May 9, 1894 - Andover News
THREE SCORE AND TEN
A LIST OF male Residents of Andover Who have Passed the Alotted Scriptural Age.
"How many men do you suppose there are in Andover who are seventy or more years old?" was the inquiry addressed not long since by Mr. M. H. Harman to a number of different people. One man guessed fifteen, another placed it at twenty five, and others placed it at various numbers between those limits: but no one who made an estimate thought there were more than twenty five who had passed the seventieth milestone.
The discussion of this mater arose after the death of Hiram Davis and Almeron Oatley, who recently died within two days of each other, and who were both over 70 years old.
Mr. Harman at once went to work to ascertain what the number really was, and also to learn the ages of those whose names he secured. He made a list, which at first contained fifteen or twenty names (those who could be called to mind on short notice.) Each day the list grew, and grew until Mr. Harman’ls little book contained the names of fifty-five persons, with the age of each. We print the list below. It is not guaranteed to be absolutely complete and accurate but is believed to be as nearly so as it is possible to make it.
The compiling of the list required considerable time and careful inquiry on the part of Mr. Harman, and we believe he was assisted to some extent by others who took an interest in the matter.
Peter Joyce 70 Samuel Bozzard 70
James O’Leary 70 George Van Noy 70
Edward Donnelly 71 Anthony Dean 71
Peter Dougherty 71 William Jones 71
John Pardon 72 N. P. Wood 72
William Owen 72 James Ray 72
Patrick Hammel 72 George Rosebush 72
Alonzo Porter 73 Francis Updyke 73
John Quigg 73 M. H. Hann 73
Thomas Ray 73 C. T. Atwell 73
B. C. Brundage 74 Henry Horan 74
D. B. Spaulding 74 Henry Bullard 74
Hale Davis, age 75
S. K. Hale 75 Thomas Sheoh 75
William Snyder 76 Thomas White 76
Jason Bess 76 Jason Casey 76
Thomas O’Donnell 76 Stephen Keough 76
Robert Boyd 77 J. N. Goodwin 77
M. Rice 77 Erastus Baker 77
David Magner 77 Michael Clark 78
George W. Crandall 78 Thomas Harrison 78
Joseph Krusen 79 David Davis 80
Daniel Scribner 80 Leroy C. Davis 81
William Deming 81 Matthew White 82
Anson H. Brewster 82 Lyman Deming 83
William Cane 83 Lewis Green 84
George Perry 83 S. S. Clark 83
Jacob Swink 85 W. B. Clark 86
Loaned from records of Catherine Schuyler Chapter D.A.R. As Copied by Hazel M. Shear