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Nf?W HAMPSHIRE.THE JOY? OF AGE.The wi low Gowing, of JaflVey, S. II.lately had around her, eight son- and fourteen daughters, all o( age, and all, save one or two in good health. This valuable matron has been the mother of 25 children, and l*as alrea dv lived to see 110 descendants, B lona-wI parte being a«k“d by a lady, IVfvt te ■ s the ' first n-om-in in hilt; empire ? replied, Site that hlt;n bnrne the rn nt children. According to the Ex Emperor’s rule 'ins lady may !♦; coasider ed a* among the firt in N'ew ll.unpahire.—J iyouB meetings of the abuve kind are not uti com non on our -War - iJnqUind 'J'h.mksgivin | festival-, when the round i dies ol mauy thou- • ‘.sand Patriarchs are frequent!) surrounded by irom 2ft to til) or 70. and sometimes more I descendants, not tmfrtquently to the 4th gen-I eration. We hope this old custom is not or.I decline. Centinel.
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The Portland Gazette
Portland, Maine, US
Tue, Nov 26, 1822
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Barret R.
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