Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-14
Mrs. Lovisa Cox, Cherry
field, Celebrates Event.
Bright, Smart and Active and
Still Fond Of a Joke.


Cherryfield, Me-, Jan. 13.-Mrs. Lovisa
Cox. the oldest woman in Maine, pass.
ed her 1OSth birthday Saturday at her
home in Harrington. Many friends
called to extend the compliments Of the
season and bring her presents of her
favorite Injuries, tobacco and confec-
tionery.
Mrs. Cox appears. if anything, in
better mental and physical condition
than on her last birthday. She walks
about the house without assistance,
takes much interest in the events CT
the neighborhoOd, particularly Of re-
ligious revival now going on there. and
ner memory of events Of childhood APP
pars to be much stronger than for sew
eral years. In talking over her past
life she mentioned events which hap
pened almost century ago, which the
family has not heard her call to mind
for many years.
Mrs. Cox was born in Columbia, not
far from where she now lives. Jan. Il.
1893, and consequently has lived in
three centuries. She remembers very
clearly many events of the War of 1912
Maine and her "reminiscences, told
when her mind was still strong, are re-
garded as authentic, and find a place
in several works on Maine and New
England history. Her first husband
was soldier in the War of 1872. Her
second husband was O soldier in the
Civil War. serving two enlistments, and
died in Il Southern hospital. Mrs. Cox
remembers especially well the battles
of the Civil War and other events OF
that period, which appear to have made
an exceptionally strong impression up
on her mind. Mrs. Cox is small in
stature, her features much wrinkled,
and her eyes small and bright.
Her hearing is remarkably acute, her
ears catching perfectly conversation in
low tones. She uses no cane or any
help in going about, and used to go
beIrying long after she was past the
century mark. Her appetite is excel
lent and she sleeps like child. She is
an inveterate smoker and is seldom
without her pipe. She is also a great
lover of candy.
Granny Cox has several little
jokes which she springs regularly. She
says that she knows that tobacco Is
bad for young people and she don't ex-
pect to live out half her days if she
keeps on smoking. She says that there
are several likely young men in town
who want to mary her, but she thinks
that young girls like herself should not
marry in haste and repent at leisure.
She has never ridden on a railroad
train. although she has been rendered
a free ride over the Washington
County Railroad. which passes not far
from her home. There are four gener-
ations in the house. Mrs. Cox. aged us.
her daughter, Mrs. Eliza Shaw, aged
&c. a grandson, John Carter, Al years
old. a great granddaughter, Miss Clara
Carter. IS years old.
Physicians who have examined Mrs.
Cox, say that barring some accident,
she seems good for several years mora
as she has shown very little evidence
of failing strength in the past year.
Perhaps one of the most remarkable
features in the longevity Of Mrs. Cox
is that she worked very hard all Of her
life. rearing a family of six children.
earring for barn full of stock. split
aing wood, shoveled snow and did for
years the work of a man.