Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-15
WANTED TO MARRY AT o..
Tenncasee's Giddy Girl of 50 Won
Marry UG.iI She is 100.

Nashville, Tenn, contains the most
remarkable society woman i'll Amer
lea.
She is Miss Jane al. Thomas, born
September 3, 1860. Despite her proN-
unity 10 the century mark she is still
the recipient of offers of marriage.
When very yCtig woman she was
greatly admired fer her wit anu
beauty. Tier hard Was sought by a
number OF the most pro'mfntGt men
of the South, tout for some unknown
reason all were re;ectcd. -
When she WIS nearing middle life
one of lrer first beauX, a rejected
sutton, again approached her ON the
subject OF matrImony. She again re-
fused. AS he was leaving her i'll de-
spair he said:
"Well, Mss Jaae, when do you ex-
pect to marry"
She tosse,t her head haughtily anc
replied: Never, sir, until ! am 100
years Old
She has kept her word, and now
ttrslit she has nearly approached that
age, her old fover, after GO years OF
waiting, writes to her that he has not
forgotten her assertion that she
| would marry when she became 100
! and offers his heart and fortune for
her acceptance.
The old gentleman is 92 years old,
has been married, and has a large
family of children, grandchildren and
great grandchi He lives in the
blue grass regions of Kentucky.
Miss Jane" as she is familiarly
called by her friends, was as much
pleased and amused at the old gentle
mans proposal as younger ladies are
ON such occasions. She told some of
her oldest friends about her offer.
They know who the gentleman is,
but from the younger generation
"Miss Jane" has kept his name a Sc
cret. All they know is that She re-
ceived an offer of marriage, and tina
she rejected it. When asked her rea-
son for being so heart.ess to a lover
so devoted, she replies that he is
much too old for her, and that she
does not want to marry an old man
! like that.
Miss James great age is no draw
back TO her social duties. She is still
in possession of all her faculties, and
does not consider herself an old wo-
man. Her friends claim she is as &C.
tive and her intellect as keen as when
| [,
walks with a firm step, and is still a
great reader. She keeps we'll posted
ON current events, reads the newspa-
pers, periodicals. and the latest nov
els. She is abreast of the times in
politics. fashions, and all new
Thought, and promises fair never to
become a back number.
! She went to Nashville in 1904 from
Cumberland county. Va. where she
Was born. The family consisted of
five children. They had two six-horse
wagons, but Mr.. anu Mrs. Thomas
rode horseback, and the mother car.
ried the youngest child in her lap.
She is the great-great-grandda ugh
ter OF Henry Hugh Thomas, who was
, once Lord Mayor of London.
! On December 20, 1920, @tMiss Jane"
joined the Methodist church. There
were no churches in the country at
TINS time. The preaching was done
at the different farm-houses. Soon
after she became a member she and
another Lady raised subscription OF
ESQ, with which they built a church
OF cedar hewn logs ON an acre of
ground which had been given for that
purpose.
Though SO years old Miss Thomas is
still invited TO all the social affairs
given in Nashville.
Miss Jane" has lived under the adj
ministration of every president of the
United States except that of Washing
, ton.-St. Louis Republic.