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The towns were Wethersfield, Connecticut and Alexis, IL. The dates were May 3, 1791 and August 22, 1893. The name of the one man whose life reached from one to the other was Benjamin Churchill. This is the date which he gave of his birth, claiming also to know the date, and it makes a life of 102 years, 3 months and 10 days. The date given from another source is that he was born 23 May 1793, but whichever is true the man had lived one whole century and therefore was a remarkable man.
Born on the day before Vermont was admitted into the union, he had seen the stars on the flag grow from thirteen to forty-four; the people of the United States from four million to sixty-five million; the western boundary of the country move from the Mississippi river to the faraway islands of Alaska. His one life takes in the hook sickle and the self-binder; the wooden mould board and the steam gang plow. He had lived through the beginning and the development of steam and electric power; the steamboat with all its family; the railroad with its progeny of horse, cable and electric cars; flat, stock, passenger, chair, and Pullman palace have all come into existence with them multitudinous chorus of all their companions of machinery and industry during the one man's lifetime.
Mr. Churchill removed to New York when he was ten years old, and from there went out at his country's call to keep the British off the coasts in 1812. He was in the engagements at Sacket’s Harbor under Gen. Brown and the bloody Lundy's Lane with Gen. Scott.
He was married to Miss Catharine Strater, who was his excellent companion for fifty-three years of his life, and the mother of his fourteen children. They removed to Illinois in 1855 and made their home about five miles west of Galesburg, where remained until the death of his wife. Since then he has been with his children. He was a pleasant man, walking erect and lively in conversation, even after he passed the 100th mile stone. He leaves behind him eight children. His last days were spent in Alexis with his son, Dan Churchill.
The funeral was held in the United Presbyterian church and conducted by the pastor, Rev. Andrew Renwick, assisted by the Presbyterian pastor, Rev. M. R. Baer. The Talbot Post G.A.R. attended the funeral in a body and gave the venerable old soldier of 1812 a true soldier's burial.
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Please add this text from Ben's 1893 obit:
The towns were Wethersfield, Connecticut and Alexis, IL. The dates were May 3, 1791 and August 22, 1893. The name of the one man whose life reached from one to the other was Benjamin Churchill. This is the date which he gave of his birth, claiming also to know the date, and it makes a life of 102 years, 3 months and 10 days. The date given from another source is that he was born 23 May 1793, but whichever is true the man had lived one whole century and therefore was a remarkable man.
Born on the day before Vermont was admitted into the union, he had seen the stars on the flag grow from thirteen to forty-four; the people of the United States from four million to sixty-five million; the western boundary of the country move from the Mississippi river to the faraway islands of Alaska. His one life takes in the hook sickle and the self-binder; the wooden mould board and the steam gang plow. He had lived through the beginning and the development of steam and electric power; the steamboat with all its family; the railroad with its progeny of horse, cable and electric cars; flat, stock, passenger, chair, and Pullman palace have all come into existence with them multitudinous chorus of all their companions of machinery and industry during the one man's lifetime.
Mr. Churchill removed to New York when he was ten years old, and from there went out at his country's call to keep the British off the coasts in 1812. He was in the engagements at Sacket’s Harbor under Gen. Brown and the bloody Lundy's Lane with Gen. Scott.
He was married to Miss Catharine Strater, who was his excellent companion for fifty-three years of his life, and the mother of his fourteen children. They removed to Illinois in 1855 and made their home about five miles west of Galesburg, where remained until the death of his wife. Since then he has been with his children. He was a pleasant man, walking erect and lively in conversation, even after he passed the 100th mile stone. He leaves behind him eight children. His last days were spent in Alexis with his son, Dan Churchill.
The funeral was held in the United Presbyterian church and conducted by the pastor, Rev. Andrew Renwick, assisted by the Presbyterian pastor, Rev. M. R. Baer. The Talbot Post G.A.R. attended the funeral in a body and gave the venerable old soldier of 1812 a true soldier's burial.
