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Ask the Memphian: Who was the oldest person in Memphis history? She was also the oldest person in the world.
 
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When Elizabeth Bolden died in 2006, she was 116, and had 40 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, 150 great-great-grandchildren, 220 great-great-great-grandchildren and 75 great-great-great-great-grandchildren.

 
 

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