Katie Brown | |
Birth: | 1 May 1880 Mississippi, United States |
Death: | 29 April 1992 Illinois, United States |
Age: | 111 years, 364 days |
Country: | USA |
Validated |
Katie V. Brown (née Chambers; 1 May 1880 – 29 April 1992) was an American supercentenarian whose age has been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She was the second-oldest known person in the U.S. state of Illinois, behind Wilhelmina Kott, and the eighth-oldest known person in the country when she died.
Biography[]
Katie Brown was born as Katie V. Chambers in Mississippi, United States, on 1 May 1880. She married a man with the surname Brown, and achieved supercentenarian status in 1990.
Katie Brown died in Illinois, United States on 29 April 1992 at the age of 111 years, 364 days, two days before what would have been her 112th birthday. She was the oldest known person born in Mississippi and among the top 20 oldest validated people in the world.