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==List of people== |
==List of people== |
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===Ann Pouder=== |
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[[File:Ann Pouder.jpg|thumb|160px|Ann Pouder on her 110th birthday; photograph from June, 1919 [[National Geographic Magazine]]]] |
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Ann Pouder (née Alexander Poudar) ([[London]], [[United Kingdom]] April 8, 1807 – [[Baltimore, Maryland]], [[United States]] July 10, 1917) was one of the first modernly recognized [[British Americans|British American supercentenarians]]. Her age at death was {{age in years and days|1807|4|8|1917|7|10}}.<ref>Robert D. Young, Louis Epstein, L. Stephen Coles. Rejuvenation Research. August 2008, 11(4): 851–852. {{doi|10.1089/rej.2008.0777}}.</ref> When Pouder was twelve years old, her family emigrated to the United States. There she lived the following 98 years of her life in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. She married [[Nepalese Americans|Nepalese American]] Citizen Alexander Poudar, although became a widow very early and had no children. Her extreme longevity claim was certified by [[Alexander Graham Bell]].<ref>[http://www.grg.org/Adams/Tables.htm GRG Official Tables, Notes for Table A.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818043705/http://www.grg.org/Adams/Tables.htm |date=August 18, 2010 }} (This document mentions a report that Ann Pouder's lifespan was validated by Alexander Graham Bell.) Retrieved June 6, 2011.</ref> In her last few months, she was bedridden, [[blindness|blind]], and almost [[deaf]], but her mind remained sharp.<ref>Maurice Ernest, The Longer Life – A Critical Survey of Many Claims to Abnormal Longevity, of various Theories on duration of life and old age, and of divers attempts at rejuvenation, READ BOOKS, 2006, {{ISBN|1-4067-9799-5}}, {{ISBN|978-1-4067-9799-2}}</ref> |
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===Florence Knapp=== |
===Florence Knapp=== |
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Florence Knapp (October 10, 1873 – January 11, 1988) was, for the last two weeks of her life, recognized by the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]] as the oldest person in the world.<ref>{{cite news|title=Florence Knapp, Former Teacher, 114|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/13/obituaries/florence-knapp-former-teacher-114.html|publisher=Nytimes.com|date=13 January 1988}}</ref> |
Florence Knapp (October 10, 1873 – January 11, 1988) was, for the last two weeks of her life, recognized by the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]] as the oldest person in the world.<ref>{{cite news|title=Florence Knapp, Former Teacher, 114|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/13/obituaries/florence-knapp-former-teacher-114.html|publisher=Nytimes.com|date=13 January 1988}}</ref> |
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===Ettie Mae Greene=== |
===Ettie Mae Greene=== |
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Ettie Mae Greene née Thomas (September 8, 1877 – February 26, 1992) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] who was recognized by [[Guinness World Records]] as the 'oldest living American' in 1991 (later, the [[Social Security Administration|SSA]] study would replace her with [[Lucy Hannah]], who was apparently older). She was born in [[Wayside, West Virginia]], and worked as a seamstress and a farmer.<ref name="Ettie Mae Greene">{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html|title=Ettie Mae Greene, Seamstress, 114|date=February 29, 1992|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Greene died of a cold at the Springfield Comprehensive Care Center in [[Springfield, West Virginia]]. At the time of her death at the age of 114 years, 171 days, she had nine children (four of whom she had outlived), 21 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 37 great-great-grandchildren.<ref name="Ettie Mae Greene" /> She still holds the record for being the [[list of the verified oldest people|oldest person]] in the state of [[West Virginia]]. |
Ettie Mae Greene née Thomas (September 8, 1877 – February 26, 1992) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] who was recognized by [[Guinness World Records]] as the 'oldest living American' in 1991 (later, the [[Social Security Administration|SSA]] study would replace her with [[Lucy Hannah]], who was apparently older). She was born in [[Wayside, West Virginia]], and worked as a seamstress and a farmer.<ref name="Ettie Mae Greene">{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html|title=Ettie Mae Greene, Seamstress, 114|date=February 29, 1992|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Greene died of a cold at the Springfield Comprehensive Care Center in [[Springfield, West Virginia]]. At the time of her death at the age of 114 years, 171 days, she had nine children (four of whom she had outlived), 21 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 37 great-great-grandchildren.<ref name="Ettie Mae Greene" /> She still holds the record for being the [[list of the verified oldest people|oldest person]] in the state of [[West Virginia]]. |
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===Wilhelmina Kott=== |
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Wilhelmina Kott née Geringer (March 7, 1880 – September 6, 1994)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/G1870s.htm|title=G1870s|work=Gerontology Research Group|accessdate=November 20, 2013}}</ref> was an American supercentenarian recognized by Guinness World Records as the 'oldest living American' in its 1995 edition,<ref name=Heiner>{{cite book|title=Supercentenarians|last=Maier|first=Heiner|date=May 17, 2010|pages=276–277|accessdate=November 20, 2013|work=Google Books|url=https://books.google.com/?id=0Fjkhcn3oeIC&pg=PA276&dq=3.4+Wilhelmina+Kott:+Aged+115+or+114#v=onepage&q&f=false|isbn=9783642115202}}</ref> following the death of [[Margaret Skeete]]. She was born in Peru, Illinois, as one of 16 children to George and Sophia Geringer. She moved to Chicago in 1881, where she lived almost her entire life. She married Charles Kott in 1899.<ref name=Heiner/> She died on September 6, 1994, aged 114 years 183 days. |
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===Mary Bidwell=== |
===Mary Bidwell=== |
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===Emma Verona Johnston=== |
===Emma Verona Johnston=== |
