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Century-Old Addie Wallen Of Wallen Town Relives Life
Addie Wallen, born in the 1800s, recalls marrying at 13 and raising 20 of her 22 children in a four room frame house in Hawkins County. Now at least 99, with a son claiming 102 on her birth certificate, she lives with a 20 year old grandson and counts more than 100 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. Her husband Alec died of tuberculosis 28 years ago after a life as a farmer and timber worker.
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Tom McCord
Associated Press
Church Hill
Tenn
Addie Wallen
Hawkins County
Wallen Town
Tennessee
Scott County
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