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Revision as of 21:15, 9 November 2012
This is a list of supercentenarians from the United States. According to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), there have been over 500 verified American supercentenarians (people from the United States who have attained the age of 110 or more).[1] As of December 14, 2024, the GRG lists 21 verified living supercentenarians.[2] The GRG lists people as living supercentenarians if their age has been "validated" and they have been confirmed to be alive within the past year.[2] In addition, 9 American cases are considered "pending" and 27 "unverified."[citation needed] The oldest living verified supercentenarian from the United States is Besse Cooper, age 128 years, 110 days.[2] Mrs. Cooper also currently holds the title of the World's oldest living person.[2] The oldest person ever from the United States was Sarah Knauss, who died on December 30, 1999, at age 119 years 97 days.[3][4][5][6]
Living American supercentenarians
Below is a list of the oldest living people from the United States. Those entries color-coded as verified have been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). Those color-coded as pending are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution.[citation needed] Those color-coded as unverified have submitted no documents to support the claimed age. All but three verified, pending, and unverified supercentenarians listed below are women.
Verified Pending Unverified
Rank | Name | Sex | Race | Reported birth date | Reported age as of December 14, 2024 | Place of birth | Place of residence |
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1 | Besse Cooper[2] | F | W | August 26, 1896 | 128 years, 110 days | Tennessee | Georgia |
2 | Dina Manfredini[2] | F | W | April 4, 1897 | 127 years, 254 days | Italy | Iowa |
3 | Mamie Rearden[2] | F | B | September 7, 1898 | 126 years, 98 days | South Carolina | South Carolina |
4 | Elsie Thompson[2] | F | W | April 5, 1899 | 125 years, 253 days | Pennsylvania | Florida |
Louisiana Hines[7] | F | B | April 13, 1899 | 125 years, 245 days | Alabama | Michigan | |
5 | Jeralean Talley[2] | F | B | May 23, 1899 | 125 years, 205 days | Georgia | Michigan |
6 | Susannah Jones[2] | F | B | July 6, 1899 | 125 years, 161 days | Alabama | New York |
7 | Bernice Madigan[2] | F | W | July 24, 1899 | 125 years, 143 days | Massachusetts | Massachusetts |
8 | Soledad Mexia[2] | F | H | August 13, 1899 | 125 years, 123 days | Mexico | California |
9 | Evelyn Kozak[2] | F | W | August 14, 1899 | 125 years, 122 days | New York | New York |
Naomi Conner[7] | F | B | August 30, 1899 | 125 years, 106 days | Texas | Texas | |
10 | Nettie Whittington[2] | F | B | October 31, 1899 | 125 years, 44 days | Mississippi | Mississippi |
11 | Anna Henderson[2] | F | B | March 5, 1900 | 124 years, 284 days | Georgia | Pennsylvania |
Howard Hall[8] | M | B | May 10, 1900 | 124 years, 218 days | Texas | Texas | |
12 | Amelia England[2] | F | W | May 15, 1900 | 124 years, 213 days | United Kingdom | Massachusetts |
13 | Antonia Gerena Rivera[2] | F | H | May 19, 1900 | 124 years, 209 days | Puerto Rico | Florida |
Mary Phelps[7] | F | W | August 5, 1900 | 124 years, 131 days | Pennsylvania | Ohio | |
Blanch Cobb | F | B | September 8, 1900 | 124 years, 97 days | Georgia | Florida | |
14 | Anna Stoehr[2] | F | W | October 15, 1900 | 124 years, 60 days | Iowa | Minnesota |
Mary Will[7] | F | W | October 15, 1900 | 124 years, 60 days | North Carolina | North Carolina | |
Ora Holland | F | W | December 24, 1900 | 123 years, 356 days | Missouri | Oklahoma | |
15 | Opal Thompson[2] | F | W | January 13, 1901 | 123 years, 336 days | Oklahoma | California |
16 | Marietta Capizzi[2] | F | W | January 30, 1901 | 123 years, 319 days | Italy | New York |
17 | Mable Ragan[2] | F | W | February 1, 1901 | 123 years, 317 days | Nebraska | Nebraska |
Mayetta Miller | F | B | April 15, 1901 | 123 years, 243 days | Arkansas | Illinois | |
Mollie Wood | F | W | April 26, 1901 | 123 years, 232 days | Virginia | Virginia | |
Dominga Velasco[7] | F | W | May 12, 1901 | 123 years, 216 days | Mexico | California | |
Edna Bowman[7] | F | W | June 3, 1901 | 123 years, 194 days | Maine | North Carolina | |
Marion Sawyer | F | W | July 5, 1901 | 123 years, 162 days | United Kingdom | Virginia | |
Hallie Mae Barnes | F | B | July 10, 1901 | 123 years, 157 days | Kentucky | Kentucky | |
Ruby Clawson[7] | F | W | July 15, 1901 | 123 years, 152 days | Arkansas | California | |
Amanda McClenahan | F | W | August 6, 1901 | 123 years, 130 days | ? | Illinois | |
18 | Viola Knack[2] | F | W | August 18, 1901 | 123 years, 118 days | Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
Beulah Christie[7] | F | W | August 25, 1901 | 123 years, 111 days | Michigan | Florida | |
19 | James McCoubrey[2] | M | W | September 13, 1901 | 123 years, 92 days | Canada | California |
Ruth Newman[7] | F | W | September 23, 1901 | 123 years, 82 days | California | California | |
Emma Otis | F | W | October 22, 1901 | 123 years, 53 days | Washington | Washington | |
Sue Lee Sanders | F | W | January 9, 1902 | 122 years, 340 days | Georgia | South Carolina | |
Catherine Reed | F | W | January 10, 1902 | 122 years, 339 days | Kansas | Washington | |
Ardlean Butler | F | W | January 18, 1902 | 122 years, 331 days | Texas | California | |
Evie Wooten | F | W | January 19, 1902 | 122 years, 330 days | Texas | Texas | |
20 | Carl Berner[2] | M | W | January 27, 1902 | 122 years, 322 days | Germany | New York |
Florence Canonic[9] | F | W | February 8, 1902 | 122 years, 310 days | Utah | California | |
21 | Effie Mae Caffee[2] | F | W | February 11, 1902 | 122 years, 307 days | Oklahoma | Texas |
Mandie Kenan[10] | F | B | March 13, 1902 | 122 years, 276 days | ? | North Carolina | |
Belle Garfinkel | F | W | April 26, 1902 | 122 years, 232 days | ? | Wisconsin | |
Birtie Ross | F | B | May 30, 1902 | 122 years, 198 days | Arkansas | Arkansas | |
Gladys Anderson | F | B | June 28, 1902 | 122 years, 169 days | Mississippi | Michigan | |
Alda Collins | F | W | July 26, 1902 | 122 years, 141 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | |
Goldie Michelson | F | W | August 8, 1902 | 122 years, 128 days | Russia[a] | Massachusetts | |
Corine Walter | F | B | September 5, 1902 | 122 years, 100 days | Georgia | Georgia | |
Ada Irene Cooper | F | W | September 6, 1902 | 122 years, 99 days | Missouri | Missouri | |
Eunice Green | F | B | September 8, 1902 | 122 years, 97 days | ? | North Carolina | |
Helene Byrne | F | W | September 12, 1902 | 122 years, 93 days | Idaho | Idaho | |
Eula Cousins | F | B | September 14, 1902 | 122 years, 91 days | North Carolina | Pennsylvania | |
Helen Wheat | F | W | September 16, 1902 | 122 years, 89 days | Pennsylvania | Maryland | |
Carrie Bell Rogers | F | B | September 29, 1902 | 122 years, 76 days | South Carolina | North Carolina |
a^ Michelson was born in the then Russia Empire; it is now Russia.
American emigrant supercentenarians
Rank | Name | Sex | Race | Birth date | Reported age as of December 14, 2024 | State of birth | Country of residence |
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1 | Merle Barwis[2] | F | W | December 23, 1900 | 123 years, 357 days | Iowa | Canada |
Maria Josephine Gaudette[7] | F | W | March 25, 1902 | 122 years, 264 days | New Hampshire | Italy |
American supercentenarians over 112-years-old
There have been 201 verified supercentenarians from the United States that have reached the age of 112 or more. Those entries listed as "verified" have been validated by the GRG. Those indicated as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not, the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those shown as 'disputed' are not backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG. As of December 14, 2024, of the 30[11] verified living supercentenarians who have reached the age of 112+ in the world, 14 are residing in the United States.
