Susannah Mushatt Jones
Susannah Mushatt Jones | |
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Jones aged 116 in 2015 | |
| Born | Susannah Mushatt July 6, 1899 Lowndes County, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | May 12, 2016 (aged 116 years, 311 days) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Known for | Oldest living person (June 17, 2015 – May 12, 2016) |
| Spouse |
Henry Jones
(m. 1928; div. 1933) |
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Susannah Mushatt Jones (July 6, 1899 – May 12, 2016) was an American supercentenarian who was, aged 116 years and 311 days, the world's oldest living person and the last living American born in the 19th century. She received tributes from the United States House of Representatives and from the Alabama House of Representatives "for a remarkable lifetime of exceptional achievement lived during three centuries".