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284 kirby’s wonderful museum.
John Lorkan,—112, of Meelick, near Galway, Ire-
land ; died 1755.
Mrs. Lindsay,—112, of Kirwen-street, Dublin; died
1803.
A
David Lacey,—112, of Limerick, in Ireland; never
lost a tooth. Died 1760.
singular account of
THOMAS LAUGHER,
WHO LIVED TO THE EXTREME OLD AGE OF 112 YEARS.
Thomas Laugher, more commonly known by the name
of Old Tommy, is one of the instances of the good effects
of habitual temperance from early life, on the human con-
stitution ; for to this cause the patriarchal years to which he
lived must in a great degree be ascribed. The exact date
of his birth we are not acquainted with ; but we find that
on the 6th day of January, 1700, (Old Style), he was bap-
tized at the village church of Markley in Worcestershire.
His parents were natives of Shropshire, and were themselves
examples of unusual longevity ; his father having lived to
the age of 97, and his mother died at the advanced age of
108. In the year 1701 his parents removed to London,
where Tommy afterwards resided to the time of his death.
His education he received at Christ Church College, Ox-
ford ; where he remained eleven years and a half, from
which he made a tour on the continent, visiting many parts
of Turkey, &c. and was absent nearly seven years. In the
early part of his life he commenced business in Tower-
street, which appears by his own account to have been a
wholesale wine and liquor-merchant; and if we are to be-
lieve this account, his trade must have been of the first mag-
nitude ; for it relates, that he lost by the bankruptcy of the
house of Neele, Fordyce, and James, no less a sum than
JP 198,000. This great defalcation in his affairs took such
an effect upon him, that upon hearing of his loss, he imme-
diately became blind and speechless; and his skin peeled
John Lorkan,—112, of Meelick, near Galway, Ire-
land ; died 1755.
Mrs. Lindsay,—112, of Kirwen-street, Dublin; died
1803.
A
David Lacey,—112, of Limerick, in Ireland; never
lost a tooth. Died 1760.
singular account of
THOMAS LAUGHER,
WHO LIVED TO THE EXTREME OLD AGE OF 112 YEARS.
Thomas Laugher, more commonly known by the name
of Old Tommy, is one of the instances of the good effects
of habitual temperance from early life, on the human con-
stitution ; for to this cause the patriarchal years to which he
lived must in a great degree be ascribed. The exact date
of his birth we are not acquainted with ; but we find that
on the 6th day of January, 1700, (Old Style), he was bap-
tized at the village church of Markley in Worcestershire.
His parents were natives of Shropshire, and were themselves
examples of unusual longevity ; his father having lived to
the age of 97, and his mother died at the advanced age of
108. In the year 1701 his parents removed to London,
where Tommy afterwards resided to the time of his death.
His education he received at Christ Church College, Ox-
ford ; where he remained eleven years and a half, from
which he made a tour on the continent, visiting many parts
of Turkey, &c. and was absent nearly seven years. In the
early part of his life he commenced business in Tower-
street, which appears by his own account to have been a
wholesale wine and liquor-merchant; and if we are to be-
lieve this account, his trade must have been of the first mag-
nitude ; for it relates, that he lost by the bankruptcy of the
house of Neele, Fordyce, and James, no less a sum than
JP 198,000. This great defalcation in his affairs took such
an effect upon him, that upon hearing of his loss, he imme-
diately became blind and speechless; and his skin peeled