<p>Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world's oldest person, who lived through two world wars and 20 US presidencies, has died here at the age of 116 years.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Jones died yesterday at a senior home in Brooklyn, Robert Young, a senior consultant for the Los Angles-based Gerontology Research Group, said.<br /><br />Born on an Alabama farm in July 1899, Jones was also the last living American born in the 19th Century.<br /><br />Jones became Guinness World Records' official oldest person when 117-year-old Misao Okawa of Japan died last year.<br /><br />Following the death of Jones, the oldest person in the world is now believed to be 116-year old Emma Morano, who lives in Verbena in Italy. She was born in November 1899.<br /><br />Jones was one of 11 children. Her grandparents were slaves, her parents crop pickers.<br />She attended a special school for young black girls and graduated from high school in 1922.<br /><br />She moved to New York to work as a nanny, where she helped to start a scholarship fund for young African-American women.<br /><br />Jones remained active until the end of her life, serving as a member of the tenant patrol of her nursing home until she was 106, US media reports said.<br /><br />As one of the last few remaining human links with the 19th Century, Jones has lived through more history than anyone else in the world.<br /><br />Jones always maintained that lots of sleep and no smoking or drinking were the main reasons she lived to celebrate her 116th birthday last year.<br /><br />Jones, known to loved ones as 'Miss Susie,' had last year said that she ate four strips of bacon with scrambled egg every day.</p>
<p>Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world's oldest person, who lived through two world wars and 20 US presidencies, has died here at the age of 116 years.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Jones died yesterday at a senior home in Brooklyn, Robert Young, a senior consultant for the Los Angles-based Gerontology Research Group, said.<br /><br />Born on an Alabama farm in July 1899, Jones was also the last living American born in the 19th Century.<br /><br />Jones became Guinness World Records' official oldest person when 117-year-old Misao Okawa of Japan died last year.<br /><br />Following the death of Jones, the oldest person in the world is now believed to be 116-year old Emma Morano, who lives in Verbena in Italy. She was born in November 1899.<br /><br />Jones was one of 11 children. Her grandparents were slaves, her parents crop pickers.<br />She attended a special school for young black girls and graduated from high school in 1922.<br /><br />She moved to New York to work as a nanny, where she helped to start a scholarship fund for young African-American women.<br /><br />Jones remained active until the end of her life, serving as a member of the tenant patrol of her nursing home until she was 106, US media reports said.<br /><br />As one of the last few remaining human links with the 19th Century, Jones has lived through more history than anyone else in the world.<br /><br />Jones always maintained that lots of sleep and no smoking or drinking were the main reasons she lived to celebrate her 116th birthday last year.<br /><br />Jones, known to loved ones as 'Miss Susie,' had last year said that she ate four strips of bacon with scrambled egg every day.</p>