Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-05-15
ANOTHER OENTENARIAN.
MRS. SARAH w. BULLoCK's TOOTH
BIRTHDAY.

Remarkable Instance of well-Preserved
Old Age---a Sketch in which Guilford
and Halifax Readers will be Especially
Interested.
From the Fitchburg Sentinel, Wednesday. May 81
Mrs. Sarah (Wilder) Bullock, mother of
w. L. Bullock, with whom she resides at
~ Day street, completed her Tooth year to-
day, she having been born at Guilford, Vt,
May &, 1871.
She was the eighth and is the last sur
vivor of nine chidren-two sons and sew
en- daughters-of Dea. Aaron and Abigail
Younglove) Wilder. Her father settled at
Guilford when the route to the town was
marked by "blazed' trees, and pig pens
had to be barricaded to protect the swine
from bears, which were abundant in that
locality.
Both parents lived to be over 80 years
old, and died within year of each other.
The daughter married at Guilford, Dec.
20. 1910, John Packer OF GuilfOrd. Hen
~ II. Packer of Hanson, born Jan. "a,
1918, the only survivor of four children by
her first marriage, was her oldest guest to-
day.
Her second marriage was to Lowell Bull
lock of Guilford in September, 1921 He
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whom William l.. Of this city and Edmund
l.. of Hartford are living. Their brother,
John Chamcey, died Feb. 20, 1888, at
Guilford.
Mrs. Bullock united with the Baptist
church at Guilford when Is years old and
has been a consistent Christian for more
than fourscore years. She is wonderfully
well preserved, both physically and intel
lectually. She has never had a severe sick
ness and has very rarely required the ser
vices of physician. \ few years ago she
fell down a flight of Is stairs i'm the morn
ing but was knitting before dinner. When
0G years old she fell down the cellar stairs
and struck on her head. but she refused to
take the physician remedies, saying that
they would only make her sicker The
night after the accident a light was left
/ burning in her room, but she rose from her
bed and eXtinguished the light, saying
that it was needless to keep it burning
She conyersed intelligently Oh many sub
iects this morning, and showed wonderful
recollection of events that happened early
in the present century She greeted the
Sentinel reporter kindly and rose to offer
her armchair TO all visitors who entered
the room. She was very cheerful and
laughed heartily at plcasantries. She
spoke feelingly Of those less favored than
herself and gratefully enumerated her bless
ings.
Her guests today We're her son, Henry
H. Packer Of Hanson, % years old: her
nephew. Edison Franklin of Vernon. VT;
her grandson Willard ). Packer of Bern
ardston. and her granddaughters, Misses
Nellie +. and Laura Bullock of Hartford,
CT.
Mrs. Bullock's older brother, Aaron
Wilder. died on his Goth birthday at Gull
ford. He was at the time of his death the
only surviving member of the family eX-
ccpt Mrs. Bullock.
Mrs. Bullock had her picture taken by
J. c. Moulton, last Monday. She readily
good negatives were secured. She received
two calls on the SEINE day and also ascend
ed the stairs at her home and made "A call
on Mrs. Charles Bennett. who lives in the
house with her son.
SO far as the writer has been able to
learn, Mrs. Bullock, who has resided in
town about six years, is the first resident
of Fitchburg whose age is certainly known
to complete century. Mrs. Bullock has
lived IA very useful life. and her chief re-
gret today was that she could not work as
in her younger days.
Mrs. Bullock is taking a ride about the
city this afternoon. One place visited was
the new Highland Baptist church. in which
she is much interested.