Bentley, Mary 1795 – 1901

BENTLEY, CUMMINS

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:45

Source: Decorah Republican Jan. 24, 1901 P 2 C 2

In Three Centuries.
Mr. H. M. Cummins, of this city, has just received intelligence of the death of his grandmother, one of the few persons who have lived in three centuries. Mary Bentley was born Sept. 22d, 1795, and died at Los Angeles, Cal ., Jan. 11th, 1901. She was a pensioner of the war of 1812, and the daughter of a captain in the Revolutionary war. She was the mother of thirteen children, five of whom are living, the youngest being 69 years old.