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Milan's Oldest Inhabitant

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Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
October
Year
1903
Copyright
Public Domain
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MILAN'S OLDEST INHABITANT

MRS. SALLY  HACK IS OVER NINETY SEVEN YEARS OLD

Married Over 77 Years Ago- She Has Seven Great Grand Children- Other Milan News

   Milan, Mich., Sept 30.- William H. Whitmarsh came out from Detroit yesterday.

   Rus Greenfield and wife have returned from Ann Arbor.

There were nearly 100 guests who sat down last evening to the dinner at the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. William Whaley. It was given in the Odd Fellow hall.

   O. R. Baldwin is in town on business the Stimpson Scale Co.

   George B. Thompson, of the Tribune staff returned to Detroit this evening after spending two days working with W. B. Redman.

   Charles Schimitt has returned from is fishing trip at Stony Creek. 

 Carrie Easterly and children have moved to Detroit.

  Rev. E. C. Knickerbocker, of Nebraska, is visiting his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. I. Knickerbocker, north of town.

  Walter F. Stimpson, of Detroit, visited Med his parents last evening.

   Mr. and Mrs. George Whaley and children are visiting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. R. Calhoun on Hurd street.

  Geniac Brothers have completed the long stretch of cement walks for Wilson brothers and Albert Ball, of Wabash avenue.

  The board of health have fumigated the houses of Mr. Kelly and Arthur Howe, where the recent cases of diphtheria were, and they are now free to get out.

   Thomas Fulcher, of Scofield, is visiting his son, Milo Fulcher, and daughter, Mrs. William Lee, Jr.

   Mildred Guy is entertaining company from Detroit.

  The Knights of Pythias will manage a moving picture show which will hold forth at Gay's opera house October 13.

  Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stevens have opened up their new boarding house Wabash avenue, near the passenger station.

  The Milan baseball team were defeated at Carleton by Dundee.

  Mrs. Sally Hack, who is better known as "Grandma Hack," was born in Richfield, N. Y., May 10, 1807, in which place she spent her girlhood days, her maiden name being Sally Paine. Mrs. Hack will be 97 years old next May, and is the oldest resident of the Village, and is as spry and hearty as many people at 60, although has failed much during the past year. She married Bethuel Hack on January 5, 1826, when she was 19 years of age and lived in the state of New York until , when she and husband moved to Michigan. Four children were born to them, two of whom died while young, James B. having died at Monroe, Mich., of smallpox while on his way with a regiment in the Civil war, and Emmaline. William Henry, who lives a half mile east of town, and Sarah Adaline Ostrander, who resides at London, about six miles east of town, are still living. Mr and Mrs. Hack lived ona farm one and a half miles east of Milan, where Mr. Hack managed a large farm until he died on April 14, 1872, at the age of 75 years, after which Mrs. Hack removed to Milan village, where she has since resided. Mrs. Hack has lived to enjoy having twelve grandchildren, of whom four have died, and seven great-grandchildren, of which one has died, which is not a common matter of relation. Mrs. Hack has a very remarkable memory for one so old, and she relates some very interesting and exciting experiences of her pioneer days in Michigan. She went this summer to spend a week with her daughter at London, having ridden all the way in a carriage. She also attended the old folks' service held in the Methodist church about a month ago. She is now completely blind, and is getting very deaf.  Nearly everyone in town keeps advised as to her health, and her callers are very numerous.