John Nees, 106, Has Died in Whistler, Ala., Oct. 28, 1924

Former Carolinian Dies at Age of 106

By the Associated Press

Mobile, Ala., Oct. 28—John Nees, aged 106, a resident of Whistler, Ala., a suburb of Mobile, died here tonight. He was born October 12,1818, in North Carolina and had resided in this county over 70 years.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1924

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