Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1920 — Enjoyed Long Life. [ARTICLE]

Enjoyed Long Life.

They grow ’em long and hardy in the village of Shifnal, which claims the longevity record for England. Headstones In a churchyard are cited, the two star exhibits being the stones of .William Wakley. “aged one, hundred and twenty-four and upward,” and Mary, wife of Joseph Kates, aged one hundred and twenty-seven, who married a third husband at ninetytwo. 7 Wakley lived in the reigns of eight kings and queens.