Deceased (verified) Living (verified) Pending
Rank | Name | Sex | Race | Reported birth date | Reported death date | Reported age | Place of birth | Place of death |
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1 | Sarah Knauss[1] | F | W | September 24, 1880 | December 30, 1999 | 119 years, 97 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
2 | Lucy Hannah[1] | F | B | July 16, 1875 | March 21, 1993 | 117 years, 248 days | Alabama | Michigan |
3 | Elizabeth Bolden[1] | F | B | August 15, 1890 | December 11, 2006 | 116 years, 118 days | Tennessee | Tennessee |
4 | Besse Cooper[2] | F | W | August 26, 1896 | Living | 128 years, 110 days | Tennessee | Living in Georgia |
5 | Maggie Barnes[1] | F | B | March 6, 1882 | January 19, 1998 | 115 years, 319 days | North Carolina | North Carolina |
6 | Christian Mortensen[1] | M | W | August 16, 1882 | April 25, 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | Denmark | California |
7 | Edna Parker[12] | F | W | April 20, 1893 | November 26, 2008 | 115 years, 220 days | Indiana | Indiana |
8 | Dina Manfredini[2] | F | W | April 4, 1897 | Living | 127 years, 254 days | Italy | Living in Iowa |
9 | Margaret Skeete[1] | F | W | October 27, 1878 | May 7, 1994 | 115 years, 192 days | Texas | Virginia |
10 | Gertrude Baines[13] | F | B | April 6, 1894 | September 11, 2009 | 115 years, 158 days | Georgia | California |
11 | Bettie Wilson[1] | F | B | September 13, 1890 | February 13, 2006 | 115 years, 153 days | Mississippi | Mississippi |
12 | Susie Gibson[1] | F | W | October 31, 1890 | February 16, 2006 | 115 years, 108 days | Mississippi | Alabama |
13 | Augusta Holtz[7] | F | W | August 3, 1871 | October 21, 1986 | 115 years, 79 days | Poland[a] | Missouri |
14 | Maude Farris-Luse[1] | F | W | January 21, 1887 | March 18, 2002 | 115 years, 56 days | Michigan | Michigan |
15 | Mary Bidwell[1] | F | W | May 19, 1881 | April 25, 1996 | 114 years, 342 days | Connecticut | Connecticut |
16 | Mary Josephine Ray[14] | F | W | May 17, 1895 | March 7, 2010 | 114 years, 294 days | Canada | New Hampshire |
17 | Neva Morris[14] | F | W | August 3, 1895 | April 6, 2010 | 114 years, 246 days | Iowa | Iowa |
18 | Carrie Lazenby[1] | F | B | February 9, 1882 | September 14, 1996 | 114 years, 218 days | Georgia | Illinois |
19 | Myrtle Dorsey[1] | F | W | November 22, 1885 | June 25, 2000 | 114 years, 216 days | Ohio | Ohio |
20 | Walter Breuning[15] | M | W | September 21, 1896 | April 14, 2011 | 114 years, 205 days | Minnesota | Montana |
21 | Eunice Sanborn[15] | F | W | July 20, 1896 | January 31, 2011 | 114 years, 195 days | Louisiana | Texas |
22 | Grace Clawson[1] | F | W | November 15, 1887 | May 28, 2002 | 114 years, 194 days | United Kingdom | New York |
23 | Adelina Domingues[1] | F | W | February 19, 1888 | August 21, 2002 | 114 years, 183 days | Cape Verde | California |
Wilhelmina Kott[1] | F | W | March 7, 1880 | September 6, 1994 | 114 years, 183 days | Illinois | Illinois | |
25 | Charlotte Benkner[1] | F | W | November 26, 1889 | May 14, 2004 | 114 years, 180 days | Germany | Ohio |
26 | Ettie Mae Greene[1] | F | W | September 8, 1877 | February 26, 1992 | 114 years, 171 days | West Virginia | West Virginia |
27 | Irene Frank[1] | F | W | October 1, 1881 | February 28, 1996 | 114 years, 150 days | Texas | Missouri |
28 | Olivia Patricia Thomas[13] | F | W | June 29, 1895 | November 16, 2009 | 114 years, 140 days | Iowa | New York |
29 | Emma Verona Johnston[1] | F | W | August 6, 1890 | December 1, 2004 | 114 years, 117 days | Iowa | Ohio |
30 | Bettie Chatmon[1] | F | B | April 30, 1884 | August 16, 1998 | 114 years, 108 days | Louisiana | Texas |
31 | Odie Matthews[1] | F | W | December 28, 1878 | April 14, 1993 | 114 years, 107 days | Texas | Arizona |
32 | Florence Knapp[1] | F | W | October 10, 1873 | January 11, 1988 | 114 years, 93 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
Elena Slough[1] | F | W | July 4, 1889 | October 5, 2003 | 114 years, 93 days | Pennsylvania | New Jersey | |
34 | Mary Anna Boone[1] | F | W | February 10, 1887 | May 13, 2001 | 114 years, 92 days | Kentucky | Kentucky |
35 | Delma Kollar[2] | F | W | October 31, 1897 | January 24, 2012 | 114 years, 85 days | Kansas | Oregon |
36 | Maggie Renfro[14] | F | B | November 14, 1895 | January 22, 2010 | 114 years, 69 days | Louisiana | Louisiana |
37 | Emma Tillman[1] | F | B | November 22, 1892 | January 28, 2007 | 114 years, 67 days | North Carolina | Connecticut |
38 | Mamie Rearden[2] | F | B | September 7, 1898 | Living | 126 years, 98 days | South Carolina | Living in South Carolina |
39 | Leila Denmark | F | W | February 1, 1898 | April 1, 2012 | 114 years, 60 days | Georgia | Georgia |
40 | Grace Thaxton[1] | F | W | June 18, 1891 | July 6, 2005 | 114 years, 18 days | New York | Kentucky |
41 | Minnie Ward[1] | F | B | November 19, 1885 | December 2, 1999 | 114 years, 13 days | Tennessee | Massachusetts |
42 | Arbella Ewing[12] | F | B | March 13, 1894 | March 22, 2008 | 114 years, 9 days | Texas | Texas |
43 | Catherine Hagel[12] | F | W | November 28, 1894 | December 6, 2008 | 114 years, 8 days | Minnesota | Minnesota |
44 | Fred Hale[1] | M | W | December 1, 1890 | November 19, 2004 | 113 years, 354 days | Maine | New York |
45 | Miriam Carpelan[16] | F | W | July 8, 1882 | June 22, 1996 | 113 years, 350 days | United Kingdom | California |
46 | Bertha Fry[17] | F | W | December 1, 1893 | November 14, 2007 | 113 years, 348 days | Indiana | Indiana |
47 | Mae Harrington[1] | F | W | January 20, 1889 | December 29, 2002 | 113 years, 343 days | New York | New York |
48 | Daisey Bailey[14] | F | B | March 30, 1896 | March 7, 2010 | 113 years, 342 days | Tennessee | Michigan |
49 | Agatha Mitchell[1] | F | B | March 26, 1887 | February 25, 2001 | 113 years, 336 days | Virginia | Virginia |
50 | Clara Huhn[1] | F | W | January 28, 1887 | December 20, 2000 | 113 years, 327 days | Nebraska | California |
51 | Corinne Dixon Taylor[1] | F | B | April 2, 1893 | February 14, 2007 | 113 years, 318 days | District of Columbia | District of Columbia |
52 | Mary Christian[1] | F | W | June 12, 1889 | April 20, 2003 | 113 years, 312 days | Massachusetts | California |
53 | Mississippi Winn[15] | F | B | March 31, 1897 | January 14, 2011 | 113 years, 289 days | Louisiana | Louisiana |
Ida Williams [7] | F | B | June 10, 1891 | March 25, 2005 | 113 years, 288 days | Louisiana | Louisiana | |
54 | Fannie Thomas[1] | F | W | April 14, 1867 | January 22, 1981 | 113 years, 283 days | Illinois | California |
55 | Johnson Parks[1] | M | B | October 15, 1884 | July 17, 1998 | 113 years, 275 days | Georgia | Florida |
56 | Mary Parr[1] | F | W | January 29, 1889 | October 29, 2002 | 113 years, 273 days | Indiana | Florida |
57 | Beatrice Farve[13] | F | B | April 30, 1895 | January 19, 2009 | 113 years, 264 days | Georgia | Georgia |
58 | Amalia Barone[1] | F | W | October 6, 1884 | June 26, 1998 | 113 years, 263 days | Italy | Connecticut |
59 | Zora Wriggle[1] | F | W | February 24, 1880 | November 7, 1993 | 113 years, 256 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
Rosa Allen[16] | F | B | May 17, 1887 | January 26, 2001 | 113 years, 254 days | Georgia | Georgia | |
60 | John Ingram McMorran[1] | M | W | June 19, 1889 | February 24, 2003 | 113 years, 250 days | Michigan | Florida |
61 | Mary McKinney[1] | F | W | May 30, 1873 | February 2, 1987 | 113 years, 248 days | California | California |
62 | Ella Schuler[15] | F | W | September 5, 1897 | May 7, 2011 | 113 years, 244 days | Nebraska | Kansas |
63 | Gladys Swetland[1] | F | W | April 18, 1892 | December 14, 2005 | 113 years, 240 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
64 | Mary Randall[1] | F | B | April 1, 1887 | November 12, 2000 | 113 years, 225 days | Arkansas | Texas |
65 | Elsie Thompson[2] | F | W | April 5, 1899 | Living | 125 years, 253 days | Pennsylvania | Living in Florida |
66 | Delina Filkins[1] | F | W | May 4, 1815 | December 4, 1928 | 113 years, 214 days | New York | New York |
Louisiana Hines[7] | F | B | April 13, 1899 | Living | 125 years, 245 days | Alabama | Living in Michigan | |
67 | Mary Kelly[18] | F | W | June 7, 1851 | December 30, 1964 | 113 years, 206 days | Michigan | California |
68 | Nelle Hunt[1] | F | W | July 28, 1887 | February 8, 2001 | 113 years, 195 days | Missouri | Missouri |
