. A history of old Kinderhook from aboriginal days to the present time;. Kinderhook Lake. Stuyvesant Falls PHysical Features, Boundaries, Population 27 tions; the origin, course, and beauty of our creek with espe-cial note of its greater falls, and of the awe and terror^occasioned by the breaking up and passing out of the iceat the end of the winter, are all felicitously described. Theclosing paragraph we quote: The good state of health which the people of Kinderhookenjoy, with the many instances of individuals arriving to a greatage evinces that the air is very pure and salubrious. It has nev
. A history of old Kinderhook from aboriginal days to the present time;. Kinderhook Lake. Stuyvesant Falls PHysical Features, Boundaries, Population 27 tions; the origin, course, and beauty of our creek with espe-cial note of its greater falls, and of the awe and terror^occasioned by the breaking up and passing out of the iceat the end of the winter, are all felicitously described. Theclosing paragraph we quote: The good state of health which the people of Kinderhookenjoy, with the many instances of individuals arriving to a greatage evinces that the air is very pure and salubrious. It has neverbeen subject to any generally fatal sickness, and, compared to thepopulation of other towns there are fewer deaths than in anyother settlement in the State. Many die from mere old age freefrom the oppressions of disease. Isaac Vosburgh of this placewas 105 years old when he died. EHza Vosburgh was 93. An-other woman of the same name was 95, with three brothers eachabove 90. Mrs. Pruyn is 84 and quite healthy. A slave of Alens, called Kate, is 100, and a black man of Mr. Vos-b
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