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September 19, 2015
Amazingly, we have a photograph of a man who crossed the Delaware with George Washington.
He served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, crossed the Delaware with Washington in December 1776, and fought in several major battles. The Maine Historical Society says that this makes him the earliest-born human being ever to be photographed. - - Looking Back
Posted by gerardvanderleun at September 19, 2015 10:27 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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He looks pretty good for 103.
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at September 19, 2015 10:30 AM
The earliest born person to have his voice recorded was Hungarian statesman Lajos Kossuth, born 1802. Also a very colorful character. Addressed Congress in search of funds for the Hungarian revolution against Austria.
Posted by: Doug at September 19, 2015 1:42 PM
Amazing, though that picture you can reach back 266 years.
And all this time they've been telling us the life expectancy back then was something like 40 years.
Posted by: ghostsniper at September 19, 2015 3:02 PM
Not so fast, Gerard.
Or if the link doesn't work, search for "John Adams Susquehanna County".
John Adams was born in 1745, and died in 1849. If the caption is to be believed, the picture was taken when he was 100 years old.
(How did I know to look for this? He was my great-great-great-great-grandfather.)
Hale Adams
Pikesville, People's still-mostly-Democratic Republic of Maryland
Posted by: Hale Adams at September 19, 2015 6:08 PM
Ghostsniper,
Averages can conceal a lot of things. Back then, if you made out of childhood, you had a decent shot at living out the proverbial "three-score-and ten". The problem was that families lost so many children as children. I think it was Queen Anne of Great Britain (reigned 1701 -1714) who gave birth to 14 children, and NONE of them made it to adulthood.
Oof. *wince*
Hale Adams
Pikesville, People's still-mostly-Democratic Republic of Maryland
Posted by: Hale Adams at September 19, 2015 6:22 PM
Looks like they might have dug him up for the photo.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at September 20, 2015 6:32 AM
Vermont Woodchuck writes:
Looks like they might have dug him up for the photo.
*snork*
*chuckles*
Hale Adams
Pikesville, People's still-mostly-Democratic Republic of Maryland
Posted by: Hale Adams at September 20, 2015 5:28 PM