Thank you for putting this on for all to see. My family name is McCormick/MacCormack and I am also a resident of the Newburgh, NY area. Unfortunately I do not believe this to be a relation. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <mccormick-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 2:24 AM Subject: McCormick James , 8/6/1751 to 11/11/1865, Age 114, Newburg, NY > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: McCormick > Classification: obituary > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mccormick/3126/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > DEATH OF OLDEST MAN IN UNITED STATES > > James McCormick, who was without a doubt the oldest man in the United > States, died in Newburg, New York on November 11 at the good old age of > one hundred and fourteen years, three months and five days. He was > remarkable for health and strength as long as longetivity and his life was > an excellent temperance argument. He was born August 16, 1751, in the > county of Cavan, Ireland. His age was accuratly fixed by the fact that in > the Irish Rebellion of 1798, when age becomes important there as they were > here during the recent draft, he was then forty seven years old. In his > youth he was not remarkable for anything except health and strength. He > was a very early riser, often going to his work before day, and coming > home at night very tired, he naturally sought bed early. When a young man > he lifted, on occasion, a stone weighting 700 pounds. He was also quite a > pedestrian in his younger days. On one occasion he walked to Dublin from > a place 52 miles from it, and the nex! > t day he walked back to the place in less thatn 13 hours."If there was a > Fair", said he, "within 80 miles, I would walk to it". He was not married > until he was 45 years old. He was the father of 14 children, five who > died in Ireland and the other nine came over to this country He was among > the last to come over and arrived in this country the latter part of 1846, > and with the exception of 3 years spent out west, he has always lived at > New Windsor. > Some of his habits were curiuous. It was the custom of farmers to take > a pail of water to quench thirst; but once he stated that no matter how > hard he worked, he never experienced thirst like the others did. He drank > little water, or any other fluid, and his meals were so highly salted that > no one but himself could eat it. He was a distiller withoug a license, > but never indulged himslf. He never used tea or coffee until a year before > his death, and milk he particularly disliked, believing it to be > unhealthy. Potatos, corned beef and cabbage formed the preincipal part of > his diet. In his younger years, he disliked tobacco, but at age 65, > started smoking a pipe. His hearing, sense of touch and smell were > remarkably acute. No signs of weakness of the mind could be detected. His > memorywas remarkable to times and places and he was never sick a day in > his life, although at times suffered with a tooth ache. At the time of his > death, he had only 4 teeth left. His eyesight! > started to decline 2 years previous to his death, until he was almost > blind. His hair never turned grey. He was a rebelin the Irish Rebellion > of1798 and was wounded in the left leg. > > Sacramento Bee, 1/10/1866 > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MCCORMICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >