Maud Jones

Maud Elizabeth Jones (née Dickson; 6 April 1887 - 23 September 1997) was an American woman notable for her longevity. She was born in Yuma, Colorado on 6 April 1887 as the daughter of Matthew and Indiana Harmon Jones. She grew up in the area and married a man named Jess Nitzen in 1906. The couple moved to Washington, Colorado and had six children: Grace, John, Lloyd, Earn, Dan, and Judy.

Maud and Jess divorced in 1939, after which Maud returned to Yuma. She married Minor Jones in 1959 and was widowed in 1962. She moved in with her daughter Grace in Arizona in 1981 and three years later to a nursing home in Santa Maria, California. Maud Jones died in Santa Maria, California on 23 September 1997, aged 110 years, 170 days.