Helen Stetter[17] | F | W | November 18, 1893 | June 1, 2007 | 113 years, 195 days | Nebraska | Nebraska | |
70 | Carrie Hardrick[1] | F | B | November 6, 1887 | May 14, 2001 | 113 years, 189 days | Texas | Texas |
71 | Mamie Eva Keith[1] | F | W | March 22, 1873 | September 20, 1986 | 113 years, 182 days | Illinois | Illinois |
72 | Jeralean Talley[2] | F | B | May 23, 1899 | Living | 125 years, 205 days | Georgia | Living in Michigan |
73 | Beryl Kapaun[2] | F | W | June 4, 1899 | November 7, 2012 | 113 years, 156 days | South Dakota | South Dakota |
74 | Emma Wilson[1] | F | W | May 12, 1870 | October 13, 1983 | 113 years, 154 days | Missouri | Missouri |
75 | Jane Markle[1] | F | W | October 10, 1883 | March 12, 1997 | 113 years, 153 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
Frances Street[7] | F | B | March 28, 1897 | August 24, 2010 | 113 years, 149 days | South Carolina | North Carolina | |
76 | Frederick Frazier[1] | M | W | January 27, 1880 | June 14, 1993 | 113 years, 138 days | Alabama | Alabama |
77 | Gertrude Croker[1] | F | W | July 12, 1881 | November 26, 1994 | 113 years, 137 days | Iowa | Vermont |
78 | Cleo Craig[1] | F | W | February 12, 1890 | June 28, 2003 | 113 years, 136 days | Illinois | Illinois |
79 | Susannah Jones[2] | F | B | July 6, 1899 | Living | 125 years, 161 days | Alabama | Living in New York |
80 | Frances Johns[1] | F | B | February 3, 1886 | May 24, 1999 | 113 years, 110 days | Arkansas | California |
81 | Bernice Madigan[2] | F | W | July 24, 1899 | Living | 125 years, 143 days | Massachusetts | Living in Massachusetts |
82 | Aurelia Marotta[1] | F | W | June 27, 1890 | October 4, 2003 | 113 years, 99 days | Massachusetts | Massachusetts |
83 | Soledad Mexia[2] | F | H | August 13, 1899 | Living | 125 years, 123 days | Mexico | Living in California |
84 | Evelyn Kozak[2] | F | W | August 14, 1899 | Living | 125 years, 122 days | New York | Living in New York |
85 | Adelheid Kirschbaum[1] | F | W | September 29, 1883 | December 21, 1996 | 113 years, 83 days | Germany | New York |
86 | Nellie Spencer[1] | F | W | August 24, 1869 | November 13, 1982 | 113 years, 81 days | New Hampshire | New Jersey |
87 | Mary Crombie[1] | F | W | July 6, 1890 | September 22, 2003 | 113 years, 78 days | Illinois | Illinois |
88 | Delvina Dahlheimer[16] | F | W | December 31, 1888 | March 13, 2002 | 113 years, 72 days | Minnesota | Minnesota |
Naomi Conner[2] | F | B | August 30, 1899 | Living | 125 years, 106 days | Texas | Living in Texas | |
89 | Leila Backman Shull[17] | F | W | October 16, 1894 | December 22, 2007 | 113 years, 67 days | South Carolina | South Carolina |
90 | Betsy Baker[1] | F | W | August 20, 1842 | October 24, 1955 | 113 years, 65 days | United Kingdom | Nebraska |
91 | Cora Humphrey[1] | F | B | September 4, 1879 | November 1, 1992 | 113 years, 58 days | Illinois | New York |
92 | Hazel Luther[1] | F | W | December 11, 1889 | January 31, 2003 | 113 years, 51 days | Massachusetts | Florida |
93 | Ollie Bay[1] | F | W | November 11, 1872 | December 31 1985? | 113 years, ca. 50 days | Illinois | Illinois |
94 | Walter Richardson[1] | M | W | November 7, 1885 | December 25, 1998 | 113 years, 48 days | Illinois | Illinois |
95 | Hagar Young[15] | F | B | October 11, 1898 | November 25, 2011 | 113 years, 45 days | Alabama | Alabama |
96 | Flossie Eckard[1] | F | W | July 25, 1888 | August 25, 2001 | 113 years, 31 days | Iowa | California |
97 | Ito Konno Kinase[1] | F | O | December 31, 1889 | January 24, 2003 | 113 years, 24 days | Japan | Hawaii |
98 | Daisy Sanders[1] | F | B | November 28, 1881 | December 10, 1994 | 113 years, 12 days | Mississippi | Florida |
99 | Nettie Whittington[2] | F | B | October 31, 1899 | Living | 125 years, 44 days | Mississippi | Living in Mississippi |
100 | Birdie May Vogt[1] | F | W | August 3, 1876 | July 23, 1989 | 112 years, 354 days | Ohio | Florida |
101 | Olive Alleshouse[16] | F | W | June 7, 1882 | May 13, 1995 | 112 years, 340 days | Texas | Illinois |
Elsie Johnson Maney[17] | F | W | March 28, 1894 | March 3, 2007 | 112 years, 340 days | North Carolina | North Carolina | |
103 | Ruby Drakeford[1] | F | W | January 25, 1892 | December 29, 2004 | 112 years, 339 days | North Carolina | North Carolina |
104 | Maggie Murdock[1] | F | B | August 19, 1887 | July 22, 2000 | 112 years, 338 days | North Carolina | North Carolina |
105 | Moses Hardy | M | B | January 6, 1894 | December 7, 2006 | 112 years, 335 days | Mississippi | Mississippi |
106 | Ella Gantt[1] | F | W | November 30, 1888 | October 28, 2001 | 112 years, 332 days | Georgia | Georgia |
Elizabeth Stefan[12] | F | W | May 13, 1895 | April 9, 2008 | 112 years, 332 days | Hungary[b] | Connecticut | |
108 | Grace Jones[1] | F | W | June 4, 1893 | April 24, 2006 | 112 years, 324 days | Virginia | Virginia |
Ruby Kimball[16] | F | W | March 23, 1892 | February 9, 2005 | 112 years, 323 days | Georgia | New York | |
109 | C. Letitia Lawson[13] | F | W | April 10, 1896 | February 22, 2009 | 112 years, 318 days | Iowa | Iowa |
Florence Barnes[16] | F | B | May 11, 1894 | March 5, 2007 | 112 years, 298 days | Tennessee | Tennessee | |
110 | Lillie Neff[1] | F | W | May 9, 1888 | February 27, 2001 | 112 years, 294 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
111 | Irma Schmidt[15] | F | W | October 7, 1898 | July 25, 2011 | 112 years, 291 days | Indiana | Connecticut |
112 | Sadie B. Meyer[1] | F | W | November 7, 1879 | August 7, 1992 | 112 years, 274 days | New Hampshire | New Hampshire |
113 | Yettie Wilson[1] | F | B | August 28, 1892 | May 27, 2005 | 112 years, 272 days | South Carolina | New York |
114 | Florence Homan[1] | F | W | November 18, 1893 | August 13, 2006 | 112 years, 268 days | Ohio | Ohio |
115 | Berna Dupertuis[1] | F | W | September 21, 1888 | June 6, 2001 | 112 years, 258 days | South Dakota | California |
116 | Flossie Page[1] | F | W | June 12, 1893 | February 22, 2006 | 112 years, 255 days | Kansas | Kansas |
117 | Marion Higgins[1] | F | W | June 26, 1893 | March 2, 2006 | 112 years, 249 days | New York | California |
117 | Anna Henderson[2] | F | B | March 5, 1900 | Living | 124 years, 284 days | Georgia | Living in Pennsylvania |
119 | Katherine Jones[1] | F | B | August 30, 1879 | April 27, 1992 | 112 years, 241 days | Kansas | California |
120 | Jennie Houck[1] | F | W | August 30, 1888 | April 24, 2001 | 112 years, 237 days | Texas | Oklahoma |
121 | Bertha Flathers[1] | F | W | March 30, 1885 | November 21, 1997 | 112 years, 236 days | Minnesota | Minnesota |
122 | Luisa Sanchez[1] | F | H/B/I | February 14, 1884 | October 5, 1996 | 112 years, 234 days | New York | New York |
123 | Orpha Nusbaum[1] | F | W | August 13, 1875 | March 30, 1988 | 112 years, 230 days | Indiana | Indiana |
124 | Mary Margaret Smith[1] | F | W | October 7, 1893 | May 23, 2006 | 112 years, 228 days | Pennsylvania | Ohio |
125 | Emelie Weil[2] | F | W | November 20, 1899 | July 2, 2012 | 112 years, 225 days | Kentucky | Indiana |
126 | Lydia Newton[1] | F | W | March 23, 1893 | October 30, 2005 | 112 years, 221 days | Illinois | Arizona |
127 | Anne Christopher[17] | F | W | March 4, 1895 | October 10, 2007 | 112 years, 220 days | South Carolina | Georgia |
128 | Anna Balsiger[1] | F | W | February 11, 1889 | September 14, 2001 | 112 years, 215 days | Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
129 | Edna Taylor[1] | F | B | July 12, 1890 | February 10, 2003 | 112 years, 213 days | New York | New York |
130 | Margaret Russell[1] | F | W | October 31, 1892 | May 29, 2005 | 112 years, 210 days | Oklahoma | California |
Inez Parker Jeffus[1] | F | W | March 20, 1894 | October 16, 2006 | 112 years, 210 days | Texas | Texas | |
132 | Florence Poe[14] | F | W | August 24, 1897 | March 21, 2010 | 112 years, 209 days | Missouri | Missouri |
133 | Victoria Evinger[1] | F | W | February 1, 1883 | August 26, 1995 | 112 years, 206 days | Indiana | Indiana |
134 | Mary Stout[1] | F | W | June 4, 1883 | December 25, 1995 | 112 years, 204 days | Kansas | Illinois |
Susana Lynn[1] | F | B | December 9, 1888 | July 1, 2001 | 112 years, 204 days | Texas | Kansas | |
George Francis[12] | M | B | June 6, 1896 | December 27, 2008 | 112 years, 204 days | Louisiana | California | |
137 | Elizabeth Fisher[1] | F | W | January 15, 1884 | August 3, 1996 | 112 years, 201 days | Minnesota | Washington |
