Thursday, May 6, 2010

Oldest Ohio Residents - 1869

The Marietta Times, May 27, 1869

The Marietta Register publishes the following list of the oldest native born residents in Ohio: 

     Alpha Devol, of Waterford, Washington county, born in Marietta, August 12, 1789.
     William Moody, of Cincinnati, born in Cincinnati, ___, 1790 (?).
     Jeremiah Wilson, of Waterford, Washington county, born in "Fort Frye," Waterford, April 21, 1791.
     Dr. David Oliver, of Butler county, born in "Farmers' Castle," Belpre, May 17, 1791.
     William Pitt Putnam, of Belpre, Washington county, born in "Farmers' Castle," Belpre, April 5, 1792.
     Colonel Enoch S. MacIntosh, of Beverly, Washington county, born in Marietta, May 23, 1793.

The oldest living white native of the present State of Ohio, is Mrs. Evan W. Thomas, of Philadelphia, a widowed lady, and a daughter of General Joshua [sic Josiah] Harmar, U.S.A.  She was born in Fort Harmar, in 1787.

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