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Show SHE HAD SEEN G. WASHINGTON At Least Old Negress Just Dead at Reputed Age of 109 Years, So Claimed to Her Friends. MINKRAL WKLLS. Tex . Jan. 1. One hundred and twenty- nine years is said to have been the age of "Aunt' llo'cas Harris, a negro woman, who had seen parts of three centuries. The old negress lived until the week of Christmas, and it is said bv reliable people who have known her for years, j that among her reminiscences, none pleased the old darkey more than to relate the assertion that she had knoy.n George Washington and had seen inm nianv times in tier early youth. She was born in 1 777, and was a resident resi-dent of Palo Pinto eouutv. when the nldeft settleis came here .shortly after the Civil war. The old woman was buried here. |