MY COUSIN LEE SENT THIS AND I THOUGHT OTHERS MIGHT WANT TO READ IT TOO: ARBELLA PERKINS-EWING WAS 114 YRS OLD. Mrs. Ewing passed away recently in Dallas, Texas. I don't think any of us will find her in our family tree but I chose to circulate this anyway. If you look at the 1900 Census of Freestone County, Texas, on the first line you will find ARBELLA PERKINS listed as a six-year old female, born in March 1894. That would make her 114 years old. She was certified as the third oldest living person in the world. The second oldest still lives in Indiana and the oldest in Portugal, both are also 114. I wonder if women live longer because they are better at dealing with the aches and pains of aging. "From The Pit Of The Peach State" James "Lee" Weaver mailto:wi4r@comcast.net http://www.home.comcast.net/~wi4r