Who Is the Oldest Resident

Mrs. Salyer [or Sayler] of Emery Claims the Honor.

She Came in 1831—Let Us Hear What Our Older Citizens Have to Say

Who is the oldest resident of Washtenaw county. The Detroit Journal say it is Mrs. Mabel Balridge Sayler [or Salyer], of Emery. There are others to be heard from. The Journal dispatch is:

"Emery, Mich.,Oct. 6.—Mrs. Mabel Balridge Salyer has just celebrated her 88th birthday at her home, where she lives with her son, Judson Sayler. Mrs. Salyer claims to be the oldest resident of Washtenaw county. She was born in Seneca county New York, and came to Michigan in 1831, locating in Northfield township, eight miles northeast of Ann Arbor.

"She spent the first winter in a log house with no windows. A stone fireplace with a hole in the roof sufficed to let out the smoke and let in the light. Here, on the same farm, with its many changes, she has lived for 68 years. She still enjoys a good degree of health."