St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-21
DEAD AT THE AGE OF fos.
The Eccentricities OF Mrs. Wilson,
of Uniontown, Pa.

of Uniontown, Pa.
! New York Sun.
A queer old lady died recently at
| UniontOwn, Pa. She was Mrs. Ella
Wilson, and she had reached the re-
markabie age of 103 years. She was
| present at WashIngton's Inauguration,
and said that she had a distinct recollec-
| ton of that event. The bulk of her for
tune was LETT to her attendants, Martina
! Young and James Wiltshire, who got
| $4,000 each.
Before the Rebellion was dreamed of
this lady was married to Alphonso
Wilson, Virginia gentleman. who was
afterWard elected member of the. leg
lSlature from district comprising part
of the present state of West Virginia.
On one Of his campaigning tours he saw
an opportunity and made an investment
in timber land which made him wealthy.
He Willed everything to his wife and
their only child, a daughter, who was
| then married and living near Union
town. After her husbands death Mrs.
| Wilson left her Virginia home to live
with her daughter. Three DAYS after
her arrival at her new home her daugh-
ter was taken sick and week after was
dead. The young woman made Il will,
dividing her fortune equally between
her mother and her husband.
The old lady nearly lost her reason.
so intense was her grief over the loss of
| husband and daughter. She bought a
home in Uniontown and gathered about
her select company of servants. She
never went out anywhere, and was
only seen when walking in the garden.
| Strangely enough, she had an acute
| curiosity to know all about her neigh
bOrs, and so it became the sole duties of
| Miss Young and Mr.. Wiltshire to 90
about the town seeing and hearing what
| they could to report to the old lady.
For years this system was kept up, and
! the ambassadors were often enough
| sent on erraDds of mercy and charity
when they reported suffering and dis
| tress to their mistress. From Sunday
to Sunday they attended different
| churches, and OH their return home re-
| ported not only the sermons, but the
appearance OF every person present at
| contribute for church and mission pur-
| poses.
The two faithfuls also gathered pho
| tographs of all the residents of the
town they could get, and the old lady
studied them carefully, so she could
have recognized most of her neighb0rS
on sight, and did so recognize them
| from her windows. When one of her
servants was relating anything of par
| tlcular interest about ntighbor the old
lady always got the photograph of the
| person referred to. as though trying to
get a better idea of how the person
locked and acted. She took especial
| interests in series of photographs
showing the development of persons
from youth to manhood and Woman-
| hood.
! beautiful album. William gets his mail
at Burnside, and therefore las charged
by Evans) circulated reports that Evans
had held the letters to Mckee from the
| girl. tore them open, read the contents
| and then destroyed them. Mckee also
charges that the album has been on eX-
hlbitlOn in the showcase at Evans store
Young Mckee wrote to the poStoffice
| department about the matter, and an in
| Spector was sent to Burnside. Upon in
| veStigation, the inspector reported that
there was nothing in the charge. Sub
sequently r. w. Mckee and the boy,
| William. came to burnside, and, in a
| discussion with Evans in the presence
of witnesses, the father reiterated the
charges made by the son.
Evans attorney thinks young Mckee
has fallen in love with some artful miss,
who is having little quiet fun at his
| expense, and that the supposed letters
and album. claimed to have been sent,
| are all myth.