“that was not much chance as a rule X, average lifespan in 1830 was less than 40”
My grandmother’s grandparents.. born around 1810, both lived into their 80s. Her paternal grandfather would have lived longer but he was hit by a locomotive. He was deaf, walking near the tracks and didn’t hear the locomotive approaching him from behind. His death resulted in a court case that is still cited in Mississippi law.
Mississippi people are just better but I didn’t want to say that.