Mary Ramsey Wood

Mary Ramsey Wood
Wood on July 26, 1907
BornMay 20, 1787/circa 1810
Knoxville, Tennessee, US
DiedJanuary 1, 1908 (aged 120, disputed)
Hillsboro, Oregon, US
Resting placeHillsboro Pioneer Cemetery
45°31′14″N 123°00′22″W / 45.52045°N 123.00599°W / 45.52045; -123.00599
Known forSupposed oldest living person
Spouse(s)Jacob Lemons (died in 1839)
John Wood (died in 1867)
Children4

Mary Ramsey Wood, also known as Mary Ramsey Lemons Wood (May 20, 1787/circa 1810 (disputed) – January 1, 1908), was an American pioneer known as the "Mother Queen of Oregon". She was reported to be the oldest living person in the United States when she died, supposedly aged 120. It is said she traveled to the Oregon Territory across the Oregon Trail aged 66. There is evidence this age claim was inaccurate or exaggerated, however, and she may have been between 96 and 98 when she died.[1]

  1. ^ "Washington County". Population schedules of the tenth census of the United States, 1880, Oregon [microform] ([197-]). p. 28.