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IUckem Vali.ey, .Inly 22. Tim Oldest Max in Wear Viboinia. for '—Mr A'rfiVnr.—As you call for ccn-; 11 tcnariarw in 11 lain issuo of Tub ItM-a ocuir. will you allow mo lo present to he id many reader* 3lr. William Oogcr, it, of Web*lor county, the oldest man iuWcit VirginiaT The fubject if this •ketch wjh boiu in tbe year 170S, and ron»clt;|uently i* now vne Anmi/.cu' mu/ tire i/tan cj,l! lie i« still in the enjoyment of good health, and if quite aeiirc oo loot. It if uo uncommon thing for him lo mount hie horse and tide tiltecn milre over iliwne mountain pAlh* in oar day: and if fo diipoicd no doubt but ho could sccom|iliili the same foat on foot, lie wji a fohJier in the war of 1812, and it uuw drawing a ptcuioo ; and 'lit said by those who ought to know (if ihcjr ncro old enough) that hit peoiion money bought the first storo elothei the old man evtr wore. Cerlain it is, he wcari •tore oletbei now, hut whether they are his lint or not, thli doponint cannot »ay. C. V. U.
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The Weston Democrat
Weston, West Virginia, US
Mon, Aug 04, 1873
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