The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-12-13
Old FeIks.

It's astonishing how many old people
there are in the world. In the course
of one evenings reading of our ex-
changes, just for curiosity, we clipped
every item chat fell under our notice
relating to old folks, and give the result
below: -,,s
A woman, loo years old, was COM
mitted as yagrant in New York, last
Saturday, The magistrate sent her to
the Aims House in carriage.
IS Mr. William Boyd and wife, of Floyd
county, Kentucky are undoubtedly the
oldest couple in that or any other State,
he being ll0 and his wife lO7 years of
age. His Oldest son is s0years of age
Mr.. Boyd went seven miles to his vot-
ing, precinct, at the last election, to
I vote. s.. ii .s ..i, af f,'.aa- ,.t
VIM, RichardsoD, of PauIding Coun-
ty,- Ohio, is lO4 wears old. He is the
survivor of five wives, and is now living
with the sixth. He is tthe father Of
twenty-five children by two of his wives
1-twenty-one. are living. .ao'if7z..'eee
10 An neld man in Maryland, who had
reached the age of l02, was married a
few days since to his third wife, who is
seVenty-five years OF age. Immediately
after the ceremony the happy but de-
crepit-eouple started on bridal tour.
Mrs. Wealthy whippIe, reTct of
Narrnaduke WhiPple, who was a reyol-
utionary soldier, is probably the oldest
widow now living Her maiden name
was also Whipple, sister to the late
Barnabus Whipple, Of Albany. She
| is alsoa relative Of William Whipple,
Eone Of the signers of the Declaration Of
Independence. This venerable lady is
resident of Union Village, Washing
ton county, N, Y, where she has resid-
ed the past eighty yearsVio' Her bsge is
104! She enjoys excellent health, and
is quite active, She draws from the
Government the yearly pension of see.
! A man 95 years of age died recent
| ly while drinking cup of tea When
we consider, in this connection the case
of lady who died by a fall from en-
apple tree at the age Of 10, it is i'm
possible to resist the conclusion that
tree-climbing and tea-drinking disagree
with oldpeople.
Capt. David Hinckley, of Livermore,
Maine, died on the 9th inst, aged IO2
years. He voted for Washington for
first President, and remembered Ar
|nold's expedition up the Kennebec river.
The oldest couple in Ohio are Mr..
and Mrs. Boyd at Ironton. He is1lO,
andos is los. They get mad at each
other every little while and threaten to
obtain divorces. The other day the
DAME refused TO sew on shirt button
for her spouse. when he indignantly in
|quired ''if he had got to live so all his
life.g = e,r.5 ,g
The oldest person in the State Of
Connecticut is Mrs. Lord OF East Lynne.
She is l07 years soli, and retains her
mental faculties wonderfully. .lsHer pet
theme of conversation is of the Revol.
ution, which she distinctly remembers.
Her eyesight is somewhat faded, but
she easily recognizes friends, aud ac-
somplishes wonderful amount Of knit
ting. rt-.a, s,o eT .,-.,
John Folgate, liyingin the village of
Jefferson, Wayne county, Ohio, is los
years old. He 80 years old when
Washington was first elected President,
and voted for him. He was drafted in,
the war in 1912, but was released when
found to be oyer age.