Widow Rebecca Smith 125 Years Immense Longevity Chronicle
A long obituary notes Widow Rebecca Smith dying March 15 1855 at her son George K Smiths house in Silensgrove Pa aged nearly 125. Born May 1730 in Havre de Grace Maryland she was a slave who gained freedom and moved to Strasburg with Dr Sample and others around 1800. She bore four children, remained active, joined Methodists, and lived through pivotal early American events, with details corroborated by her son Barber in Lewisburg.
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Rebecca Smith
Sample
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Maryland
Strasburg, Lancaster Co
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Mra. S
Washington
Braddock
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