Mrs. Sarah M. (Woodward) Burdge of Lower Squankum died of paralysis on Saturday, May 5th, aged 76 years. She had been sick seven weeks. Mrs. Burdge was the daughter of Catherine and John Woodward and had been a resident of Howell township nearly all her life.

Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, May 16, 1900

Some additional excellent resources for your research are:

• 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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