James Henry Brett, Jr.

'''James Henry Brett, Jr. '''(1864 ( claimed June 25, 1849 ) - February 10, 1961) was a supercentenarian claimant from the United States, who allegedly became the oldest living person on June 25, 1959 ( also his claimed 110th birthday) after the death of another disputed case, Martha Graham.If his date of birth was correct, he would have been the last surviving person born in the 1840's.However, in 2006, a 1930 Census entry found by Robert Young called this case into question. A James Henry Brett, Jr., also of Houston, was 65 years old in April 1930, suggesting a birthdate in 1864 instead of 1849. Brett was first included in the 1963 edition of the Guinness Book of Records, for the record of 'oldest person to undergo surgery'. He had a hip operation on November 7, 1960. This record has since been broken more than once including by Jeanne Calment, who had hip surgery at 114 years and 11 months in January 1990, and Bettie Wilson, who had a gallbladder operation at exactly 114 years in September 2005.