| Mary Jane Power | |
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| Birth: | 20 November 1810? Illinois, United States |
| Death: | 12 March 1925 Everman, Tarrant County, Texas, United States |
| Age: | 114 years, 112 days? |
| Country: |  USA
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| Longevity claimant | |
Mary Jane “Ludie” Power (née Meredith) (20 November 1810?/January/February 1810?– 12 March 1925) was an American supercentenarian claimant whose age is unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Mary Jane Power claimed to have been born in Illinois, United States on 20 November 1810 as Mary Meredith, she claims she was born to John Meredith and Winifred "Winnie" Meredith West (1790-?) . She came to Texas as a prairie schooner in 1820 settling in Cherokee County. She married Isaac Power. In 1979 Henderson Price wrote this about Mary: "Granny" Powers was one of the earlist settlers in this County (Tarrant Co., Texas) and who told stories of her and her husband riding their 1150 acres of land of their own, plus the free range available, for a week or two at a time looking for their cattle. Their cattle ranged from Tarrant County to the Brazos River. She also told stories of the Indians living in this vicinity at that time. She rode the country in a side saddle, smoked a clay pipe with a cane stem after each meal, and finally lived to the ripe old age of 115 years. She could carry an 8 quart bucket of water 250 yards from her well when she was 100 years old. She also made her own garden and worked it when she was nearing the century mark.
Mary Power died in Everman, Tarrant County, Texas, United States on 12 March 1925 at the claimed age of 114 years, 112 days. According to newspapers of the day, she was the oldest woman in Texas at the time of her death. She had 12 children, 44 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren.
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References[]
- Mary Jane “Ludie” Meredith Power Find a Grave (Unreliable source)