Leander Holdridge
Friends in Norwich Observe His 95th Birthday
Utica Saturday Globe, September 1, 1906
Leander Holdridge
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: For several years it has been the custom for the nearby neighbors and friends of Leander Holdridge to gather at his home in East Norwich for a festal occasion on his birthday. His 95th anniversary fell on Tuesday last and according to their custom some 30 or more friends were present to help celebrate the event. Games were enjoyed and delicious refreshments were served, the house and lawn being used by the guests at their pleasure. The hour was late when the gathering adjourned, all hoping that the venerable gentleman might live to enjoy many more happy returns of the day, and leaving as an evidence of their good wishes a purse of money.
Although one of the oldest, if not the oldest resident, of this vicinity, Mr. Holdridge is far from being the least active. In spite of the late hour at which the birthday party broke up he showed fewer signs of fatigue than some of his younger guests, He can still read a part of the time without the aid of glasses, his hearing is excellent, even for a much younger man, and his memory and mind are clear.
Mr. Holdridge was born in Franklin, Delaware county, but spent many of his active years driving a stage coach over different routes out of Unadilla, Otsego county, to Cooperstown, to Bainbridge and to other points. He came to Chenango county 36 years ago and resided in Guilford before coming to East Norwich. He is living with his second wife, who is about 80 years of age. Of seven children of the first marriage, six are living: Mrs. Emma Lyon, of Cortland, Kan.; Mr. Willard Follett, of King's Settlement; Clark G. Holdridge, Mrs. Belle Elliott, Mrs. Hattie Van Deusen and Horace E. Holdridge, of Norwich. A married daughter, Mrs. Nettie may, died about 20 years ago.
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