Daily Ancestor"In the 52d year of her age"
October 27, 2026 · Newspapers · Past records
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"In the 52d year of her age" means she had finished 51 years and was living her 52nd, so she was 51. That puts her birth between about March 1807 and March 1808. "Consort of G. J. Herndon" means she was his wife, and an apoplectic stroke was a stroke in today's terms.
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