Louisa Delfino[1] | F | W | December 10, 1886 | June 29, 1999 | 112 years, 201 days | Italy | Ohio | |
139 | Mary Arp[1] | F | W | July 4, 1885 | January 18, 1998 | 112 years, 198 days | Iowa | South Dakota |
140 | Sammie Howe[1] | F | W | March 7, 1887 | September 12, 1999 | 112 years, 189 days | Alabama | Florida |
141 | Ruth Bruce[15] | F | B | October 8, 1898 | April 8, 2011 | 112 years, 182 days | South Carolina | North Carolina |
142 | Delcia Sockwell[1] | F | B | March 7, 1888 | September 4, 2000 | 112 years, 181 days | Arkansas | Arkansas |
143 | Amelia England[2] | F | W | May 15, 1900 | Living | 124 years, 213 days | United Kingdom | Living in Massachusetts |
144 | Antonia Gerena Rivera[2] | F | H | May 19, 1900 | Living | 124 years, 209 days | Puerto Rico | Living in Florida |
Ruth Stamps[7] | F | B | May 22, 1896 | November 8, 2008 | 112 years, 170 days | North Carolina | Ohio | |
Louise Stern[19] | F | W | April 18, 1894 | October 4, 2006 | 112 years, 169 days | New York | New York | |
Melinda Harris[7] | F | B | May 4, 1898 | October 20, 2010 | 112 years, 169 days | North Carolina | North Carolina | |
145 | Martha Williams[1] | F | B | September 12, 1889 | February 24, 2002 | 112 years, 165 days | Arkansas | Arkansas |
146 | Hattie Lafayette[13] | F | B | March 30, 1897 | September 10, 2009 | 112 years, 164 days | Alabama | Mississippi |
147 | John Painter[1] | M | W | September 20, 1888 | March 1, 2001 | 112 years, 162 days | Tennessee | Tennessee |
Susie Waller[1] | F | W | May 26, 1890 | November 4, 2002 | 112 years, 162 days | Iowa | California | |
149 | Florence Busch[13] | F | W | August 13, 1896 | January 21, 2009 | 112 years, 161 days | Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
150 | Nellie Cross[1] | F | W | October 28, 1889 | April 3, 2002 | 112 years, 157 days | Iowa | Iowa |
151 | Meta Ilten[2] | F | W | September 7, 1899 | February 9, 2012 | 112 years, 155 days | Iowa | Iowa |
152 | Nellie Richards[1] | F | W | August 14, 1885 | January 13, 1998 | 112 years, 152 days | New York | New Hampshire |
Martele Murphy[1] | F | W | January 5, 1886 | June 6, 1998 | 112 years, 152 days | Maine | Massachusetts | |
Jessie Champion[1] | M | B | August 15, 1887 | January 12, 2000 | 112 years, 150 days | Georgia | Georgia | |
154 | Hattie Stone[20] | F | W | August 17, 1867 | January 13, 1980 | 112 years, 149 days | California | California |
Ruth Anderson[15] | F | W | July 24, 1899 | December 20, 2011 | 112 years, 149 days | Minnesota | Minnesota | |
156 | Maude Ross[1] | F | W | January 13, 1880 | June 9, 1992 | 112 years, 148 days | Ohio | Missouri |
157 | Elzona Moxey[1] | F | W | November 30, 1875 | April 25, 1988 | 112 years, 147 days | Kentucky | Oklahoma |
158 | Berta Rosenberg[13] | F | W | September 5, 1896 | January 28, 2009 | 112 years, 145 days | Germany | New York |
159 | Elma Corning[1] | F | W | February 22, 1892 | July 12, 2004 | 112 years, 141 days | Iowa | California |
160 | Mary Bittlebrun[1] | F | W | March 19, 1864 | August 6, 1976 | 112 years, 140 days | Illinois | Arkansas |
161 | Alphaeus Philemon Cole[1] | M | W | July 12, 1876 | November 25, 1988 | 112 years, 136 days | New Jersey | New York |
162 | Fannie Adler Greenberg[17] | F | W | May 24, 1895 | October 5, 2007 | 112 years, 134 days | Canada | New York |
163 | Emma Yager[1] | F | W | November 12, 1889 | March 16, 2002 | 112 years, 124 days | New York | New York |
164 | Mary Penamon[1] | F | B | October 18, 1881 | February 18, 1994 | 112 years, 123 days | Mississippi | Tennessee |
165 | George Johnson[1] | M | B/W | May 1, 1894 | August 30, 2006 | 112 years, 121 days | Pennsylvania | California |
166 | Onie Ponder[14] | F | W | September 3, 1898 | December 31, 2010 | 112 years, 119 days | Florida | Florida |
167 | Jessie Mae Kettering[1] | F | W | January 17, 1888 | May 11, 2000 | 112 years, 115 days | Iowa | Iowa |
168 | Ada Killian[1] | F | ? | August 1, 1873 | November 17, 1985 | 112 years, 108 days | Indiana | Missouri |
169 | Velma Curvey[14] | F | W | September 15, 1898 | December 24, 2010 | 112 years, 100 days | Illinois | Illinois |
170 | Anna Brown[1] | F | B | September 29, 1884 | January 5, 1997 | 112 years, 98 days | Alabama | Florida |
Mary Phelps[2] | F | W | August 5, 1900 | Living | 124 years, 131 days | Pennsylvania | Living in Ohio | |
171 | Rosaria Caleca[17] | F | W | February 5, 1895 | May 6, 2007 | 112 years, 90 days | Italy | New York |
Beatrice Cooper[13] | F | W | February 3, 1897 | May 4, 2009 | 112 years, 90 days | Michigan | Michigan | |
173 | Brigida Dearroyo[1] | F | H | October 7, 1888 | December 31, 2000 | 112 years, 85 days | Puerto Rico | New Jersey |
174 | Maggie James[2] | F | B | March 10, 1900 | June 1, 2012 | 112 years, 83 days | Virginia | Virginia |
175 | Amy Harris[1] | F | W | November 6, 1881 | January 26, 1994 | 112 years, 81 days | Arkansas | California |
Grace Styck[1] | F | W | December 15, 1893 | March 6, 2006 | 112 years, 81 days | Illinois | Illinois | |
177 | Melvina Richardson[1] | F | B | January 11, 1889 | March 31, 2001 | 112 years, 79 days | Indiana | Indiana |
178 | Charlotte Flowers[2] | F | B | February 20, 1900 | May 4, 2012 | 112 years, 74 days | Florida | Florida |
Roberta Brittain[7] | F | B | May 31, 1896 | August 10, 2008 | 112 years, 71 days | Alabama | Illinois | |
179 | Agnes Ferron[1] | F | W | November 13, 1893 | January 18, 2006 | 112 years, 66 days | Kansas | Nebraska |
180 | Nyleptha Roberts[14] | F | W | March 12, 1898 | May 5, 2010 | 112 years, 54 days | Tennessee | Tennessee |
181 | Emma Carroll[17] | F | W | May 18, 1895 | July 10, 2007 | 112 years, 53 days | Iowa | Iowa |
182 | Minerva Bedford[1] | F | B | September 13, 1886 | November 4, 1998 | 112 years, 52 days | Kentucky | Kentucky |
183 | Kathryn Gemme[1] | F | W | November 9, 1894 | December 29, 2006 | 112 years, 50 days | Massachusetts | Massachusetts |
184 | Mamie Lou McGoogan[1] | F | W | January 12, 1892 | March 1, 2004 | 112 years, 49 days | Louisiana | Arkansas |
Martha Wiley[21] | F | W | August 28, 1894 | October 16, 2006 | 112 years, 49 days | Georgia | Texas | |
186 | J. Reeta Jones[14] | F | W | October 17, 1898 | December 1, 2010 | 112 years, 45 days | Tennessee | North Carolina |
187 | Jessie Penn[1] | F | W | May 18, 1889 | June 30, 2001 | 112 years, 43 days | Alabama | Alabama |
Geneva McNicholl[1] | F | W | December 10, 1889 | January 2, 2002 | 112 years, 43 days | Oregon | Oregon | |
189 | Bertha Blair[1] | F | W | December 30, 1875 | February 9, 1988 | 112 years, 41 days | Iowa | California |
Antoinette Huber[7] | F | W | January 22, 1880 | March 1, 1992 | 112 years, 39 days | Ohio | Ohio | |
190 | Claire Dunning[1] | F | W | August 20, 1878 | September 27, 1990 | 112 years, 38 days | New York | Florida |
191 | Mary Gentry[13] | F | W | September 4, 1897 | October 6, 2009 | 112 years, 32 days | Alabama | Alabama |
192 | Ethel Robison[1] | F | W | June 2, 1894 | July 3, 2006 | 112 years, 31 days | Missouri | Missouri |
193 | Emma Castilla Bowen[1] | F | W | March 2, 1889 | March 29, 2001 | 112 years, 27 days | Illinois | Illinois |
Marcella Humphrey[1] | F | W | October 25, 1892 | November 21, 2004 | 112 years, 27 days | Wisconsin | Michigan | |
195 | Lydia Carvalho[1] | F | W | January 21, 1892 | February 15, 2004 | 112 years, 25 days | Rhode Island | Connecticut |
195 | Anna Stoehr[2] | F | W | October 15, 1900 | Living | 124 years, 60 days | Iowa | Living in Minnesota |
Mary Will[7] | F | W | October 15, 1900 | Living | 124 years, 60 days | North Carolina | Living in North Carolina | |
197 | Anna Lou Shively[1] | F | W | May 14, 1880 | June 7, 1992 | 112 years, 24 days | Indiana | Pennsylvania |
198 | Mary Phil Cota[1] | F | W | July 5, 1870 | July 22, 1982 | 112 years, 17 days | California | California |
199 | Lake Dickson[13] | F | W | January 19, 1897 | January 30, 2009 | 112 years, 11 days | North Carolina | North Carolina |
200 | Emma Vanderkarr[1] | F | W | November 29, 1869 | December 5, 1981 | 112 years, 6 days | New York | Virginia |
201 | James Wiggins[1] | M | B | October 15, 1879 | October 16, 1991 | 112 years, 1 day | Arkansas | Arkansas |
a^ Holtz was born in the Province of Posen, which was at the time of her birth a part of the German Empire. Today this area is part of Poland.
b^ Stefan was born in Siebenbürgen, which was then part of Hungary. It is now in Romania.
