This woman was older and lived longer. She was alive at the time he was photographed...Census records show her living to be over 120 years old at the last time she was recorded, and her birth and death date show over 130 yrs old.....There is a TN heritage book with her info in it on Amazon.com.
Elizabeth Eppinger (b. 1688, d. 1835)
Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Eppinger was born 1688 in Germany, and died 1835 in Lawrence,tenn.(Maury Co.). She married Martin Trantham Jr on 1728 in NC, son of Martin Trantham Sr and Unknown.
So she was supposedly 147 at death? Hmmm ........ Maybe, maybe not.
Wow, a photo of a person BORN in the 1600s! I never knew that. Thanks.
Eppinger was her first husband’s surname. She was a Palatine, German speaking, arrived with a fairly large group of Palatines in 1710 to establish New Bern, NC. The account I’ve read recorded her as having given birth to her only child in NC at age 65, and dying in TN at age 154. She had gone to TN to live with her son after the death of her husband. She reportedly had a very low body temperature and slept between two feather mattresses to retain body heat.