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City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Frank Buckles 1 February 1901 27 February 2011 110 years, 26 days Missouri Charles town
2 Jacob Currence 2 November 1898 17 October 2008 109 years, 350 days Hemlock Elkins
3 Oscar Dubois 7 September 1879 25 June 1989 109 Years 291 Days BelgiumBEL Monongalia County
4 Clabe Mullins 7 July 1866 30 January 1975 108 Years 207 Days Kentucky Mason
5 Gabriel Goldizen 14 February 1886 17 March 1994 108 Years 31 Days Jordan Run Petersburg
6 Archie Mullins 3 February 1894 8 December 2001 107 years, 300 days Madison Charleston
7 Edwin Jean Lowther 12 January 1902 29 July 2009 107 years 198 days Salem Salem
8 Ira Copley 19 August 1894 14 February 2002 107 years, 180 days McComas Huntington
9 John Williamson 30 June 1865 26 November 1972 107 years, 149 days Tennessee Man
10 John Hartman 8 November 1858 26 October 1965 106 years 352 days Tennessee Hunington
11 Howard Lott 20 October 1906 9 August 2013 106 years 293 days Wirt County Williamstown
12 Ira Miller 27 January 1917 29 October 2023 106 years, 275 days Kansas Dryfork
13 William E Wolfe 12 July 1902 16 March 2009 106 years 247 days Kentucky Huntington
14 Joseph States 23 March 1876 21 October 1982 106 Years 212 Days Pennsylvania Parkersburg
15 Charles Maxwell 25 November 1878 1 May 1985 106 Years 157 Days West Union West Union
16 Howard Hanson 16 June 1891 30 September 1997 106 Years 106 Days Cornstalk Crawley
17 George Gay 14 June 1868 26 September 1974 106 Years 104 Days Hinton Hinton
18 Walter Raese 24 June 1907 28 September 2013 106 years 96 days Davis Boulder
19 Lester Cantley 11 October 1901 9 November 2007 106 years 29 days Boone County Charleston
20 Huston Rollyson 11 January 1888 29 January 1994 106 Years 18 Days Braxton Braxton
21 David Nale 8 June 1897 31 March 2003 105 years 296 days Pennsylvania Clarksburg
22 Squire Jenkins Jones 16 July 1866 15 January 1972 105 Years 183 Days Unknown Romance
23 William Colley 28 March 1896 20 July 2001 105 years 114 days Alabama Morgantown
24 Chapman Daniels 10 November 1852 16 December 1957 105 Years 36 Days Unknown Hinton
25 James Ash 4 February 1858 5 March 1963 105 Years 27 Days Harrison County Katy Licks
26 George Stump 2 September 1881 12 September 1986 105 Years 10 Days Landes Milroy

men who were born in West Virginia who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Arthur Critchfield 10 October 1872 19 May 1981 108 Years 221 Days Glover Gap CanadaCAN
2 Lonzo Bills 22 November 1871 8 October 1979 107 Years 320 Days Calcutta California
3 Henry Harmon 20 March 1869 6 January 1977 107 Years 292 Days War Indiana
4 John Ours 14 January 1882 5 March 1989 107 Years 50 Days Tallmansville Wisconsin
5 Millard “Jack” Nelson 2 August 1883 16 March 1990 106 Years 225 Days Wayne County Ohio
6 Harold "Gus" Eliason 27 February 1904 12 August 2010 106 years 166 days Rowlesburg North Carolina
7 David Cozad 30 May 1890 14 August 1996 106 Years 76 Days Wirt County Kansas
8 Howard Lee 27 October 1879 24 May 1985 105 Years 209 Days Evelyn Florida
9 Kenneth Huffman 2 December 1899 14 April 2005 105 years 133 days Luray Pennsylvania



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