List of supercentenarians from the United States - wikipedia List of supercentenarians from the United States Walter Breuning, April 8, 2010, the second - oldest American - born man on record 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 and as of 22 September 2017, lists seven verified living American supercentenarians, the oldest of whom is Delphine Gibson, born 17 August 1903, aged 7004416750000000000 ♠ 114 years, 36 days. The oldest person ever from the United States was Sarah Knauss, who died on December 30, 1999 at age 119 years, 97 days. Contents 1 Living American supercentenarians 2 100 oldest American people ever 2.1 American emigrant supercentenarians over 113 - years - old 3 Chronological list of the oldest living person in the United States since 1974 4 List of people 4.1 Ann Pouder 4.2 Florence Knapp 4.3 Ettie Mae Greene 4.4 Wilhelmina Kott 4.5 Mary Bidwell 4.6 Maggie Barnes 4.7 Mae Harrington 4.8 Mary Christian 4.9 Elena Slough 4.10 Charlotte Benkner 4.11 Emma Verona Johnston 4.12 Grace Thaxton 4.13 Bettie Wilson 4.14 Thomas Nelson, Sr. 4.15 Arbella Ewing 4.16 George Francis 4.17 Shelby Harris 5 Notes 6 References Living American supercentenarians Below is a list of supercentenarians who are living in the United States, from oldest to youngest. No. Name Sex Birthdate Age as of 22 September 2017 Birthplace Residence Delphine Gibson August 17, 1903 7004416750000000000 ♠ 114 years, 36 days South Carolina Pennsylvania Ila Jones August 21, 1903 7004416710000000000 ♠ 114 years, 32 days Georgia Georgia Lessie Brown September 22, 1904 7004412730000000000 ♠ 113 years, 0 days Georgia Ohio Clara Anderson July 2, 1905 7004409900000000000 ♠ 112 years, 82 days Missouri Alaska 5 Lena Dick August 5, 1905 7004409560000000000 ♠ 112 years, 48 days Minnesota Minnesota 6 Hester Ford August 15, 1905 7004409460000000000 ♠ 112 years, 38 days North Carolina North Carolina 7 Iris Westman August 28, 1905 7004409330000000000 ♠ 112 years, 25 days North Dakota North Dakota 8 Lucy Trecasse October 18, 1905 7004408820000000000 ♠ 111 years, 339 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 9 Isabel Castano Restrepo January 11, 1906 7004407970000000000 ♠ 111 years, 254 days Colombia Florida 10 Lillian Howell Stubbs April 30, 1906 7004406880000000000 ♠ 111 years, 145 days North Carolina Virginia 11 Richard Arvin Overton May 11, 1906 7004406770000000000 ♠ 111 years, 134 days Texas Texas 12 Doris Farrar June 6, 1906 7004406510000000000 ♠ 111 years, 108 days Maine Maine 13 Laura Wright June 15, 1906 7004406420000000000 ♠ 111 years, 99 days South Carolina South Carolina 14 Mazie Ford June 28, 1906 7004406290000000000 ♠ 111 years, 86 days Pennsylvania Florida 15 Ernestine Garst July 16, 1906 7004406110000000000 ♠ 111 years, 68 days Kentucky Kentucky 16 Minnie Whicker July 24, 1906 7004406030000000000 ♠ 111 years, 60 days Arkansas Arkansas 17 Mary Niceswanger August 6, 1906 7004405900000000000 ♠ 111 years, 47 days Ohio Ohio 18 Helen White September 21, 1906 7004405440000000000 ♠ 111 years, 1 day South Carolina South Carolina 19 Louise Schaaf October 16, 1906 7004405190000000000 ♠ 110 years, 341 days Germany Illinois 20 George Feldman December 2, 1906 7004404720000000000 ♠ 110 years, 294 days New York New York 21 Nellie Johnson December 16, 1906 7004404580000000000 ♠ 110 years, 280 days Tennessee Tennessee 22 Daisy Driss January 1, 1907 7004404420000000000 ♠ 110 years, 264 days Illinois Illinois 23 Bernie Nenner May 4, 1907 7004403190000000000 ♠ 110 years, 141 days New York Florida 24 C.P. Crawford August 25, 1907 7004402060000000000 ♠ 110 years, 28 days Mississippi Illinois 100 oldest American people ever Below is a list of the longest lived American supercentenarians according to the GRG. Deceased Living † ^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 22 September 2017 Rank Name Sex Day of Birth Day of death Age Birthplace