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Emma Verona Johnston (née Calhoun) (August 6, 1890 – December 1, 2004) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] who was born in [[Indianola, Iowa]] to a large family.<ref name="EJohnston">{{cite news|url = http://articles.latimes.com/2004/dec/03/local/me-johnston3|title = Emma Johnston, 114; Ohioan Was Oldest Living American|first = Claudia|last = Luther|newspaper = [[Los Angeles Times]]|date = December 3, 2004|accessdate = July 30, 2018}} Also available from the website of the [[Gerontology Research Group]] at [http://www.grg.org/EJohnston.htm OBITUARY: “Emma Johnston, 114; Ohioan Was Oldest Living American”]</ref> She graduated from [[Drake University]] in the Class of 1912 and went on to work as a Latin teacher before her marriage to ophthalmologist Harry Johnston;<ref name = FromClass1912 /><ref>{{cite news|title = Centenarian studied at Drake|last = Hoven|first = Valerie|date = Spring 2004|work = Alumni News section of the Drake University publication "Update"|accessdate = July 30, 2018|url = http://ddr.lib.drake.edu/digital/collection/du-vj/id/15/rec/1|publisher = Drake University Digital Collections, [[Drake University]] Library}}</ref><ref name = Honorary>{{cite web|title = Honorary Degree Nomination|last = Willey|first = John|year = 2004|url = http://ddr.lib.drake.edu/digital/collection/du-vj/id/19/rec/3|accessdate = July 30, 2018|publisher = Drake University Digital Collections, [[Drake University]] Library}}</ref> at the time of her death, she was the University's oldest living graduate.<ref name = FromClass1912>{{cite web|url = http://www.lib.drake.edu/heritage/johnston/index.php|title = From the Class of 1912|publisher = Cowles Library at [[Drake University]] (lib.drake.edu)|work = The Drake Heritage Collections}}</ref> At age 98, she moved from [[Iowa]] to [[Ohio]] in order to live with her daughter and son-in-law. She continued to be in good health even after turning 110, still being able to walk up steps, and was also alert and able to engage in conversations.<ref name="GRG" /> She became the "[[list of the verified oldest people|oldest living American]]" when [[#Charlotte Benkner|Charlotte Benkner]] died on May 14, 2004. Shortly afterwards, on the occasion of her 114th birthday, she was presented with a proclamation signed by Drake University President [[David Maxwell (academic)|David Maxwell]].<ref>{{cite news|title = Drake celebrates alumna's 114th birthday|work = On Campus: Drake University's newsletter for Faculty and Staff|date = August 13, 2004|accessdate = July 30, 2018|url = http://ddr.lib.drake.edu/digital/collection/du-vj/id/13/rec/2|publisher = Drake University Digital Collections, [[Drake University]] Library|volume = 57|issue = 6}}</ref> The University's Vice President for Institutional Advancement, John Willey, had nominated her for an honorary degree, arguing that she "has given new dimension to the Drake ideal of a lifelong learner, and in the integrity of her life, she has affirmed Drake's enduring mission of shaping thoughtful people to be citizens engaged with their times."<ref name = Honorary /> Johnston died in [[Worthington, Ohio]] on December 1, 2004,<ref name="EJohnston" /> at age 114 years, 117 days. |
Emma Verona Johnston (née Calhoun) (August 6, 1890 – December 1, 2004) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] who was born in [[Indianola, Iowa]] to a large family.<ref name="EJohnston">{{cite news|url = http://articles.latimes.com/2004/dec/03/local/me-johnston3|title = Emma Johnston, 114; Ohioan Was Oldest Living American|first = Claudia|last = Luther|newspaper = [[Los Angeles Times]]|date = December 3, 2004|accessdate = July 30, 2018}} Also available from the website of the [[Gerontology Research Group]] at [http://www.grg.org/EJohnston.htm OBITUARY: “Emma Johnston, 114; Ohioan Was Oldest Living American”]</ref> She graduated from [[Drake University]] in the Class of 1912 and went on to work as a Latin teacher before her marriage to ophthalmologist Harry Johnston;<ref name = FromClass1912 /><ref>{{cite news|title = Centenarian studied at Drake|last = Hoven|first = Valerie|date = Spring 2004|work = Alumni News section of the Drake University publication "Update"|accessdate = July 30, 2018|url = http://ddr.lib.drake.edu/digital/collection/du-vj/id/15/rec/1|publisher = Drake University Digital Collections, [[Drake University]] Library}}</ref><ref name = Honorary>{{cite web|title = Honorary Degree Nomination|last = Willey|first = John|year = 2004|url = http://ddr.lib.drake.edu/digital/collection/du-vj/id/19/rec/3|accessdate = July 30, 2018|publisher = Drake University Digital Collections, [[Drake University]] Library}}</ref> at the time of her death, she was the University's oldest living graduate.<ref name = FromClass1912>{{cite web|url = http://www.lib.drake.edu/heritage/johnston/index.php|title = From the Class of 1912|publisher = Cowles Library at [[Drake University]] (lib.drake.edu)|work = The Drake Heritage Collections}}</ref> At age 98, she moved from [[Iowa]] to [[Ohio]] in order to live with her daughter and son-in-law. She continued to be in good health even after turning 110, still being able to walk up steps, and was also alert and able to engage in conversations.<ref name="GRG" /> She became the "[[list of the verified oldest people|oldest living American]]" when [[#Charlotte Benkner|Charlotte Benkner]] died on May 14, 2004. Shortly afterwards, on the occasion of her 114th birthday, she was presented with a proclamation signed by Drake University President [[David Maxwell (academic)|David Maxwell]].<ref>{{cite news|title = Drake celebrates alumna's 114th birthday|work = On Campus: Drake University's newsletter for Faculty and Staff|date = August 13, 2004|accessdate = July 30, 2018|url = http://ddr.lib.drake.edu/digital/collection/du-vj/id/13/rec/2|publisher = Drake University Digital Collections, [[Drake University]] Library|volume = 57|issue = 6}}</ref> The University's Vice President for Institutional Advancement, John Willey, had nominated her for an honorary degree, arguing that she "has given new dimension to the Drake ideal of a lifelong learner, and in the integrity of her life, she has affirmed Drake's enduring mission of shaping thoughtful people to be citizens engaged with their times."<ref name = Honorary /> Johnston died in [[Worthington, Ohio]] on December 1, 2004,<ref name="EJohnston" /> at age 114 years, 117 days. |
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===Grace Thaxton=== |
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Grace Thaxton (née Menges) (June 18, 1891 - July 6, 2005) was one of oldest people in the United States until her death on July 6, 2005, age 114 years and 18 days. She became [[Melva Radcliffe|New York state's all-time recordholder]] on May 28, 2005, aged 113 years 344 days, breaking the record set by Mae Harrington in December 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/GThaxton.htm |title=LA Times report at the Gerontology Research Group |publisher=Grg.org |date=2005-07-09 |accessdate=2014-07-13}}</ref> |
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Thaxton almost lived to see her son Robert (July 12, 1915 – 2011) turn 90, six days after her death. Thaxton's mother (1860–1969) lived to 109.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/L/USA.HTM |title=Verified Supercentenarian Cases – USA [Legacy List] |website=grg.org |publisher=[[Gerontology Research Group]] |date=April 28, 2007 |accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref> |
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===Bettie Wilson=== |
===Bettie Wilson=== |
Revision as of 08:23, 25 August 2018
This article includes lists of supercentenarians from the United States (people from the United States who have attained the age of at least 110 years). The Gerontology Research Group (GRG), an organization that tracks supercentenarians and validates longevity claims, has validated claims of over 700 American supercentenarians[1] and as of 14 October 2024, lists seven verified living American supercentenarians, the oldest of whom is Lessie Brown, born September 22, 1904, aged 120 years, 22 days.[2] The oldest person ever from the United States was Sarah Knauss, who died on December 30, 1999, aged 119 years, 97 days.[3][4][5][6]
Living American supercentenarians
Below is a list of supercentenarians who are living in the United States, from oldest to youngest.
