Show IS YEARS TEAKS OLD there are a few people leopie in tife the united states who have pawed passed the century m mark ark one oce of these theae Is arr bynum of Russell russellville ville franklin Prank llo county alg ala n ho she remembers aliat state when it was but a wilderness wildern esp aoa and who recalls having baying seen martha washington that ia a a time of comparatively an clent history to most moat people toda SLI ad thle fact gives addi add ion ional al attraction to the following related by elder G T a biah young mao man now DOW on ft a mission to the southern state la ilk I 1 ft letter written to the NEWS on chrest was ma day he be sayi I 1 submit to you the following which 11 may be of interest to the readers of your rf i valuable paper which reaches us regularly yesterday I 1 called on jenny bynum an n old colored woman who lives near russellville Bussell Russell ville on the military road that jackson made when taking his troops to nashville she is perhaps one of the oldest persons in the untied united states I 1 found mrs bynum in a little log hut crouching over a slow fire although at this advanced age her mind la Is quite normal she was very happy to know that ministers of the gopel go pel had called on her lor for she is a religious enthusiast st my first question was how old are Y you OU mrs bynum R t dont know for sure sir was her quick reply but I 1 think that I 1 was ninety siniora nine or a hundred before the last war that is almost thirty five years AZO ago so you think you are years vears old do you yes I 1 am about that old 1 I have have heard that you have seen george washington gion well I 1 seen george washington but I 1 remember seeing his wife martha I 1 can plainly remember the revolutionary Revolution ar war ar time I 1 was a large girl at that time i I 1 was living in virginia then on a large plantation near the old home of washington I 1 cannot tell you anything about the war for I 1 was then in slavery I 1 was brought to alabama years ago this was all a wilderness then do you remember general ja jackson P yes yea jacksons war I 1 remember three wars she said have you any children mrs bynum yes yea but they are all dead now here is in my great great grandchild I 1 have experienced all the horrors of slavery my two youngest children were sold before 1 1 I left lei virginia I 1 have had bad three husbands but each time I 1 have been separated by force from them sometimes I 1 wonder why I 1 have been called to suffer such troubles but I 1 guess god knows known I 1 feel that thai my time is short I 1 am expecting my call every day at this point she seemed to tolo lose seher her balance ot of mind and began to shout and sing ing in the true revival way she told her experience in how one got religion she is in truly an interesting and no coed ed person she cannot read but she can quote correctly from the bible and can tell all the bible stories the negroes are a people and jenny Js to not an exception agents ot of the atlanta fair tried tiled to 10 get her to go and exhibit her self elf burshe would not for tear she would lose her 11 hold on eternal rest |