Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1896 — A Georgian Dies, Aged 128! [ARTICLE]

A Georgian Dies, Aged 128!

Hiram Lester, one of the oldest men in the world, died at McDonough, Ga., the other day, in his 129th year. He was born in North Carolina in 1768. Lester’s one claim to fame came when he went to Piedmont Exposition at At* lanta and there on the exposition grounds divided attention with President Cleveland. A public ceremony united Lester and a bride over 70 years of age. Lester’s daughter lives in Heard Count}-, and is 95 years old. His youngest son is in the county poorhouss and is 92 years old.