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Updated: 26 Aug 2009

112 Year Old Man Passes at Davis

JOHN J. ALLEN, 112 years old, died at his home in Davis yesterday morning at 10 a.m. Mr. Allen, believed to be the oldest man in Oklahoma, attracted world wide attention by cutting his fourth set of teeth shortly after his 100th birthday. He was a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, having joined in the early part of the struggle and served until the close. Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, MRS. LILLIE HUDSON, a grandson FRED HUDSON both of Ardmore. He was the father of 15 children but had adopted and raised 30 other children. His first wife died when he was 80 and he remarried and became the father of twins. The body was taken to the Hutchins Funeral Home at Davis and is held pending funeral arrangements.

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