Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1899 — Oldest Woman in Massachusetts. [ARTICLE]

Oldest Woman in Massachusetts.

Mrs. Mary Spooner of Acushnet, Mass., who recently celebrated her 105th birthday, is probably the'oldest woman in Massachusetts. She is entitled to the unique distinction of having lived in three different towns without having changed her residence. By alterations in the boundary lines of the towns the, Spooner homestead has been first in New Bedford, then in Fairhaven, and finally in Acushnet.