Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-07
A CENTIRYfnR MORE.
Many People who Have seen Their
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The census department of Iowa has just
completed the statistics regarding very aged
people in Iowa. There are sos people over 90
years old. and tweutytone over 100. Eleven
OF the centenarians are women, and ten are
men.
Conrad Christian Of Coffin Grove, Della
| ware county, Is the oldest, being lis. For a
| long time the census reports have made him
| the oldest person IN the state John Will
| liams of Harrison county, and Benjamin
| Votaw Of Oskaloosa, are each ia. The lat
ter is colored. but his age has been satisfac-
| toriy proved.
The names and residences Of the centena-
| rians are: Conrad Christian Delaware county,
lis; John Williams. Dunlap, ia; Benjamin
| Votaw, Oskaloosa, ia; Lydia Fisher, Du-
! buque, 107; Catherine Barrett, Black Hawk
county, 106; Lucy Sykes, Wapello county.
Flannery, Independence, le4; Margaret Kel-
| ley, Carroll, 104 Polly Kizire, Decatur
county, 1O4; Booker Fox, ottumwa, 102;
Jared Ferguson, Decorah, 101; Mary Dugan,
county, 100; Nancy Craughan, Monroe county,
100; John Bush, Council Bluffs, 100; Samuel
Wiscarver, Grinnell, 100; Maria Kearney,
| Franklin county, 100.
The oldest woman In Canada Is Mrs.
Phillip O'Meara, residing near Ottawa Her
age is no. and she is spry enough to round
out 10 more.
DR.. William L. Russell Of Barre, Mass, the
OLDEST living graduate OF harvard COlleBe,
celebrated his Goth birthday few days ago.
and in the evening enjoyed game of whist
with a party Of friends invited for the oc-
casion. His partner was Mrs. Hannah Howe,
"a years old The doctor was bright and
active as ever, and entered into the festivi.
ties with much enthusiasm.
Seth Bryant celebrated his 95th birthday
at his home in Ashmont, Mass, September
IL. In 1922 he began the manufacture of
shoes in Joppa Village, East Brdgewater
Mass, and shipped his product ali over the
United States, South Africa and the West
Indies, and has shipped shoes to Madagascar
and Zanzibar He carried on the shoe busi-
ness for fifty years, and he, with Franklin
Haven and Matthew Bolles, the shoe
manufacturer who survived the panic of
1897 MIR. Bryant has been in business over
seventy years, and during the rebellion did
between 100000 and 100000 worth of shoe
business with the government.
Miss Lucretia Estes, who lives at Head of
the-Bay, near Rockford Me-. is in her 101st
year, and reads and sews without spectacles.
Next door to her lives Mrs Henry HiX, who
in 80 years DID, and her eyesight is as good
as Miss Estes
Miss Mary Balfour, who died the other
day, was a native of 1nverkeiler. Forfarshire,
Scotland. She was born in 1895, not far
from the spot where she ended her days.
She never married, and up to the time of her
death she retained her faculties unimpaired.
To her the reform bin of 1882 was thing
of yesterday; Waterloo she spoke of as
tnOuEn IL was quite Il recent event, ana II is
said that she would talk about NAP, the
vagabon' with as much familiarity as if he
had been her cousin.
Andrew Redner of Hector, Potter, county,
Pa, celebrated his Tooth birthday this fall
by big family gathering at the home of his
son. William d. Hector. Altogether 125
relatives and friends were present-the rela-
tives making up good share of the COM
pany Among those in attendance were his
children: orris Redner, aged a. of Hector;
Lefty ]. Abbey, aged 72, of Hector; Darius
W. Redner, 50, of Penn YAM William ID.
Redner 61 Of Hector; Mlie A. Phillips So
of Penn Yam. OF his eighteen grandchildren
fourteen were present, and of the thirty-three
great grandchildren, thirteen. At the foot
Of the list were two great-great- -grandchil-
dren Among the company were ten people
over 20 years old, and six over 60. Nv Mr.
Redner was born in Ulster county, New Jer-
sey, September "a, 1895. Mrs. Redner died
on March 20. 1887, at the advanced age of
80 years. Mr. Redners hearing and eyesight
are very little impaired. He reads much of
his time and is still able 10 walk around the
farm. .r1--
The funeral the other day of Mrs. Rebecca
Graham of Grimestown, Ala, who died at
the age Of 1903, was attended by her, four
daasHtefs.s all widows. the youngest ibeing 6S
years old; fifty grandchildren. over 100 great
grandchildren and eight great-great-grand-
children. ne-Uun
1t is said that the oldest living man and
wife in the United States are Louis and