Place of death or residence Sarah Knauss September 24, 1880 December 30, 1999 119 years, 97 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Lucy Hannah July 16, 1875 March 21, 1993 117 years, 248 days Alabama Michigan Susannah Mushatt Jones July 6, 1899 May 12, 2016 116 years, 311 days Alabama New York Gertrude Weaver July 4, 1898 April 6, 2015 116 years, 276 days Arkansas Arkansas 5 Elizabeth Bolden August 15, 1890 December 11, 2006 116 years, 118 days Tennessee Tennessee 6 Besse Cooper August 26, 1896 December 4, 2012 116 years, 100 days Tennessee Georgia 7 Jeralean Talley May 23, 1899 June 17, 2015 116 years, 25 days Georgia Michigan 8 Maggie Barnes March 6, 1882 January 19, 1998 115 years, 319 days North Carolina North Carolina 9 Dina Manfredini April 4, 1897 December 17, 2012 115 years, 257 days Italy Iowa 10 Christian Mortensen August 16, 1882 April 25, 1998 115 years, 252 days Denmark California 11 Edna Parker April 20, 1893 November 26, 2008 115 years, 220 days Indiana Indiana 12 Margaret Skeete October 27, 1878 May 7, 1994 115 years, 192 days Texas Virginia 13 Bernice Madigan July 24, 1899 January 3, 2015 115 years, 163 days Massachusetts Massachusetts 14 Gertrude Baines April 6, 1894 September 11, 2009 115 years, 158 days Georgia California 15 Bettie Wilson September 13, 1890 February 13, 2006 115 years, 153 days Mississippi Mississippi 16 Susie Gibson October 31, 1890 February 16, 2006 115 years, 108 days Mississippi Alabama 17 Augusta Holtz August 3, 1871 October 21, 1986 115 years, 79 days Prussia Missouri 18 Maude Farris - Luse January 21, 1887 March 18, 2002 115 years, 56 days Michigan Michigan 19 Antonia Gerena Rivera May 19, 1900 June 2, 2015 115 years, 14 days Puerto Rico Florida 20 Mary Bidwell May 19, 1881 April 25, 1996 114 years, 342 days Connecticut Connecticut 21 Mary Josephine Ray May 17, 1895 March 7, 2010 114 years, 294 days Canada New Hampshire 22 Goldie Steinberg October 30, 1900 August 16, 2015 114 years, 290 days Moldova New York 23 Neva Morris August 3, 1895 April 6, 2010 114 years, 246 days Iowa Iowa 24 Blanche Cobb September 8, 1900 May 1, 2015 114 years, 235 days Georgia Florida 25 Mathew Beard July 9, 1870 February 16, 1985 114 years, 222 days Virginia Florida 26 Carrie Lazenby February 9, 1882 September 14, 1996 114 years, 218 days Georgia Illinois 27 Myrtle Dorsey November 22, 1885 June 25, 2000 114 years, 216 days Ohio Ohio 28 Walter Breuning September 21, 1896 April 14, 2011 114 years, 205 days Minnesota Montana 29 Eunice Sanborn July 20, 1896 January 31, 2011 114 years, 195 days Louisiana Texas 30 Grace Clawson November 15, 1887 May 28, 2002 114 years, 194 days United Kingdom New York 31 Wilhelmina Kott March 7, 1880 September 6, 1994 114 years, 183 days Illinois Illinois Adelina Domingues February 19, 1888 August 21, 2002 114 years, 183 days Cape Verde California 33 Charlotte Benkner November 26, 1889 May 14, 2004 114 years, 180 days Germany Ohio 34 Ettie Mae Greene September 8, 1877 February 26, 1992 114 years, 171 days West Virginia West Virginia 35 Dominga Velasco May 12, 1901 October 11, 2015 114 years, 152 days Mexico California 36 Irene Frank October 1, 1881 February 28, 1996 114 years, 150 days Texas Missouri 37 Olivia Patricia Thomas June 29, 1895 November 16, 2009 114 years, 140 days Iowa New York 38 Anna Henderson March 5, 1900 July 1, 2014 114 years, 118 days Georgia Pennsylvania 39 Emma Verona Johnston August 6, 1890 December 1, 2004 114 years, 117 days Iowa Ohio Mamie Rearden September 7, 1898 January 2, 2013 114 years, 117 days South Carolina Georgia 41 Bettie Chatmon April 30, 1884 August 16, 1998 114 years, 108 days Louisiana Texas 42 Odie Matthews December 28, 1878 April 14, 1993 114 years, 107 days Texas Arizona 43 Florence Knapp October 10, 1873 January 11, 1988 114 years, 93 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Elena Slough July 4, 1889 