Oldest living American by state
This is a list of the oldest living people in America by state. Those entries color-coded as "verified" have been validated by the GRG. Those color-coded as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as 'unverified' are not (yet) backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG.
Verified Pending Unverified
State | Name | Sex | Race | Reported birth date | Reported age |
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Alabama | |||||
Alaska | |||||
Arizona | |||||
Arkansas | Birtie Ross | F | B | May 30, 1902 | 122 years, 198 days |
California | Soledad Mexia[2] | F | H | August 13, 1899 | 125 years, 123 days |
Colorado | |||||
Connecticut | |||||
Delaware | |||||
District of Columbia | |||||
Florida | Elsie Thompson[2] | F | W | April 5, 1899 | 125 years, 253 days |
Georgia | Besse Cooper[2] | F | W | August 26, 1896 | 128 years, 110 days |
Hawaii | |||||
Idaho | Helene Byrne | F | W | September 12, 1902 | 122 years, 93 days |
Illinois | |||||
Indiana | |||||
Iowa | Dina Manfredini[2] | F | W | April 4, 1897 | 127 years, 254 days |
Kansas | |||||
Kentucky | |||||
Louisiana | |||||
Maine | |||||
Maryland | |||||
Massachusetts | Bernice Madigan[2] | F | W | July 24, 1899 | 125 years, 143 days |
Michigan | Jeralean Talley[2] | F | B | May 23, 1899 | 125 years, 205 days |
Minnesota | Anna Stoehr[2] | F | W | October 15, 1900 | 124 years, 60 days |
Mississippi | Nettie Whittington[2] | F | B | October 31, 1899 | 125 years, 44 days |
Missouri | Irene Cooper | F | W | September 8, 1902 | 122 years, 97 days |
Montana | |||||
Nebraska | Mable Ragan[2] | F | W | February 1, 1901 | 123 years, 317 days |
Nevada | |||||
New Hampshire | |||||
New Jersey | |||||
New Mexico | |||||
New York | Susannah Jones[2] | F | B | July 6, 1899 | 125 years, 161 days |
North Carolina | Mary Will[7] | F | W | October 15, 1900 | 124 years, 60 days |
North Dakota | |||||
Ohio | Mary Phelps[7] | F | W | August 5, 1900 | 124 years, 131 days |
Oklahoma | |||||
Oregon | Elizabeth Meier[2] | F | W | July 26, 1904 | 120 years, 141 days |
Pennsylvania | Anna Henderson[2] | F | B | March 5, 1900 | 124 years, 284 days |
Rhode Island | Louise Silva[22] | F | W | June 7, 1903 | 121 years, 190 days |
South Carolina | Mamie Rearden[2] | F | B | September 7, 1898 | 126 years, 98 days |
South Dakota | Dagmar "Dolly" Keehn[23][24] | F | W | March 11, 1905 | 119 years, 278 days |
Tennessee | |||||
Texas | Naomi Conner[7] | F | B | August 30, 1899 | 125 years, 106 days |
Utah | |||||
Vermont | |||||
Virginia | Mollie Wood | F | W | April 26, 1901 | 123 years, 232 days |
Washington | Emma Otis[25] | F | W | October 22, 1901 | 123 years, 53 days |
West Virginia | |||||
Wisconsin | Viola Knack[2] | F | W | August 18, 1901 | 123 years, 118 days |
Wyoming |
Oldest American (female and male) by state
This is a list of the oldest people (women and men) by birth from each U.S. state. The United States has the world's largest validated supercentenarian population.[citation needed] The records largely reflect population distribution and systems of recordkeeping 110 or more years ago, when several states didn't yet exist.[citation needed] States farther west thus have fewer verified recordholders.[26][27] Those entries color-coded as "verified" have been validated by GRG. Those color-coded as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as 'unverified' are not (yet) backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG.
Deceased (verified) Living (verified) Pending Disputed
State | Name | Sex | Race | Birth date | Death date | Age at death |
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Alabama | Lucy Hannah | F | B | July 16, 1875 | March 21, 1993 | 117 years, 248 days |
Frederick Frazier | M | W | January 27, 1880 | June 14, 1993 | 113 years, 138 days | |
Alaska | ||||||
Arizona | ||||||
Arkansas | Mary Randall | F | B | April 1, 1887 | November 12, 2000 | 113 years, 225 days |
James Wiggins | M | B | October 15, 1879 | October 16, 1991 | 112 years, 1 day | |
California | Mary McKinney | F | W | May 30, 1873 | February 2, 1987 | 113 years, 248 days |
Sidney Amber | M | W | January 26, 1886 | November 17, 1995 | 109 years, 295 days | |
Colorado | Frankie Jones | F | W | November 16, 1892 | January 31, 2004 | 111 years, 76 days |
Connecticut | Mary Bidwell | F | W | May 19, 1881 | April 25, 1996 | 114 years, 342 days |
Delaware | Wally Baker | F | W | January 9, 1898 | April 8, 2009 | 111 years, 89 days |
District of Columbia | Corinne Dixon Taylor | F | B | April 2, 1893 | February 14, 2007 | 113 years, 318 days |
Ernest Pusey | M | W | May 5, 1895 | November 19, 2006 | 111 years, 198 days | |
Florida | Onie Ponder | F | W | September 3, 1898 | December 31, 2010 | 112 years, 119 days |
Georgia | Gertrude Baines | F | B | April 6, 1894 | September 11, 2009 | 115 years, 158 days |
Johnson Parks | M | B | October 15, 1884 | July 17, 1998 | 113 years, 275 days | |
Hawaii | ||||||
Idaho | Elsie Golcher | F | W | November 29, 1891 | March 2, 2003 | 111 years, 93 days |
Illinois | Wilhelmina Kott | F | W | March 7, 1880 | September 6, 1994 | 114 years, 183 days |
Walter Richardson | M | W | November 7, 1885 | December 25, 1998 | 113 years, 48 days | |
Indiana | Edna Parker | F | W | April 20, 1893 | November 26, 2008 | 115 years, 220 days |
Shelby Harris | M | B | March 31, 1901 | July 25, 2012 | 111 years, 116 days | |
Iowa | Neva Morris | F | W | August 3, 1895 | April 6, 2010 | 114 years, 246 days |
Earl Brush | M | W | July 17, 1893 | January 10, 2005 | 111 years, 177 days | |
Kansas | Delma Kollar | F | W | October 31, 1897 | January 24, 2012 | 114 years, 85 days |
Benjamin Holcomb | M | W | July 3, 1889 | December 2, 2000 | 111 years, 152 days | |
Kentucky | Mary Anna Boone | F | W | February 10, 1887 | May 13, 2001 | 114 years, 92 days |
Benjamin Anglin | M | W | May 27, 1897 | July 15, 2007 | 110 years, 49 days | |
Louisiana | Eunice Sanborn | F | W | July 20, 1896 | January 31, 2011 | 114 years, 195 days |
George Francis | M | B | June 6, 1896 | December 27, 2008 | 112 years, 204 days | |
Maine | Fred Hale | M | W | December 1, 1890 | November 19, 2004 | 113 years, 354 days |
Martele Elsie Murphy | F | W | January 5, 1886 | June 6, 1998 | 112 years, 152 days | |
Maryland | Pearl Bradford | F | W | March 22, 1892 | November 20, 2003 | 111 years, 243 days |
Zachariah Blackistone | M | W | February 16, 1871 | April 18, 1982 | 111 years, 61 days | |
Massachusetts | Mary Christian | F | W | June 12, 1889 | April 20, 2003 | 113 years, 312 days |
Michigan | Maude Farris-Luse | F | W | January 21, 1887 | March 18, 2002 | 115 years, 56 days |
John Ingram McMorran | M | W | June 19, 1889 | February 24, 2003 | 113 years, 250 days | |
Minnesota | Walter Breuning | M | W | September 21, 1896 | April 14, 2011 | 114 years, 205 days |
Catherine Hagel | F | W | November 28, 1894 | December 6, 2008 | 114 years, 8 days | |
Mississippi | Bettie Wilson | F | B | September 13, 1890 | February 13, 2006 | 115 years, 153 days |
Moses Hardy | M | B | January 6, 1893 (or 1894) | December 7, 2006 | 113 (or 112) years, 335 days | |
Missouri | Nelle Hunt | F | W | July 28, 1887 | February 8, 2001 | 113 years, 195 days |
Garland Adair | M | W | July 30, 1898 | December 11, 2009 | 111 years, 134 days | |
Montana | Emma Taylor | F | W | September 1, 1891 | June 24, 2003 | 111 years, 282 days |
Nebraska | Clara Huhn | F | W | January 28, 1887 | December 20, 2000 | 113 years, 327 days |
Luther Goding | M | W | July 1, 1884 | December 5, 1995 | 111 years, 157 days | |
Nevada | ||||||
New Hampshire | Nellie Spencer | F | W | August 24, 1869 | November 13, 1982 | 113 years, 81 days |
New Jersey | Alphaeus Philemon Cole | M | W | July 12, 1876 | November 25, 1988 | 112 years, 136 days |
Bertha Cole | F | W | February 28, 1883 | August 19, 1994 | 111 years, 172 days | |
New Mexico | Anne Olsen | F | W | June 23, 1891 | December 16, 2001 | 110 years, 176 days |
New York | Grace Thaxton | F | W | June 18, 1891 | July 6, 2005 | 114 years, 18 days |
North Carolina | Maggie Barnes | F | B | March 6, 1882 | January 19, 1998 | 115 years, 319 days |
North Dakota | Mary Schumacher | F | W | August 29, 1898 | October 29, 2009 | 111 years, 61 days |
Ohio | Myrtle Dorsey | F | W | November 22, 1885 | June 25, 2000 | 114 years, 216 days |
Walter Seward | M | W | October 13, 1896 | September 14, 2008 | 111 years, 337 days | |
Oklahoma | Margaret Russell | F | W | October 31, 1892 | May 29, 2005 | 112 years, 210 days |
Otis Clark | M | B | February 13, 1903 | May 21, 2012 | 109 years, 98 days | |
Oregon | Geneva McNicholl | F | W | December 10, 1889 | January 22, 2002 | 112 years, 43 days |
Pennsylvania | Sarah Knauss | F | W | September 24, 1880 | December 30, 1999 | 119 years, 97 days |
George Johnson | M | BW | May 1, 1894 | August 30, 2006 | 112 years, 121 days | |
Rhode Island | Lydia Carvalho | F | W | January 21, 1892 | February 15, 2004 | 112 years, 25 days |
South Carolina | Mamie Rearden | F | B | September 7, 1898 | Living | 126 years, 98 days |
South Dakota | Beryl Kapaun | F | W | June 4, 1899 | November 7, 2012 | 113 years, 156 days |
Tennessee | Elizabeth Bolden | F | B | August 15, 1890 | December 11, 2006 | 116 years, 118 days |
John Painter | M | W | September 20, 1888 | March 1, 2001 | 112 years, 162 days | |
Texas | Margaret Skeete | F | W | October 27, 1878 | May 7, 1994 | 115 years, 192 days |
William Fullingim | M | W | July 7, 1855 | August 6, 1965 | 110 years, 30 days | |
Utah | Cleo Hinckley | F | W | October 13, 1890 | September 30, 2002 | 111 years, 352 days |
Vermont | Jessica Swift | F | W | September 17, 1871 | January 2, 1982 | 110 years, 107 days |
Virginia | Agatha Mitchell | F | B | March 26, 1887 | February 25, 2001 | 113 years, 336 days |
Washington | Bessie Waldern | F | W | October 1, 1887 | May 8, 1998 | 110 years, 219 days |
West Virginia | Ettie Mae Greene | F | W | September 8, 1877 | February 26, 1992 | 114 years, 171 days |
Wisconsin | Anna Balsiger | F | W | February 11, 1889 | September 14, 2001 | 112 years, 215 days |
Wyoming |
Territories
Territory | Name | Sex | Race | Birth date | Death date | Age at death |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Puerto Rico | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | M | H | August 21, 1891 | January 24, 2007 | 115 years, 156 days |
Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan | F | W | August 31, 1889 | May 29, 2004 | 114 years, 272 days |
Chronological list of the oldest living person in the United States since 1973
Those entries color-coded as "verified" have been validated by the GRG. Those color-coded as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as 'unverified' are not (yet) backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG.