No. | Name | Sex | Birth date | Age as of 14 October 2024 | Birthplace | Residence |
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1 | Lessie Brown[2] | F | September 22, 1904 | 120 years, 22 days | Georgia | Ohio |
2 | Maggie Kidd[7] | F | December 8, 1904 | 119 years, 311 days | Georgia | Georgia |
3 | Alelia Murphy[2] | F | July 6, 1905 | 119 years, 100 days | North Carolina | New York |
4 | Hester Ford[2] | F | August 15, 1905 | 119 years, 60 days | South Carolina | North Carolina |
5 | Iris Westman[2] | F | August 28, 1905 | 119 years, 47 days | North Dakota | North Dakota |
6 | Lucille Treccase[2] | F | October 18, 1905 | 118 years, 362 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
7 | Isabel Castaño Restrepo[8] | F | January 11, 1906 | 118 years, 277 days | Colombia | Florida |
8 | Richard Arvin Overton[2] | M | May 11, 1906 | 118 years, 156 days | Texas | Texas |
9 | Mazie Ford[2] | F | June 28, 1906 | 118 years, 108 days | Pennsylvania | Florida |
10 | Minnie Whicker[9][10] | F | July 24, 1906 | 118 years, 82 days | Arkansas | Arkansas |
11 | Helen White[11] | F | September 21, 1906 | 118 years, 23 days | South Carolina | South Carolina |
12 | Louise Schaaf[12] | F | October 16, 1906 | 117 years, 364 days | Germany | Illinois |
13 | Beulah Meloche[13] | F | November 23, 1906 | 117 years, 326 days | New York | New York |
14 | Ellen Goodwill[14] | F | February 2, 1907 | 117 years, 255 days | Kentucky | Michigan |
15 | Icie Clark[15] | F | March 19, 1907 | 117 years, 209 days | West Virginia | Pennsylvania |
16 | Sixta Tulia Aguinaga de Posada[16][17] | F | April 22, 1907 | 117 years, 175 days | Colombia | New York |
17 | Voncile Drye[18][19] | F | April 24, 1907 | 117 years, 173 days | Florida | Florida |
18 | Opal Goode[20][21] | F | June 3, 1907 | 117 years, 133 days | Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
19 | Florence Carroll[22] | F | June 9, 1907 | 117 years, 127 days | New York | Connecticut |
20 | Lona Collins[23] | F | June 18, 1907 | 117 years, 118 days | Oklahoma | Ohio |
21 | Evelyn Kleine[24] | F | July 11, 1907 | 117 years, 95 days | Minnesota | Minnesota |
22 | Hazel Schuth[25] | F | July 29, 1907 | 117 years, 77 days | Illinois | Wisconsin |
23 | Ethel Sinclaire[25] | F | August 14, 1907 | 117 years, 61 days | Georgia | Georgia |
24 | Laura Oblitas[26] | F | August 24, 1907 | 117 years, 51 days | New Jersey | New Jersey |
25 | C. P. Crawford[27] | M | August 25, 1907 | 117 years, 50 days | Mississippi | Illinois |
26 | Elizabeth Marazi[28] | F | August 27, 1907 | 117 years, 48 days | Delaware | Pennsylvania |
27 | Dorothy Keller[29] | F | September 28, 1907 | 117 years, 16 days | Delaware | North Carolina |
28 | Catena Cavallaro[30] | F | October 21, 1907 | 116 years, 359 days | Italy | New York |
29 | Bessie Hendricks[31][32] | F | November 7, 1907 | 116 years, 342 days | Iowa | Iowa |
30 | Hazel Eikermann[33] | F | December 11, 1907 | 116 years, 308 days | Kansas | Colorado |
31 | Katie Logemann[34] | F | December 15, 1907 | 116 years, 304 days | Germany | California |
32 | Irene Dunham[35] | F | December 16, 1907 | 116 years, 303 days | Michigan | Michigan |
33 | Mildred Lewis[36] | F | December 25, 1907 | 116 years, 294 days | Florida | Florida |
34 | Elsada Miriam Duncan[37] | F | January 15, 1908 | 116 years, 273 days | Jamaica | Georgia |
35 | Stella Lennox[38] | F | January 31, 1908 | 116 years, 257 days | North Dakota | Illinois |
36 | Edie Ceccarelli[39] | F | February 5, 1908 | 116 years, 252 days | California | California |
37 | Rena Bagne[40] | F | March 2, 1908 | 116 years, 226 days | Canada | Minnesota |
38 | Willie Mae Hardy[41] | F | March 11, 1908 | 116 years, 217 days | Georgia | Georgia |
39 | Goldie Small[42] | F | April 1, 1908 | 116 years, 196 days | New York | New York |
40 | Mary Johnson[43][44] | F | April 7, 1908 | 116 years, 190 days | Arkansas | Missouri |
41 | Erna Zahn[45] | F | April 14, 1908 | 116 years, 183 days | Wisconsin | Minnesota |
42 | Avicia Thorpe[46] | F | April 16, 1908 | 116 years, 181 days | Virginia | Virginia |
43 | Gertrude Ellison[47] | F | May 16, 1908 | 116 years, 151 days | North Dakota | Washington |
44 | Irene VanBussum[48] | F | May 21, 1908 | 116 years, 146 days | (unknown) | Wisconsin |
45 | Sun Choe[49] | F | May 28, 1908 | 116 years, 139 days | South Korea | New Jersey |
46 | Ruby Staley[50] | F | June 8, 1908 | 116 years, 128 days | Maryland | Maryland |
Living American emigrant supercentenarians
No. | Name | Sex | Birth date | Age as of 14 October 2024 | Birthplace | Country of residence |
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1 | Maria Branyas Morera[51] | F | March 4, 1907 | 117 years, 224 days | California | Spain |
100 oldest American people ever
Below is a list of the longest lived American supercentenarians according to the GRG.[52]
Deceased
Living
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 14 October 2024
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age [†] | Birthplace | Place of death or residence |
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1 | Sarah Knauss[1] | F | September 24, 1880 | December 30, 1999 | 119 years, 97 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
2 | Lucy Hannah[1] | F | July 16, 1875 | March 21, 1993 | 117 years, 248 days | Alabama | Michigan |
3 | Susannah Mushatt Jones[2] | F | July 6, 1899 | May 12, 2016 | 116 years, 311 days | Alabama | New York |
