“North Carolina
Woman 132 Years Old,” from the Fort Worth
Dispatch, as reprinted in the Orange
County Observer, Hillsborough, N.C.,
Thursday, March 12, 1908.
Born Before Declaration of Independence and Now Living in Texas
At the great age of
132, Mrs. L. Kilcrease, living at Pine Mill near here, celebrated her birthday
to-day. It is believed she is the oldest white person in the world. She was born
February 19, 1776 in Halifax County, North Carolina, and lived there 100 years
before she came with her family to Texas. Her daughter, aged 98, and granddaughter,
aged 63, live with her.
Mrs. Kilcrease
shows records in a family Bible corroborating her statement as to her age and
investigations have proved them correct. She still enjoys good health and is
able, by the use of a cane, to walk about the house.
She saw George
Washington. Her recollection of incidents she witnessed a century and a quarter
ago is marvelous, and she likes to relate stories of those stirring time.
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