Oldest person in the US, Elizabeth Francis, dies at 115 years old in Houston

Elizabeth Francis, the oldest idiosyncratic successful the U.S., died peacefully astatine the property of 115 connected Tuesday.

Francis was the third-oldest idiosyncratic successful the satellite astatine the clip of her death, according to LongeviQuest, a database connected the world’s oldest people.

"Ms. Elizabeth was a Houstonian icon and a cherished subordinate of the community," a quality merchandise from the database said.

Francis was calved connected July 25, 1909, and lived done 20 US Presidents, with her archetypal being erstwhile President William Howard Taft.

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Francis was the third-oldest idiosyncratic successful the satellite astatine the clip of her death. She lived astir of her beingness successful Houston. (Ethel Harrison)

While born successful Louisiana, Francis was a long-time Houston, Texas resident. She lived with her 95-year-old daughter, Dorothy Williams, and her granddaughter, Ethel Harrison.

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Francis archetypal moved to Houston aft her parent died erstwhile she was 11, and she and her 5 siblings were sent to antithetic homes. She was raised by her aunt and has lived determination since.

She ne'er drove a car, but she worked extracurricular the home, moving the java store astatine a TV presumption successful Houston during the 1970s and 80s.

Ben Myers (pictured acold right) of LongeviQuest, a planetary probe enactment that tracks quality longevity, gathers with Elizabeth Francis' household members and presents her grant arsenic the oldest surviving American successful the U.S.  (Ethel Harrison)

Ben Meyers, the CEO of LongeviQuest, antecedently told Fox News Digital that Francis was sustained by her household and her community.

"One happening that she truly is an illustration of much than astir anybody other I've met is conscionable household and community," helium said.

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Francis antecedently attributed her agelong beingness to her faith. (Ethel Harrison)

Francis attended the aforesaid religion for years and was an progressive member.

"She lives astatine home, and she's the oldest idiosyncratic successful the satellite to unrecorded astatine home. It's truly beauteous extraordinary. Also, the assemblage that she has through her church. So determination [are] truly progressive families and communities. It's precise hard for radical to scope that property successful isolation," Meyers added.

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Francis has 3 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren. 

Fox News Digital's Gretchen Eichenberg contributed to this report.