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- [S527] Utica Weekly Herald, Tuesday, March 4, 1872, page 4, col. 3 (Reliability: 3), 18 Jun 2007.
Utica Weekly Herald
Tuesday, March 12 1872
Jefferson County
Mr. Robert Sixbury. a veteran trapper and
woodsman, of Leray, was 108 years old on the
7th. He has camped out more nights in the
North Woods, and killed more deer than any
other man in the State, and to-day his sight is
as clear and aim as sure as any man of half
his age. He has a brother 102 years old.
- [S1422] Utica Daily Observer, New York. Utica., "Central New York: Jefferson County," March 9, 1872, col. 5; digital images, \i Old Fulton Post Cards\i0 (Reliability: 3), 23 Jun 2016.
Mr. Robert Sixbury, of the town of Leray, is 108 years old. The old boy has camped out more nights in the North Woods it is stated and killed more deer than any other man in the state, but his sight now is as clear and aim as sure as any man of half his age. He was born in Herkimer County. Another chip off the same block, a young man of 102 years, visited his big brother Robert some three or four years since.
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