Deceased (Verified) Living (Verified) Pending
From | To | Name | Sex | Race | Reported age(s) when oldest |
Reported lifespan | State of death |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
? | May 18, 1974 | Clarida Roy | F | W | ? – 110 | October 19, 1863 – May 18, 1974 110 years, 211 days |
Maine |
May 18, 1974 | August 5, 1976 (2 years, 80 days) |
Mary Bittlebrun | F | W | 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 | F | W | 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 | F | W | 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 | F | W | 111 – 113 | August 24, 1869 – November 13, 1982 113 years, 81 days |
New Jersey |
November 13, 1982 | October 13, 1983 (334 days) |
Emma Wilson | F | W | 112 – 113 | May 12, 1870 – October 13, 1983 113 years, 154 days |
Missouri |
October 13, 1983 | October 21, 1986 (3 years, 8 days) |
Augusta Holtz | F | W | 113 – 115 | August 3, 1871 – October 21, 1986 115 years, 79 days |
Missouri |
October 21, 1986 | February 2, 1987 (104 days) |
Mary McKinney | F | W | 113 | May 30, 1873 – February 2, 1987 113 years, 248 days |
California |
February 2, 1987 | January 11, 1988 (343 days) |
Florence Knapp | F | W | 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 | F | B | 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 | F | W | 114 – 115 | October 27, 1878 – May 7, 1994 115 years, 192 days |
Virginia |
May 7, 1994 | September 6, 1994 (122 days) |
Wilhelmina Kott | F | W | 114 | March 7, 1880 – September 6, 1994 114 years, 183 days |
Illinois |
September 6, 1994 | December 30, 1999 (5 years, 115 days) |
Sarah Knauss | F | W | 113 – 119 | September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999 119 years, 97 days |
Pennsylvania |
December 30, 1999 | June 25, 2000 (178 days) |
Myrtle Dorsey | F | W | 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 | F | W | 113 – 115 | January 21, 1887 – March 18, 2002 115 years, 56 days |
Michigan |
March 18, 2002 | May 28, 2002 (71 days) |
Grace Clawson | F | W | 114 | November 15, 1887 – May 28, 2002 114 years, 194 days |
Florida |
May 28, 2002 | August 21, 2002 (85 days) |
Adelina Domingues | F | W | 114 | February 19, 1888 – August 21, 2002 114 years, 183 days |
California |
August 21, 2002 | December 29, 2002 (130 days) |
Mae Harrington | F | W | 113 | January 20, 1889 – December 29, 2002 113 years, 343 days |
New York |
December 29, 2002 | April 20, 2003 (112 days) |
Mary Christian | F | W | 113 | June 12, 1889 – April 20, 2003 113 years, 312 days |
California |
April 20, 2003 | October 5, 2003 (168 days) |
Elena Slough | F | W | 113 – 114 | July 4, 1889 – October 5, 2003 114 years, 93 days |
New Jersey |
October 5, 2003 | May 14, 2004 (222 days) |
Charlotte Benkner | F | W | 113 – 114 | November 16, 1889 – May 14, 2004 114 years, 180 days |
Ohio |
May 14, 2004 | December 1, 2004 (201 days) |
Emma Verona Johnston | F | W | 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 | F | B | 114 – 116 | August 15, 1890 – December 11, 2006 116 years, 118 days |
Tennessee |
December 11, 2006 | January 28, 2007 (48 days) |
Emma Tillman | F | B | 114 | November 22, 1892 – January 28, 2007 114 years, 67 days |
Connecticut |
January 28, 2007 | February 14, 2007 (17 days) |
Corinne Dixon Taylor | F | B | 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 | F | W | 113 – 115 | April 20, 1893 – November 26, 2008 115 years, 220 days |
Indiana |
November 26, 2008 | September 11, 2009 (289 days) |
Gertrude Baines | F | B | 114 – 115 | April 6, 1894 – September 11, 2009 115 years, 158 days |
California |
September 11, 2009 | March 7, 2010 (177 days) |
Mary Josephine Ray | F | W | 114 | May 17, 1895 – March 7, 2010 114 years, 294 days |
New Hampshire |
March 7, 2010 | April 6, 2010 (30 days) |
Neva Morris | F | W | 114 | August 3, 1895 – April 6, 2010 114 years, 246 days |
Iowa |
April 6, 2010 | January 31, 2011 (300 days) |
Eunice Sanborn | F | W | 113 – 114 | July 20, 1896 – January 31, 2011 114 years, 195 days |
Texas |
January 31, 2011 | Present (13 years, 318 days) |
Besse Cooper | F | W | 114 – 116* | born August 26, 1896 age 128 years, 110 days |
Living in Georgia |
Chronological list of the oldest living man in the United States since 1978
Those entries color-coded as "verified" have been validated by the GRG. Those color-coded as 'pending' are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as 'unverified' are not (yet) backed by documentation supporting the reported age to the standards of the GRG.