4 | Gertrude Weaver[2] | F | July 4, 1898 | April 6, 2015 | 116 years, 276 days | Arkansas | Arkansas |
5 | Elizabeth Bolden[1] | F | August 15, 1890 | December 11, 2006 | 116 years, 118 days | Tennessee | Tennessee |
6 | Besse Cooper[53] | F | August 26, 1896 | December 4, 2012 | 116 years, 100 days | Tennessee | Georgia |
7 | Jeralean Talley[2] | F | May 23, 1899 | June 17, 2015 | 116 years, 25 days | Georgia | Michigan |
8 | Maggie Barnes[1] | F | March 6, 1882 | January 19, 1998 | 115 years, 319 days | North Carolina | North Carolina |
9 | Dina Manfredini[53] | F | April 4, 1897 | December 17, 2012 | 115 years, 257 days | Italy | Iowa |
10 | Christian Mortensen[1] | M | August 16, 1882 | April 25, 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | Denmark | California |
11 | Edna Parker[54] | F | April 20, 1893 | November 26, 2008 | 115 years, 220 days | Indiana | Indiana |
12 | Margaret Skeete[1] | F | October 27, 1878 | May 7, 1994 | 115 years, 192 days | Texas | Virginia |
13 | Bernice Madigan | F | July 24, 1899 | January 3, 2015 | 115 years, 163 days | Massachusetts | Massachusetts |
14 | Gertrude Baines[55] | F | April 6, 1894 | September 11, 2009 | 115 years, 158 days | Georgia | California |
15 | Bettie Wilson[1] | F | September 13, 1890 | February 13, 2006 | 115 years, 153 days | Mississippi | Mississippi |
16 | Susie Gibson[1] | F | October 31, 1890 | February 16, 2006 | 115 years, 108 days | Mississippi | Alabama |
17 | Augusta Holtz[2] | F | August 3, 1871 | October 21, 1986 | 115 years, 79 days | Prussia[a] | Missouri |
18 | Maude Farris-Luse[1] | F | January 21, 1887 | March 18, 2002 | 115 years, 56 days | Michigan | Michigan |
19 | Antonia Gerena Rivera[2] | F | May 19, 1900 | June 2, 2015 | 115 years, 14 days | Puerto Rico | Florida |
20 | Mary Bidwell[1] | F | May 19, 1881 | April 25, 1996 | 114 years, 342 days | Connecticut | Connecticut |
21 | Mary Josephine Ray[56] | F | May 17, 1895 | March 7, 2010 | 114 years, 294 days | Canada | New Hampshire |
22 | Goldie Steinberg[2] | F | October 30, 1900 | August 16, 2015 | 114 years, 290 days | Moldova[b] | New York |
23 | Delphine Gibson[2] | F | August 17, 1903 | May 9, 2018 | 114 years, 265 days | South Carolina | Pennsylvania |
24 | Neva Morris[56] | F | August 3, 1895 | April 6, 2010 | 114 years, 246 days | Iowa | Iowa |
25 | Blanche Cobb | F | September 8, 1900 | May 1, 2015 | 114 years, 235 days | Georgia | Florida |
26 | Mathew Beard[1] | M | July 9, 1870 | February 16, 1985 | 114 years, 222 days | Virginia | Florida |
27 | Carrie Lazenby[1] | F | February 9, 1882 | September 14, 1996 | 114 years, 218 days | Georgia | Illinois |
28 | Myrtle Dorsey[1] | F | November 22, 1885 | June 25, 2000 | 114 years, 216 days | Ohio | Ohio |
29 | Walter Breuning[57] | M | September 21, 1896 | April 14, 2011 | 114 years, 205 days | Minnesota | Montana |
30 | Eunice Sanborn[57] | F | July 20, 1896 | January 31, 2011 | 114 years, 195 days | Louisiana | Texas |
31 | Grace Clawson[1] | F | November 15, 1887 | May 28, 2002 | 114 years, 194 days | United Kingdom | New York |
32 | Wilhelmina Kott[1] | F | March 7, 1880 | September 6, 1994 | 114 years, 183 days | Illinois | Illinois |
Adelina Domingues[1] | F | February 19, 1888 | August 21, 2002 | 114 years, 183 days | Cape Verde[c] | California | |
34 | Charlotte Benkner[1] | F | November 26, 1889 | May 14, 2004 | 114 years, 180 days | Germany | Ohio |
35 | Ettie Mae Greene[1] | F | September 8, 1877 | February 26, 1992 | 114 years, 171 days | West Virginia | West Virginia |
36 | Dominga Velasco[2] | F | May 12, 1901 | October 11, 2015 | 114 years, 152 days | Mexico | California |
37 | Irene Frank[1] | F | October 1, 1881 | February 28, 1996 | 114 years, 150 days | Texas | Missouri |
38 | Olivia Patricia Thomas[55] | F | June 29, 1895 | November 16, 2009 | 114 years, 140 days | Iowa | New York |
39 | Anna Henderson[2] | F | March 5, 1900 | July 1, 2014 | 114 years, 118 days | Georgia | Pennsylvania |
40 | Emma Verona Johnston[1] | F | August 6, 1890 | December 1, 2004 | 114 years, 117 days | Iowa | Ohio |
Mamie Rearden | F | September 7, 1898 | January 2, 2013 | 114 years, 117 days | South Carolina | Georgia | |
42 | Bettie Chatmon[1] | F | April 30, 1884 | August 16, 1998 | 114 years, 108 days | Louisiana | Texas |
43 | Odie Matthews[1] | F | December 28, 1878 | April 14, 1993 | 114 years, 107 days | Texas | Arizona |
44 | Florence Knapp[1] | F | October 10, 1873 | January 11, 1988 | 114 years, 93 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
Elena Slough[1] | F | July 4, 1889 | October 5, 2003 | 114 years, 93 days | Pennsylvania | New Jersey | |
46 | Mary Anna Boone[1] | F | February 10, 1887 | May 13, 2001 | 114 years, 92 days | Kentucky | Kentucky |
47 | Delma Kollar[53] | F | October 31, 1897 | January 24, 2012 | 114 years, 85 days | Kansas | Oregon |
48 | Ila Jones[2] | F | August 21, 1903 | November 10, 2017 | 114 years, 81 days | Georgia | Georgia |
49 | Maggie Renfro[56] | F | November 14, 1895 | January 22, 2010 | 114 years, 69 days | Louisiana | Louisiana |
50 | Emma Tillman[1] | F | November 22, 1892 | January 28, 2007 | 114 years, 67 days | North Carolina | Connecticut |
Anna Stoehr[2] | F | October 15, 1900 | December 21, 2014 | 114 years, 67 days | Iowa | Minnesota | |
52 | Leila Denmark[53] | F | February 1, 1898 | April 1, 2012 | 114 years, 60 days | Georgia | Georgia |
