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The Daily Dispatch: July 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway (search)
A great-grandmother Behaves with "Propriety." --The Springfield Republican says: "Widow Anna Holbrook, of Windsor, is a remarkable woman. She was 85 years old on the 27th ult, and has had 12children 33 grandchildren, and 22 great grandchildren. During her 82d year she pieced and presented a bed quilt to each of her five daughters, none of which was composed of less than 1,000 pieces and some of them contained 3,000. On her last birthday, about 50 of her descendants assembled at t is a remarkable woman. She was 85 years old on the 27th ult, and has had 12children 33 grandchildren, and 22 great grandchildren. During her 82d year she pieced and presented a bed quilt to each of her five daughters, none of which was composed of less than 1,000 pieces and some of them contained 3,000. On her last birthday, about 50 of her descendants assembled at the house of Marshall Miner, in Windsor, and the old lady, who still enjoys good health, presided over them with propriety."