Deceased (Verified) Living (Verified) Pending Disputed
From | To | Name | Race | Reported age(s) when oldest |
Reported lifespan | State of death |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
? | August 21, 1978 | Charlie Nelson | W | ? – 110 | September 21, 1867 – August 21, 1978 110 years, 334 days |
Iowa |
August 21, 1978 | September 5, 1980 (2 years, 15 days) |
Charlie Phillips | B | 108 – 110 | May 5, 1870 – September 5, 1980 110 years, 123 days |
Mississippi |
5 September 1980 | 18 April 1982 (1 year, 225 days) |
Zachariah Blackistone | W | 109 – 111 | 16 February 1871 – 18 April 1982 111 years, 61 days |
Washington, D.C. |
18 April 1982 | 4 March 1983 (320 days) |
James Nash | W | 109 – 110 | 31 July 1872 – 4 March 1983 110 years, 216 days |
Kentucky |
4 March 1983 | 11 August 1983 (160 days) |
Walter Wilcox | W | 110 | 1 November 1872 – 11 August 1983 110 years, 283 days |
California |
11 August 1983 | 22 December 1983 (133 days) |
Gregory Pandazes | W | 110 | 15 January 1873 – 22 December 1983 110 years, 341 days |
California |
22 December 1983 | 14 December 1986 (2 years, 357 days) |
Joe Thomas | B | 108 – 111 | 1 May 1875 – 14 December 1986 111 years, 227 days |
Louisiana |
December 14, 1986 | November 25, 1988 (1 year, 347 days) |
Alphaeus Cole | W | 110 – 112 | July 12, 1876 – November 25, 1988 112 years, 136 days |
New York |
November 25, 1988 | January 21, 1989 (57 days) |
Alton Gilbert | W | 110 | June 11, 1878 – January 21, 1989 110 years, 224 days |
New York |
January 21, 1989 | October 16, 1991 (2 years, 268 days) |
James Wiggins | B | 109 – 112 | October 15, 1879 – October 16, 1991 112 years, 1 day |
Arkansas |
October 16, 1991 | June 14, 1993 (1 year, 241 days) |
Frederick Frazier | W | 111 – 113 | January 27, 1880 – June 14, 1993 113 years, 138 days |
Alabama |
June 14, 1993 | April 25, 1998 (4 years, 315 days) |
Christian Mortensen | W | 111 – 115 | August 16, 1882 – April 25, 1998 115 years, 252 days |
California |
April 25, 1998 | July 17, 1998 (83 days) |
Johnson Parks | B | 113 | October 15, 1884 – July 17, 1998 113 years, 275 days |
Florida |
July 17, 1998 | December 25, 1998 (161 days) |
Walter Richardson | W | 112 – 113 | November 7, 1885 – December 25, 1998 113 years, 48 days |
Illinois |
December 25, 1998 | February 11, 1999 (48 days) |
Salvatore Fiore | W | 110 | September 10, 1888 – February 11, 1999 110 years, 154 days |
Connecticut |
February 11, 1999 | March 1, 2001 (2 years, 18 days) |
John Painter | W | 110 – 112 | September 20, 1888 – March 1, 2001 112 years, 162 days |
Tennessee |
March 1, 2001 | February 24, 2003 (1 year, 360 days) |
John McMorran | W | 111 – 113 | June 19, 1889 – February 24, 2003 113 years, 250 days[28] |
Florida |
February 24, 2003 | November 19, 2004 (1 year, 269 days) |
Fred Hale | W | 112 – 113 | December 1, 1890 – November 19, 2004 113 years, 354 days |
New York |
November 19, 2004 | January 10, 2005 (52 days) |
Earl Brush | W | 111 | July 17, 1893 – January 10, 2005 111 years, 177 days |
California |
January 10, 2005 | December 7, 2006 (1 year, 331 days) |
Moses Hardy | B | 111 – 112 | January 6, 1894 – December 7, 2006 112 years, 335 days |
Mississippi |
December 7, 2006 | January 9, 2007 (33 days) |
Thomas Nelson | B | 111 | July 8, 1895 – January 9, 2007 111 years, 185 days |
Texas |
January 9, 2007 | February 8, 2007 (30 days) |
Antonio Pierro | W | 110 | February 22, 1896 – February 8, 2007 110 years, 351 days |
Massachusetts |
February 8, 2007 | December 27, 2008 (1 year, 323 days) |
George Francis | B | 110 – 112 | June 6, 1896 – December 27, 2008 112 years, 204 days |
California |
December 27, 2008 | April 14, 2011 (2 years, 108 days) |
Walter Breuning | W | 112 – 114 | September 21, 1896 – April 14, 2011 114 years, 205 days |
Montana |
April 14, 2011 | July 25, 2012 (1 year, 102 days) |
Shelby Harris | B | 110 – 111 | March 31, 1901 – July 25, 2012 111 years, 116 days |
Illinois |
July 25, 2012 | Present (4525 days) |
James McCoubrey | W | 110 – 111* | born September 13, 1901 age 123 years, 92 days |
Living in California |
People
Ann Pouder
Ann Pouder née Ann Alexander (London, United Kingdom April 8, 1807 – Baltimore, Maryland, United States July 10, 1917) was one of the first recognized supercentenarians in the world. Her age at death was 110 years, 93 days.[29] When Pouder was twelve years old her family immigrated to the United States. There she lived the following 98 years of her life in Baltimore, Maryland. She married, although became a widow very early and had no children. Her extreme longevity claim was certified by Alexander Graham Bell.[30] In her last few months, she was bedridden, blind and almost deaf, but her mind remained sharp.[31]
Fannie Thomas
Fannie Leona Thomas (April 14, 1867 – January 22, 1981) was listed in Guinness World Records as the oldest living American supercentenarian. As the Shigechiyo Izumi case was later disputed, Thomas may in fact have been the world's oldest person when she died at 113 years and 283 days.[1] Regardless, she was still the world's oldest living woman at the time of her death.[citation needed]
Florence Homan
Florence Homan (November 18, 1893 – August 13, 2006) was Ohio's oldest person since May 23, 2006, and was listed in Guinness World Records (2007 edition) as one of the top 15 world's oldest living people at the time. Her ranking had been tied for 12th before she died at the age of 112 years and 268 days, which at the time was older than the then oldest living persons in France (112), the United Kingdom (111) and Germany (110). Born Florence Wilker, she married Arthur Homan in 1941. He died in 1988. Due to the late marriage, they had no children. She lived on her own until age 105, when she moved into a nursing home.[32][33]
Mary McKinney
Mary Elizabeth "Mamie"[34] McKinney born Wallace (May 30, 1873 – February 2, 1987) was briefly recognized by Guinness as the world's oldest person. Following the death of fellow 113-year-old Mamie Eva Keith in September 1986, she became the "world's oldest person" according to the Guinness Book of Records. However, her own death five months later in Sacramento, California, meant that she never appeared in the record book, even though her Guinness recognition made the news. She lived for 113 years and 248 days.
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.[35]
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 recognized living person. Her death 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.
Knapp is listed as one of the 70 longest lived people ever; her lifespan is tied with that of Elena Slough.
Flossie Elizabeth Page
Flossie Elizabeth Page née Bishop (June 12, 1893 – February 22, 2006)[36] was an American supercentenarian who broke the record for the oldest person of Kansas on record on February 9, 2006, the previous record of 112 years, 241 days having been set by Katherine Jones in 1992, and died exactly two weeks after achieving this feat. She was born in Haven, Kansas, and died in Butler County.[37][38][39][40]
Page ranked as the sixth-oldest person in the U.S. and eleventh in the world when she died, aged 112 years and 255 days.[by whom?]
After graduating from high school, she taught at a one room school house near Lewis, and later worked at the War Risk Insurance Department in Washington, D.C. upon the start of World War I. Page married Fredric William Page in 1926, who died in 1967. She attributed her longevity to living a moral life, and taking no medication whatsoever.[citation needed]
Joe Thomas
Joseph "Joe" Thomas (May 1, 1875 – December 14, 1986) was an American supercentenarian and the oldest recognized living man from February 1986 until his own death. He lived in Louisiana. Following his death, Herman Smith-Johannsen became the world's oldest living man.
(Note: this is a retroactive reconstruction of history. In reality, the Joe Thomas case was not verified until July 2002 by the SSA study, and Guinness did not recuperate the "oldest living man" category until 2000).
Wilhelmina Geringer Kott
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Wilhelmina Kott née Geringer (March 7, 1880 – September 6, 1994) was an American supercentenarian recognized by Guinness World Records as the 'oldest living American' in its 1995 edition, following the death of Margaret Skeete. 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 and subsequently died.
Her age was subject to a one-year discrepancy. Guinness recognized her as born in 1879 (based on the 1900 Census), but later research by the SSA study showed that she was listed as two months old in the 1880 Census, making her age more likely 114, not 115.
As of October 2011, Kott is listed as one of the 60 longest lived people ever.
Mary Bidwell
Mary Electa Bidwell née Nobel (May 19, 1881– April 25, 1996)[41] was an American supercentenarian. She died at age 114 years 342 days on April 25, 1996, making her the 34th oldest verified person ever. She was also the oldest person ever to die in Connecticut.[42][43][44]
Her parents were Charles Woodruff Bidwell and Alice Beach Nobel.[43] 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.[42]
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.[41][44] She was the last surviving person documented as born in 1881.
Carrie Lazenby
Carrie Lazenby née Jenkins (February 9, 1882 – September 14, 1996) was an American supercentenarian. She died at age 114 years, 218 days, making her the 45nd oldest person on record (tied with Japanese woman Ura Koyama on April 5, 2005), the sixteenth-oldest American person on record, and the seventh-oldest African American person on record. Lazenby's record as the oldest person ever in Georgia was surpassed by Gertrude Baines, on November 11, 2008.
As of May 2012, Lazenby is listed as one of the 50 longest lived people ever.
Maggie Barnes
Maggie Pauline Barnes née Hinnant (March 6, 1882 – January 19, 1998)[45] was an American supercentenarian. She was a resident of Johnston County, North Carolina. Barnes died from complications following a minor foot infection.[46] 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.[46]
Some dispute exists as to her date of birth. Though the family Bible gives the 1882 date, she is listed as having been born in 1881 by the 1900 US Census, and she is listed as having been born in 1880 on her marriage license.[46] Authenticating to the latter of those dates, Barnes was 115 years, 319 days old when she died.
In that the cases of Carrie C. White and Kamato Hongo are now excluded, Barnes is the 9th oldest person on record. She is also the oldest verified person who has died at age 115.
Johnson Parks
Johnson Parks (October 15, 1884 – July 17, 1998) is the oldest undisputed person to die in Florida and the only black man who indisputably reached age 113. At the time of his death, he was 113 years, 275 days.
Johnson Parks only held the oldest living man title for 85 days, making him one of the shortest tenure of oldest living man, but there are shorter: Herman Smith-Johannsen held it for 22 days and Henry Allingham for 29 days.
At the time of his death, Parks was the second oldest undisputed male ever, behind only Christian Mortensen.
Parks is in the top 10 oldest men ever. Even today, 14 years after his death, Parks still retains his title of the world's oldest undisputed black man ever.
Clara Huhn
Clara Huhn née Herling (January 28, 1887 – December 20, 2000) was an American homemaker and supercentenarian. Born in a home near Clarkson, Nebraska, she lived near Schuyler for most of her life. She remained active, healthy and independent until the last few months of her life, and even answered an interview just before her 113th birthday. At age 113 years, 327 days, she is the oldest person on record born in Nebraska, but she was not the oldest person on record to die in that particular state, since she died in La Mesa, California. The title of the oldest person on record to die in Nebraska belongs to Helen Stetter, who died on June 1, 2007, at age 113 years, 195 days.[47]
Huhn is listed as one of the 100 undisputed longest lived people ever.
Delvina Dahlheimer
Mary Delvina Dahlheimer née Morissette (December 31, 1888 – March 13, 2002) was an American supercentenarian. At the time of her death, aged 113 years and 72 days, she was the last surviving native-born American who was born in 1888 and the oldest person ever in Minnesota, and the fourth-oldest person in the world.[citation needed] After she broke her hip in 2000, she was sent to the Guardian Angels Care Center, where she lived out the rest of her days.[citation needed] Dahlheimer's Minnesota state record title was surpassed by Catherine Hagel on February 9, 2008. Incidentally, Hagel was the sister-in-law of Dahlheimer. Hagel died on December 6, 2008, aged 114, the third-oldest living person in the world at the time.
