The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-12-08
LONG-LIYED People

Detoy Afdutham, OF Teppa,.
In 1854 aged Que hundred aD5 ss., ts
years. The following particTGI.ll GI.lll'J-iog,
individual are given in he ES.ss E..is otuS
Eette, iron an account dated f..osa. g
freesburg, Tenn, Februarv tsSn an No
She was born in GERMANY 80 ~ lsA
ted to theBritish colonies IN emius
the time when the hrst ssft-' lueIles 4
made in North Carolina in tbs 'Al N
At the age Of one bundled - az 10 |
years her eyesight became a. .ssJs
tiuct, but during the last fvra-.lsl q,
Of life she possessed the poUs~ !ssa |
as perfectly as at the age of - " 'flsie
years. For many years previon, IN
death she was unable to WORK ,.ae
said to have received great atfs,,.alao ao Z
her friends to prevent her b1dy f--l01o b
ing so low as not to sustain sDi.--I, i,oI ilg
At the time of her death she bs5 80. .ts
ly lost the sense Of taste and VIM
For twenty years before her ss'.s,l'll
was unable TO distinguish bs,,-a.- q
taste 0f vinegar and sugar. 49,
of siXty-hve she bore her only cbTS
is now living, and promises 10 -, ".
uncommOnly advanced age - a
Nebit, OF Iaurens county. \ 10
IN 1920, aged one hundred Az 4s,
three. Neblt was a native of ,1Oill'
where be lived until be Ess s&oc
years of age. He then came y, I'-s.eet
and resided in the State Of ~ "a
until about fifty-1ye years befors. u
death, when be removed 70 S0ptS n =
lima where be passed the rest m -. A. t,s
He never lost his sight, went br1.....-4 -.a ..4
a few days before bis death. and ....-sl
ly killed a deer. Henry Fra1c;s-S.''-A 4
Whitehall, n. Y, died in ls50
one hundred and thirty-four. F,,.sS -
co is stated to have been born in r.-.e4 rrel.s
in 1856, but at the age Of Eve vss-, - -
that country with his father w. S-s
from persecution, aud went first h n
land and afterwards to ENGLAND y.
was present at the coronation ~ o.
Ann, and was at that time siIteer - -
ofFage. He fought in the wars n 1a, n,
queen. under the duke Of MsrIbo-or-.
In the early part of the last centB-ys :
came to New York with bis father ..
was wounded al BTaddock's sel5 A.
carried to Quebec, during the Rsvo1-
tionRry War, and suffered much A.
wounds. Wonder Booker, q uevrn =
Prince Edward county, Va. die6 II IA
aged one hundred and tventy-sir YEA,
This individual was a slave. belonSi,-
to George BroOker. Of Prince F5ss-s
county, Va. He received his ns-.
from the circumstance that his uo.b,,
was much over her fifty eighth wear Al n,
time Of his birth. He was Of pa,
strength Of body, and his natural por
eTs, which we're superior to those 0f es-
oTed people in general. be retained Ia
surprising degree. He was a cons,gr
laborer on his masters farm until vis
in eight or ten years OF his death. n
most extraordinary instance Of lonFr
ity in modern times, with regard 10 4.
isfactOry evidence that can be found
that of Peter Torten, of Zorten. nst-
of Kafrock, in Hungary, He died Jr
uaTy 5th. 1924, at the age Of one bun.
red and eighty-fOur years. A few ds7
before his death he walked, with thsl
of g staff, some miles to ask cbariJ
the travellers. He had but little srs
and his hair and beard were Of 8 grsr
ish white color, like mouldy bread A.
q few of bis teeth remained. His f7
consisted Of pulse and bread and litt
brandy. JOnn ROyin and his wife. A
! natives of Hungary died in the year II,
the former in the one handrd an
seventy-second and the latter iu The Q,
| hundred and sixty-fourth year OF h
age, having been married one hundg
and fOTty-Seven years. The most eyt7
! ordinary case Of longevity in Great Br
/ ain was exhibited in the person Of Re,
( ~ Jenkens. BE was a native Of YOn
/ shire and lived TO the amazing old 3,
I of one hundred and ninety six ys7r
and died on the Sth Of December. lf7
/ Next to Jenkens We have the cslebu
! ted Thomas Psrr, who was . native
| Shropshire, aged one hundred and ftl
nine years. and died in January. l75-
! James Bowels, aged one hundred a.
! fifty-twO, lived in KillingsWorth, 81
/ died on the fifteenth day OF AugE
/ 1856, Colonel Thomas Wins,OW. q d
/ tive of Ireland. aged one hundred az
fOrJy-six, died on the Goth August, l75
| The Countess of Desmond, IN lIslSD.
saw her one hundred and fortieth YEA
William Evans, aged one hundred 30
forty-6ye, lived in CarnavOn, and IN O
year 1872 still existed, and Dumip
RadadOy, aged one hundred and for
years, lived in Hamenstead aud died Q
the 18th day of August, 1656.-Amr
can Paper,