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OLD SETTLER'S REUNION

1904

As Reported in the Steelville Star April 1, 1992

The annual reunion of the Crawford County Old Settlers Reunion was held Saturday, August 27.1904, at the Delcour Coleman ford on the Meramec. The beautiful grove was clothed in nature's most delightful garb of green, clustered amidst tall creatures of the forest and bounded on one side by the placid waters of the Meramec.

Uncle Sam Nixon was the oldest citizen at the gathering, and Richard M. Brown's 74 years residency in Crawford County was the longest of anyone present. More than 400 attended the reunion. Names of the oldest citizens in attendance are listed below. Sam Nixon. age 91, born Kentucky, in county 44 years; T. N. Reeves, age 67, born Missouri, in county 57 years; Abram J. Canary, age 62, born Kentucky; Richard M. Brown age 75, born Tennessee, in county 74 years; Wm. H. Maxwell, age 78, born Indiana, in county 10 years; Wm. J. Woodside, age 61, born Illinois, in county 4 years; J. W. King, age 61, born North Carolina, in county 24 years,

W.R. McGlothlin, age 63, born Missouri, in county 42 years; Joshua Mallow, age 60, born West Virginia, in county 45 years; Jobe Harman, age 67, born West Virginia, in county 45 years; Wm. S. Woods, age 62, born North Carolina, in county 35 years; J. A. Carpenter, age 73, born Kentucky, in county 23 years; W. J. Land, age 65, born Indiana, in county 34 years; Wm. T. Woods, age 66, born Tennessee, in county 45 years;

David McIntosh, age 67, born Scotland, in county 20 years; Avery H. Baucom, age 65, born Indiana, in county 57 years; Daniel A. Saltsman, age 62, born Ohio, in county 36 years; Douglas J. Puckett, age 66, born Missouri, in county 40 years; Charles Clay, age> 65, born Missouri, in county 65 years; Mrs. Louisa Cates, age 68, born North Carolina, in county 46 years; Mrs. Nancy Phillips, age 67. born Tennessee, in county 60 years.

Mrs. Elizabeth Clonts, age 67, born East Tennessee; in county 49 years; Mrs. J. W. King, age 63, born South Carolina, in county 22 years; Mrs. Julia Puckett, age 64, born Missouri, in County 64 years; Mrs. Johanna M. Stevens, age 73, born South Carolina, in county 37 years; Mrs. Mary Clay age 62, born Virginia, in county 47 years;

Mrs. Penina Isgrig, age 75, born in Virginia, in county 65 years; Mrs. W. H. Young, age 62, born Germany, in county 49 years; Mrs. Catherine Harrison, age 68, born West Virginia, in county 44 years.

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