John W. Edwards of Long Branch was found dead in the yard of his son-in-law, George Dey, on Friday, August 10th. Mr. Edwards did not go to bed on Thursday night. About one o’clock the next morning one of the family heard him cough and in the morning his dead body was found lying on the grass. A wife survives Mr. Edwards and he also leaves one daughter and a son. The children are Mrs. George Dey and James Edwards.

Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, August 22, 1900