53 | Adele Dunlap[2] | F | December 12, 1902 | February 5, 2017 | 114 years, 55 days | New Jersey | New Jersey |
54 | Naomi Conner[2] | F | August 30, 1899 | October 18, 2013 | 114 years, 49 days | Texas [58] | Texas |
Ora Holland[2] | F | December 24, 1900 | February 11, 2015 | 114 years, 49 days | Missouri | Oklahoma | |
56 | Grace Thaxton[1] | F | June 18, 1891 | July 6, 2005 | 114 years, 18 days | New York | Kentucky |
57 | Soledad Mexia[2] | F | August 13, 1899 | August 30, 2013 | 114 years, 17 days | Mexico | California |
58 | Minnie Ward[1] | F | November 19, 1885 | December 2, 1999 | 114 years, 13 days | Tennessee | Massachusetts |
59 | Arbella Ewing[54] | F | March 13, 1894 | March 22, 2008 | 114 years, 9 days | Texas | Texas |
60 | Catherine Hagel[54] | F | November 28, 1894 | December 6, 2008 | 114 years, 8 days | Minnesota | Minnesota |
61 | Emma Otis[2] | F | October 22, 1901 | October 25, 2015 | 114 years, 3 days | Washington | Washington |
62 | Fred Hale[1] | M | December 1, 1890 | November 19, 2004 | 113 years, 354 days | Maine | New York |
63 | Miriam Carpelan[59] | F | July 8, 1882 | June 22, 1996 | 113 years, 350 days | United Kingdom | California |
Elsie Thompson[2] | F | April 5, 1899 | March 21, 2013 | 113 years, 350 days | Pennsylvania | Florida | |
65 | Bertha Fry[60] | F | December 1, 1893 | November 14, 2007 | 113 years, 348 days | Indiana | Indiana |
66 | Mae Harrington[1] | F | January 20, 1889 | December 29, 2002 | 113 years, 343 days | New York | New York |
67 | Daisey Bailey[56] | F | March 30, 1896 | March 7, 2010 | 113 years, 342 days | Tennessee | Michigan |
68 | Lessie Brown[2] | F | September 22, 1904 | Living | 120 years, 22 days | Georgia | Living in Ohio |
69 | Agatha Mitchell[1] | F | March 26, 1887 | February 25, 2001 | 113 years, 336 days | Virginia | Virginia |
70 | Goldie Michelson | F | August 8, 1902 | July 8, 2016 | 113 years, 335 days | Ukraine[d] | Massachusetts |
71 | Clara Huhn[1] | F | January 28, 1887 | December 20, 2000 | 113 years, 327 days | Nebraska | California |
72 | Corinne Dixon Taylor[1] | F | April 2, 1893 | February 14, 2007 | 113 years, 318 days | District of Columbia | District of Columbia |
73 | Mary Christian[1] | F | June 12, 1889 | April 20, 2003 | 113 years, 312 days | Massachusetts | California |
74 | Ruth Newman[2] | F | September 23, 1901 | July 29, 2015 | 113 years, 309 days | California | California |
75 | Evelyn Kozak[2] | F | August 14, 1899 | June 11, 2013 | 113 years, 301 days | New York | New York |
76 | Louisiana Hines[2] | F | April 13, 1899 | February 1, 2013 | 113 years, 294 days | Alabama | Michigan |
77 | Mississippi Winn[57] | F | March 31, 1897 | January 14, 2011 | 113 years, 289 days | Louisiana | Louisiana |
78 | Fannie Thomas[1] | F | April 14, 1867 | January 22, 1981 | 113 years, 283 days | Illinois | California |
79 | Opal Thompson[2] | F | January 13, 1901 | October 20, 2014 | 113 years, 280 days | Oklahoma | California |
80 | Johnson Parks[1] | M | October 15, 1884 | July 17, 1998 | 113 years, 275 days | Georgia | Florida |
81 | Mary Parr[1] | F | January 29, 1889 | October 29, 2002 | 113 years, 273 days | Indiana | Florida |
82 | Beatrice Farve[55] | F | April 30, 1895 | January 19, 2009 | 113 years, 264 days | Georgia | Georgia |
83 | Amalia Barone[1] | F | October 6, 1884 | June 26, 1998 | 113 years, 263 days | Italy | Connecticut |
84 | Zora Wriggle[1] | F | February 24, 1880 | November 7, 1993 | 113 years, 256 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
85 | John Ingram McMorran[1] | M | June 19, 1889 | February 24, 2003 | 113 years, 250 days | Michigan | Florida |
86 | Mary McKinney[1] | F | May 30, 1873 | February 2, 1987 | 113 years, 248 days | California | California |
87 | Ella Schuler[57] | F | September 5, 1897 | May 7, 2011 | 113 years, 244 days | Nebraska | Kansas |
88 | Gladys Swetland[1] | F | April 18, 1892 | December 14, 2005 | 113 years, 240 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
89 | Meta Dishman[2] | F | June 1, 1903 | January 20, 2017 | 113 years, 233 days | Virginia | Virginia |
90 | Mary Randall[1] | F | April 1, 1887 | November 12, 2000 | 113 years, 225 days | Arkansas | Texas |
91 | Delina Filkins[1] | F | May 4, 1815 | December 4, 1928 | 113 years, 214 days | New York | New York |
92 | Mary Kelly[61] | F | June 7, 1851 | December 30, 1964 | 113 years, 206 days | Michigan | California |
93 | Nelle Hunt[1] | F | July 28, 1887 | February 8, 2001 | 113 years, 195 days | Missouri | Missouri |
Helen Stetter[60] | F | November 18, 1893 | June 1, 2007 | 113 years, 195 days | Nebraska | Nebraska | |
95 | Carrie Hardrick[1] | F | November 6, 1887 | May 14, 2001 | 113 years, 189 days | Texas | Texas |
96 | Mamie Eva Keith[1] | F | March 22, 1873 | September 20, 1986 | 113 years, 182 days | Illinois | Illinois |
97 | Beryl Kapaun[53] | F | June 4, 1899 | November 7, 2012 | 113 years, 156 days | South Dakota | South Dakota |
98 | Emma Wilson[1] | F | May 12, 1870 | October 13, 1983 | 113 years, 154 days | Missouri | Missouri |
99 | Jane Markle[1] | F | October 10, 1883 | March 12, 1997 | 113 years, 153 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
Helen Wheat[2] | F | September 16, 1902 | February 16, 2016 | 113 years, 153 days | Pennsylvania | Maryland |
American emigrant supercentenarians age 113+
Below is a list of people aged at least 113 who were born in the United States and live or have died in another country.
