Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1908 — 'MOST 109 YEARS [ARTICLE]

'MOST 109 YEARS

Of Age Was “Grannie” Wilkins WHO DIED AT REMINGTON MONDAY Was Probably Oldest Person In Indiana—Burial Made at Remington Yesterday. “Grannie” Wilkins, probably the’ oldest person in Indiana, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Watson, in Remington at 8 a. m., Monday, s.ged fOB years, 10 months and 18 days. She had been sick about a week, and gradually failed until death came. She died from no particular ailment, we understand, except old age. The funeral was held yesterday at 2:30 p. m., from the home of her daughter in Remington, and burial made in the cemteery at that place. Mrs. Wilkins was a native of Ireland and was probably the oldest person in the entire state. She has enjoyed very good health and retained most of her faculties td a remarkable degree, notwithstanding her great age. She was for a time an inmate of the poor asylum near Rensselaer, but was later taken by her daughter and cared for. Many Rensselaer people met the old lady when she was at the poor farm and will recall her cheerful though somewhat childish disposition.