Died From a Scratch

Carroll Bennett of Avon died on Tuesday of last week as a result of a slight scratch on the nose, made by the finger of a colored man. He received the scratch in a friendly scuffle with the colored man in a saloon at Belmar. Nothing was thought of the injury and it was not even dressed by a physician. On Thursday lockjaw developed and he died that day. Bennett was 39 years old. He leaves a wife and several children.

Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, Sep 4, 1901

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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