Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1895 — Survived Her Fifteen Children. [ARTICLE]

Survived Her Fifteen Children.

A very interesting woman is Mme. Rostowska, of Lille, France. Not oply is she 112 years old and a major’s widow, but she was the cantinlere of a Polish regiment In the Russian campaign, was under fire twelve times and received three wounds. She was decorated with the silver cross. Besides this she has survived her fifteen children, the last of whom she buried at the age of 80.