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id- Remarkable Record.ny3StUncle Jesse Eggers, of New Mays-ville, was in Danville, Thursday, onely business. Uncle Jesse is one of the yill pi°neer settlers of Pu fcnam county. He passed through Danville in the year of Der 11827 on his way to Illinois. The same year he returned to Putnam county and has lived there ever since. Mr. Eggers was born - January 11,1818,near Connersville^ Ind. He is nownearly 92 years of age, and is hale andhearty, and rode horseback to Dan-ville,from 3 miles:north of^NewMays*ville and never left the saddle return-ing in the afternoon of the same day.He rode a five-year old horse, which het}7. broke himself^ no one ever rode this horse^butUncle./-JesseS He says ?he lit never used tobacco, in toxica ting lir5 uuprsand never swofe HS ! h^vhasi always been a Dempcratl Here’shoping that he will triumph-^ antly pMs the century■,at-' j ■ ' - ■ ' .• * V- •. •• - 4 ■: I. . : . - ■ . • •• : • . •••• V - .
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Danville Republican
Danville, Indiana, US
Thu, Nov 11, 1909
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