A Somerset centenarian?

William MEAD (or MEADE) was a boatman on the river Parrett and on the canal near Bridgwater in Somerset. He certainly lived a long life and raised a large family, but did he really live to the age of 100? On 19 May 1876 the Western Gazette reported as follows: A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. – …

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