Washington County News | 1927-12-22 | Page 8 | Twins Wed Twins; Eight Sets to Twins Follow

Twins Wed Twins; Eight Sets of Twins Follow Arcadia, lud. The story of twin boys who married twin girls in 1S35, was brought to light here recently wheD M. C It.artz of Arcadia and Clayton Murtz of Tipton. Ind.. twin sons born of one of the marriages, celebrated their seventieth birthday. The sequence started when Moses and Isaac Martz married Tabi'.ha and Lavina McCorinick, near Connersville. Ind. The parents of the McCormlck twins were among the first settlers of j Indianapolis, making their home there j February 2fi. lS'.'O, on the day before ' the fourth birthday of the twin girls. In the first generation following these marriagi-s there were twe sets of twins In the families and In the ; second generation six sets of twins ! were born. The four participants In the dou- I ble marriage of twins In lS'Ci all lived j until they had passed the feur score mark, and the last survivor of the four. Tabitha Martz. died In her ninetieth year. j The figure "'21" ran through the history of these four. The Mcfor- I mick twins were born on Kcbruary 27. j and the Martz twins on May 27 The j four were married on November 27 The families were represented at I the time of the death of Tabitha Martz by eight grandchildren fifty three great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. The lecord to date shows 7." great grnndchlldren and 40 groat -great -grandchildren.