From Page 1 of the Sept. 13, 1905 NYT:

Ninety years old, six times married, and the father of forty-four children [emphasis added], is the record of Jacob Kinney, better known as "Major," who applied for an secured a license at the Henrico County Clerk's office this morning to wed one Ann Green, who is also no novice on the matrimonial sea and is sixty years of age.
In recent years the old man has been getting feeble, and has been supported by his sons [emphasis added]. When asked what he meant by getting married he said: "I need a helpmate."