The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-19
LIFE OF 1l2 YEARS.
sry,nGINIA uENTENARIAN.
, who Was Three Years Old
,be Great Napoleon WAS
po,u-And MAS Haifgro"n
Lad when the Deciara-
,iou Of independence
was signed.
x,rI COLLEY, THE LINCOLN
,oUNI1 CENTESAKIAN.
.ndenee OF the RegIster.

Al lilHa.V' VI
,,.srI yol of rara aUiS l have found
,srteDsrisn so said. Taking refuge
n-,be LAST Mnstrel's Plea,"
- NOT how true the tale may be,
r',e,I il a. IL was told 10 me,
INV b,m,elN and further countenanced
~ ,nilsr case recently recorded in
your paper tRictard ReedeF, Of Wood
.,,,tr W. Va.,l enter upon the de-
,si,;.
Trers is an old man living on the wa
,.,.ot Turkey Branch, in Lincoln coun-
- wa, who claims to have been born
j, June, l766. The day was warm AMI
r,sisD summer like in its hszy glory.
u,c.1sm is wholly unknown in this
s..,s-recrets for the fsct-but the sun
I.+,.rcrously volunteered his services
-algce the erstwhiie impossible roads
,,ie-sble condition, and We had taken
.Fo GOOD. provided by the Gods, Il. E.
,,o...rt dnv ard determined to spend
=, the saddle. But as our theme tends
MOI, 10 equestlrianlsm, or the mlnut'@
n, events, we turn us again
- vr Collev and his chronicles. We saw
him enter the little ths;chej cabin, re-
,r.,in, from his daily constitutional,
r,IrB !. fected by means of aD osken
,,,a. the company OF little boy, his
c.,,..g-sndson,. who looked prematurely y
9'5 90 csre worn is bis face with It's pc.
.,,,.r trustworthy air; and disbolIcsiiy-
;srhned bulldog. We teihered our
n,o,s. pv the roadside, and tapped a. the
i,,a door. We found him loqu.ClOus,
and sble to express himself with greater
a,aDcy lnsn ls ususl with bis class, ard
Ts ey no means exhibits tho cecrepl,ude
o-tasrily seen in men tour or SIX de-
c,aes his junior. HIS scsnty hair Is
snowy white, his 'ace crinkied like old
r,-cLmen, snd yellow like antique ivory,
r.yprpd with tiny 5 ans Crossing eAch
other m lnigue way.. His eyes, evil
lsa,y dua il days asone, are apparently
VIDE awake; bat IN reality, Dhrd TO
esprytnlus bot hight ana darkDcss-the
c.sI.,: of witch lie says he can deter
nine hls voice, though unsteady, is
r.ssssulv toned, and he did not seem 10
ve.-y with much speech, but rather to
rejoice in having some one listen to his
OF. repeated stories.
Considering the fact that he has never
hsi the advantages Of books nor sssOcis-
ton with scholars, 1t is curious how he
became possessed OF such accurate hlstorl-
csl knowledge and has retained it to
such green old age If we were not OF
the cre1ulOus sort, We might easily fancy
we had fallen stoul of Baron Munchsu-
sons ghost in this desert Of wilderness,
or the wrath OF the lnimltsble Da.oe.
uist old wizard discovered the peren-
nial fountain so ardently sought for by
De Leon. that time has tsrried so long
with him2 Children and grandchildren
have isitered by the wayside, and re-
turned TO dust in the old hillside grave
yard; but lie lives on, to tell to the fourth
and fifth generations the wondrous
Stones ot the days before the p sle-face
he'd dominion over these fair hills and
valleys. But they've heard them again
and sgsin, until the zest is gone, and
and twas seewir gly like q drsught OF
rare wine 10 the loncy patriarch, to have
our rapt stteLtiOD. | will give the sub
stance Of Whs, Ae ,alI, with 10 embel-
!Ishments, except regard fer the Presi-
dents Eng l:h, II which, OF course, he is
no adept;
81 wss born not far from
" ha -,
Mason county, now sands. Ny mother
had followed my father who was with
General Lewis. Ny brother. who WAS
eight years o,cer than l, he died twenty
i've years ago. and myself were present
81 the great Shawnee battle, Point
Pleasant and / can remember how my
mother gathered me close to her, expect
lns We would all be murdered before
nshlfsli. was very small but l have
never forgotten that she placed me in q
hollow tree for safety, while, during the
evening, she carried water and bathed
lie wounds Of the dying. Sne was killed
by the Indians few weeks later. My
is!her Was missing shortly afterwsrd,
s2d We never knew what became OF him,
o.! Presume h@, too, fell under the
Lsiche! Of the savage. Ny brother was
Oh enough 10 carry gun, but after the
C'aih Of our parents, he took charge of
NE 4; best he could. often saw the
s'es! lDdisn chIeftsin Cornstslk, who, l
teS'd my brother say then, was leader
Q; the :svsges in tHst battle. l knew
h.lulpSec, his son, too, and Red Hawk,
i0' they often came 10 the garrison, and
were SnowL to be quite friendly TO the
SaIe men, though they said tncy had
oeen cruelty wronged by the Long
Aaiyes." | was sitting by my
mother in the fort when Mag.
Nupoih the nearest we could make
o-'o' bis pronunciation told COrnstslk
AID bis son thst some white men were
comirg 10 tske their lives. Ny brother
Tan swsy, and | followed him. They
were really killed, for saw them buried
10! tsr from ksnswoo (by which be
persisted in calling the Ksnswhs, say.
,as u was always called 50 them river
No'hStslk was very tall, had pleasant
,e!es, dark and large, and kind smile,
LAD lost one ear in hand TO hand fight
s''h white msn. Ellinipseo was as
V'aEe IS lion, pleasant manr cred like
Is ,s'her, snd both were as straight: So
PPp.a's. My brother kept the beads that
SV'hsisIE wore about his neck for years,
W. some half breed Indians stole them
1Ie ". day while he was ou: on q deer trail.
-le'e TS living, fifteen years sgo, S
Ian on Blue creek, in this county, who
n1e" s.. shout my brother and me. He
N II Arbuckles' command, but be lost
-. - sPeecn few years before he died,
Suu II Ws no longer any pleasure for
-' 20 see him, though sent him tobac-
livery once IN Shi.e. His name was
n. nUIam Holly, and he has dozens OF
sa1uchiIdren living heresbout, mostly
A.! poor, though the government gave
=. h0'am I'VE thousand acres of land for
services. Bat Ab.an Holly, who
,bsSer never very wise-no wiser, perhaps,
"a u Tue lndisos, who sold their posses
!, .s I0f little whisky and beads-gaye
away FOR one trile or other, until his
cnaants are no: worth root 10
s,"s 'nem, mostly living in rail pens
~ with Clay, and are the worst kind
VI 'hgsOObds Hollv ma, 49,. T.