GIST, FEDERAL ANN BONAPARTE - Miss Federal Ann Bonaparte Gist, generally known as Miss Ann Gist, and probably the oldest inhabitant of Carroll county, died Friday afternoon, 8th inst., at the Gist homestead, two miles south of Westminster. According to the ” History of Western Maryland,” she was born August 14th, 1791, and therefore only lacked six days of being 99 years old. She was a daughter of Colonel Joshua Gist, of Revolutionary fame, and a niece of General Mordecia Gist, a distinguished officer of the Maryland line in the Revolutionary army. She was an aunt of the late Mordecai Gist, whose death occurred about a month ago, and of Colonel George W. Gist, of Washington, who was an officer in the Union Army. She had been bed-ridden and helpless for several years – Baltimore American, 8th inst.
Miss Gist was a relative to the Gist family of Baltimore county, who have resided in this county since the war of 1812.
