Margaret Skeete
| Margaret Skeete | |
|---|---|
| Born | Margaret Seward October 27, 1878[1] Rockport, Texas, United States[1] |
| Died | May 7, 1994[1] (aged Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) Radford, Virginia, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Mattie Seward, Mattie Skeete, Martha Skeete |
| Known for | Oldest living American from 1993 to 1994[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Renn Skeete (died 1953) |
| Children | Verne Taylor (1909-2009), Seward, Charles |
| Parent(s) | R.H. Seward Margaret Seward |
Margaret Skeete née Seward (October 27, 1878 – May 7, 1994)[2] was an American supercentenarian and, from 1993 to 1994, the oldest living person in the United States. She was 115 years 192 days old when she died.[1] Skeete is the oldest person ever from Texas.
According to her eldest daughter, Verne Taylor, Skeete was listed in the 1880 U.S. Census as a two-year-old.[1][2] Human longevity researcher Robert Young found a two-year-old "Mattie Seward", of Rockport, Texas, recorded in that census.[1] She was listed in the 1993 Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest living American.[1]
She was married to Renn Skeete, with whom she had three children; two of which died before Skeete did.[1] After Renn Skeete's death in 1953, she moved from Texas to Virginia to live with Taylor and Taylor's family.[2] She was survived by her daughter, Verne (January 31, 1909 - February 4, 2009), who lived to be a centenarian herself.[2]
See also
- Oldest people
- List of the verified oldest people
- List of the verified oldest women
- U.S. state longevity recordholders
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