A Venerable Matron Madame Roussin, of Washington County, Missouri, is 97 years of age, and in good health. She has seen her fourth generation, amounting to three hundred and thirty. She was married in 1775, and, as may readily be supposed, there were but few Americans resident in that State within the remotest period of her recollection. She has been a widow for thirty-nine years. By her marriage, she was the mother of five sons and five daughters

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