Show LIVED TO THE AGE OF 11 Death of Mrs Ferdinand Reese in In Indiana diana Saw Napoleon 94 Years Ago AgoLa AgoLa La I orte Ind md July SO Mrs Ferdi Ferdinand Ferdinand nand Reese the oldest woman In In Indiana Indiana diana cHana and perhaps In the United States died here today aged years According to documents in her posses possession possession sion sian she was bourne In Poland Po Poland Poland land in 1794 and after marrying and burying two husbands in Poland came cameto cameto cameto to America in 1870 settling at Buffalo N Y where she married Ferdinand Reese Later Mr and Mrs Reese re removed remove removed moved move to La Porte Her husband died two years ago In 1812 when Napoleon and an army of invaded Russia she saw the French emperor On her deathbed she recalled vividly the circumstances of his visit to which he do de devastated She among others escaped by fleeing into the woods She attributed her long life to her simple method of living She had two meals of corn bread and black coffee daily |