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age [†] | State of birth | Country of death or residence |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Marie Josephine Gaudette[2] | F | March 25, 1902 | July 13, 2017 | 115 years, 110 days | New Hampshire | Italy |
2 | Merle Barwis[2] | F | December 23, 1900 | November 22, 2014 | 113 years, 334 days | Iowa | Canada |
3 | Cora Hansen[53] | F | March 25, 1899 | April 18, 2012 | 113 years, 24 days | Minnesota | Canada |
Chronological list of the oldest living persons in the United States since 1974
From | To | Name | Sex | Reported age(s) when oldest |
Reported lifespan | State of death |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unidentified | May 18, 1974 | Clarida Roy[1] | F | ? – 110 | October 19, 1863 – May 18, 1974 110 years, 211 days |
Maine |
May 18, 1974 | August 6, 1976 (2 years, 80 days) |
Mary Bittlebrun[1][62] | F | 110 – 112 | March 19, 1864 – August 6, 1976 112 years, 140 days |
Arkansas |
August 6, 1976 | December 2, 1977 (1 year, 118 days) |
Sophia DeMuth[1][63] | F | 110 – 111 | June 30, 1866 – December 2, 1977 111 years, 155 days |
Nebraska |
December 2, 1977 | January 22, 1981 (3 years, 51 days) |
Fannie Thomas[1][64] | F | 110 – 113 | April 14, 1867 – January 22, 1981 113 years, 283 days |
California |
January 22, 1981 | November 13, 1982 (1 year, 295 days) |
Nellie Spencer[1] | F | 111 – 113 | August 24, 1869 – November 13, 1982 113 years, 81 days |
New Jersey |
November 13, 1982 | October 13, 1983 (334 days) |
Emma Wilson[1] | F | 112 – 113 | May 12, 1870 – October 13, 1983 113 years, 154 days |
Missouri |
October 13, 1983 | February 16, 1985 (1 year, 126 days) |
Mathew Beard[1] | M | 113 – 114 | July 9, 1870 – February 16, 1985 114 years, 222 days |
Florida |
February 16, 1985 | October 21, 1986 (1 year, 247 days) |
Augusta Holtz[1] | F | 113 – 115 | August 3, 1871 – October 21, 1986 115 years, 79 days |
Missouri |
October 21, 1986 | February 2, 1987 (104 days) |
Mary McKinney[1] | F | 113 | May 30, 1873 – February 2, 1987 113 years, 248 days |
California |
February 2, 1987 | January 11, 1988 (343 days) |
Florence Knapp[1] | F | 113 – 114 | October 10, 1873 – January 11, 1988 114 years, 93 days |
Pennsylvania |
January 11, 1988 | March 21, 1993 (5 years, 69 days) |
Lucy Hannah[65] | F | 112 – 117 | July 16, 1875 – March 21, 1993 117 years, 248 days |
Michigan |
March 21, 1993 | May 7, 1994 (1 year, 47 days) |
Margaret Skeete[1] | F | 114 – 115 | October 27, 1878 – May 7, 1994 115 years, 192 days |
Virginia |
May 7, 1994 | September 6, 1994 (122 days) |
Wilhelmina Kott[66] | F | 114 | March 7, 1880 – September 6, 1994 114 years, 183 days |
Illinois |
September 6, 1994 | December 30, 1999 (5 years, 115 days) |
Sarah Knauss[1] | F | 113 – 119 | September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999 119 years, 97 days |
Pennsylvania |
December 30, 1999 | June 25, 2000 (178 days) |
Myrtle Dorsey[1] | F | 114 | November 22, 1885 – June 25, 2000 114 years, 216 days |
Ohio |
June 25, 2000 | March 18, 2002 (1 year, 266 days) |
Maude Farris-Luse[1] | F | 113 – 115 | January 21, 1887 – March 18, 2002 115 years, 56 days |
Michigan |
March 18, 2002 | May 28, 2002 (71 days) |
Grace Clawson[1] | F | 114 | November 15, 1887 – May 28, 2002 114 years, 194 days |
Florida |
May 28, 2002 | August 21, 2002 (85 days) |
Adelina Domingues[1] | F | 114 | February 19, 1888 – August 21, 2002 114 years, 183 days |
California |
August 21, 2002 | December 29, 2002 (130 days) |
Mae Harrington[1] | F | 113 | January 20, 1889 – December 29, 2002 113 years, 343 days |
New York |
December 29, 2002 | April 20, 2003 (112 days) |
Mary Christian[67] | F | 113 | June 12, 1889 – April 20, 2003 113 years, 312 days |
California |
April 20, 2003 | October 5, 2003 (168 days) |
Elena Slough[68] | F | 113 – 114 | July 4, 1889 – October 5, 2003 114 years, 93 days |
New Jersey |
October 5, 2003 | May 14, 2004 (222 days) |
Charlotte Benkner[1] | F | 113 – 114 | November 16, 1889 – May 14, 2004 114 years, 180 days |
Ohio |
May 14, 2004 | December 1, 2004 (201 days) |
Emma Verona Johnston[1] | F | 113 – 114 | August 6, 1890 – December 1, 2004 114 years, 117 days |
Ohio |
December 1, 2004 | December 11, 2006 (2 years, 10 days) |
Elizabeth Bolden[1] | F | 114 – 116 | August 15, 1890 – December 11, 2006 116 years, 118 days |
Tennessee |
December 11, 2006 | January 28, 2007 (48 days) |
Emma Tillman[1] | F | 114 | November 22, 1892 – January 28, 2007 114 years, 67 days |
Connecticut |
January 28, 2007 | February 14, 2007 (17 days) |
Corinne Dixon Taylor[1][69] | F | 113 | April 2, 1893 – February 14, 2007 113 years, 318 days |
District of Columbia |
February 14, 2007 | November 26, 2008 (1 year, 286 days) |
Edna Parker[1] | F | 113 – 115 | April 20, 1893 – November 26, 2008 115 years, 220 days |
Indiana |
November 26, 2008 | September 11, 2009 (289 days) |
Gertrude Baines[1] | F | 114 – 115 | April 6, 1894 – September 11, 2009 115 years, 158 days |
California |
September 11, 2009 | March 7, 2010 (177 days) |
Mary Josephine Ray[70] | F | 114 | May 17, 1895 – March 7, 2010 114 years, 294 days |
New Hampshire |
March 7, 2010 | April 6, 2010 (30 days) |
