John Moore died in 1805 aged one hundred and
seven. His father died at one hundred and five and his
grandfather at one hundred and fifteen, making a total of three
hundred and twenty-seven years for the three generations.
Recently, Wynter mentions four sisters,--of one hundred, one
hundred and three, one hundred and five, and one hundred and
seven years respectively. On the register of Bremhill 1696, is
the following remarkable entry: "Buried, September 29th, Edith
Goldie, Grace Young, and Elizabeth Wiltshire, their united ages
making three hundred." As late as 1886 in the district of
Campinos there was a strong active man named Joseph Joachim de
Prado, of good family, who was one hundred and seven years old.
His mother died by accident at one hundred and twelve, and his
maternal grandmother died at one hundred and twenty-two.
Longevity in Active Military Service.--One of the most remarkable
proofs that under fickle fortune, constant danger, and the most
destructive influences the life of man may be long preserved is
exemplified in the case of an old soldier named Mittelstedt, who
died in Prussia in 1792, aged one hundred and twelve. He was born
at Fissalm in June, 1681. He entered the army, served under three
Kings, Frederick I, Frederick William I, and Frederick II, and
did active service in the Seven Years' War, in which his horse
was shot under him and he was taken prisoner by the Russians.
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