Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1859 — An Interesting Family. [ARTICLE]

An Interesting Family.

There is a family residing in Bourbon county, Ky., of whom the following remarkable particulars are given —“ The old gentelman is a native of Maryland, and in hie 70th year; was brought to the State of Kentuckey when quite young, and has raised Kia family in the above county, consisting of six sons and three daughters. In the following table, the height, weight, and entire age of the family are given. Father, 6 feet 4 inch es, 200 pounds; mother, 6 feet 4 inches, 286 pounds;Thomas, 6 feet 4 inches,2B6 pounds; James, 6 feet 6 inches 215 pounds; Sarah 6 feet 6 inchesl6s pounds; John,6 feet 11 inch296 pounds; Mary,6 feet 2 inches, 150 pounds; 6 feet 2 inches, 210 pounds; Matthew, 6 feet 2 jnches, 220 pothwls; Eli, 6 feet 4 inches, 197 pounds; daughter, G feet 3 inches, IGO pounds. Height, 70 feet.—weight, 2,329 pounds. The family are all living, except the youngest daughter; are all wealthy, and of the first families of Kentucky. I might add, several grandchildren are over six and one-half feet/ and are still growing.”