A Centenarian's Long Walk
A reporter's account of a bachelor said to be 104 years old, walking hundreds of miles from North Carolina toward Indiana to find relatives.
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Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 25, 1876 · Page 1
1 min readCINCINNATI.
A reporter of the Cincinnati Commercial has encountered a bachelor from North Carolina one hundred and four years of age. The old gentleman was on his way to seek relatives in Indiana, and gives a most interesting account of himself. About four hundred miles of the journey from North Carolina this lively centenarian accomplished on foot. If all these statements are facts the story is true.
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