Sarah Knauss
 Sarah Knauss
Sarah Knauss (September 24, 1880 - December 30, 1999) was, in 1998-1999, the oldest known person alive at her time of death.
Sarah DeRemer Clark was born in Hollywood, Pennsylvania (which no longer exists), and died in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In 1901 she married Abraham Lincoln Knauss. Upon the 1998 death of Marie-Louise Meilleur, she became the oldest person in the world. Following her death, Eva Morris of England became the oldest person in the world.
At age 119, she is the United States national longevity recordholder. She lived to see her daughter turn 96.
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31 December | 31st December | Carrie C. White | December 31 | December 31st | Eva Morris | Historical anniversaries/December 31 | Hollywood, Pennsylvania | List of people by name: Kn | Marie-Louise Febronie | Marie-Louise Meilleur | Missionary Generation | Oldest Person in the World | Super-centenarian | Supercentenarian
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