Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1910 — Some Old Voters Visit Polls To Exercise Bight of Suffrage. [ARTICLE]

Some Old Voters Visit Polls To Exercise Bight of Suffrage.

David Nowels, who was 89 years of age on Sept. 15th, was probably the oldest man in Marion township to vote at this election. He walked down town at about 9 o’clock and cast his ballot. Clint Hopkins was the next oldest voter. He was 88 years of age on March 6th. He had not voted yet at 2 o’clock, but an automobile went after him at that hour. He is in quite feeble health. James Leatherman was 88 years of age on June 11th. He is totally blind, but was brought to the polls and voted the middle of the forenoon. Simon Phillips is doubtless the best preserved of the old men. He was 87 years of age on Feb. Bth, and is a daily figure on the streets of Rensselaer. He voted before noon. Among the other voters were: John Scively, 87 on May 14th. William Bull, 85 on Oct. 19th. He is the only veteran of both' the Mexican and Civil Wars that voted in the township and probably the only one in the county. His health is poor and he had to be brought to the polls. D. T. Halstead, 84 on May 22nd. Lewis Davisson, 84 on Nov. 21st. William E. Moore, 83 on Jan. Bth, last. Matthew Zernden, 83 on Sept. 17th. Stewart Hammond, 83 on Sept. 24th. Geo. P. Daugherty, 83 on Nov. 18th. F. W. Bedford, 82 on June Bth. They are of different political beliefs, the democrats apparently being in the majority. “Grandfather” Gwin, who was 92 years of age on Aug. 19th, voted in Monticello this time. It was the first time he had voted out of Jasper county. J. C. Thrawls, who was 84 years of age on May 20th, is in Logansport, and Washington Richardson, who will be 85 years of age on Dec. 18th, is also absent from Rensselaer John Coen, who was 84 years of age on March 14th, is also lining at some other place. Patrick Halligan voted late this afternoon. He is not just certain about his age, but is supposed to be 90 or 91 years old and if he is that old, he displaces David Nowels from the title of the “oldest voter.”