The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-12-30
NEUROLOGY OF cENTENARIAMs.

During the year just closed Death came to q
number of centenar1ans, the names of the most
noteworthy being here given, with the date
and place, SO far as could be ascertained: In
March died Gen. Joseph Francis Chief of the
Passamaquoddy tribe of Indians IN Maine, aged
ITO. In Philadelphia, in june Thomas Taylor
veteran of Waterloo aged 103. George VIII
son, another veteran of European wars, died at
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, aged 100. At Morrisville,
VT, during the first week in March, an old SOL
der named Dell, who served under the first
Napoleon, aged 101. Capt EnOs Scott, q sol
der of 1912, died at Lyons, Mich, near the end
of August, aged 1O1 On the 26th of August,
at the Home for Aged Women, in Boston,
Ethan Allen DeWolf died. lacking few weeks
of 100; his father, a Revolutionary soldier,
lived to the age of LOT. In the first week of jan
uary died Thomas Thornton of Boston, 105,
and Richard Cottrill of Columbia s. c., 119.
In the first week of February the pale specter
visited VIM. Knapp of Woodford, Vt, 100, and
Elias Truax, of Franklin Mass, l02. at Ma
quoketa, Iowa, worthy citizen was prematurely
cut off at the age of 1915 he persisted In the use
of tobacco to the day of his death, which latter
event is supposed to have been fastened by "a
kick OF a pet mule;' we are unable to give his
NAME About the first of May Ralph Price
1O4, died at Armstrong; Pa. Thos. Card died at
Dover Point, N. H., Sept. 3, aged lOO; had
never been i'll until his last and only sickness.
In Daviess County, KY, three persons died at
the advanced ages of 101, 1O5 and 10 years
respectively. At Holyoke, Mass, March 19, at
the age of 100, died Bartholomew Downing,
who emigrated from Ireland in 1893. AT In
dianapolis, early In January, "the father OF
Michael O'Leary, of Holyoke died at the age
of 105; and another rishman. two years
younger, whose name is not recorded died at
Haverhill, Mass, on the 25th of July. A month
before that Moses Long, a Kentucky negro
died at the age Of Ill.
In regard to several venerable ladies' who
passed away during 1875, we have more par
ticulars. At Brookfeld, Mass, JAN l, the
soventy-fifth anniversary OF her marriage,
Mrs. Alice Cooley breathed her last az the age
N. H., March l9, died Mrs. Anna Goss, aged
1O5. In the latter part of July Mrs. Helen
Stansbury died at Louisville, KY, aged 100;
she was the Oldest of eleven children. and out
lived them all At Kinderhook, n. l., at the
age of LOG. Mrs Mary Killerhouse died In the
same house in which she WAS born. She was
married four mes-the last at the age OF ":
Other deaths took place as followss at Co
lumbia, s. c.. in January Mrs. Rosenberg, lO3;
at Essex, Vt, Mrs. Pepin, 1O4. In March, as
Baltimore, Mary Smith, lit. In May, at BROOK
vile, Me-, Mira. Katherine Bolton, lOO years
and months; Mrs. Little, at Moncso1, w. lO1;
and in johnson, Vt, Mrs. Mary Pike, 100 mrs.
Orphemia Temple, 103, died at Woodbury., Ct,
July /. In Freetown, Aug. IS, Mrs. Joanna
Strange died at the age of lob. Mrs. Betsy
Clark. at Auburn, N. H., Aug. ~ aged 400
years and Z months; Sept. l. IN Southbridge,
Mass. Marian Garceau, lob; Sept Y In BROOK
lyn, Mary Burns, Irish, 105; Sept. % In Hart
ford, CT. Mrs.. Madden, LOG and May Is, In
Mansfield, Mass Mrs. Margaret Leonard, Irish,
103 Years and months.
Six venerable colored women died during the
year. IS follows: March /, ID Washington, -:
@. Lucy Hawkins. A15 years and months ana
Nav 28, in the same city, Hester Digger, HOS
MarcI |, in Baltimore, Hrs. Susan Carr, 100,
md in Louisville, KY, the came wee b. Grand
rl--.,--r INA. Anril 18. ia Boston,