October 5, 2003 114 years, 93 days Pennsylvania New Jersey 45 Mary Anna Boone February 10, 1887 May 13, 2001 114 years, 92 days Kentucky Kentucky 46 Delma Kollar October 31, 1897 January 24, 2012 114 years, 85 days Kansas Oregon 47 Maggie Renfro November 14, 1895 January 22, 2010 114 years, 69 days Louisiana Louisiana 48 Emma Tillman November 22, 1892 January 28, 2007 114 years, 67 days North Carolina Connecticut Anna Stoehr October 15, 1900 December 21, 2014 114 years, 67 days Iowa Minnesota 50 Leila Denmark February 1, 1898 April 1, 2012 114 years, 60 days Georgia Georgia 51 Adele Dunlap December 12, 1902 February 5, 2017 114 years, 55 days New Jersey New Jersey 52 Naomi Conner August 30, 1899 October 18, 2013 114 years, 49 days Texas Texas Ora Holland December 24, 1900 February 11, 2015 114 years, 49 days Missouri Oklahoma 54 Delphine Gibson August 17, 1903 Living 7004416750000000000 ♠ 114 years, 36 days South Carolina Living in Pennsylvania 55 Ila Jones August 21, 1903 Living 7004416710000000000 ♠ 114 years, 32 days Georgia Living in Georgia 56 Grace Thaxton June 18, 1891 July 6, 2005 114 years, 18 days New York Kentucky 57 Soledad Mexia August 13, 1899 August 30, 2013 114 years, 17 days Mexico California 58 Minnie Ward November 19, 1885 December 2, 1999 114 years, 13 days Tennessee Massachusetts 59 Arbella Ewing March 13, 1894 March 22, 2008 114 years, 9 days Texas Texas 60 Catherine Hagel November 28, 1894 December 6, 2008 114 years, 8 days Minnesota Minnesota 61 Emma Otis October 22, 1901 October 25, 2015 114 years, 3 days Washington Washington 62 Fred Hale December 1, 1890 November 19, 2004 113 years, 354 days Maine New York 63 Miriam Carpelan July 8, 1882 June 22, 1996 113 years, 350 days United Kingdom California Elsie Thompson April 5, 1899 March 21, 2013 113 years, 350 days Pennsylvania Florida 65 Bertha Fry December 1, 1893 November 14, 2007 113 years, 348 days Indiana Indiana 66 Mae Harrington January 20, 1889 December 29, 2002 113 years, 343 days New York New York 67 Daisey Bailey March 30, 1896 March 7, 2010 113 years, 342 days Tennessee Michigan 68 Agatha Mitchell March 26, 1887 February 25, 2001 113 years, 336 days Virginia Virginia 69 Goldie Michelson August 8, 1902 July 8, 2016 113 years, 335 days Ukraine Massachusetts 70 Clara Huhn January 28, 1887 December 20, 2000 113 years, 327 days Nebraska California 71 Corinne Dixon Taylor April 2, 1893 February 14, 2007 113 years, 318 days District of Columbia District of Columbia 72 Mary Christian June 12, 1889 April 20, 2003 113 years, 312 days Massachusetts California 73 Ruth Newman September 23, 1901 July 29, 2015 113 years, 309 days California California 74 Evelyn Kozak August 14, 1899 June 11, 2013 113 years, 301 days New York New York 75 Louisiana Hines April 13, 1899 February 1, 2013 113 years, 294 days Alabama Michigan 76 Mississippi Winn March 31, 1897 January 14, 2011 113 years, 289 days Louisiana Louisiana 77 Fannie Thomas April 14, 1867 January 22, 1981 113 years, 283 days Illinois California 78 Opal Thompson January 13, 1901 October 20, 2014 113 years, 280 days Oklahoma California 79 Johnson Parks October 15, 1884 July 17, 1998 113 years, 275 days Georgia Florida 80 Mary Parr January 29, 1889 October 29, 2002 113 years, 273 days Indiana Florida 81 Beatrice Farve April 30, 1895 January 19, 2009 113 years, 264 days Georgia Georgia 82 Amalia Barone October 6, 1884 June 26, 1998 113 years, 263 days Italy Connecticut 83 Zora Wriggle February 24, 1880 November 7, 1993 113 years, 256 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 84 John Ingram McMorran June 19, 1889 February 24, 2003 113 years, 250 days Michigan Florida 85 Mary McKinney May 30, 1873 February 2, 1987 113 years, 248 days California California 86 Ella Schuler September 5, 1897 May 7, 2011 113 years, 244 days Nebraska Kansas 87 Gladys Swetland April 18, 1892 December 14, 2005 113 