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June 11, 1890
The Manning Times
Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
In Milledgeville, GA, census-taker Bethune encounters Jane Moore, a 121-year-old Black woman who claims to remember the American Revolution, George Washington, and has 28 children, the oldest 88 years old.
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THE OLDEST INHABITANT.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., JUNE 7.—Census-taker Bethune, in discharging his duties ran across the "oldest inhabitant," and was puzzled for a while as to what entry to make for her age. Jane Moore, a negro woman living in the northern part of the city, gave her age as a hundred and twenty-one years old. Mr. Bethune questioned her some time and discovered that the old woman was a regular encyclopedia of the early days of American independence. She knew all about it; was there and saw it; she remembered Washington and all of the fathers, she remembered their habits and eccentricities, and said she was married and had children when Washington died. Her oldest living child is eighty-eight years, and since its birth she has been blessed with twenty-seven others. She is evidently not less than a hundred and ten years old, and may be a hundred and twenty-one, as she says.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., JUNE 7.—Census-taker Bethune, in discharging his duties ran across the "oldest inhabitant," and was puzzled for a while as to what entry to make for her age. Jane Moore, a negro woman living in the northern part of the city, gave her age as a hundred and twenty-one years old. Mr. Bethune questioned her some time and discovered that the old woman was a regular encyclopedia of the early days of American independence. She knew all about it; was there and saw it; she remembered Washington and all of the fathers, she remembered their habits and eccentricities, and said she was married and had children when Washington died. Her oldest living child is eighty-eight years, and since its birth she has been blessed with twenty-seven others. She is evidently not less than a hundred and ten years old, and may be a hundred and twenty-one, as she says.
What sub-type of article is it?
Longevity
Census
What keywords are associated?
Oldest Inhabitant
Jane Moore
Census Taker
American Independence
Washington
Milledgeville
What entities or persons were involved?
Jane Moore
Bethune
Where did it happen?
Milledgeville, Ga.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Milledgeville, Ga.
Event Date
June 7.
Key Persons
Jane Moore
Bethune
Event Details
Census-taker Bethune encounters Jane Moore, a negro woman who claims to be 121 years old, remembers American independence and Washington, was married with children when Washington died, has 28 children with the oldest living at 88 years.