The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1889-08-09
WILLIAM ROACH.

ESTHER RHODES. .@Tom PlItEBE NENNIM. m0
A little investigation will show quite num-
Der Of peoplo now dwelling in tile United
States who have lived a century, and some
have gone far beyond their huntlredth birth
day.
A specimen Of extreme uSe is living at
Washington Mills, on the Delaware, I.acka-
wanna and Western railroad, not far from
Utica New York His name is Ephraiu
Elmer md ho il said to h. l25 years old. The
proof nt his asa is largely in the statement Of
his sons, WHO are Old men, for one Of his chill
dren went west some years ago with the
family Bible in which the record Of his birth
was kept, and has probably passed away,
letters sent 10 him have been returned.
Mr.. Elmer says that he was born i'll Warren,
Herkinler county, n. y, Jan. 2G. liGi. His
father was a farmer WING came from the old
country. Mr.. Elmer has been q shoemaker
all his life and says that he worked at his
trade till Il year nfso, when his eyes gave out.
AT 81 he married Il gIr! Of "a and had eleven
children born to him, all Of whom are living
SO far as he Knows except two girls, and two
sons killed in tho civil war. His wife died in
lS65 and tine old man has not seen or heard
Of brother or sister in fifty years. except a
sister ,vho died about twtnt y-liyo years ago.
Elmcl jo..e,i Gcn. Herkimer's army Us Il
waiter md chore boy when he was thirteen,
and was with him at the time OF the battle OF
Oriskany, though having been sent away for
something, he WAS not in the battle. He was
in tie brcastworiis Mt Sackctt's Harhor in
1872. An inveterate user Of tobacco, he says
that the nearest approach to the blues he has
is when lie gets out Of /, supply.
Then there is Aunt Elsie Williams, Il col
orcd woman living i'll Missouri, who is sup
posed to have reached the age Of ll5 She
was born in Willia,nsport, Md. AT the tine
Of Washington's death she was in JUL in
Washington with other slaves preparatory TO
being sent SOUTH On leaving Washington
size went TO Augusta. Ga, where she WINS
bought by slave trader, who took her to
his plantation OIL the Tombsbee, in Alabama.
She was sold again at Memphis, Tenn. She
moved north near the close Of tho war with
the Eighth Missouri regiment, and has ever
Since made her home i'll st, Louis city and
county. |@
Fckaway county, o., boasts of II wolnHn
liz years old. She was born or the 4th of
July, LII, being the first anniversary of
American Independence Her name is Mar.
garet Arnold. Her father, Mr. Robert XII
ser, had twelve children, four Of whom are
lirmg-thrce dauGt tters and one son. Mar
garet was married to Mr.. Frederick Arnold
when quite young Her husband died over
StNtltN ) ettlS dep anu Sic HAS lGiHIi!lPl III
widowhood ever sirca. She removed from
her native state to Chillcothc O., where
she remained but one winter. From Chilli
cothe She removed to farm III l'ayette
county and followed the occupation Of n
lailoresS. She made her home, after this. in
Illinois for twenty-sercn years, and ultimate:
ly returned to Ohio where She has since l,ceu
living with ller son. No physician has ever
been called to attend her, as she has newer
been sick a day i'll her life. Although 4.
smoker of tobacco for seventy years she has
ut last laid the pipe aside, finding uo further
comfort i'll it,
She comes OF remarkably long lived fam.
lily. Here is Il showing CT the ages attained
by herself, two sisters and one brother:
Ages
Mrs Elizabeth IIilliard ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ll5
, Mrs. Margaret Arnold. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lie
Mrs. John Bailey 100
1t is not likely that any other family in the
United States can produce such a record.