Neva Morris[70][71] | F | 114 | August 3, 1895 – April 6, 2010 114 years, 246 days |
Iowa |
April 6, 2010 | January 31, 2011 (300 days) |
Eunice Sanborn[71] | F | 113 – 114 | July 20, 1896 – January 31, 2011 114 years, 195 days |
Texas |
January 31, 2011 | December 4, 2012 (1 year, 308 days) |
Besse Cooper[72] | F | 114 – 116 | August 26, 1896 – December 4, 2012 116 years, 100 days |
Georgia |
December 4, 2012 | December 17, 2012 (13 days) |
Dina Manfredini[73][74] | F | 115 | April 4, 1897 – December 17, 2012 115 years, 257 days |
Iowa |
December 17, 2012 | April 6, 2015 (2 years, 110 days) |
Gertrude Weaver[74] | F | 114 – 116 | July 4, 1898 – April 6, 2015 116 years, 276 days |
Arkansas |
April 6, 2015 | June 17, 2015 (72 days) |
Jeralean Talley[75] | F | 115 – 116 | May 23, 1899 – June 17, 2015 116 years, 25 days |
Michigan |
June 17, 2015 | May 12, 2016 (330 days) |
Susannah Mushatt Jones[76] | F | 115 – 116 | July 6, 1899 – May 12, 2016 116 years, 311 days |
New York |
May 12, 2016 | July 8, 2016 (57 days) |
Goldie Michelson[77] | F | 113 | August 8, 1902 – July 8, 2016 113 years, 335 days |
Massachusetts |
July 8, 2016 | February 5, 2017 (212 days) |
Adele Dunlap[78] | F | 113 – 114 | December 12, 1902 – February 5, 2017 114 years, 55 days |
New Jersey |
February 5, 2017 | May 9, 2018 (1 year, 93 days) |
Delphine Gibson[2] | F | 113 – 114 | August 17, 1903 – May 9, 2018 114 years, 265 days |
Pennsylvania |
May 9, 2018 | Present (2350 days) |
Lessie Brown | F | 113* | born September 22, 1904 120 years, 22 days |
Living in Ohio |
List of people
Florence Knapp
Florence Knapp (October 10, 1873 – January 11, 1988) was, for the last two weeks of her life, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest person in the world.[79]
Born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, she lived in nearby Montgomery Square much of her life and came from a large and long-lived family, eight of her siblings dying in their 80s and 90s and one sister reaching age 108.
By October 1987, when she was honored by the Pennsylvania legislature, she was recognized by Guinness as the oldest person in the United States, and the death of Anna Eliza Williams on December 27, 1987, meant that Knapp became the oldest verified living person. Her death, aged 114 years 93 days, just 15 days after, meant that she never appeared in a Guinness Book as the oldest living person.
Her death caused some confusion as to who her successor was, with Guinness recognition and press publicity alighting first on Orpha Nusbaum (August 1875 – March 1988), who died before the 1989 edition's deadline, then Birdie May Vogt (August 1876 – July 1989), who appeared in the 1989 edition's main text, then Jeanne Calment, mentioned in the addenda section, and finally in November 1988 on Carrie C. White, whose claim to birth in November 1874 was accepted. However, with recent census research calling White's authentication into question, Calment may very well have been Florence Knapp's actual immediate successor.
Ettie Mae Greene
Ettie Mae Greene née Thomas (September 8, 1877 – February 26, 1992) was an American supercentenarian who was recognized by Guinness World Records as the 'oldest living American' in 1991 (later, the SSA study would replace her with Lucy Hannah, who was apparently older). She was born in Wayside, West Virginia, and worked as a seamstress and a farmer.[80] Greene died of a cold at the Springfield Comprehensive Care Center in Springfield, West Virginia. At the time of her death at the age of 114 years, 171 days, she had nine children (four of whom she had outlived), 21 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 37 great-great-grandchildren.[80] She still holds the record for being the oldest person in the state of West Virginia.
Mary Bidwell
Mary Electa Bidwell née Nobel (May 19, 1881– April 25, 1996)[81] was an American supercentenarian. She died at age 114 years, 342 days on April 25, 1996. She is the oldest person ever to die in Connecticut.[82][83][84]
Her parents were Charles Woodruff Bidwell and Alice Beach Nobel.[83] She was a descendant of John Bidwell, one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Bidwell worked as a teacher in a one-room school house for six years. She married Charles Hubbell Bidwell, a distant cousin, in 1906.[82]
Bidwell lived on her own in North Haven, Connecticut, until she was 110. Bidwell died at the Arden House, a nursing home in Hamden, Connecticut.[81][84]
Maggie Barnes
Maggie Pauline Barnes née Hinnant (March 6, 1882 – January 19, 1998)[85] was an American supercentenarian. She was a resident of Johnston County, North Carolina. Barnes died from complications following a minor foot infection.[86] Barnes, who was born to a slave and married a tenant farmer, was survived by four children; 11 of her children preceded her in death.[86]
Some dispute exists as to her date of birth. Though the 1882 date is written in the family's bible, the 1900 US Census lists her as having been born in 1881, and her marriage license says she was born in 1880.[86] Authenticating to the latest of those dates, Barnes was 115 years, 319 days old when she died.
Barnes is the oldest person ever in U.S. state of North Carolina on record.