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Their suggestion:
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Please add this text from Ben's 1893 obit:
The towns were Wethersfield, Connecticut and Alexis, IL. The dates were May 3, 1791 and August 22, 1893. The name of the one man whose life reached from one to the other was Benjamin Churchill. This is the date which he gave of his birth, claiming also to know the date, and it makes a life of 102 years, 3 months and 10 days. The date given from another source is that he was born 23 May 1793, but whichever is true the man had lived one whole century and therefore was a remarkable man.
Born on the day before Vermont was admitted into the union, he had seen the stars on the flag grow from thirteen to forty-four; the people of the United States from four million to sixty-five million; the western boundary of the country move from the Mississippi river to the faraway islands of Alaska. His one life takes in the hook sickle and the self-binder; the wooden mould board and the steam gang plow. He had lived through the beginning and the development of steam and electric power; the steamboat with all its family; the railroad with its progeny of horse, cable and electric cars; flat, stock, passenger, chair, and Pullman palace have all come into existence with them multitudinous chorus of all their companions of machinery and industry during the one man's lifetime.
Mr. Churchill removed to New York when he was ten years old, and from there went out at his country's call to keep the British off the coasts in 1812. He was in the engagements at Sacket’s Harbor under Gen. Brown and the bloody Lundy's Lane with Gen. Scott.
He was married to Miss Catharine Strater, who was his excellent companion for fifty-three years of his life, and the mother of his fourteen children. They removed to Illinois in 1855 and made their home about five miles west of Galesburg, where remained until the death of his wife. Since then he has been with his children. He was a pleasant man, walking erect and lively in conversation, even after he passed the 100th mile stone. He leaves behind him eight children. His last days were spent in Alexis with his son, Dan Churchill.
The funeral was held in the United Presbyterian church and conducted by the pastor, Rev. Andrew Renwick, assisted by the Presbyterian pastor, Rev. M. R. Baer. The Talbot Post G.A.R. attended the funeral in a body and gave the venerable old soldier of 1812 a true soldier's burial.
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Please add this text from Ben's 1893 obit:
The towns were Wethersfield, Connecticut and Alexis, IL. The dates were May 3, 1791 and August 22, 1893. The name of the one man whose life reached from one to the other was Benjamin Churchill. This is the date which he gave of his birth, claiming also to know the date, and it makes a life of 102 years, 3 months and 10 days. The date given from another source is that he was born 23 May 1793, but whichever is true the man had lived one whole century and therefore was a remarkable man.
Born on the day before Vermont was admitted into the union, he had seen the stars on the flag grow from thirteen to forty-four; the people of the United States from four million to sixty-five million; the western boundary of the country move from the Mississippi river to the faraway islands of Alaska. His one life takes in the hook sickle and the self-binder; the wooden mould board and the steam gang plow. He had lived through the beginning and the development of steam and electric power; the steamboat with all its family; the railroad with its progeny of horse, cable and electric cars; flat, stock, passenger, chair, and Pullman palace have all come into existence with them multitudinous chorus of all their companions of machinery and industry during the one man's lifetime.
Mr. Churchill removed to New York when he was ten years old, and from there went out at his country's call to keep the British off the coasts in 1812. He was in the engagements at Sacket’s Harbor under Gen. Brown and the bloody Lundy's Lane with Gen. Scott.
He was married to Miss Catharine Strater, who was his excellent companion for fifty-three years of his life, and the mother of his fourteen children. They removed to Illinois in 1855 and made their home about five miles west of Galesburg, where remained until the death of his wife. Since then he has been with his children. He was a pleasant man, walking erect and lively in conversation, even after he passed the 100th mile stone. He leaves behind him eight children. His last days were spent in Alexis with his son, Dan Churchill.
The funeral was held in the United Presbyterian church and conducted by the pastor, Rev. Andrew Renwick, assisted by the Presbyterian pastor, Rev. M. R. Baer. The Talbot Post G.A.R. attended the funeral in a body and gave the venerable old soldier of 1812 a true soldier's burial.
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