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Smart at 11 7Philip Burrows, for over 20 years tin honest and respected citizen of Rut-! land. will, according to his own statement. celebrate his one hundred and seventeeth birthday anniversary on April 1. Burrows was borne on tho famous Dicklnson-Shrewabury estates, In Virginia, as a slave, and remained there until Llghttouru's retreat during the late war. when his freedom was forcibly declared, and be was taken into West Virginia, from whence he came on into Ohio and settled at Rutland.Tho old colored gentleman has wonderful strength and vitality. He 1ms a little log cabin and a few acres of land, upon which he spends his entire time cultivating vegetables, and may be seen at work every pleasant day in the year.—I Pomeroy Trib. Tel.Chab. P. Wir.LARn . Co., 107 Canal
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Marietta Daily Leader
Marietta, Ohio, US
Fri, Mar 20, 1896
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