Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-21
OLD PEOPLE.
Gossip AbOnt Centenarians.

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The oldest person in Boyd county,
KY, is Ann Collins, a mulatto woman,
aged 10 years.
Although in her Goth year, Mrs. Eag.
lin, of Carroll county, KY, walked two
miles to circus.
Greenfield, ILL.,, boasts of citizen 50
years OF age who has never tasted liquor
and was never in q lawsuit.
Columbia county, N. Y, names Dolly
Sexton, New Lebanon Shakeress, who
is 1O4 years of age, as her oldest
resident.
Mrs. elizabeth Walker died at Phil.
ipsburg, Pa, aged LOT years, and Ben
jamin Heacox, at Brazil, Ind, at the
age of 1O3.
After Nancy Macy had lived 1O6 years.
she finally went into a pauper's grave.
She died in the Bourbon county (Ken.
tucky) poor-house.
The oldest member of the Masonic
order living is Marcus Richardson, Of
Bangor, Me-, who has belonged to the
order seventy-seven years. He is just
closing century.
Kalamazoo, Mich, is proud of John
Bodette, who, although 103 years of age,
is still full of vitality.
A warming to the users of tobacco
comes in the death of squaw in the
Indian Territory, who was supposed tc
be ia years of age, and had used the
weed during los years of her life.
The oldest man in the State of Penn.
sylvanla is Abram Johnson, who is hale
and hearty at the age of 1O7 years. He
has full possession of his faculties. and
does considerable labor.
Mary WEIGH, of Seymour, o., was the
last OF fourteen sisters she was 10Y
years Of age.
Mrs. Wyman Osgood, of Warner, n.
a., has passed her 1O1st birthday. and
Mrs. Sarah Lucas, of Cass county, Ind,
is Ito years OF age, and believed to De
the oldest person In the State.
David Smith, of Franklin, Pa. cele.
brated his close of century of life by
dividing among his children his fortune.
He died soon after the act, but not until
he was assured that the division was ac.
ceptable to all concerned.
James Ludlow, of Bergen, N. Y. is
lob years of age, and is a hale and
hearty old gentleman. He still saws
wood, mllks COWS, and attends generally
to outdoor affairs. His faculties are all
preserved.
Alexander Outlaw, of Iaurens coun
ty, Ga, is SO years of age, but still
takes his place daily among the cotton
pickers. In single day he picked 11(
pounds. He has been married foul
times, and his youngest child is now
only 5 years old.
Capt. Henry Ward, of Sackett's Har
Dor, N. Y, is lob years of age. He is
in excellent health. He was a soldier
all through the War of 1872
In Woodford, Md, lives a woman who
was born April %, 1776. Her memory
and hearing are excellent, but she has
been blind four years. Her hair, once
gray, is now turning black again. She
has not tooth in her head. She has
no fewer than twenty-five grandchildren
and nearly sixty great-grandchildren
her Oldest great-grandchild being a wild
ow, aged "a.
No place can produce record Of
longevity equaling that of the Berkshire
Hills. Berkshire has at present twenty
six persons 80 years old and upward
al over 80, and 1913 over 70. Eyre
mont has citizens aged 81 and go, Great
Darlington one SO, Lanesboro one 1O2
Lennox one los, New Marlboro one S.
Adams one IS and another SO, Peru one
SO, Richmond one 80, and Williamstow1
one 80.
With the exception of his eyesight
Robert Gibson, of North Missouri, who
is LA years old, is hale and hearty. He
married when AZ years of age, and has
been the father of sixteen children, ter
of whom are living. His grandchildren
number 130, his great grandchildren
125, and he has three great great grand
children. He lives with his third son
who is the father of nineteen children
Sukey Hart, old colored nurse living
in the family of Judge Andrews, of Nc
Kinney, Texas, was reported to be 14(
years of age, and was the mother O.
nineteen children. She was so ben
with age that she was buried, as it were
in sitting posture, it being impossible
to straighten her back and limbs. She
was in full possession of her faculties tx
the last