World's oldest woman was slave's child

[Judi Lynn]

World's oldest woman was slave's child
From correspondents in New York

January 27, 2007 06:30am

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THE 114-year-old daughter of emancipated American slaves is now the world's oldest living person, following the death on Wednesday of Emiliano Mercado del Toro, 115, of Puerto Rico, the Guinness World Records group said overnight.

Emma Faust Tillman, 114, who lives in Connecticut, was born on November 22, 1892 in Gibsonville, North Carolina.

She once worked as a maid for actress Katharine Hepburn, Guinness said in a statement on its website.

When Ms Tillman was born, Benjamin Harrison was president of the United States, the telephone had not yet been invented and penicillin had not yet been discovered.

Since then, she has seen 20 different presidents in office and survived two world wars, as well as the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
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[no_hypocrisy]

1. Geez, I didn't know Emma was still alive. n/t

[applegrove]

2. God love her.

[Eugene]

3. AP: World's oldest known person, Emma Faust Tillman, dies at 114

World's oldest known person, Emma Faust Tillman, dies at 114

The Associated Press
Published: January 29, 2007

HARTFORD, Connecticut: Emma Faust Tillman, who became the world's oldest
known living person last week, died at a nursing home. She was 114.

Tillman, the daughter of former slaves, died Sunday night, said Karen Chadderton,
administrator of Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center in East Hartford.

"She went peacefully," Chadderton said Monday. "She was a wonderful woman."

Chadderton said several family members were with Tillman when she died.

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Full article: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/29/america/NA-GEN-US-Obit-Worlds-Oldest-Person.php

[newyawker99]

4. Rest in Peace Ms Tillman.