A FAMILY OF GIANTS
\t Lexington, in Kentucky, a family nitneiJ Morrison has been awarded a prize of £50, it shewing tho greatest height and weight, and being nativo to the State. Joseph Morrison, tbo head of the family, is a tanner, and here is tne recurd they give j — Joscpn Morrison, tne father, was 6ft. 4in. iv his stockings, and -weighed 2101bs. His nife wat> exactly the same height, but weighed 2C6lts. The oldest son, Thomas, stood 6ft, 4in., und weighed 2361b5. ; James, Gft. 6in., and 2161b5, ; Sarah, the oldest girl, wcighoi only 16511 m., but stood 6ft. 7in. in her Blockings ; John, the " big bqy " hf the family, lacked only one inch of tooohmg 7ft., and tipped tho scales »b 3061b5, ; Mary, -called "The Midgol," was 6ft. 2iri. in height, but only weighed 149!bs. ; rilijalv was 6ft. 3in., and 212\bs ; Eli, Gft. 4iu., and 2061bs ; the youngest child, Martha, ooly fourteen years of agr, was 6ft. 3in, in height, and weighed
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2833, 5 March 1897, Page 3
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163A FAMILY OF GIANTS Bruce Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2833, 5 March 1897, Page 3
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