The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-03-10
LONG LIVES.
Remarkable Instances Of those achO hare long
S,yrired the Allotted Three
Score and Ten.

Score ana Zen.
Betsy Trauthum of Tennessee died in
1884, aged 154 years. The following par
ticulars of this individual are given in the
National Gazette, from an account dated
Murfreesborough, Feb. 22d, 834:-She
was born in Germany, and emigrated to
the British colonies in America at the time
when the first settlement was made in
North Carolina in the year 1710. At the
age of 12O years her eyesight became al
most extinct, but during the last twenty
years of her life she possessed the power Of
vision as perfectly as at the of 20 years.
For many years previous to her death she
was unable to work, and it is said great at
tention was required by her friends to pre-
vent the temperature of her body from
falling so low as not to sustain animal life.
At the time of her death she had entirely
lost the sense of taste and hearing. For
! twenty years before her death she was
unable to distinguish the difference between
the taste of sugar and vinegar At the
age of 65 she bore her only child, who is
now living and promises to reach an un-
commonly advanced age.
Solomon Nabit, of Laurens county, 5.
c., died in 1920, aged 143 years. Nabit
was native of England, where he lived
until he was 10 years of age. He then
came to this country, and resided in the
State of Maryland till about 55 years be-
fore his death, when he removed to South
Carolina, where he passed the rest of his
life. He never lost his teeth or his sight
and, few days before his death he Joined
a hunting party and actully killed deer.
Henry Francisco, of Whitehall, N. T.,
died in 1920, aged 1874 years. Francisco
is stated to have been born in France, in
1856, but at the age of 5 years left that
country in company with his father who
fed from religious persecution, and went
first to Holland and afterward to England.
He was present at the coronation OF Queen
Anne, and was at that time 16 years old.
He fought in the wars of that Queen, under
the Duke of Marlborough. In the early
part of the last century he came to New
York with his father. He was wounded
in Braddock's s defeat, and carried to Quebec
during the Revolutionary War, and suffer-
ed much from his wounds
Wonder Booker, negro of Prince Ed
ward county, Va, died in 1919, aged 126
years. This individual was slave belong
ing to George Booker of Prince Edward
county, Va. He received his name from
the circumstance that his mother was in
her ffty-eighth year at the time Of his
birth. He was of great strength of body,
and his natural powers, which were far
superior to those of people of color in
general, he retained in a surprising degree
He was a constant laborer in his masters
garden till within eight or ten years of his
death.
The most extraordinary instance Of
longevity in modern times, with regard to
satisfactory evidence that can be found, is
that of Peter Torten of Zorten, a native of
Kafrock in Hungary. He died January
9TH, 1924, at the age of 185. A few days
before his death he walked, with the as
sistance of staff, some miles to ask charl-
ty of the travellers, He had little sight
and his hair and beard were greenish
white color, like moldy bread, and few
of his teeth remained. His food consisted
of pulse and bread with a little brandy.
John Rovin and his wife, also natives OF
Hungary, died in 1744-the former in the
172d and the latter in the 164th year of
her age, having been married 147 years.
The most extraordinary instance of
longevity in Great Britain was exhibited
in the person of Henry jenkins, He was
a native of Yorkshire, lived to the amazing
age of 159 years, and died on the 8th of
December, 1910 Next to Jenkins we
have the famous Thomas Parr, who was
native of Shropshire, aged l58, and died
in January, 1866. James Bowels, aged
152, lived in Killingsworth, and died on
the 18th day of August, 1856. Colonel
Thomas Winslow, a native of Ireland, aged
146, died on the Goth of August, 1876.
The Countess of Desmond, in Ireland, saw
her 16Oth year. William Evans, aged 145,
lived in C;ernavon, and in the year 1872
still existed, and Dumiter Radadoy, aged
$40, lived in Aarmenstead, and died on
the 18th of August 1856.