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from the New Jersey Courier 15 Dec 1900

Adelbert Peckworth of Manahawkin died at the State Hospital, Trenton on Monday, and was buried at Manahawkin on Wednesday. He was about 32 years old, the son of Mrs. Jane Peckworth of Manahawkin. His father, the late Lewis Peckworth, was once postmaster at that village. The deceased had been an inmate of the asylum for eight years. For the last five years he had known nothing whatever and his death had been looked for at any moment.

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