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From: "Phyllis Campbell" <>
Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] longevity!
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 08:00:43 -0400
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You have the wrong person. I live in WV. Nice to meet you anyway. :o)

Phyllis

----- Original Message -----
From: "Betty Mutton" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] longevity!


> Hello Phyllis,
> I was wondering about you as it had been a while since I had heard from
you.
> Are you still in Tx. or are you back at Avon? My Mother had 11 children, 8
> boys & 3 Girls, theres 3 of us living & I'm the youngest of the 3 of us.
> We will all 3 meet Friday in Ar. for our reunion. It will be great seeing
> them again.
> Hope to be at the Morrell's Reunion the 3rd of Aug.
> More Later
> Betty
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phyllis Campbell" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 5:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] longevity!
>
>
> > I came across a woman in Conway County who had 19 youngens. She had 5 @
> one
> > time in the 1800s. Glad she wasn't in my direct line, I hear natural
> > multiple births are hereditary. :o(
> >
> > Phyllis
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ed Sanders" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 1:45 AM
> > Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] longevity!
> >
> >
> > > Let's not take these old timers too lightly.
> > > They were made of stern stuff.
> > > My grandmother bore 15--9 boys and 6 girls.
> > > The first child, a little girl, fell into the fire at the washpot at
age
> > > 3 and died from her burns.
> > > All the others survived to marry, and all but one of those had
children;
> > > one of the older girls had 10 and raised them all.
> > > At my grandmother's funeral, there were 104 persons present descended
> > > from her body.
> > > Best wishes,
> > > Ed
> > >
> > > Toni wrote:
> > >
> > > >AH-ha! ;-)
> > > >I have this man beat! (well not me directly, but an ancestor!) And
the
> > proof
> > > >is in the Shiloh Museum in Springdale!
> > > >ggg-grandfather Peter Mankins Sr. 1770-1881, buried outside of
> > Fayetteville
> > > >(I still don't know who owns the cemetery land, but it's kept up
> nicely).
> > > >His photograph hangs in the museum, plus they have a small file on
him.
> > > >You know how you discover an ancestor that you would like to meet
> during
> > > >their day...he's the one! With one wife, he fathered 11 children!
> hello!
> > > >LOL - that poor woman. I just can't fathom bearing 11 children...and
> > keeping
> > > >up with them! Of course, my mother is 91 and carries on that hardy
> > > >longevity line, and she raised plenty of children and grandchildren
> > through
> > > >her younger years. Heck, she had me at age 50, then adopted triplets
> four
> > > >years later....
> > > >The stories I have are quite colorful!(on Peter Sr.)
> > > >And Fran, thank you for sharing this information. I love reading
these
> > > >things and think that one day I will be able to be inspired to write
> some
> > > >wild western novel!
> > > >Toni-Marie
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Fran Warren" <>
> > > >To: <>
> > > >Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 12:46 PM
> > > >Subject: [AR-OLD-NEWS] August 1, 1906 Van Buren Argus
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>August 1, 1906 Van Buren Argus
> > > >>
> > > >>OLDEST MAN IN ARKANSAS
> > > >>
> > > >>Grandfather Jake Crabtree, colored, of Lavaca, is in the city on his
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >annual visit to his son-in-law, Jerry Norwood. He bears the
distinction
> > of
> > > >being the oldest man in Western Arkansas or the Indian Territory and
is
> > now
> > > >in his 106th year. His hair is as white as the cotton he has worked
in
> > for
> > > >practically a century, yet he is active, has good eyesight, and with
> the
> > > >exception of being slightly deaf does not appear to be more than 75
> years
> > > >old.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>He is a quarter blood Indian, and to this fact he attributes his
long
> > life
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >and he believes the Lord will spare his life many years yet. He
talking
> > > >interestingly of his life and the many stirring incidents connected
> with
> > it.
> > > >His life has been largely spent in Arkansas and the Indian Territory,
> and
> > he
> > > >shows a wonderful memory, especially in matters of 80 or 90 years
ago.
> He
> > > >admits he always liked his toddy, and says that he has used tobacco
for
> > > >fully 100 years, but he is thinking seriously of giving up the habit,
> for
> > > >about the close of the war of 1812 some one told him that tobacco was
> > very
> > > >injurious to one’s health, and that he has been thinking about that
> ever
> > > >since, and is of the opinion that he ought to quit before the habit
> grows
> > > >too strong for him.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>Fran Alverson Warren
> > > >>e-mail:
> > > >>479-369-2703
> > > >>http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
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