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| | Moses Maynard - Madison County Indiana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | Moses Maynard, the oldest man who ever lived in Madison County and, perhaps, in the state of Indiana, was for many years a resident of Monroe Township, and died at the home of his son, Barnabas Maynard, on the 15th of June, 1874. |
 | | He was a man that always drank more or less, from boyhood to old age, and was a striking example of the theory that some advocate, that good whiskey properly used is a benefit rather than an injury to the human family. |
 | | During his residence in Madison County, it was not an uncommon site to see him galloping along the road toward Alexandria to replenish the family jug, which he always kept about his premises. |
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