BORN IN 1788
LOUISVILLfc “UNCLE” DEES. VANCOUVER, July 10.. J “Uncle” Johnny Shell, who was prob- >'« ably the oldest man in the 'world,' and who, as records show, was bom in 1788*. has died at the age of 134 years, says a message from Louisville, Kentucky. ,'jj He lived for 100 vears on the. earn* farm. His eldest son, aged 90, /attended .-ai his funeral His youngest aon is 27»’ Shell retained his families complete xah."'S til his death. r ‘
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18612, 21 July 1922, Page 5
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