| Show HUB is the N Y march 18 the oldest white man probably in the united states whose age can be clearly authenticated is eri gray who resides at bury delaware Pe laware the records inthe in the town clerks office at wea ton fairfield county conn attest the fact that mr grey wis born in that town on december and while yet young man removed to this bbate jay goulds father was the first male child bom in the town of mr grey bays he remembers the date of the occurrence occur ence october and he was intimate with the family until past middle age mr greys mother ax is also shown by tha town records of weston lived to be years old A half century of greys life was apont on the gould homestead Kox bury grey was email in stature durin g hia prime but he was winery and nervy mr grey has drank whisky moderately nearly all hig life and ia an inveterate vet erate smoker of tobacco and his weekly allowance is no r furnished b the town of roxbury he is the father of two children hiis wile died a few years ago in the deleware county poor house at the e of 40 mr grey adopted tha course of squatting squat tinK upon unoccupied land and he took au active part in the woods he would select a pleasant location erect a log cabin und live there as ion as he could do so without pa ing rent the ruins of several of these cabins can now be seen mr grey lives in a little hut near hox burg and though failing mentally and physically can eive many reminiscences of olden times the town of roxburg appropriates yearly lor his care ana maintenance jay gould bent grey a christmas present of 50 last year and takes considerable interest in the old mans welfare |
