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The World’s Oldest Man

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 10, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 6.

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The World’s Oldest Man

The oldest man in the world is said to be a Russian warrior, born 136 years ago. He has papers which show that his birth was on Sept. 5, 1772, and he enlisted in 1796, was discharged from the army with the rank of Sergeant-Major, and a good pension, in 1857. He was in the Napoleonic wars and the Crimean campaign, and wears twelve medals. His name is Andrei N. Schmidt. For sixty-two years he has been a widower. He has never smoked tobacco, or drunk spirits.