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"Salem Gazette," 1790.

_Died_]--At Horseley, in Derbyshire, England, a venerable
matron, named _Frances Burton_, aged 107. She had practised
midwifery upwards of 80 years. The husband of the above old
lady was sexton of the parish church 70 years; and this
ancient pair frequently boasted, that she had _brought into
the world_, and he had _buried_, the parish twice over!

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1807.

......_DIED_......

Near Gloucester, Virg., _Elizabeth Wagner_, aged 107. She
never took medicine of any kind in her life.

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From "Salem Gazette," 1811. Appropriate name for a
rope-maker.

Mr. WILLIAM TARRING, rope-maker, 38.

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"Massachusetts Mercury," Dec. 27, 1799.