Charlotte Benkner
Charlotte Benkner (née Enterlein; November 16, 1889 – May 14, 2004)[87][88][89][90] was an American supercentenarian and the oldest verified living person from Mitoyo Kawate's death in 2003 until sufficient documentation was found to validate the age of Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan of Puerto Rico in March 2004.[87] The subsequent recognition of María Capovilla of Ecuador in December 2005 moved Benkner down to third place at the time of her death.[88][89]
Benkner was born in Leipzig, Germany, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1896. She grew up in Peekskill, New York, where her family ran the Albert Hotel, and as a young woman once met then President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.[90][91] On her 1908 marriage to Karl Benkner, she moved west, living in Pennsylvania and Ohio before retiring to Arizona. Already a supercentenarian and the oldest person in Arizona, Benkner returned to Ohio to live in North Lima.[90] She became the oldest recognized person in the United States when 114-year-old Elena Slough died in October 2003.[68] She lived with her sister Tillie O'Hare (the youngest of the siblings), whom she once cared for when their parents were running the hotel, until Tillie (born February 15, 1904) died, just three weeks shy of becoming a centenarian, on January 25, 2004.[91] Benkner survived her sister by only four months, dying at age 114 years 180 days after she was briefly hospitalized in Youngstown, Ohio, and was buried in Peekskill.[87][88]
Emma Verona Johnston
Emma Verona Johnston (née Calhoun) (August 6, 1890 – December 1, 2004) was an American supercentenarian who was born in Indianola, Iowa to a large family.[92] She graduated from Drake University in the Class of 1912 and went on to work as a Latin teacher before her marriage to ophthalmologist Harry Johnston;[93][94][95] at the time of her death, she was the University's oldest living graduate.[93] At age 98, she moved from Iowa to Ohio in order to live with her daughter and son-in-law. She continued to be in good health even after turning 110, still being able to walk up steps, and was also alert and able to engage in conversations.[2] She became the "oldest living American" when Charlotte Benkner died on May 14, 2004. Shortly afterwards, on the occasion of her 114th birthday, she was presented with a proclamation signed by Drake University President David Maxwell.[96] The University's Vice President for Institutional Advancement, John Willey, had nominated her for an honorary degree, arguing that she "has given new dimension to the Drake ideal of a lifelong learner, and in the integrity of her life, she has affirmed Drake's enduring mission of shaping thoughtful people to be citizens engaged with their times."[95] Johnston died in Worthington, Ohio on December 1, 2004,[92] at age 114 years, 117 days.
Bettie Wilson
Bettie Antry Wilson née Rutherford (September 13, 1890 – February 13, 2006)[97] was thought to be the oldest verified living person in the United States upon the death of 114-year-old Emma Verona Johnston on December 1, 2004 until the subsequent verification of Elizabeth Bolden. Both were born in the rural South—where they lived less than 100 miles apart.
Born of freed slaves, Solomon and Delia Rutherford, she is the oldest resident of the state of Mississippi ever recorded (the previous record was 113 years, 12 days set in 1994). In late April 2005, Wilson moved into a new home funded by donations.
Wilson celebrated her 115th birthday in September 2005, at which time she ranked as the third-oldest living person in the world.
Wilson died at her New Albany home on February 13, 2006, aged 115 years, 153 days. She was survived by her son, five grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, 95 great-great-grandchildren and 38 great-great-great grandchildren.[97]
Thomas Nelson, Sr.
Thomas D. Nelson, Sr. (July 8, 1895 – January 9, 2007) was, at age 111, the oldest living man in the United States and the second-oldest man in the world from December 7, 2006 (the death of Moses Hardy), for one month until his own death, aged 111 years, 185 days.
He had been living in Port Arthur, Texas, since the early 1930s. He opened a candy shop in the mid-1930s, and worked there for more than 60 years.[98][99]
Arbella Ewing
Arbella Ewing (née Perkins) (March 13, 1894 – March 22, 2008)[54][100] was, at the time of her death at age 114, the third-oldest living person in the world behind Edna Parker of United States and Maria de Jesus of Portugal, the second-oldest person in the United States and the oldest living African American.[101]
Ewing, the fourth of 12 children, grew up in Streetman, Texas, and married Frank Ewing in 1915, after which she moved to South Dallas. Her former house is still located in South Dallas today. She had a sister named Annie, who was born in 1904 and was 103 at the time of her death. When she was an adult, she worked in a local bikeshop in Streetman. Her great-grandparents were slaves in Mississippi. After marrying Frank Ewing, they had a daughter, named Claudia, who died in 1970. The Ewing family stated she was a gem in the family according to The Dallas Morning News. She lived in her own home in Dallas until the age of 113, after breaking her hip at her birthday party, she was moved into a personal care home, where she eventually died nine days after having reached the age of 114. The people close to her attributed her longevity to positive thinking.[101][102][103]
George Francis
George Rene Francis (June 6, 1896 – December 27, 2008)[104][105][106] was an American supercentenarian and the joint second-oldest living man in the world, together with Englishman Henry Allingham, also born on June 6, 1896, until Francis's death aged 112 years, 204 days. He was also the oldest living man in the United States, following the death of Antonio Pierro on February 8, 2007. Francis was from New Orleans, Louisiana, but since 1949 lived in Sacramento, California, where a local newspaper published a poem that Francis enjoyed reciting to friends and the public throughout his life.[107] He credited his longevity to nature, and enjoyed a rich diet of pork, eggs, milk and lard. He gave up smoking cigars at the age of 75.[108]
Francis attempted to join the army in World War I but was rejected for service in 1918 as being too short and small (he weighed only about 100 pounds (45.35 kg)). Despite this, he later was a boxer before becoming a barber and then a chauffeur.[104] Francis claimed to have met Louis Armstrong and Booker T. Washington and to have seen Babe Ruth hit a home run. His wife died in 1964.
Shelby Harris
Shelby Harris (March 31, 1901 – July 25, 2012),[109] an African American, was the oldest verified man in the United States (since the death of Walter Breuning on April 14, 2011), the third-oldest man in the world and Illinois's oldest living person at the time of his death.[109][110][111]
A native of Ayrshire, Indiana, Harris worked in coal mines and a foundry. At 41 he joined the Army for World War II, but a broken ankle ended his training. A deacon of his church until he was 102, Harris entered a Rock Island nursing home at 105. At his death he was a great-great-great-grandfather, his youngest grandson was 57 years old.[112] Harris died on July 25, 2012, aged 111 years, 116 days.[109]
Notes
- ^ Holtz was born in the Province of Posen, which was a part of the German Empire at the time of her birth. Today, this area is a part of Poland.
- ^ Steinberg was born in Kishinev, which had then been a part of the Russian Empire; it is now located in Moldova
- ^ Domingues was born in Cape Verde, which was at that time a Portuguese colony. Now it is an independent country.
- ^ Michelson was born in a part of Ukraine, which was then part of the Russian Empire.
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