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To: SunkenCiv
Definitely check-out this book if you get the chance. Many more photos of people that are almost as old as he.



The Last Muster: Images of the Revolutionary War Generation
14 posted on 05/30/2014 4:16:00 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: VanDeKoik

Thank you! Now I know what to ask for my birthday!


18 posted on 05/30/2014 4:23:15 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: VanDeKoik

This woman was older and lived longer. She was alive at the time he was photographed...Census records show her living to be over 120 years old at the last time she was recorded, and her birth and death date show over 130 yrs old.....There is a TN heritage book with her info in it on Amazon.com.

Elizabeth Eppinger (b. 1688, d. 1835)
Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Eppinger was born 1688 in Germany, and died 1835 in Lawrence,tenn.(Maury Co.). She married Martin Trantham Jr on 1728 in NC, son of Martin Trantham Sr and Unknown.


22 posted on 05/30/2014 4:27:43 PM PDT by Kackikat
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To: VanDeKoik

Thanks, I’ll look at that in a minute. Years ago there was a book published in France (and in English translation) consisting of photos of Napoleonic War veterans who were still around during the years of Napoleon III’s French republic.


50 posted on 05/30/2014 5:31:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: VanDeKoik

There’s a second volume...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Muster-Volume-Revolution/dp/1606351826


53 posted on 05/30/2014 5:35:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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