Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-08-06
A REMARKABLE HISTORY.


Men In the Country.
The funeral of Christopher Mann,
the ccntGnarian, who died at lndcpen-
dence Saturday in the lllth year of
his age, took place yesterday morning,
and was attended by large conc0urse
of relatives and friends. The death of
the remarkable old man calls to mind
many incidents in the history of n life
that had its beginning before the birth
of the republic. lie was born in Nir-
ginia Sept. 10, l71i. Two years lat.
ter his father emigrated to Kentucky,
and in 1898, at the are Of y, ChristO-
phcr removed to Ohio, where he after
ward married Mis-, Bessie Lusk.
Leaving Ohio he moved to Indiana,
and in 1888 he came to Missouri, tax
ing IN his residence in Jasper county.
In 1913 he moved to jackson county,
where he continued to reside up to his
death. Seventeen children were the
| fruit Of his first marriage and nine of
| the second, which occurred in lSiS.
Of this numerous progeny fifteen sur
vivo, as does also his second wife. His
oldest child is Il son, SO years of age,
who resides IN Portland, Oregon. The
Youngest is Lydia AnOra, II beautiful
I girl of II, who is the only unmarried
child. His lincal descendants include
fifteen liTing children. forty-two
grandchildren, eleven grcat.grandchil-
drcn, six grcat.grcat-gr grandchildren
and one grcat-grcat- rcat-grandchild
1t had been his custom for several
years past to celebrate each anniycrs.
AIRY of his bIth by a family reunion,
and although at no time have all Of
his descendants been assembled vet
on these occasions his little house was
scarcely able to accommodate the
thrOng that llockcd from all parts Of
Missouri, in which state nearly all Of
his children reside.
Like other CCntGnarians, "UnClc
Chris, as he was called, had a fund
of interesting anecdotes of the early
history of this country and OF the men
who made its history what it is. lie
retained vivid recollection of the
incidents Of the three wars since the
! Revolution, rs he did OF most Of the
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