OCR Text |
Show REMARKABLE CENTENARIAN DEAD. . On Thursday in the graveyard which adjoins . the parish chapel of Middletown were laid to rest amidst general sorrow the remains of Catherine ILughes, late of Foyduif, in the County of Armagh, who, had reached the patriarchial age of 117 year. , Deceased, who belonged to a family remarkable for their longevity, was a spinster and resided on a farm near Middletown, with her nephew, Mr. James Hughes, and was in good circumstances. She had a sister who died a short time ago, who was also a centenarian, and another sister still survives and resides with her family in New York. The old lady, who has just passed away, was, gifted with a splendid memory, which remained in full vigor to the end. She was an interesting and excellent reconteur, and many a night entertained the younger folk with stirring anecdotes of the stormy times of the Irish rebelliorfin 1798, of which she had the clearest and most distinct recollection. |