This was quoted by the Maryland Journal of Towson, April 19, 1879.
Submitted by: Mary
102 Years Old. -- Mrs, Mary Hamil, a widow lady,
boarding with Howard
Amos, near Fallston, is very ill. She is one hundred and two years old."
"Mrs. Hamill came to this country from Ireland when a young girl. Her
maiden name was Hamilton. She and her husband for many years kept a store on
the corner of High and Baltimore streets, Baltimore. She moved to this
county about fifty years ago."
"Her elder brother is now living with his nephew, Wm. K. Hamilton, hale
and hearty at the age of one hundred and three years, [Bel AIr Democrat, 11th
inst.