Typed as spelled and written

Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT

Eighteenth year - Number 55

Marlin, Texas, Saturday, November 30, 1907

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Two Years Past Century Mark.

    Baltimore, Md., Nov. 25.--Mrs. Susan Askey, believed to be the oldest woman in Maryland, was one hundred and two years old today.  She was born in Montgomery county Nov. 25, 1805.  She came to Baltimore when quite a young girl and in 1823 was married to Joseph Askey, who died thirty years ago.  The couple had eleven children--four boys and seven girls, all having died save one.  Mrs. Askey is now the head of five generations of her family, the last being a baby, the child of her granddaughter.

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