years, 240 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 88 Meta Dishman June 1, 1903 January 20, 2017 113 years, 233 days Virginia Virginia 89 Mary Randall April 1, 1887 November 12, 2000 113 years, 225 days Arkansas Texas 90 Delina Filkins May 4, 1815 December 4, 1928 113 years, 214 days New York New York 91 Mary Kelly June 7, 1851 December 30, 1964 113 years, 206 days Michigan California 92 Nelle Hunt July 28, 1887 February 8, 2001 113 years, 195 days Missouri Missouri Helen Stetter November 18, 1893 June 1, 2007 113 years, 195 days Nebraska Nebraska 94 Carrie Hardrick November 6, 1887 May 14, 2001 113 years, 189 days Texas Texas 95 Mamie Eva Keith March 22, 1873 September 20, 1986 113 years, 182 days Illinois Illinois 96 Beryl Kapaun June 4, 1899 November 7, 2012 113 years, 156 days South Dakota South Dakota 97 Emma Wilson May 12, 1870 October 13, 1983 113 years, 154 days Missouri Missouri 98 Jane Markle October 10, 1883 March 12, 1997 113 years, 153 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Helen Wheat September 16, 1902 February 16, 2016 113 years, 153 days Pennsylvania Maryland 100 Frances Street March 28, 1897 August 24, 2010 113 years, 149 days South Carolina North Carolina American emigrant supercentenarians over 113 - years - old 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 Marie Josephine Gaudette March 25, 1902 July 13, 2017 115 years, 110 days New Hampshire Italy Merle Barwis December 23, 1900 November 22, 2014 113 years, 334 days Iowa Canada Cora Hansen March 25, 1899 April 18, 2012 113 years, 24 days Minnesota Canada Chronological list of the oldest living person 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 ? -- 110 October 19, 1863 -- May 18, 1974 110 years, 211 days Maine May 18, 1974 August 6, 1976 ( 7002811000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 80 days ) Mary Bittlebrun 110 -- 112 March 19, 1864 -- August 6, 1976 112 years, 140 days Arkansas August 6, 1976 December 2, 1977 ( 7002483000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 118 days ) Sophia DeMuth 110 -- 111 June 30, 1866 -- December 2, 1977 111 years, 155 days Nebraska December 2, 1977 January 22, 1981 ( 7003114700000000000 ♠ 3 years, 51 days ) Fannie Thomas 110 -- 113 April 14, 1867 -- January 22, 1981 113 years, 283 days California January 22, 1981 November 13, 1982 ( 7002660000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 295 days ) Nellie Spencer 111 -- 113 August 24, 1869 -- November 13, 1982 113 years, 81 days New Jersey November 13, 1982 October 13, 1983 ( 334 days ) Emma Wilson 112 -- 113 May 12, 1870 -- October 13, 1983 113 years, 154 days Missouri October 13, 1983 February 16, 1985 ( 7002492000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 126 days ) Mathew Beard 113 -- 114 July 9, 1870 -- February 16, 1985 114 years, 222 days Florida February 16, 1985 October 21, 1986 ( 7002612000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 247 days ) Augusta Holtz 113 -- 115 August 3, 1871 -- October 21, 1986 115 years, 79 days Missouri October 21, 1986 February 2, 1987 ( 104 days ) Mary McKinney 113 May 30, 1873 -- February 2, 1987 113 years, 248 days California February 2, 1987 January 11, 1988 ( 343 days ) Florence Knapp 113 -- 114 October 10, 1873 -- January 11, 1988 114 years, 93 days Pennsylvania January 11, 1988 March 21, 1993 ( 7003189600000000000 ♠ 5 years, 69 days ) Lucy Hannah 112 -- 117 July 16, 1875 -- March 21, 1993 117 years, 248 days Michigan March 21, 1993 May 7, 1994 ( 7002412000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 47 days ) Margaret Skeete 114 -- 115 October 27, 1878 -- May 7, 1994 115 years, 192 days Virginia May 7, 1994 September 6, 1994 ( 122 days ) Wilhelmina Kott 114 March 7, 1880 -- September 6, 1994 114 years, 183 days Illinois September 6, 1994 December 30, 1999 ( 7003194100000000000 ♠ 5 years, 115 days ) Sarah Knauss 113 -- 119 September 24, 1880 -- December 30, 1999 119 years, 97 days Pennsylvania December 30, 1999 June 25, 2000 ( 178 days ) Myrtle Dorsey 114 November 22, 1885 -- June 25, 2000 114 years, 216 days Ohio June 25, 2000 March 18, 2002 ( 7002631000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 266 days ) Maude Farris - Luse 113 -- 115 January 21, 1887 -- March 18, 2002 115 years, 56 days Michigan March 18, 2002 May 28, 2002 ( 71 days ) Grace Clawson 114 November 15, 1887 -- May 28, 2002 114 years, 194 days Florida May 28, 2002 August 21, 2002 ( 85 days ) Adelina Domingues 114 February 19, 1888 -- August 21, 2002 114 years, 183 days California August 21, 2002 December 29, 2002 ( 130 days ) Mae Harrington 113 January 20, 1889 -- December 29, 2002 113 years, 343 days New York December 29, 2002 April 20, 2003 ( 112 days ) Mary Christian 113 June 12, 1889 -- April 20, 2003 113 years, 312 days California April 20, 2003 October 5, 2003 ( 168 days ) Elena Slough 113 -- 114 July 4, 1889 -- October 5, 2003 114 years, 93 days New Jersey October 5, 2003 May 14, 2004 ( 222 days ) Charlotte Benkner 113 -- 114 November 16, 1889 -- May 14, 2004 114 years, 180 days Ohio May 14, 2004 December 1, 2004 ( 201 days ) Emma Verona Johnston 113 -- 114 August 6, 1890 -- December 1, 2004 114 years, 117 days Ohio December 1, 2004 December 11, 2006 ( 7002740000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 10 days ) Elizabeth Bolden 114 -- 116 August 15, 1890 -- December 11, 2006 116 years, 118 days Tennessee December 11, 2006 January 28, 2007 ( 48 days ) Emma Tillman 114 November 22, 1892 -- January 28, 2007 114 years, 67 days Connecticut January 28, 2007 February 14, 2007 ( 17 days ) Corinne Dixon Taylor 113 April 2, 1893 -- February 14, 2007 113 years, 318 days District of Columbia February 14, 2007 November 26, 2008 ( 7002651000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 286 days ) Edna Parker 113 -- 115 April 20, 1893 -- November 26, 2008 115 years, 220 days Indiana November 26, 2008 September 11, 2009 ( 289 days ) Gertrude Baines 114 -- 115 April 6, 1894 -- September 11, 2009 115 years, 158 days California September 11, 2009 March 7, 2010 ( 177 days ) Mary Josephine Ray 114 May 17, 1895 -- March 7, 2010 114 years, 294 days New Hampshire March 7, 2010 April 6, 2010 ( 30 days ) Neva Morris 114 August 3, 1895 -- April 6, 2010 114 years, 246 days Iowa April 6, 2010 January 31, 2011 ( 300 days ) Eunice Sanborn 113 -- 114 July 20, 1896 -- January 31, 2011 114 years, 195 days Texas January 31, 2011 December 4, 2012 ( 7002673000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 308 days ) Besse Cooper 114 -- 116 August 26, 1896 -- December 4, 2012 116 years, 100 days Georgia December 4, 2012 December 17, 2012 ( 13 days ) Dina Manfredini 115 April 4, 1897 -- December 17, 2012 115 years, 257 days Iowa December 17, 2012 April 6, 2015 ( 7002840000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 110 days ) Gertrude Weaver 114 -- 116 July 4, 1898 -- April 6, 2015 116 years, 276 days Arkansas April 6, 2015 June 17, 2015 ( 72 days ) Jeralean Talley 115 -- 116 May 23, 1899 -- June 17, 2015 116 years, 25 days Michigan June 17, 2015 May 12, 2016 ( 330 days ) Susannah Mushatt Jones 115 -- 116 July 6, 1899 -- May 12, 2016 116 years, 311 days New York May 12, 2016 July 8, 2016 ( 57 days ) Goldie Michelson 113 August 8, 1902 -- July 8, 2016 113 years, 335 days Massachusetts July 8, 2016 February 5, 2017 ( 212 days ) Adele Dunlap 113 -- 114 December 12, 1902 -- February 5, 2017 114 years, 55 days New Jersey February 5, 2017 Present ( 7002229000000000000 ♠ 229 days ) Delphine Gibson 113 -- 114 * born August 17, 1903 7004416750000000000 ♠ 114 years, 36 days Living in Pennsylvania List of people Ann Pouder Ann Pouder on her 110th birthday ; photograph from June, 1919 National Geographic Magazine Ann Pouder ( née Alexander ) ( London, United Kingdom April 8, 1807 -- Baltimore, Maryland, United States July 10, 1917 ) was one of the first modernly recognized British American supercentenarians. Her age at death was 7004402700000000000 ♠ 110 years, 93 days. 