Mrs. Catherine T. Tilton of Keyport died on Sunday of last week of heart disease. She was 88 years old and had lived at Keyport 48 years. Mrs. Tilton was born at New York. She had been blind eighteen years. Her husband Ezekiel Tilton, has been dead forty years. Mrs. Tilton was a member of the Keyport Baptist church and had been cared for by that church for many years.

Per the Death Notice Mrs. Tilton was aged 88 years, 10 months and 23 days

Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, January 25, 1899

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