Wowww! What an amazing historical document! One of those men voted on the Whig ballot!!
This was so fascinating.
That man with the hat in the beginning was a riot! He was twirling that beard and the children laughing was a great touch. He seemed to be a really fun man, even in just the few seconds we get to see of him.
I want to hear more of those knitting ladies! I think that was some juicy gossip right there. I wonder what became of that Octogenarian Club?
The man talking about joining the war in 1861 was born in 45 or 46 if my math is correct. It's a bit jarring to hear of how many their company killed, 'no prisoners on either side.' It's pretty funny, he mentions having a good dinner. I wanted to know what they had!
I love the old-timers dancing!
I wonder where they are? Is this outside a church or government building? Maybe they had a clubhouse?
That Lydia Stewart I am certain lived to be 102.This is dated October 3, and the lady I found on findagrave was born on October 1st, 1829. She died Christmas day 1931. I believe that man she waltzed with called her 'Mom'... he was
really leading!!
That Daniel Frohman, the theatrical manager, has a Wikipedia page!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Frohman He was an important man in his time!
Galusha Marion Cole was a bit of a 'storyteller' as they say. He claimed to be 103 here, but he was actually born in 1837. In this find a grave link you can see his info written by his great great grandson.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/925 ... arion-cole Cole is the one who says he voted as a Whig.
When I first saw Rebecca Latimer, I pegged her as a hard woman, and reading her Wikipedia page I see that I was right. She was really a terrible person, a huge racist. In this video she is stated as a US senator, but she was only in office 24 hours. I don't want to get too political, but I just want to say that the two parties must have meant different things than they do now.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Latimer_Felton
John Richard Voorhis lived to be 102. Most of these people were accomplished members of the community!
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/429 ... rd-voorhis
For the last man, I didn't realize the first time around that he was saying this was his last run as a railroad engineer, that he was retiring. This may or may not be the same guy.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/844 ... ohn-reilly
Boy, that was fun! I saw it when it was first posted, but I couldn't watch it at the time, then completely forgot about it till I saw it while looking for something else. NEAT documentary!