Well, it happened again. The item below, sent on December 27, includes two
typos. Thankfully, Chuck Carey brought them to my attention and Joyce
Shepherd, library director at the Lawrence County Historical Society, kindly
looked up the original for me. Job's correct age at the time of his death
was 95 and he was born in 1759. Please excuse the inconvenience.
Randi
When you have a chance, could you double-check this article? The chronology
doesn't add up. How could he have died in 1854, if he was BORN in 1859? And
how could he have been at the "advanced age" of NINE years old ???
confused old Lawrence county webmaster Chuck
At 01:10 PM 12/27/2015, you wrote:
Bedford (IN) White River Standard, June 8, 1854, p. 3.
Job Ward, a citizen of Indian Creek Township in this county, died on
the 31st ult. At the advanced age of 9 years. Being born in 1859, he
was a man grown [during] the old revolution. We suppose there is not
an older man or woman in the county.