Mrs. Cassie A. (Sickles) Coons, wife of Harry W. Coons of Philadelphia, died on Tuesday of last week, aged 21 years. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David H. Sickles of Hazlet. Mrs. Coons leaves an infant daughter. Three brothers also survive her. They are John F. Sickles of Freehold, Charles A. Sickles of Orange and Oscar G. Sickles of Philadelphia. The funeral was held on Friday at eleven o’clock at the Freehold Baptist church. The sermon was preached by Rev. Robert B. Fisher, pastor of the Holmdel Baptist church, and he was assisted by Rev. Theodore Heisig, pastor of the Freehold Baptist church. The body was buried in Maplewood. cemetery.

Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, May 23, 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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