Boston Daily Globe
May 23, 1907Oldest Woman in Arlington Passes Away Suddenly of Pneumonia at the Age of 91
Arlington, May 22 - Mrs. Martha K. Drury, the oldest woman in this town, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alexander H. Seaver, 821 Massachusetts ave, from pneumonia.
Mrs. Drury on May 10 celebrated the 91st anniversary of her birth and was then in perfect health and received many friends and neighbors.
Mrs. Drury was born in Templeton, Mass., May 10, 1816. She was the daughter of Calvin Haskell, the inventor of lead pipe. She was one of nine children.
Since the death of her husband in 1860 she has made her home with her daughter Mrs. Seaver, and for 20 years the family lived in Charlestown, and 13 years ago they moved to Arlington where Mr. Seaver was the proprietor of the Arlington News company.
She is survived by two sons and two daughters, William H. Drury, a lawyer in Boston; Hiram Drury, paymaster in the US Navy, now stationed at Newport, RI; Mrs. Alexander H. Seaver and Mrs. Latham, the latter making her home with her sister.
Patent 205764 - Improvement in manufacture of wire
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Calvin Haskell was a drawer of wire.
John G. Haskell was a spinner. He served in the Civil War.