Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-10-30
FOURTEEN CENTENARIANs.
A Collection of Gases wherein the Hum
dred-Year-Marky Was Passed.

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A Collection of Cases Wherein the Hum
dred-Year-Mark Was Passed.
One hundred and fourteen years il the
age of Cato Oakley, an inmate of the
town house in Sufield, Conn. The
Rockville Leader first declared it and
the Boston Herald and New Haven
Register subsequently proved it to Their
own satisfaction. Cato is darkey. He
was born in Stamford, Conn, in 1865.
He was slave, four white masters driv-
ing him in the days of his youth. He
served four years in the navy during
the war of 1912. He was one hundred
and eight years old when he cast his
first ballot. His hair and beard are like
snow, but his eyes are bright and his
memory is good. He has been hard
drinker and is devotee of tobacco
Jane Gilbert, who is now living at
No. 26 Vine street, Baltimore, was born
in Dorchester county, Md, on March
llth, l776, and is one hundred and two
years old. She is in good health. She
told the Baltimore Bulletin the other
day that she once saw General George
Washington and well remembered the
bombardment OF Fort McHenry. She
worked for Mistress Butler, who made
Betsy Patterson's wedding clothes, and
she carried the clothes to the Patterson
mansion. Morever, she was permitted
to stand with the servants in the room
when Mars Bony," "a sallow and
ugly man." married Miss Patterson.
William Allen Mcclure died in Green
brier township, near Batesville, Ark,
at the age of one hundred and eight years.
The Batesville Guard says: In 1903 he
accompanied Lewis and Clark across
the Rocky mountains to the Pacific
coast. He was in the fight at Lundy's
Lane in the war of 1912, and received a
wound in the head which destroyed the
sight of his right eye. He was also
with General jackson in the Florida
war; he was also in the navy, and had
visited Tunis, Tripoi Egypt and Con-
stantinople.
Abraham johnson is now living in
the village of Salem, near Scranton, in
Pennsylvania. His family record shows
that he was born near Lake Champlain,
in Vermont, in l773, which would make
his age one hundred and six Abraham
was captain of company of Oneida In
dians under General Macomb in 1914.
He married an Indian wife.
The Lumberton On. CO R0beSOnla7z
tells of the death in that place of an old
colored woman who reached the age of
one hundred and thirteen years last
summer. She told her age by the gen.
erations, remembering her age at the
time of her own marriage and so on
down. She leaves great great great
great grandchildren.
The Easton ATgats claims that Mrs.
Maria Reiss is the oldest person in Penn
sylvania. She was born in I772 in Sal
isbury, Lehigh county, and now hangs
out her latch-string in Lower Saucon,
Northampton county, being widow of
one hundred and seven years. She
viewed the exhibits last month at the
Easton fair.
Mrs. Margaret Robertson died at Cou-
pas Angus, in tae Island of Haye, last
at the age of one hundred and
six years. She lived under the reign of
three English kings and one queen. The
London Telegraph says that Mrs. Marga-
ret was great smoker.
Peter Mankins, Sr., of Washington
township, near Fort Smith, Ark, is now
a deacon in the Baptist church, and has
been for forty-seven years. The church
records show that he is one hundred
and nine years old. Peter claims to be
the healthiest man in the State.
Captain Isaac Denike, of Yonkers. N.
T., was one hundred years old recently.
He cast his first vote for Thomas Jetfer-
son and has voted at every presidential
election since.
Christopher Mann, of Independence,
Mo-, celebrated his one hundred and
sixth birthday by a family reunion and
dinner last month. One great-great-
grandchild was present.
Says the Louisville (Ky.) Courier
Journal: In Hell's Half-acIe, at Pa
ducah, lives colored woman one hun
dred and six years OF age. She gets
about quite nimbly and takes care of
herself.
According to the Delaware Inquirer,
Mrs. Juda P Smith, an old colored
woman now living In Georgetown, Sus-
sex county, has passed her one hundred
and sixth year.
The Baltimore Sztn makes record of
the death in that city of Mrs. Lille
Crier, who was born one hundred and
eight years ago.
Mrs. Mildred Fields, who died in
Virginia, not long ago, was
one hundred and ten years old. accord
ing to the VIrqiaslGas of that city.