- Mary Electa Bidwell
Mary Electa Nobel Bidwell (
May 9 ,1881 –April 25 ,1996 )Social Security Death Index ; 040383799] was an Americansupercentenarian . She died at 114 years and 352 days, making her the 27th oldest person to ever live. She was also the oldest person ever to die inConnecticut .cite news |coauthors= |title=Life is Long. |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E1DC163DF93AA15751C1A960958260 |publisher=New York Times |quote=Mary Electa Bidwell was supposed to be listed as the Guinness Book of World Records's oldest living American, but she died shortly before the publication's deadline. 1876-1996 Mary Thompson, who was slightly older, couldn't qualify for Guinness's title, either - as the daughter of ex-slaves, she had no birth certificate - but in 1992 she did receive the ultimate American tribute to longevity, a mention by Willard Scott on the "Today" show. | accessdate=2007-12-09] cite news |title=Mary Electa Bidwell. Oldest person in the USA. |url=http://www.bidwellhousemuseum.org/Articles/mary_electa_bidwell.htm |quote=According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mary Electa Bidwell, at 114, is the oldest person in the United States. |publisher=Bidwell House Museum |date=1996 |accessdate=2007-12-09]Her parents were Charles Woodruff Bidwell and Alice Beach Nobel. She was a descendant of John Bidwell, one of the founders of
Hartford, Connecticut . Bidwell worked as a teacher in a one-room school house for six years. She married Charles Hubbell Bidwell, a distant cousin, in 1906.Bidwell lived on her own in
North Haven, Connecticut until she was 110. Bidwell died at theArden House , a nursing home inHamden, Connecticut .cite news |title=Oldest person in the U.S. still teaching life lessons. |url=http://cgi.cnn.com/US/9512/oldest_american/ |publisher=CNN |quote=Mary Bidwell has a long memory because she has had a long life. At 114, she is the oldest person in the United States. | accessdate=2007-12-09 ] She was the last surviving person documented as born in 1881.As of April 2008, Bidwell is still listed as one of the 30 longest lived people ever.
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List of the oldest people
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* [http://www.bidwellhousemuseum.org/Articles/mary_electa_bidwell.htm Bidwell House Museum]
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