The record-union., 1895-04-20
AMERICAN CBNTENARIANS.
Correspondents Write of Gases They
Know About.
Veterans of the War of 1S12-The Pen
sion Rolls Show One of Them
104 Years Old.

The New York World recently invited
its readers to send information concern
| ing persons whom they know to be a
hundred or more years of age. The in
quiry was suggested by the fact that the
Princess of Wales has been collecting
| statistics of centenarians in England.
There are quite a number who are just
little younger than the Republic, hav-
ing fought in the war of 1872. No Revo-
lutionary soldier has been heard from,
! but one widow of Revolutionary soldier
is reported, and it is probably that there
are many Others.
The last report of the Comm missioner of
Pensions shows that pensions are greatly
conducive to longevity. At the time of
the publication OF thisareport, June, 1894,
there were forty-tive surviving soldiers
OF the war of 1872 on the pension rolls.
The centenarians among them were
George r. Allen of Norwood, n. Y,
aged 100; Zephaniah Bacon of West Fort
Ann, n. Y, aged 10l; Hosea Brown of
Grant Pass, Oregon, aged l02; Elias E.
Covenhoven of Petries Corners, n. Y,
aged 100; Andrew Franklin OF BurIing-
ton, Kansas, aged l0l: Saul c. Higgins of
West Gorham, Maine, aged 100; Charles
Miller OF BooEville, \. y, aged 100; David
Mccoy of Redlands, California, aged l04;
Henry Phillips of Lawton Station, \. Y,
aged 100; Aaron S. Root of W bite Water,
Wisconsin. aged I0I; Israel Sowle of w hite
Water, Wisconsin, aged 100.
CUT A TOOTH AT NINETY-EIGHT
A Columbus Qndiana) correspondent
says that Mrs. Ann Featherstone who
resides in that city, was 90 years old in
November and was born in Longford
County, Ireland. She came to America
when 26 years of age, having married in
her native country.
She is the mother of eight children, five
OF whom are still living. She now re-
sides with her daughter, Mrs. Katharine
McGowan, here. Mrs. Featherstone has
been hard worker, and with the excep-
ton OF being slightly indisposed at this
Tune on account OF an attack of the grip,
shows wonderful strength, being able to
take street Car and come down into the
city and transact business on her own ac-
count. She sees well without glasses and
does not use them on any occasion.
Some two weeks ago she cut wisdom
tooth which gave her some trouble, and
for day or SO placed her under the care
OF her physician. She claims that her
aunt, who resided in Ireland, lived TO be
10 years OF age. Mrs. teatherstone bids
fair to see her Tooth birthday.
AN OLD QUAKER FAMILY.
To the Editor Of the WOrLd: Seeing in
tue oHHuuY " OfCU tnat you would be
glad Of an account of very aged people, 1
thought l would tell you OF a reception L
attended on March t. 1895.
Ihomas Hall was 100 years old upon
that day. He has hardly a gray hair in
his head, and is as well bodily and ment-
ally as many men of 30 or 20. There were
present on that day a brother OF Thomas,
aged 50, and a sister aged 81
They all belong to the Society of Friends,
and have lived quiet, sober and placid
lives. They were all born in or near
Philadelphia.
There are many Quakers here who are
very old, but l think the Hall family
break the record. Respectfully,
CELIA S. BLACK,
No. 1889 North Fifty second street, Phila-
delphia.