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Name: Tharp, Caleb
Obituary Date: 5 Feb 1904
Volume: 1897-1905	Page: 101	Year: 1904
Date of Birth: 17 Sep 1826	Date of Death: 13 Dec 1903
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Comment: Obit states he was 103, gravestone and civil war military info shows birth date as Sep 17 1826.
Obituary: Caleb Tharp, probably the oldest soldier of the war of the rebellion died in Ripley Township. He was 103 years old and had been blind for many ears. His widow, Rhuann Smith Miller Tharp, who is 101 years old, will ask for his pension.