Source: The Globe, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, September 5, 1860, page 2 at Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers

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A "RESPECTABLE FAMILY."-The family of Caleb and Ellice Benedict, of Fairfield county, Conn., consists of 15 children, 94 grandchildren, and 26 great grandchildren-in all 137 persons, 119 of whom are living. The combined ages of Mrs. Benedict and her 14 children, who are still living, is 797 years.-Mrs. Benedict is 77 years of age, enjoys the best health, is likely to live a number of years, and to see the fifth generation, as her oldest great grandchild is now a girl of 16 years old.