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 with Nepalese American Citizen Alexander Pouder, although became a widow very early and had no children. Her extreme longevity claim was certified by Alexander Graham Bell. In her last few months, she was bedridden, blind, and almost deaf, but her mind remained sharp. 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. 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, 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. 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. She still holds the record for being the oldest person in the state of West Virginia. Wilhelmina Kott 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. 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. She died on September 6, 1994, aged 114 years 183 days. Mary Bidwell Mary Electa Bidwell née Nobel ( May 19, 1881 -- April 25, 1996 ) 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. Her parents were Charles Woodruff Bidwell and Alice Beach Nobel. 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. 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. Maggie Barnes Maggie Pauline Barnes née Hinnant ( March 6, 1882 -- January 19, 1998 ) was an American supercentenarian. She was a resident of Johnston County, North Carolina. Barnes died from complications following a minor foot infection. 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. 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. 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. Mae Harrington Mae Harrington ( née Maxwell ; January 20, 1889 -- December 29, 2002 ) was an American supercentenarian who became the world 's oldest living person upon the death of Adelina Domingues. Harrington was also the oldest living American and the oldest person ever from 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 on May 28, 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. Mary Christian Mary Dorothy Christian ( née Perry, June 12, 1889 -- April 20, 2003 ) was an American supercentenarian who became the oldest recognized person in the United States at age 113 upon the death of 113 - year - old Mae Harrington and was succeeded in this title by another 113 - year - old, Elena Slough. Perry was born in Taunton, Massachusetts to parents whose name had been anglicized from Perreira ( she was of Portuguese descent ). She spent much of her life in California, where she died in a San Pablo, California nursing home at 113 years and 312 days. Elena Slough Elena Proctor Slough née Rodenbaugh ( July 4, 1889 -- October 5, 2003 ) was the oldest recognized person in the United States from the death of Mary Christian on April 20, 2003, until Slough 's own death, aged 114 years 93 days, six months later. After her death, the oldest recognized person in the United States was Charlotte Benkner. Born in Horsham, Pennsylvania, she married twice and had children by each marriage. Her 90 - year - old daughter died three days before her, at the same Cape May, New Jersey nursing home. Some sources date her birth to 1888, but the oldest records state that she was born in 1889. Charlotte Benkner Charlotte Benkner ( née Enterlein ; November 16, 1889 -- May 14, 2004 ) was an American supercentenarian and the oldest verified living person from November 2003 until sufficient documentation was found to validate the age of Ramona Trinidad Iglesias - Jordan of Puerto Rico in March 2004. The subsequent recognition of María Capovilla of Ecuador in December 2005 moved Benkner down to third place at the time of her death, but she is still the oldest verified German - born person ever. 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. 