Bladen County NcArchives Obituaries.....Pridgen, William October 14, 1845
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Wilmington Journal; 26 December 1845
Extraordinary Longevity - Died in Bladen county, NC on the 14th of Oct. last, Mr
Wm Pridgen, aged 123 years!! He entered his 124th year in June last. He
volunteered to serve his country in the Continental Army of the Revolution, and
though then exempt by reason of his being over age, he served a full term in
that war, and has received a Pension for many years past. He has lived to follow
all his children to the grave, except one, an aged daughter. His grand children
are aged people, and he has left great grandchildren upwards of 40 years of age,
and great great grand children about 12 years of age. He retained his faculties
till his death, except his sight, which he lost a few years ago. He was able to
walk until a few days before his death, when attacked by fever, of which he died.
Fayetteville Observer

(Note: The 1840 census, only 5 years earlier, lists his age as 112.)

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