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MAN 100 YEARS OLD, JUNESMosus B, IJaJl mil crlol)!*;!!!! 1»is onoon Juno 8lh 5\1 I.ifi(SvillL‘, Fa. Mr, Hall livwl in Cix'cii-villt! scx-ca(.y-1ivo yonra ajpi. '}•!(.• f«mo to Gnxjiivillr (luViup Williain TIarnson’s •JdniiaisLration and rojiiomijci-s tin; r«ld firm of Bitlcnl)aiuu'r-.t Waugh and llip old fiiriiace-s on NorUi' l-'ronl stn-ol, Mosps B. Hall WHS5 born Jiiiu’ S, ISIS, ill Vortnont, |iU«r livod in Cotinncliciit. Nrw York and fit.ally fcdlcd. :iJkiuI. 50 yiwrs ago, on a farai of b(t acrn's near IJuosvilb, Crsiwford ciinnly, rn,, cnutlcd n log hcmsn, and in liia day was oii« of the most aidiva nioij known in (Imt 1lt;»-caiity. 1'iioijgh of small statnhi, bdng oidy uliinit fivn foci and three inches in hrigliL ami weighing ka-s than 125 ponnd.s he could load many of iho hirgcv men witli (,ho ax and fn thcs hiu-vc.'sl hold wlt;is cansidcrod the best man of JjLs tiny, lit! has witnasiicd the greatest advaiio'c-meiit in the liistory of tho world. Born ten days before the baltlo of Wate-rloo, he lived during tho admhiist.ralion of 21 t’J'o.ddftita of the Uiiitoil S(a1t'.«.He wim horn four yoar.s before the liirlh of Queen Vicloriu of I'higland, 'J’Jdrty status Imvo l.tccji adiiitlt.od h) (he I.'tdoii (hiring his lifetime. About the Uiim of his birth the print machino was invontod, the sowing inachiiie, Uic knif-tiiig iiificliiiie, tho telegraph, the teleiihmu', the railroad, the cloc.trie slrocl cur. the trjietion engino and tJiu muoniolnle have nil coirio in his time, tope.ther with mmierouH tjnprovc.nic.nts in liuiidnp, iight-ing find iu every way ha turns tliiup an; all nlmngcil sinoc ho wiw u boy,-Mr. Hnfl was married (o Sarah .1, Halves, and to tliein wcro born ten child-rou: .Rtary J., who died in infauey; [Iniry A. U,.all, of Liticsville,. J uinvycai’fi old atui a vct^rnu of Uio Wai* of tho UobdJion; SamMcl ii., of Traiwfor, Pn., GO years old; ,M;t J. Frjusfc, of JjtJies-ville, Ph., aged (H years; Flnicr C. Hall,f JduesvillH, Pn,, Gl years; Alt;luL. Golir, of ]inejivi)le, Pa., ug/iij .*7 yours; Dun id llail, of WiHiiuusfidil, 0,, aged U; AhncKta Fi-eoUuui, of Cainbml^r Springs, Pa,., agofl 40 ynirs; Boojniuin lull of Cirnrd, Pix,, ftircd 4 4: years. He ha.s hirty-fi\-c graiuldulch'Cix, forty-.six gix'at-pndclijldrcii ami one groat-jireaC- sriirul-hilcb Jlis \vLf(‘ dcptiKcd tliis ILfc l)o-ombor 27, WQ7.Mr. JJall is rcjnixrlvuhly strouj; ?iiul hif4 ;oiicral honlili indicates that lie may 11 rV i VO . vei’a 1 yo,i as n i o 1*0 ►Ho never used spiri tuous lii|uor or ^bacco.
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Greenville Evening Record
Greenville, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Jun 05, 1915
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