| Somerset, Pa., Aug. 5-- Somerset County comes to the forefront with another centenarian, heretofore all unknown. Miss Elizabeth Baker died yesterday afternoon at her home within two miles of Somerset, aged 102 years. Miss Baker, even in her latter years, true to the traditional reluctance of her sex, never vaunted her extreme age, but her nearest relatives knew her secret well, and the family records confirm the fact. She was a year older than Levi Shoemaker, the Berlin Centenary, who died recently at the age of 101, and she was, by two years, the senior of Mrs. Mary Magdalene Crise, of Trent, who celebrated her 100th birthday on May 15, last. Miss Baker was a native of Somerset County, but passed most of her life at Mt. Pleasant, with relatives. She returned to Somerset County 18 years ago to live with the family of her nephew, Alexander Casebeer, where she died. Her remains will be taken to Mt. Pleasant for interment. |
