Tillman, one of 23 children, was born to former slaves who moved from North Carolina to Glastonbury in 1895.Wow... God bless her!
1 posted on
01/19/2007 9:54:29 PM PST by
nutmeg
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Connecticut ping!
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2 posted on
01/19/2007 9:55:08 PM PST by
nutmeg
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To: nutmeg
Tillman is now the second-oldest known person in the world behind 115-year-old Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto Rico, born August 21, 1891...Who is behind 6,424 year old fossil Helen Thomas.
3 posted on
01/19/2007 10:00:00 PM PST by
Screamname
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To: nutmeg
It's interesting to think that she was pushing 80 the day I was born....
5 posted on
01/19/2007 10:02:59 PM PST by
El Sordo
To: nutmeg
Wow, read about this guy; Emiliano Mercado del Toro. I did a search on him. He`s a WW1 vet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiliano_Mercado_del_Toro
6 posted on
01/19/2007 10:04:57 PM PST by
Screamname
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To: nutmeg
East Hartford Woman Is 114 Years OldI'm sure my ex wife will beat this record, just to piss off everybody around her.
7 posted on
01/19/2007 10:06:48 PM PST by
umgud
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To: nutmeg
9 posted on
01/19/2007 10:13:00 PM PST by
Screamname
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To: nutmeg
I'm trying to imagine a birthday cake with 115 candles here....
17 posted on
01/20/2007 12:44:47 AM PST by
AZRepublican
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To: nutmeg; Bear_in_RoseBear
A November 2006 picture of "Miss Emma," from another article (click on the picture to read the other article):
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Salvation Army Major John Stewart greets his great-great-aunt, Emma Tillman, the fourth-oldest woman in the world.
18 posted on
01/20/2007 2:09:47 AM PST by
Rose in RoseBear
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