The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-16

Old Persons and their PecuIiarities.
New York SUM-
Edward Kane, of Middletown, N. Y,
died just as ne had closed century OF
life.
Robert Wallace, of Waterford, N. B.,
who died recently, enjoyed 1O2 years OF
this life.
"Grandmother" Lewars, the oldest
person in Northern Berks, died on the
22d inst, aged 92.
Mrs. Eunice R. Sweat, of Belmont, N.
H., is 104 years old, and has lived in that
town ninety years.
Mrs. Nancy Pearson, of Concord,
Mass, registered her maiden vote in Ward
Six when SO years of age.
One of the pioneers of Genoa, Mich,
David Hight, died on Friday, as he was
closing century Of life.
The Oldest person in Washington
County, Pa, is Mrs. Mary Newman, who
will be 100 years of age in June.
John Bogard, of A North Main street,
Paterson, N. j., is SO years of age, and
hale and vigorous in mind and body.
One of the church pulpits of New Or
leans is filled by the Rev. Edward Pal
mer, who has reached his 92d year.
Mrs. Julia Smith Parker, of Glaston-
bury, VT, is able to give complete his
tory of the thermometer for the past nine
ty years.
Ever since the Indian war Nathan
Cook has lived in Terrell County, Ga
He is 102 years old, and he yet earns his
daily bread.
Mrs Ellen Hanley celebrated the an
niversary of her Tooth birthday on March
7th, in Chicago. She has never worn
eyeglasses.
At the age of 105, Philip st. George,
of Crosse Point, Mich, went in wagon
to Detroit to draw his pension as a vet
eran of 1912.
In Orrington, Mass, a shoemaker has
worked at his trade more than so years.
and although 90 he is sticking to the
last.
Mrs. William James, of Brampton,
Ontario, celebrated the close of CEN
tury of life by grand reception, and
died five days after.
A colored woman of Chester, Pa, aged
96, went to Salisbury, Md, to attend the
funeral of her mother, who was III
years of age.
Old Uncle Abe was negro who was
found dead in garden at Point Pleas
ant, West Va, recently, and believed to
he 1l2 years of age.
The Rev. Russell Streeter, who died at
Woodstock, VT, on Sunday, was one oil
the fathers of Universalism. He was
in the Goth year of his age.
The Rev. John H. Grier was the old
est member of the Northumberland
Presbytery of Pennsylvania. He was
more than 80 years of age.
The only survivor of the bloody strug
Gle at the Texan fortress of the Alamo is
Colonel Frank w. Johnson, who is
writing a history Of the Lone Star
State.
Pompey Graham, of Newburgh, N.
Y, deposited his vote, as usual, at the
late election, and he is in good health, yet
he is said to be III years of age.
President Andrew Jackson appointed
Isaac Price Postmaster of Schuylkil
Township, Pa, which office he held tol
over half century, having lately re-
signed.
Gardner Sloan, of Richfeld Springs
N. Y, is still hale and hearty at 10t
years of age, and Joseph Sinckland, Of
GAINESVILLE, Ga, has laid off the harness
at 105 years.
Nine. Louise Lucene, once social ce
lehrity in Paris, has just celebrated the
l00th anniversary of her birthday. She
was the rival in beauty of Nine. Reca
mier.
Margaret Gallagher of Philadelphia
was paralyzed just as she had closed :
century of life. Nine children, % great
grandchildren survive her.
In Mechanicsvile, N. j., Jam
Thompson, centenarian, does thu
homework cheerfully and correctly, ant
!. for five years has cared for the sever
children of daughter.
At York Springs, Pa, Dr. DAME
, Shelter, member of the Twenty-fiftl
Congress, died recently in the 9th yea
of his age. For many wears he was As
$ sociate Judge of Adams County.
The first paper manufacturer of Lee
Mass, was Stephen Thatcher, who diet
e recently at Saratoga, N. Y, in The 1OOtl
year of his age. He made powder an,
!, wire at Lee prior to the war of 1912.
The oldest living boatman is Davi'
, Burns, who lives at Burns Landing, OF
= the Kentucky River, and is 80 years o
= age. He has walked from New Orlean
to Frankfort six times, distance of /,
o 500 miles.
f William Plummer, Of Dover, Maine
= made his own coffin several years age
and placed it in his stable loft. He 60
the dimensions wrong, however, and