Posted by: @fish

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@futurist 

 

This seems the 1870 census entry for the Henderson family:

(Enumerated 8 July, 1870, Pct. 1, Fayette, Texas, Post Office: La Grange)

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGT-BCV?lang=en

• W. Anderson, age 25
• Maggy Anderson, age 20
• Lee Anderson, age 3
• Pamillis (Cornelia?) Anderson, age 1
• Anne Anderson, age 20 (probably a sister of Willis Anderson)
• Mathilda Anderson, age 5

Here are three other documents:

Margaret Jones in 1940, living in Gonzales, Texas, age 93: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWV2-5P7

 

Margaret Jones in 1950, living in Gonzales, Texas, age 90: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XPM-1SFS

 

1960 death record of Margaret Johnson Jones, age 93: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K34J-XXF

 

The 1870 census record and the 1867 marriage record, it does appear that Margaret Jones was actually born in or around 1850.

 

Additionally, there may be an enumeration for relating to Margaret Jones in the Slave Schedule censuses of 1850 and 1860,

Thanks, Fish! That's probably what Ollie found! And Yes, I do believe that she was very likely the age claimed or at least extraordinarily close to it. As for finding her in the slave schedule censuses, how exactly would we do that? These censuses don't provide names, after all--or do they?

BTW, off-topic, but if you don't mind me asking: How come you stopped responding to my PMs on familysearch.org? (I don't think that I wrote anything offensive or personal to you. You just kind of abrutly stopped responding, and I don't know why.)

I guess that if we won't be able to (conclusively) find her in the 1850 and/or 1860 slave schedule censuses, would artificially verifying her as born in 1851 and as age 109 at the time of her death be an option? That way, we'd be able to artificially fit the 1870 US Census into the 20-year-window. A very suboptimal choice, but this would be the option of last resort if we won't be able to verify her in any other way.

Posted by: @futurist

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Posted by: @futurist

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@Mendocino Do you know of any other extensive oral interviews with SCs and semi-SCs (people aged 107+)?

Here is one for Dr. Tolbert Fanning Hill (1874-1982) from 1979, on his 105th birthday:

https://web.archive.org/web/20100812033250/https://www.uis.edu/archives/memoirs/HILLT.pdf

And here is one for Andrew Small (1891-2003) from 1999:

https://www.wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Small-Andrew_OH103.pdf

Here's one from 1958 with Narcissa Rickman (1855-1968):

https://soundcloud.com/jimmy-lindberg-787842254/interview-with-mrs-rickman-103-hendersonville-1958

Here's one from Lois Wooten (1914-2025) from 2014 back when she was "only" 100:

https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/hundred/id/2296

Here are the details for it:

https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/hundred/id/2040

@Admin Please create a separate obituary thread for this man:

Delbert "Del" Marlow (1916-2025) died at age 108 on January 28, 2025. He was born on February 12, 1916. He lived in Pennsylvania and was born there as well. He died about two weeks before his 109th birthday.

Here is his obituary: https://www.phillyburbs.com/obituaries/psom1083262

Apparently he was the ninth oldest living man in the United States at the time of his death.