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rai auue.A Prolific Old Soldier.—Reuben Jaquith, now living at Wright’s Corners, in this county, served in the war of. 1812, and has attained the good old age of eighty five years, being now in his eighty-sixth, and, is now, perhaps, the oldest man in the county. He emigrated tothis county in 1817, and has been a resident of the same ever since. Previous to that time he lived in, as the old gen tle.99.an says, J.'York State. - * He has lived lt;o see ihe; beginning of'the fourth generation of .his posterity. His family,, now living, consist of nine children, sixty-eight grand children, sixty-six great graod children and one great great grand child This is the only instance of the kind we ever knew, where the great great grand father and the great great grandchild were both- living at the sam^ timev* •:Mrs. Emma Lambevsoh, of Moore’s .Hill, is the great grand daughter of' Mr. Ja-quiili, and she has one child, which isbe profits5 th* Tissued oo can nevei sent a boi6th. t:to a sum Governmilien as it* 517 milei mile 7th. Tconsider* vestmen t road buil in five m: to them dence in 8th. A can be ai there are upon sue curity in ments. to a greater 9th. A offered flt; and accri;the great great gand child. JPhen the pld grand father, calls around him his children, grand children, e., he has the neat little family of one hundred $n^l forty-four children., He is now enjoying good.health and allows none of his large family to take from him the responsibility of seeing that the pigs and cows have plenty to eat. Surely the ollt;Lgentleman has fulfilled one scriptural: injunction, 4‘Multiply and replenish the earth/’ [Lawrenceburg Register.curity inJ * tThe New Orleans Times says: Am6pg some papers which had remained ,severalvears uncYaminAf!. a friAnrl ro/*antlucent, les* 10th, they payOVEEThe dand they York byCqhtinkp •Clark, IJohn J. (and by througbo and desc They wipany’a 01 on appli«A jnrnt
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Aurora Commercial
Aurora, Indiana, US
Sat, Sep 07, 1867
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