Mr. John Bostwick - Not a Death in Forty-Two Years

Mr. John Bostwick, of Peeksville, one of the cleverest and best citizens in Henry county, was in the city last week and in conversation with friends made the statement that he had been married 42 years. He has 7 children and 24 grand children. All of his children except the youngest having married, and yet, in all this time, nearly half a century, there has not been a single death in his family.

This certainly is a very remarkable family history, one that cannot be duplicated, perhaps, in the state.

Mrs. And Mrs. Bostwick have the best wishes of The Argus for many more years of happiness under the smiles of a kind Providence.

Jackson Argus - Butts County
November 12, 1897

 

Submitted by Don Bankston