16 October 1909
MOORE. -- Mrs. Martha Randolph Moore, one of the oldest residents of Arlington and a remarkable woman for her age, died on Monday night of the infirmities of age, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Virginia G. Craig, West Arlington. Mrs. Moore was born July 4, 1815, in Prince William County, Va., and was a daughter of the late Capt. Alexander Howison and the last surviving member of a family of seven children. It was a custom of recent years to celebrate her birthday with a reunion of her family and the residents of Arlington joined annually in calling and tendering congratulations. Every morning she would rise early and spend the entire day reading newspapers. She was one of the few persons now living who witnessed the hanging of John Brown, and had also seen General Lafayette as he passed through Baltimore. She leaves three children.
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