Hodges, Tenn. -– Probably the oldest person alive in Jefferson County is seriously ill at the residence of B. J. Janeway, at this place. It is Mrs. Rebecca Bright. She will be ninety-four years old the second day of June. She has made several trips to Oregon and has been hale and hearty until her recent illness. She has been married three times and her last husband has been dead seventeen years.

Source: The Knoxville Journal, Monday, July 25, 1892

Transcribed by Robert McGinnis