Mae Harrington
Mae Harrington née Maxwell (January 20, 1889 – December 29, 2002) was an American supercentenarian who became the oldest person in the history of the state of New York, breaking the record held since the 1920s by then world's oldest person Delina Filkins, also 113, but her own record was subsequently broken in 2005 by Grace Thaxton, who was born in the state before moving to and dying in Kentucky. Because her age was not authenticated during her lifetime, the public recognition she was due went to another 113-year-old, Mary Parr (January 29, 1889 – October 29, 2002), who was born nine days after her, dying two months before her, as her age was only validated posthumously.[48]
Harrington is listed as one of the 100 longest lived people ever. At her death, Harrington was the oldest living person in the United States, and may have been the oldest living person (the case of Kamato Hongo remains doubtful). After her death, Mary Christian became the oldest living person in the United States, and if the questionable case of Kamato Hongo is excluded, Yukichi Chuganji would have became the oldest living person, and the first man to hold that title since the disputed Shigechiyo Izumi held the title for nearly a decade.
Elena Slough
Elena Proctor Slough née Rodenbaugh (July 4, 1889 – October 5, 2003)[49] was the oldest recognized person in the United States from the death of Mary Christian on April 20, 2003, until Slough's own death that following October, six months later. After her death, the oldest recognized person in the United States was Charlotte Benkner.[49]
Born in Horsham, Pennsylvania, she married twice and had children by each marriage.[citation needed] Incidentally, her 90-year-old daughter died three days before her at the same Cape May, New Jersey, nursing home.[citation needed]
Some sources date her birth to 1888, but the oldest records state that she was born in 1889.[50]
As of May 2012, Slough is listed as the joint 70th longest lived person ever.
Mary Margaret Smith
Mary Margaret Smith (October 7, 1893 – May 23, 2006) was an American supercentenarian and, at the time of her death at age 112 years and 228 days, Ohio's oldest verified living person. Smith also ranked fifth in the United States and was the 13th oldest person in the world. She was born in Pittsburgh and moved to Ohio in 1898. Smith had two husbands. She lived on her own until age 95 and did not move into a nursing home until the age of 108.[51]
She was listed in the 2007 edition of Guinness World Records as one of the top-15 oldest people in the world, and died in Jefferson, Ohio.
Consuelo Moreno-López
Consuelo Moreno-López (February 5, 1893 – November 13, 2004) was born in Spanish Morocco (then a colony of Spain) to Spanish parents.[52] She later emigrated to the United States in 1960. She died stateside, aged 111 years and 282 days, as the result of an adverse reaction to a flu shot. Moreno-López holds the longevity record for Morocco, which declared its independence in 1956.[53][54]
Grace Thaxton
Grace Thaxton née Menges (June 18, 1891 – July 6, 2005) was a supercentenarian, the oldest person in Kentucky, the fourth-oldest person in the U.S. and the sixth-oldest documented person in the world at the time of her death at age 114.[55] Grace was the oldest documented person ever born in the state of New York, in Rockland to be precise, and narrowly missed the all-time age record for a Kentucky resident of 114 years and 92 days, set by Mary Anna Boone in 2001, when she died in Winchester from a bout of pneumonia not long after her last birthday.[citation needed]
Moreover, her own mother (Harriet Menges née Hardenburgh) died at 109 (Aug 25, 1860 - Dec 1969),[citation needed] nearly a supercentenarian herself, and Thaxton almost lived to see her son Robert (1915-2011) turn 90 on July 12, 2005. Thaxton is listed as one of the 90 longest lived people ever.
Bettie Wilson
Bettie Antry Wilson née Rutherford (September 13, 1890 – February 13, 2006)[56] became the oldest verified living person in the United States with the death of 114-year-old Emma Verona Johnston on December 1, 2004. She lost this designation when the age of Elizabeth Bolden was verified in April 2005. 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). Her oldest son, Will Rogers, was said to have been born (October 27, 1909 – October 21, 2008) making him 98 years old himself at the time (although the 1930 census lists him as 19 years old in April 1930, indicating that he was 95 instead). 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 the aforementioned son (1909–2008), five grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, 95 great-great-grandchildren and 38 great-great-great grandchildren.
As of April 2012, Wilson is listed as one of the 20 longest lived people ever.
Marion Higgins
Marion Higgins née Bigelow (New York City, New York, June 26, 1893 – Seal Beach, California, March 2, 2006) was an American supercentenarian. At an early age, she moved to Maine, and later on to California. She attended the University of Puget Sound and later returned to California.[57]
On May 29, 2005, Marion was recognized as California's oldest living person, four weeks shy of 112, following the death of Margaret Russell, aged 112.
Her memory was remarkable for a person her age. She could remember from age one, and recite poems backwards. Moreover, she wrote her first book herself at the 'tender' age of 102.[58]
Marion died from congestive heart failure, aged 112 years and 249 days. She was ranked as sixth-oldest in the U.S. and 11th in the world at the time of her death.
Grace Nelsen Jones
Grace Rebecca Jones née Nelsen (June 4, 1893 – April 24, 2006)[1] was born in Richmond, Virginia, United States to Danish immigrant parents.[citation needed] Grace was their 12th and last child, born when her mother was already 43 years old.[citation needed] She later married Charles Jones and started a family of her own.[citation needed] In 2005, Grace became the Virginia state recordholder for the oldest verified person born over there.[citation needed] She died at the age of 112 years and 324 days.[citation needed] At the time of her death, Jones ranked as the world's 10th-oldest person.[citation needed]
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.
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.[59][60]
Delphia Spencer Hankins
Delphia Hankins née Spencer (July 23, 1896 – October 17, 2007) was an American supercentenarian. Hankins was the oldest person in Mississippi at the time of her death at age 111.
She was born in Itawamba County, Mississippi.[61] to Henry Jackson Spencer and Samantha Fikes Spencer.[61] In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Curtis Hankins; her brothers, Bobby, Kip, Grady, Chester and Curtis Spencer; and a son who died in infancy.
Hankins had been a resident of Aberdeen, Mississippi, from 1942 until 2000.[61] She worked at Aberdeen Hospital and at Dr. Murphree's Clinic,[61] and then a homemaker until she was 104.[61] Afterwards, she moved to West Point, Mississippi, where she spent the last seven years of her life.[61]
Delphia Hankins died at the Dugan Memorial Home in West Point.[61] At the time of her death she was survived by two daughters, Olema Poss of West Point and Kathryn Crump of Aberdeen; a son, W.D. Hankins of Aberdeen; twenty-seven grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Elizabeth Stefan
Elizabeth Stefan née Molnar (May 13, 1895 – April 9, 2008)[citation needed] was an American supercentenarian of Hungarian descent.
Born in Hungary, Stefan emigrated to the United States in 1913. She is believed to be the oldest Hungarian ever. Stefan lived in a nursing home in Norwalk, Connecticut, where she celebrated her 112th birthday in May 2007.
Stefan died aged 112 years and 332 days, just five weeks shy of her 113th birthday. At the time of her death, she was the seventh-oldest validated person in the world and the fifth-oldest validated person in the United States. She was survived by a daughter, grandchildren and a great-grandson.[citation needed]
George Francis
George Rene Francis (June 6, 1896 – December 27, 2008)[62][63] was an American supercentenarian and the joint second-oldest living man in the world, together with Englishman Henry Allingham, 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.[64] 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.[65][dead link ]
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. 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. At the time of his death, Francis was listed as one of the 20 oldest verified men ever.
Olivia Patricia Thomas
Olivia Patricia Thomas née Trevellyan (June 29, 1895 – November 16, 2009) was, at age 114, the world's third oldest verified living person,[66] following the death of Gertrude Baines on September 11, 2009. Thomas was the second oldest American (and the oldest born in the United States, as Mary Josephine Ray was born in Canada).[66] She moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1946 and went on to become the oldest living person in the state of New York.
On October 25, 2009, Thomas became the oldest person born in Iowa, surpassing the 114 years, 117 lifespant of Emma Verona Johnston in 2004. On December 22, 2009, Neva Morris aged 114 years, 141 days surpassed Thomas as the oldest verified Iowan ever.
Thomas is listed as one of the 65 longest-lived people ever.
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Flossie page, the oldest Kansan on record, died Wednesday of pneumonia, according to granddaughter Becky Humig. She was 112 years, eight months and ...
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Flossie Page didn't drink liquor or soda pop. She didn't smoke or cuss. But she did drink strong coffee and wasn't above killing an occasional snake in her garden with a hoe. Mrs. Page died Wednesday morning from pneumonia at the Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado. She had lived 112 years, eight months and 10 days, making her the oldest Kansan on record, according to the Gerontology Research Group, which research es the lifestyles of ...
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We don't often get a chance to meet history. But here she is. Flossie Page who next month will celebrate 111 years of life.
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Mary Electa Bidwell was supposed to be listed as the Guinness Book of World Records's oldest living American, but she died shortly before the publication's deadline. 1876-1996 Mary Thompson, who was slightly older, couldn't qualify for Guinness's title, either - as the daughter of ex-slaves, she had no birth certificate - but in 1992 she did receive the ultimate American tribute to longevity, a mention by Willard Scott on the Today show.
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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mary Electa Bidwell, at 114, is the oldest person in the United States.
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Mary Bidwell has a long memory because she has had a long life. At 114, she is the oldest person in the United States.
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... The creator and proprietor of Nelson's Confectionery on Lincoln Avenue celebrated his 111th birthday Saturday surrounded by his friends and family.
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Francis died Saturday of congestive heart failure at a nursing home in Sacramento
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