DEATH AT 118.
Tho clerk of the Limerick Board of Guardians received notification recently of tho death of Mrs. Johanna Leonard, who had attained the extraordinary ago of 118 years. Almost to tho last she retained possession of her faculties, and was ablo to recount some remarkable reminiscences and experiences of her long life. She could recall impressions of the' Irish rebellion of 1793, and (he !>tteninted insurrection of 1820, as well as tho risings of IS-18 and 1867. Airs. Leonard had one son aged ninety-six and another aged eighty. She lived near Cappamore, in County Limerick.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 452, 10 March 1909, Page 8
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