That was how the Plain Dealer described the death of Abraham Teachout in 1912 at age 95 years, an incredibly long life in that era. Up until the last week of his long life, Teachout was active in the family business that manufactured doors, sashes, and other building construction products. According to the article, residents on Franklin Boulevard remembered often seeing the elderly man traveling to the company's factory in the flats in a carriage driven by "MacHenry," an elderly African-American who was a former slave from Virginia.
Image courtesy of Cleveland State University Library, Special CollectionsDownload Original File
