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James Holt
James Holt
Holt at his 100th birthday in 1965.
Birth: 25 December 1865
Edwards, Illinois, USA
Death: 7 January 1977
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Age: 111 years, 13 days
Country: United StatesUSA
Validated

James Henderson Holt (25 December 1865 – 7 January 1977) was an American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography[]

James Holt was born in Edwards, Illinois, USA as the son of Joseph and Martha Pelham Holt. He lost both his parents in 1868 and was orphaned along with his three brothers.

The brothers were sent to Cannon, Tennessee and raised by acquaintances of their parents. They came to Ozark, Missouri in the 1870s and James married Clara Hyder in Lamar, Missouri on 1 November 1899. The couple had five children. He was widowed in 1937 and he later remarried to an unknown woman.

Holt died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA on 7 January 1977 at the age of 111 years, 13 days.

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