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Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Lester Townsend 31 March 1908 22 October 2019 111 years, 205 days Illinois South Bend
2 Henry Pfeiffer 22 March 1881 23 May 1992 111 years, 62 days Posey County Mount Vernon
3 Lloyd Myers 20 March 1892 1 February 2003 110 years, 318 days Smithfield Township Auburn
4 Lora Trueblood 7 May 1887 24 October 1997 110 years, 170 days Salem Salem
5 Harvey Hite 15 November 1897 16 February 2008 110 years, 93 days Indianapolis Warren
6 Jose Hernandez Ayala 9 January 1906 9 February 2016 110 years, 31 days MexicoMEX Munster
7 Raymond Carmody 28 August 1908 13 June 2018 109 years, 289 days Wisconsin Valparaiso
8 Frank Arkenberg 8 September 1893 22 December 2002 109 years, 105 days GermanyGER Richmond
9 Melvin Harris 27 May 1914 2 May 2023 108 years, 343 days Ohio Jeffersonville
10 James Estes Thompson 9 November 1872 7 July 1981 108 years, 240 days Unknown Jonesboro
11 John Morton-Finney 25 June 1889 28 January 1998 108 years, 217 days Kentucky Indianapolis
12 Charles Richardson 14 October 1884 3 May 1993 108 years, 201 days Bedford Bedford
13 Theodore Heck 16 January 1901 29 April 2009 108 years, 103 days Chairton Saint Menard
14 Bill Barlage 16 March 1917 Living 108 years, 120 days South Dakota Muncie
15 Louis Shaw 12 February 1877 31 March 1985 108 years, 47 days Kentucky Lafayette
16 James Wilbert Hayden 10 June 1896 26 July 2004 108 years, 46 days Kentucky Indianapolis
17 Henry Harmon 20 March 1869 6 January 1977 107 years, 292 days West Virginia Kendallville
18 Santiago Mendez 25 July 1900 11 April 2008 107 years, 261 days MexicoMEX East Chicago
19 Paul Thompson 13 March 1903 22 August 2010 107 years, 162 days Ohio Wabash
20 Rennie Frutkin 22 May 1912 25 Oct 2019 107 years, 156 days Ohio Illinois
21 Floyd Anthony 17 October 1895 9 March 2003 107 years, 143 days Madison Township South Bend
22 Thurman Carnal 6 July 1916 22 November 2023 107 years, 139 days Kentucky Evansville
23 William Kiney 10 February 1846 23 June 1953 107 years, 133 days Kentucky Rushville
24 Elbert Tison 17 August 1892 23 December 1999 107 years, 128 days Indiana Evansville
25 Hans Schultz 5 June 1908 10 July 2015 107 years 35 days La Paz Greenfield
26 Ralph Kenworthy 6 January 1906 27 January 2013 107 years 21 Days Ohio Decatur
27 Harry Sharlow 11 September 1907 16 September 2014 107 years 5 days Rhode Island Indianapolis
28 Charles Lucas 1 January-27 September 1850 28 September 1957 107 years 1+ days LithuaniaLTU Westville
29 Francis Miller 19 October 1851 21 August 1958 106 years, 306 days Dupont Cross Plains
30 John Adolph 28 February 1910 20 November 2016 106 years 266 days Hayden Franklin
31 William Goddard 11 March 1880 16 September 1986 106 years, 189 days Illinois Brazil
Frank Wolfe 4 March 1880 9 September 1986 106 years, 189 days Illinois Wabash County
33 Glenn Beesley 15 August 1896 14 February 2003 106 years, 183 days Franklin county West Harrison
34 Samuel Roseberry 7 July 1898 21 December 2004 106 years, 167 days Deputy Anderson
35 Marshall Horn 10 January 1916 20 June 2021 106 years 161 days Liberty Township Lafayette
36 Russ Lambert 6 March 1917 10 August 2023 106 years 157 days Indianapolis Camby
37 Elmo Brown 30 June 1917 1 December 2023 106 years 154 days Washington County Columbus
