Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1916 — Morocco Lady, 102 Years Of Age, Died Wednesday. [ARTICLE]

Morocco Lady, 102 Years Of Age, Died Wednesday.

Mrs. Elizabeth Griffith died at the home of her daughter, Wm. Black, # in Morocco last Wednesday, from the infirmities of old age. Mrs. Griffith was bom in England in February, 1814, and was therefore 102 years of age. She was the oldest person in Newton county and perhaps in the state. —She was the motherof fifteen children, all but two of whom preceded her to the grave. Most of her life was spent in Newton county.