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ISL'3, and lived in Sangamon county until about ten years ago.— --------Highl y-Sixt h liirttulay Aniiiv rsary.• The eighty-sixth birthday anui versa iy of the venerable Mrs. .Mary Smith ! wan celebrated ltst evening at her home on South Main street by an ingathering of her descendants and a number ot intimate friends, about fifty in all. Mrs.9i Smith was dorn in Kentucky in 1 SO** and came to .lacksonville in 1SU. She is the | mother of eight children, four of whom are now living, and one of whomis I Ion. tieorge W. smith, who has serv-i ed a term in thegeneral assembly of Illinois, and who has also been a member of the Jacksonville board of educationfor a number of vears. 1 here are thir-j teen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Her husband died in 18H0, since which time Mrs. Smith has been tenderly cared for by her children. Thoie present las' evening sat d »wn to a sumptuous feast, which was spread on two large tables. In the center of the table at which na! the venerable hostess there w as an ini-mensecakein the center of which appeared the dates isoti 1,L', she was the recipient of many beautiful and useful precents, and the event w .is one which will long remain green in thememories of tt so present, there were four generations.
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Jacksonville Illinois Courier
Jacksonville, Illinois, US
Thu, Apr 14, 1892
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