38 Fred Young 15 October 1883 9 March 1990 106 years, 145 days Winamae Rensselaer
39 Thomas Curry 2 August 1870 4 December 1976 106 years, 124 days Sullivan Sullivan
40 Frank Wahl 13 December 1874 3 April 1981 106 years, 111 days Dale Evansville
41 Ervin Huber 23 March 1905 16 June 2011 106 years, 85 days Indianapolis Franklin
42 Martin Potts 27 December 1904 4 March 2011 106 years, 67 days Kellerville Shoals
43 Levi Wildman 30 March 1839 21 May 1945 106 years 52 days Ohio Shoals
44 Benjamin Mayville 25 June 1881 17 July 1987 106 years, 22 days Michigan Mount Vernon
James “Jim” Thompson 2 March 1913 24 March 2019 106 years 22 days Ekin Pendleton
46 Modesto Candelaria 20 June 1915 9 July 2021 106 years 19 days Puerto RicoPRI,United StatesUSA Crown Point
47 Jack Shaffer 28 May 1919 Living 106 years, 47 days Muncie Muncie
48 Perry Rosenbarger 25 August 1897 7 September 2003 106 years, 13 days Corydon Huntington
49 William 'Bill' Purvis 19 December 1895 31 December 2001 106 years, 12 days Ohio Fort Wayne
50 Floyd McMurray 20 January 1891 29 January 1997 106 years, 9 days Lebanon Clarksville

Men who were born in Indiana who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Shelby Harris 31 March 1901 25 July 2012 111 years, 116 days Ayrshire Illinois
2 Henry Taylor 28 September 1907 15 April 2018 110 years, 199 days Fort Wayne Michigan
3 Ardra King 6 April 1886 23 April 1996 110 years, 17 days Whitestown Missouri
4 Orin Akers 4 February 1863 2 August 1972 109 years, 180 days Amo Minnesota
5 George Anthony 29 September 1874 7 January 1984 109 years, 100 days Story Florida
6 Harry Schoolcraft 19 October 1883 29 December 1992 109 years, 71 days Huntington Florida
7 Benjamin Taylor 7 September 1878 1 June 1987 108 years, 267 days Broom Hill California
8 Ollie Stewart 26 April 1859 6 October 1967 108 years, 164 days Mount Vernon Oklahoma
9 Robert Perkins 12 February 1909 6 July 2017 108 years, 144 days Lafayette Ohio
10 Luman Culp 30 October 1898 11 January 2007 108 years, 73 days Bremen Michigan
11 Michael Thralls 16 Jan 1843 30 Nov 1950 107 years, 318 days Vigo County Oregon
12 Noah Smith 18 January 1908 24 September 2015 107 years 249 days Marion Minnesota
13 Harold Harvey 28 June 1887 1 January 1995 107 years, 187 days Monrovia Kansas
14 Ray Hooker 3 January 1906 5 July 2013 107 years, 183 days Warren county Virginia
15 Jack Weil 28 March 1901 13 August 2008 107 years, 138 days Evansville Colorado
16 Harrie Hughes 29 April 1899 20 June 2006 107 years, 52 days Montgomery Alaska
17 John Hartman 8 November 1858 26 October 1965 106 years, 352 days Evansville Florida
18 Lloyd Beasley 16 June 1908 13 September 2014 106 years 89 days Vincennes Kansas
19 John Elliott 6 February 1899 12 January 2005 105 years, 341 days Terr Haute California
20 John W. Cook 27 October 1896 18 June 2002 105 years, 234 days Silver Lake Ohio
21 Frank Hollar 24 March 1899 28 October 2004 105 years, 218 days Terre Haute New Mexico
22 David Benn 28 March 1907 29 July 2012 105 years 123 days Richmond Ohio
23 Otto Jungkuntz 2 April 1893 2 August 1998 105 years, 122 days Wayne Township Wisconsin
24 Eli Dismore 7 April 1855 25 July 1960 105 years, 109 days Brownstown Iowa



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