DESCENDANTS IN FOUR GENERATIONS 
Mrs. Mary Erickson of Stahl, Mo., was born in Kentucky in 1821, and is therefore 95 years old. She is 
the eldest of 11 children, the rest of whom died at from 50 to 60 years of age. Her father died at 
She is, therefore, well above the average longevity of her family, 
the age of 56 and her mother at LWP 
a fact which may be due partly to the more remote ancestors, but which she attributes to hard work, 
plain food and regular habits. The photograph (from the Genealogical Record Office, Washington) 
hows her with her eldest son, eldest grandson, eldest great-granddaughter and eldest great-great- 
granddaughter. Fig. 1.) 
