The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-11-09
RICH IN YEARS.

Mrs. Rachel McMaster celebrated the 9Oth
anniversary of her birthday at her house IN
Winnsboro, South Carolina. recently. Coi!-
lected about her were 4 children, 90 grand.
children, "a great-grandchildren, 7
misunderstanding and 8 s~ons-in-law. one oil
her descendants of the second generator
presented on this occasion 4 grandchildren
and Is great-grandchildren; anothsr ~
grandchildren and four gr~eat-grandchll-
dren. and another IA grandchildren.
Tn the home of the late Nathaniel Adj
ans. in the Roxbury district of Boston,
lives his mother-in-law, her daughter,
her daughters daughter, her daughters
daughters daughter, AND her daughters
daughters daughters daughter-hve gene
rations of females under the same ROOT.
Mrs. Hendley, the mother-in-law, is 80
years OF age.
For many years Mrs. Mary Foster had
her grave ready. She died recently at
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in the 93d
veal of her age, after pemg
an invalid for more han ioriy
years. She had been blind Tor
eight years, but on the day before Ler uealh
sight returned to her.
AS Jerry Fish and his wife and d~aughter
stepped from a train at Uti3a recently
their weight of years caused attention, IN
answer @ a question, Mr.. Fish said 81 an
los yearso age, my wife is 1903, and my ~
FAINT daughter here is Just closine oO'h
year" 20
Mrs. Mary Shellon,, Who was buried IN
Thursday &C Passaic, New JERSEY wa In
her esd year. Her grandmother at The Dcu-
field massacre, was carried OF ny the IN
dams when only ten years Old, anc was
not restored to the whites for more Tia a
year.
On the Tooth anniversary of the birthday
of Mrs. Lucy Line, of North Egremont,
Massachusetts,, she was taken to the Metho-
dist cIfnrch where more than 3OO uersons
were gathered, among them twenty-five old
persons, whose united ages to
1000 years.
For fifty years the six sons and daughters
of Thomas Bordley, of Fairlee, Maryland,
have been separated, their fields of labor
being wide apart. On Wednesday they
met for the first time since they separated,
and their combined ages we're 403 years.
The old nurse who rocked Horatio Sey-
mour in his cradle, lives on the reservation
near Syracuse, New York, and is los years
of age. She has just succeeded in getting
a pension of So a month, with S4OO back
pension. Aunt Dinah is totally blind.
Joseph and Samuel Lippincott are twin
brothers, 50 years of age, living. at little
Silver, New Jersey. Samuel has been mar
ried three times and has nineteen children
Six of his sons bore arms in the cause OF
the Union during the late war.
Just after William Buchanan, of Milton,
Kentucky, had exerc sed the right of what
he considered his highest privilege, that OF
voting, for which he had walked hve
miles, although 92 years OF age, he fell
dead.
~ begin to feel a little DID," Edmund F,
| Kidder said to a visitor who found him
chopping wood vigorously ut his house IN
i'm K~ensington. Mr. Kidder mas just cele'
brat,d the Goth anniversary of his birth
day.
At the age of 90 wears Mrs. Willimar
died recently at Pleas. ntville, Pennsyl
yania Her two sisters and two brothers
all dead, were each more han 30 years o.
age.
The centennial anniversary Of the birth
day of Mrs. Patience Gibson was celebrated
al Sotton, Massachusetts, last week
Eighty-scven OF her descendants were pres
ent.
Pufue Porter. founder Of the Scientif,
American, has teen passing his ninetietl
ummrr in perfccting aSteam farm wagon
invented by him, that weighs 400 pounds.
John incoming, who died in England re
Gently at he age of 102 years, was captain
in the maintop of the Thunderer at tn
memorable battle Of Trafalgar.
one Of the largest funerals ever seen II
Mckinney. Texas, was that Of Adam Hedg
cox. a negro, b was supposed TO be IL
years OF age.
Paterson, New Jersey. is the home 0
many oil persons. Mrs. Jane Croker
aged ~. died there recently, having Out
lived all her relatives.
CONNECTICUT lost It's oldest printer 10 th
person Of Joseph Barber, who died recent.
at Bridgeport, in HE 95th year.
Ms. William Besriug, Of Perry county
Alabama. died recently, aged lOI year
Her husband il 100 years OF age.