How Old Was He?

Located at Beaty Cemetery in Beaty, AR.

Wm Vandever

Born

Sept 3, 1818

Died

Feb 11, 1908

Age

70 y 5 m  8 d

Apparently the stone carver wasn't great at math.  His actual age is 89 yrs 5 ms 8 ds.

Info from Ancestry.com:

1900 United States Federal Census about William Vandever

Name: William Vandever [William Vanderen]

Home in 1900: Starr Hill, Washington, Arkansas [Price, Washington, Arkansas]

Age: 83

Birth Date: Sep 1816

Birthplace: Tennessee

Race: White

Gender: Male

Relationship to head-of-house: Head

Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina

Spouse's Name: Angline Vandever

Marriage Year: 1870

Marital Status: Married

Years Married: 30

Household Members: Name Age

William Vandever 83 (head)

Angline Vandever 73 (wife)