Mecklenburg County NcArchives Obituaries.....Gribble, Jake 1889 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Ardrey n/a January 31, 2008, 12:50 am The Daily News 5 Jan 1889 Old Jake Gribble is a memory of the past. He strayed from the county poorhouse last Sunday, and a day or two ago his dead body was found in the woods in Sharon township. Cornoner Cathey held an inquest over the body today, and the jury found that Jake came to his death through exposure. Nobody knows how old Jake was. People who have lived here for forty years say that he was an old man when they first knew him. Jake used to talk about having seen Mars George Washington when he passed through this section, but was always careful to admit that he was a young negro then. Jake must have been 130 years old when he died. He might have been even older than that, but 130 is about as high as we can go on him. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mecklenburg/obits/g/gribble1434gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb