Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1898 — The Oldest Couple in the County. [ARTICLE]

The Oldest Couple in the County.

Today is the 70th anniversary ot the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. AV illiam Kolb, Mr. Kolb was born in 1805 and will be 93 years of age in. June. He remembers the war of 1812. and especially the closing incidents in 1814, the Mexican war, the Rebellion and now- the Cuban war. Mrs. Kolb was IK) years of age the,l7th of last month. Nine children were bora to them, eight of whom are still living. Ihe missing one died nt. the age of (55 years. Mr. and Mrs. Kolb are among the earliest settlers of Benton county. Seventy years, the alloted span of human life, have they toiled upward from-tlie misty vale and left the bright enameled zones below. Above the margin of unmelting snow they hail the realms of peace beyond the frozen domes.- Oxford Tribune. Mr. Kolb and wife are grandparents of Mrs. Frank Foltz of this city, and-are now both very seriously ill.