Vermont AHGP
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Longevity of Waitsfield, Vermont
The records show the death of so many aged persons in town since 1867, that some statement in regard to it seems to be demanded. During that period 33 persons have died at an age exceeding 80 years.
Of this number, 18 were more than 85, and 8 more than 90 years old. The names and ages of the latter are as follows:
| Henry
Dewey, aged 96, died in 1875 Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett, 94, in 1873 Job House, 94, 1874 Miss Charlotte Smith, 93, in 1882 Thomas Prentiss, 92, 1877 Daniel Skinner, 91, 1877 Avery Sherman, 99, 1873 Michael Ryle, 90, 1880 |
Mr. Thomas Prentiss, whose name appears in this list, was a great reader, and until a short time before his death there were very few persons in town who kept themselves better informed concerning the events of the times, political and general, or whose opinions in regard to the same were more intelligent and discriminating.
Source: History of Washington County Vermont, Collated and Published by Abby Maria Hemenway, 1882.
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