Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-11-13
An Extraordinary Case of Longevity.

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AN OHIO CITIZEN NINETY TWO YEARS OLD IN THE
BATTLE OF PERRYyILLE- INTERESTING REM
| NIsCENCEs, ETC.
| From MICAJAH BAILEY, Ohio State Agent
for the transportation of U United States troops.
we have learned few interesting particulars
of an old gentleman, named THOMAS STEWART
who presented himself at Mr. Baileys office.
on Saturday last, and obtained pass to his
home near East Newton When the proca-
nation was made for " squirrel hunters. in
September to defend the city of Cincinnati.
Mr.. Stewart was one of the many thousands
who responded to the call of the Governor. by
providing himself with uniform, blanket, and
two days cooked rations, and, armed with his
gun, he marched to this city While that gal.
liant band of L" minute men, were bivouacked
on the hills over the river, Mr. Stewart stood
his regular guard duties, and, when the COL
umn was drawn up in the line of battle, he
was alTayS formoSt to respond
When the services of the hunters were dis.
penSed with 10y General Wallace, the subject
of this notice asked and obtained permission
to remain as a volunteer private in the One
hundredandfrst Ohio Regiment He stood
regular picket guard and sentinel duty, went
through ALT drills parades, reviews, &C.,
and, when the regiment was ordered to Louis.
Vile, be accompanied it, and again was at the
front 10 defence Of that city. When the army
moved into the interior of the State, Stewart
was one Of the number /; and in the battle of
Perryvlle he was in the thickest Of the fight,
and afterward complmented by his command.
er for his bravery, coolness and Solderly bear
ing. After the battle, and the appearance
Indicated no further engagements, Stewart
concluded to return home and look after his
personal affairs, which he, as a farmer had
left in an unsettled condition. Ii arrived
here on Saturday, and, after obtaining the
necessary passes, returned home. Stewart
was born March 10th, 1870 in Litchfeld,
Coma, where his father now resides aged l22
Years, and is at present The oldest man in the
United States
Thomas is the father of seventeen children
(htteen living and two dead, )and twenty.f -four
grand children. He has four sons, two grand.
sons, and three sons nlaw at present in the
army. Stewart was in the war of 1872 when
he was pressed into the British service on a
man-of-war. He has been in four wars and
although ninety two years of age, writes
plainly and is very intelligent, never was sick
but two days of his life, and has been MEM
Der OF the Methodist Church forty y-three years.
The father of Thomas was born in 1704 in
the reign of George II has seen four mon
archs in England ole of whom reigued sixty
years. He was old enough to be at the tax.
ing of Quebeck, by Gen. Wolfe, when Cana
da passed into the hands of the British, and
Louis Nv. was on the throne of France
Although Kentucky is the oldest of the West.
ern States, not a white mans foot had pressed
her soil for settlement thirty years after his
birth, and be was considered an elderly man
when the first settler arrived in Cincinnati.-
Great Napoleon was born, whose career excit-
ed the wonder of the world, and closed forty
years ago Oh st. Helena.
If General Washington was living he would
only be eight years older than this veteran,
who is now three years older than Thomas
j Jefferson would be if he were living We
have had fifteen Presidents of the United
States, all of whom, except two, were born
within Mr.. Stewards recollection, and he has
lived under oil their administrations, although
the first did not commence until he was fifty
years of age Thomas Stewart would be as
old as General jackson if he were now living
One other such life before the father of Thom-
as, would more than carry US back to the days
when the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock,
and there is every reason to believe that the
veteran Stewart was old enough to have talk
I'd with people who might have known the
early Puritans. Both of these cases are ex-
raordnary instances of longevity, and we
loubt if they are surpassed in the world
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