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. She became the oldest recognized person in the United States when 114 - year - old Elena Slough died in October 2003. 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. 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. Emma Verona Johnston Emma Verona Johnston ( née Calhoun ) ( August 6, 1890 -- December 1, 2004 ) was an American supercentenarian recognized as the `` oldest living American '' from May 2004 until her death at age 114 years, 117 days. Johnston was born in Indianola, Iowa to a large family. She was the oldest living graduate of Drake University, where she was a member of the Class of 1912. 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 when she attained supercentenarian status, still being able to walk up steps, she was also alert and able to engage in conversations. Charlotte Benkner 's death on May 14, 2004 left Johnston as the oldest documented person in the United States. She died in Worthington, Ohio on December 1, 2004. 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 seventh - oldest documented person in the world at the time of her death. She also became 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. Thaxton died several weeks later on July 6, 2005, aged 114 years 18 days. Thaxton almost lived to see her son Robert ( 1915 -- 2011 ) turn 90 on July 12, 2005. Thaxton 's mother ( 1860 -- 1969 ) lived to 109. Bettie Wilson Bettie Antry Wilson née Rutherford ( September 13, 1890 -- February 13, 2006 ) 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. 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. Arbella Ewing Arbella Ewing ( née Perkins ) ( March 13, 1894 -- March 22, 2008 ) 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. 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. George Francis George Rene Francis ( June 6, 1896 -- December 27, 2008 ) 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. 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. 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. Shelby Harris Shelby Harris ( March 31, 1901 -- July 25, 2012 ), an African American, was 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. 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 57 years old. Harris died on July 25, 2012, aged 111 years, 116 days. Notes Jump up ^ 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. Jump up ^ Steinberg was born in Kishinev, which had then been a part of the Russian Empire ; it is now located in Moldova Jump up ^ Domingues was born in Cape Verde, which was at that time a Portuguese colony. Now it is an independent country. Jump up ^ Michelson was born in a part of Ukraine, which was then part of the Russian Empire. References ^ Jump up to : `` Verified Supercentenarian Cases -- USA ( As of April 28, 2007 ) ''. Retrieved May 30, 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` Validated Living Supercentenarians ''. September 22, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Mrs. Sarah Knauss, the World 's Oldest Person, Turns 119 ''. The Morning Call. September 25, 1999. 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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, could n'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. ^ Jump up to : `` Mary Electa Bidwell. Oldest person in the USA ''. Bidwell House Museum. 1996. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 09. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mary Electa Bidwell, at 114, is the oldest person in the United States. ^ Jump up to : `` Oldest person in the U.S. still teaching life lessons ''. CNN. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 09. 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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Question: who is the oldest living person in america
Answer: Delphine Gibson