A REMARKABLE FAMILY.

A family remarkable for longevity is the Allen family. Mr. and Mrs. Amasa Allen have been married seventy-six years. Mr. Allen is ninety-five Years of age and Mrs. Allen is ninety-one. The ages of their children now living are as follows : Martin, now living in New York, is seventy years old ; Hannah, sixty-seven ; Mary, sixty-four, Joseph, sixty-one ; A. F. 57 ; A. T. 52. The father, Mr. Amasa Allen, is yet quite a sprightly old gentleman. The first fourth of July celebration at Terre Haute was in 1856, and was held in Edmond Genung's grove. The dinner was free and about six hundred persons partook of it. Mr. M. C. Paulwas marshal and a Mr. Reed, or Reid, of Oquawka, delivered the oration.

The old settlers yet living, who had the pleasure of attending that celebration, join in saying that there was never a better one and they love to call it to mind, and they feel young again in talking over the occasion. It is indeed a blessed thing, when age puts its mark upon us, to call to mind the many joyous days we had when we basked in the sunlight of strength and vigorous manhood.

 

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