A CENTENARIAN.
A FATHER AT 126 YEARS,
The oldest mail in the world. "Ulilde Johnnj" Shell, of Greasy Crcekjfventucky, died on July loth at thcjsge of 133 years. He was followed#o tho grave by many of his desccgpiuts, including two of his sons. WUpam (aged ninety) and Albert °'' Mr Shell is said to '-".relived on the same farm i- Lcuic Coijnity ever sinceh'- .as 33, that is, for |jne past hundred years. He desired to Jcrve for the United States in the w{fr against Mexico iu IS-l.j, but was rejected as over military age. According to the New YorkSun and other journals. Mr Shell ['assessed records slipwing his birth in Tennessee in 17SS,Junl the local doctor said they bellpved he was correct in the estimate jf>f his age. The lad Albert Shell, pm when his father was 126 years ojd. is the son of " Lhude Johnny 's'f second wife, who was 4o when she/narried her veteran, but still vigorous/spouse. By his first wife, who didtt twelve years ago, Mr Shell had four sons and a daughter, who all survived him. Up to the last he retained full possession of his faculties
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Otaki Mail, 15 September 1922, Page 4
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191A CENTENARIAN. Otaki Mail, 15 September 1922, Page 4
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