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STRANGE, BUT TRUE.Nearly Eighty Tears of Married Life Passed Happily by an Illinois Couple.(Terre Haute (111.) Dispatch to Chicago InterOcean. ]I see in your weekly of last issue a case of remarkable longevity, wherein Joseph Fosterand wife had lived toge.her seventy-liveyears. In o ir quiet liulo village lives a couple who have lived together seventy-seven* years and three months. In other words, Amasa Allen and Losanna, his present wife, were married Aug. 16, D 06, and have quietly lived together ever since, making seventy-seven years and three months of wedded life. They have had twelve children born to tbera, six of whbm still survive; three live now in their native SAto of New York, and three live in Heudorsonville, 111. Amasa Alien was born in the State of New York, Nov. 17, 1T87. He can walk erect, does not uso spectacles, and his hearing is as yet unimpaired. Mrs. Allen wai born in the State of New York, ov. 23, 1791. She is confined to her room the most of the time. This aired couple live with their son Joseph, who kindly cares for them and sees that their every need is supplied.
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McHenry Plaindealer
Mchenry, Illinois, US
Wed, Nov 28, 1883
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