Lived
here 94 years
Mr. Mahlon Culver
Celebrates 94th Birthday in the Enjoyment of Good Health and All His Faculties.
Yesterday Mr. Mahlon Culver,
who lives at the corner of Young and Talbot streets in Simcoe with
his son Ansley, and who was born in what is now the town of Simcoe
on the 13th of September, 1822, celebrated the 94th anniversary of
his birth.
Mr. Culver is still hale and
hearty and would readily pass for a much younger man. He has a
healthy appetite and a full set of sound teeth to gratify it with.
He reads his daily paper with enjoyment, takes a keen interest in
the world's wonderful happenings, and can discuss with intelligence
the tremendous changes that have transpired since he ran about in
the little settlement of Birdtown, almost a century ago.
Mr. Culver's father was
Timothy, third son of Aaron Culver, the hero of the "swap"
made with Sir John Graves Simcoe, by which the mill privilege at
what is now Edgeworth's mill is reported to have come into Culver's
possession for a basket of watermelons. Aaron Culver was a son of
Rev. Jabez Culver, the pioneer preacher of the Long Point
Settlement.
Mr. Mahlon Culver was married
to Miss Lizana Heath of Townsend, and she too enjoyed a long life,
dying only about two years ago. They had a family of three sons and
five daughters. One of the sons, Warren, died recently. The others
are Ansley of Simcoe and Glen of Delhi.
The daughters are Mrs. Baker
of St. Thomas,
Mrs. A. E. Robinson of Saskatchewan,
Mrs. Robinson
and Mrs. Austin of Buffalo, and
Mrs. Franks of Detroit.
