Mrs. Emma Bennett, widow of Stout Holmes Bennett of Fair Haven, died yesterday afternoon of a cancer of the stomach. She was 58 years old and had been sick nearly six months. Four children survive her. The children are Mrs. Frank Spitz, Mrs. Abram Bennett and Louis Bennett of Fair Haven, and Mrs. Frank Feed of Asbury Park. The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Methodist church and the service will be conducted by Rev. W. E. Pettitt. The body will be buried at Little Silver.

Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, May 17, 1899

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