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

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• New Jersey Census, 1772-1890 - Ancestry.com

• Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760 - Ancestry.com

• Interment.net - NJ ~ New Jersey Cemetery Transcriptions on the net.

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