A regular feature looking back at what was being printed more than 100 years ago in the former Bucks County Gazette. This week’s entry comes from the May 30, 1913 edition of the newspaper.
Mrs. Margaret Stettler, In Her 98th Year, Died
Margaret Stettler, who was probably Bristol’s oldest resident, died of general senility at the home of her niece Mrs. Joel Sooy, 116 Wood Street, Bristol, last Tuesday morning at three o’clock.
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The deceased, who was in her 98th year, was born in Philadelphia on December 16, 1815. She was daughter of the late Christian and Mary Stillwater Sulger and widow of the late William Stettler.
This remarkable woman lived in every administration of the United States except three – Washington, Adams, and Jefferson.
Mrs. Stettler moved to Bristol with her parents in 1835. The household goods were brought up the river in a shallop. Her father bought the property at the corner of Mill Wood streets now occupied by Jamison Brothers and there conducted a bakery. With the family came William Stettler, who worked in the bakery and finally married the baker’s daughter.
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Up to within the last year, Mrs. Stettler had an active mentality and was a great reader, keeping herself well posted upon current events. The funeral was held yesterday, the services being conducted by the Rev. W. T. Johnston. The interment took place at Trenton, in city a son resides.
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