116 - Lizzy Harper - Thomasville, Alabama
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BruceS
N 31° 58.130 W 087° 40.185
16R E 436716 N 3537176
Headstone of a supercentenarian in rural Airmount Cemetery in vicinity of Thomasville, Alabama.
Waymark Code: WM7KRV
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2009
Views: 7
Lizzy Harper's headstone says she was born in 1824 and she died in 1940, making her either 115 or 116 years old at the time of death. I was not able to find anything about this supercentenarian.
1824 - Presidential election with 4 candidates resulted in none of getting the majority of the electoral vote. John Quincy Adams was elected President by the House of Representatives in 1825.
She witnessed the growth of plantations in Alabama
She lived through the Civil War
She lived through World War I
She lived through the Great Depression
She saw start of World War II
1940 - Franklin D. Roosevelt elected to third term as President of United States.
Location of Headstone: Airmount Cemetery
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