Eliza Taylor

Eliza Taylor (December 16, 1849 – May 27, 1960) was an American supercentenarian who is currently unverified. She was born as Eliza Beaumont in a log cabin in Highland, Oakland County, Michigan. Her parents were English immigrants Francis and Maria Beaumont. She had eight other siblings, of which she was the youngest. She married Civil War veteran James Taylor on March 10, 1868. He was a farmer.The couple had four children in total. James passed away in 1937 at the age of 90.

On the occasion of her 110th birthday, she was still able to recite poems that she had heard as a child. She credited her longevity to hard work and following ”the golden rule”.

Eliza Taylor died on May 27, 1960, at the age of no more than 110 years, 163 days. She was the second oldest living person in the world at the time of her death. Pending case Robert Alexander Early was older.