The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-11
WE'LL pAsr THE CENTURY POST.
Persons who Have uren spared to BeGtI
Their Second Hundred Henrs.
Prom TIE olo's. prDiocrat

Prom, I've Gta,,. prDiocrdL
DURrCvE Iowa. May l. Christian Coon
rad Of Delaware county iS probably tho oldest
man IN Iowa. u not IN Tic Northwest He was
born IN IN III umhcrland county, "a, and II
lIo years Old, lie appears 10 hc man OF about
81 or - yours, lie is remarkably we'll pre-;
fHT,sI SianiS AZ snEhI as ne IIer I mTe S%d
residence T. Il mall cabin on inrm about tive
miles from Manchester. On this farm he labors
with his own hands. caring ior his, liyo stock.
good, ami always has lcen; His habits
Ine ,simTa,l Kind. 10 la. used sd iiGnSir oil
his lite until about ivo years ago, when ho
since Wien the second md war AR with It'll Great HIS.
am brokC, cut Mr.. Coonrad WIS living on his
listed as nNountee'. and served TO tho end OF
lhn war W. toonrad was married in Tenn,
years @ ago, shares with him uis present home.
Ito Is tho father o eleven children. all of whom
aro living, thor ages ranging from % to 81
anu thirty-iour great grandchiIdron. lie In
new E" "a %%f Nav TSSn o! the oldest
men in, Tho State OF Indiana, perhaps. 10
home Ser noasat s TS Win his son Who
resides north OF this place. Ito was born in
virginia in 1855, and at the age Of y he mar
ricu Miss l.liia Jacobs, society belle. whose
father in after years became an extensive slave
holder. After rcsIdtnE IN virginia fol, several
in $50, whore lie has since resided. Ale
though nearly lo3 years Of mgc. he took an
son, for whose father he voted in 1910. He 10
temperate in eating, drinking. and smoking.
eighty years, he stopped chewing tobacco He
is the father OF twelve childron; six OF whom
twenty Il Srandchlidron, i've great grand.
children. and ono great Erent,granchild. he
Gs nearly il s sbS To move sSS
next no will celebrate his 10Th birthday. on
which occasion his surviving children. with
hundreds OF relatives will be present
homo in Mineral Point, Sho was born In the
thenticated copy of her baplisma record. April
2 liI2. and has been 2 resident of Galena and
in apparent good health and in the possession
OF AL her faculties to wonderful degTsIe GREE Mod
den. IA he is famiiiinrly known, recently ceie-
brated his 10th birthday. Tho early years OF
his life were spent IN North Carolina. where he
was on one OF these fishing and hunting expe-
ditions that he came to this State over sixty
down Tire Tennessee River but this business
becoming Improbable. he, bought a mountain
doing most of the work.
The old man Is still active, but does pot often
known to walk several miles. In day during
tho past two or three years He has been mar
lie has had TWENTY-FIVE children. but Ave OF
whom are dead, His grandchildren, are very
Country and Is PoH therefore to give
the exact number OF his descendants.
Prom the baltimore Herald
Probably the Oldest person living IN the.
State OF Maryland and one of the oldest in the
country is George Murray colored man re-
siding at 81 Forrest street. this city. He was
horn slave near the site OF the present town
of Centreville. on the Eastern Shore OF Mary
authenticated in rather peculiar mannor. In
his younger days he was the companion and
body servant OF his master. William Harper.
"a nd uaG not n Tradition IN a
tablished fact that the two we're born IN the
same year. Georges age was kept by Mars
Billy" and one has only to 90 to William Har-
per's tombstone In tho graveyard at Gentre-
vile to learn that George was born In 1T72.
FROM the Kansas Ctty 7ImrL
LEBANON. Mo- May Mrs. Sylvia Murphy.
Colored. who died here yesterday claimed 10
be the Oldest, person in Laclede county She
from slavery. She claimed TO have remembered
seeing the soldiers OF the Revolutionary war.
and for, many years the people of Lebanon
claimed TO be n few months over 1870 years of
age. She has great great-grandchildren who
- '' From the philadelphia Record
Kinda Grose. who is said to have been l04
years Of age, died on Saturday at her homo
1919 North lGhth street Of old age. She was
glasses, and had u sound set Of teeth when she
died. Her grandfather Is said to have lived to
the age o. ia. and her father is reported to
hav" reached the age OF ITO years. Her son Is
q Unknown local barber.
From the san FidnciJco Chrontee
PETALUMA. April s.-Petaluma has a cente.
marian in the person OF a coiored woman named
Peggy Barnes She was born in Virginia l05
which she was born In 1855. reside here. and
are well acquainted with her. Aunt Peggy
has resided here for many years. and FOR the
last few months has been confined to her bed.