The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07
LONGEVITY IN SCREVEN,
Some Instances in which the Century
Mark Has Been Passed

Halcyondale, Ga, April 6.-Editor Morn
ing News: Occasionally I see in the va
rious papers instances of longevity. which
induces me to state a few cases, which
Will demonstrate that this country will
compare favorably with any section. It
is an historic fact that Michael Docherty
died here at 40 years of age that Mrs
Lourania Thrower died at the age of 1877
years. Mrs. Jane Black lived here over
100 years.
/ heard Judge Parker, who was ordinary
of this county a number of years. state
that his grandmother lived in this county
until she was 125 years of age, and then
moved to another county, southwest of
this, and lived there ten. years, making
her 1856 years of age.
A man by the name of Odom died in this
county few years ago at the advanced
age of 106 years.
/ saw Mr.. James Dixon at the age Of 95.
and he died two years after, being g.
We now have a few who are nearing the
Tooth mile post. Mr.. Isaac Hollings-
worth is in his 94th year. He is as active
as the average man of fifty, rides on horse
back from choice, mounts and dismonnts
with the agility of a cavalier;
is a successful business man; has
no assistant, but attends to
all the details of his own affairs in per-
son. He has always been a very active
man; gloried in the chase, has been a reg
ular Nimrod, wearing his gun almost as
regularly as he did his hat. On Christmas
morning he walked over to the store of
his son, Mr.. w. W. Holllngsworth, where
the young men in the neighborhood were
arranging for a shooting match In a
bantering way they invited him 10 take
a chance" which he readily did, and after
doing better shooting than any of the
party, triumphantly shouldered the tur.
keys and trudged off for his home, about
a mile away, where, i'm day or two. he
RECALLED his children and grandchildren
in royal style, not forgetting to tell his
guests that that particular turkey dinner
was the result of his yet being able to
handle a gun better than the boys.
L never saw him with spectacles on in
my life, and don't think he has ever yet
had any use for them. This is an example
of our old men who are almost centenari-
ans, and there are quite a number of
them. We have two practicing physicians,
! Drs. George b. Douglass and T. S. Minis,
who are about 50 years of age. They are
as straight as an Indian chief and are,
and always have been, great favorites
with the young men of the county. DR..
| MINIS VIII Stt up AT any uouF OF the night
10 go on a fox hunt, which appears to be
| his favorite recreation. DIR. r. w. Lovett
is among our oldest men; he is fast ap-
preaching the centenarian mark but is
in the fun enjoyment of all his faculties
He is an almost fac smile of
Gen. Robert E. Lee, and like Lee.
is man that any country or community
might well be proud of The Rev George
l.. Jackson, now a citizen of Burke but
who really belongs to US, for he was
born and raised here. and lived here till
| he was an old man, is among the oldest
of the lot. And there are numbers of
other men.
But there is one old negro here who
| claims TO be 1870 years old, and Il must
| be so, for he can tell you just how many
| years he,shas lived at each place. and il
| corresponds exactly with his statement
of his age. l have known him thirty-two
| years. He was superaunuated then, but
| there has been very little change in him
in this third OF a century. He says that
when the stars fell. ne had nine children.
all grown and married. Ben Lundy.