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NINETY-SEVEN YEARS OLD.Mrs. Caroline Wilder, Mother of Mrs. Houston, Attends the Primitive Meeting In This City.Probably the oldest person living in Troup county is Mrs. Caroline Wilder, the mother of Mrs. H. W. Houston, who lives near Houston. Mrs. Wilder was, on Wednesday, the 2nd of August, ninety-six and one-half years old. She attended the meeting of the Primitive Baptists held in this city, and remained over as the guest of her granddaughter, Mrs. L. M. Simril, until Wednesday afternoon, when she returned home with her daughter, Mrs. Houston.A great many in LaGrange visited Mrs. Wilder during her visit here, among them a reporter on this paper. While at this extreme old age, she still retains most of her faculties, and is in fair state of health, considering her age. Her hearing is poor, but she is able to walk about the house with out difficulty. Only a few years ago she made a trip to Birmingham unaccompanied by anyone.Mrs. Wilder has been a member of the Primitive Baptist church for over sixty years, and is strqng in her faith. She has the blessed assurance that when her Master calls her to the Great Beyond she will be ready.“Grandma” Wilder was born in South Carolina, on the 2nd of February, 1800. Her parents moved to Jasper county, Ga. when she was quite small, and when eight or nine years old moved to Fayette county, this state. From thence they came to Heard county and still later to Troup county, where she has lived for sixty-five years. Her husband, Mr. James Wilder, died about fifty years ago. He was in the war with Mexico. Her mother died when she was fourteen years old, she being the eldest of a family of seven children. She has lived at the same place in Troup county for sixty-four years. Grandma Wilder was the mother of ten children, only three of whom are now living. They are Mrs. Houston, Mrs. A. E. Pulliam, of Columbus, Ga., and Mr. B. F. Wilder, who lives in Texas.Mrs. Wilder has lived to see a great many changes wrought during her life-time. This country was almost a wilderness when she came here, with only here and there a settler.She has been a faithful old “mother in Israel,’’ and there is laid up for her a “crown of righteousness,” when she shall have crossed the river to fairer and ic more beautiful shores to meet her i- , loved ones : and she shall hear the i« welcome plaudit, “well done, thou i-t good and faithful servant.’’*1 he* Reporter hopes that in the evening of her life she may yet see many golden hours.
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LaGrange Reporter
Lagrange, Georgia, US
Fri, Aug 04, 1905
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