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a record of health. There are 56 names and the average age is 61, and the average
number of years they have lived in Texas, is about twenty-five. This record will convince
any person that Columbus is one of the most healthy locations in Texas; and certainly
the most beautiful.
CAME CAME
NAMES. AGE. TO NAMES. AGE. TO
TEXAS. TEXAS.
Anderson, J. W......
Arnold,.John .......
Binkley, J. N........
Beck, M...........
Breeding, G. W......
Bowers, J. H........
Byer, Beno ........
Burger, T. H........
Coolgrove, U. C.....
Carlton, Jas........
Dunlavy, Alex ......
Daniel, W. B........
Daniel, Enos ........
Dewees, W. B.......
Delaney, S. D.......
Delaney, W. S.......
Daniel, J. R.........
Darden, W. J........
Fritz, C............
Folts, J. C.........
Garner, T. H........
Gloger, A., Sr.......
Garrett, P. M........
Halyard, G. B.......
Harde, Theo ........
Hunt, W. G.........
Jordt, Chas.........
68
53
51
63
56
59
55
53
52
79
58
54
77
78
60
51
51
51
59
54
79
66
71
72
56
63
57
1853
1849
1859
1851
1833
1836
1850
1866
1847
1852
1833
1859
1857
1822
1876
1860
1857
1846
1860
1852
1853
1871
1859
1837
1845
1831
1836
Jones, A..........
Kantzer, F......... .
Kulow, H..........
Kier, T............
McDowell, M.......
Nave, A. J.........
Newkirk, R.........
Obenchain, H. S.....
Prause, A..........
Rosenfield, John ....
Simpson, J. H.......
Sherril, Arthur ......
Stoppel, A.........
Schultz, F. G.......
Towell, Isaac .......
Thomas, C. W.......
Thedin, Chris .......
Trainer, T..........
Tait, C. W.........
Tooke, Dave .......
Toliver, John .......
Townsend, Asa .....
Whitfield, E. P.......
Wallace, J. W. E.....
W irtz, A. S.........
Yancey, Wm.......
Zwiegel, John ......
82
61
58
56
66
51
62
64
66
62
58
67
71
57
65
61
51
64
62
58
69
82
59
80
55
65
58
1851
1868
1846
1867
1859
1852
1866
1859
1854
1848
1852
1835
1852
1836
1867
1840
1852
1866
1844
1846
1838
1841
1846
1830
1854
1851
1847
POPULATION.
Columbus contains a population of from three to four thousand souls.
BUSINESS HOUSES.
There are about thirty dry goods and grocery merchants in Columbus, and
all driving a lively business.
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