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Marriage & death in the same news report…
May 2, 2009 by TimHughes Email This Post
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Typically marriage and death reports are found in separate columns in the newspapers, but one news item in the Salem Mercury of July 6, 1831 could combine both into one:
“Marriage and Death — In Bath, Steuben Co. N.Y. 11th ult. Mr. Moses Alexander, 88, to Miss Frances Tompkins, 105. They wre taken out of bed dead on the following morning.”
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That’s what happens when you marry a women 17 years older than you are.