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Aunt Sarah Is 121 Years Old

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15339
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Abstract:
Aunt Sarah Grudger was arguably the oldest living American in 1937. The Asheville resident claimed she was born September 15, 1816. No official records existed to prove her date of birth because she was an ex-slave and very little was documented about slave births and deaths. Corroborating evidence included her memory of the 1833 meteor shower and other aged relatives who remember Aunt Sarah as an old woman when they were kids.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 5 Issue 29, Dec 1937, p3, il
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