Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1911 — Oldest Veteran Dead. [ARTICLE]

Oldest Veteran Dead.

William Macabee. believed to have been the oldest veteran of the civil war and one of the oldest persons in this country, has died since last Memorial day. He passed away at the United States Naval home in Philadelphia. where he had been an inmate for thirty years. He celebrated his one hundred and seventh birth Sept. 22, when he was able to sit up and receive the congratulations of his friends and tell of many of his experiences in the navy. Macabee entered the service of the United States when a lad, serving on the frigate Constitution until it was retired from service. He remained id the naval service until he went to the home where he died.