Salome Sellers

Salome Sellers
Photograph of Salome Sylvester Sellers, taken at age 106 in 1906.
Born Salome Sylvester
January 1, 1800
Deer Isle, Massachusetts, U.S
Died January 9, 1909
(aged 109 years, 8 days)
Salome Sellers House, Deer Isle, Maine, U.S
Known for Last known survivor from the 18th century
Spouse(s) Joseph Sellers
Children 6
Parent(s) Edward Sylvester and Deborah Cushman

Salome Sellers (née Sylvester; January 1, 1800 – January 9, 1909) was an American centenarian who was the last known survivor from the 18th century.

Biography

Salome Sylvester was born in Deer Isle, Maine (then part of Massachusetts), the daughter of Edward and Deborah (née Cushman) Sylvester. She grew up on Deer Isle and married Joseph Sellers on 23 December 1830. The couple had six children together, Salome outliving all but her oldest son, William. She was widowed in 1865.

Due to her unusually long life, Salome was often featured in local newspapers and visited by people interested in her long life, something Salome once expressed as, "I've lived too long. I'm only a curiosity now for people to come and stare at".

Salome Sellers died in the same house she and her husband had built in 1830 in Deer Isle, Maine on 9 January 1909, aged 109 years, 8 days. Her house is now known as the Salome Sellers House and home to the Deer Isle-Stonington Historical Society. There has also been a book written about her life: "An Island Woman: Salome Sylvester Sellers, 1800-1909".

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