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Show WOMAN 182 YEARS OLD IN CALIFORNIA Ilcnldsburg. Cal., Jan. 30 A cake of her own baking with 102 lighted candles, each caudle smbollzing a year of her eventful life, held tho place of honor on the tablo today when "Grandma" Electa Konnody gave a birthday party In her homo here. Mrs. Kennedy was born at Derby, Vermont, In 1S10. The Mexican war found her in that republic where her husband had established a cotton mill. In their flight of 1.400 mllPs, filled with exciting escapes from Mexicans and Indians. Mrs. Kennedy rode astride a mule. The gold rush of '49 brought the couple to California (Mrs. Kennedy was ono of the first women to register when the now suffrage suf-frage law carried In this state. She attributes her long life to simple living. liv-ing. co |