A Houston resident and oldest-living person in the U.S. died Tuesday at 115, according to a news release from LongeviQuest, a ...

Since her birth in 1909, Francis lived through two world wars, segregation, the fall of the Soviet Union, multiple pandemics ...

A Pennsylvania woman who recently celebrated her 114th birthday is being recognized as the oldest living person in North America — and credits her very long life to abstaining from everyday vices.

Elizabeth Francis, who was the oldest living person in the United States, has died. Speaking to ABC News, Harrison described ...

Naomi Whitehead of Greenville has been recognized by the Gerontology Research Group as the oldest living person in the United ...

In 1909, William Taft replaced Theodore Roosevelt as president of the US, women couldn't yet vote in the US, and Elizabeth Francis — who was until recently the oldest living American — was born.

Naomi Whitehead, 114, of Greenville, Pennsylvania, has been recognized by the Gerontology Research Group as the oldest living person in the ... Horses were still the main engine for transportation ...

Elizabeth Francis, the oldest living person in the U.S., has died at age ... At age 114, the elderly woman told ABC Houston KTRK-TV that she still felt young. Healthy eating was the norm for ...

In fact, some of the oldest living country legends are still actively making music ... Additionally, she readily and regularly gives back to the people of East Tennessee with various philanthropic ...

Reporting for this episode of Chronicle was done as part of a Northeastern University study abroad program to Peru. Cusco, Peru, is considered the oldest living city in the Americas. No visit to Cusco ...