Emma Hough

Emma Hough (née Burkhart; born 2 December 1904) is an American supercentenarian who is currently unverified. Hough is one of the oldest living people (if not the oldest) in Iowa.

Biography
Emma Hough was born Emma Margaret Burkhart on 2 December 1904 in Iowa, United States as the daughter of Albert Burkhart and Sarah (née Lanterbach) Burkhart. She graduated from school in 1926, having degrees in English and Biology. In 1928, she married Charles Hough, also from Iowa. They both worked as teachers. Charles died in 1981 aged 77 or 78. The couple never had any children.

Emma Hough currently lives in a retirement home in Sumner, Iowa. All census matches, as well as her USPR records, support her claimed date of birth. She also has a birth record, which proves her to be old as of today.