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A Patriarch of Egypt.The Sib day of April. wa- ti ■80tb birtbdav of d. 1. Iir.-tm 1 lt;•! which found him bale and hearty for one of four-score years.On the dav above mentioned 112 rei-atives gathered in to take dinner with the oldest one of the direct descendants of grandfather Keuhen Bramlet. .1. I Brainier i- living and has 1 iv• d sim-e IMS on northwest quarter of «ect ilt; ns-ti of tliis countv.*Grandfather Keuben Itramlet w h n in Virginia and was a solaier in t tie I,’. \ -olutionary war on the -ide of the colonist over live years and to the do-* ofthe war. He removed to Kenimk. about the year 17SO and from there Illinois in 181o. and settled on tin qu.liter section now owned hv .1. I*. Brain-let. He departed tiiis life in 1 -14.At the present time there are 1 i\ ii» tliirteen of the forty-six grandchii Iren who lived to manhood or womanhood.to-wit: Sons of Henry Hramlet Iten-jamin Bramlet. of Sangamon county,III., and \Viirham Bramlet of.thi- Ka-leigh) townstiip; children of MargaretKaslev Klvira Moore and Kli/abcth *»Sewell of tliis county. Woodson Fa-icy of Missouri and Keuhen Fa-U*\ of l ex i-chiidren of Nathaniel Bramlet .1 I . Bramlet. the young man of H) of thi-townsbip, Kli/abeth Vaughn of II mi--burg, and Matilda Bo/nth of Bum, d children of Coleman B. Itramlet Keuben II. of Fresno. ( al., Martha Sti k I In and Ile/eklah Bramlet ot thi- township; children of Kli/abeth Baker I I iniind Baker and I.ucind i M. Ku 1'' lt;I Harrisburg. The la-t named i- the youngest (fid) and «l. I*, itramlet the oldest (SO). The descendants of the-e thirteen survivors and their :cousins are scattered far and wide, ami too numerous to mention, coming down to the -ixth generation.I*. S. Since writing the ilmve news came of the death of K lmumi Baker.April 9, I'.MM. lit./. IthAMI i i.
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Harrisburg Saline County Register

Harrisburg, Illinois, US

Fri, Apr 22, 1904

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