Betsy Russell Baker

(1842-1955) lived in Tecumseh, Johnson County. Homemaker and supercentenarian, validated as second person in the world to reach age 113, and validated as one of top 100 oldest persons in the world; complete list of validated supercentenarians by Gerontology Research Group may be viewed on its website at www.grg.org. Consult history in 44-page supplement "Nebraska's Centenarians Age 107 Or Above--1867 to 2001," Crete /NE/ News, April 24, 2002, pp. S-9, S-10 and "Nebraska's 15 Supercentenarians Validated Among World's Longest-Lived," Crete News, October 2, 2002, p. C-1. See also website of Nebraska Health Care Association at www.nhca.org.

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