Would there have been anyone over 100 years old alive in 1894?

Question

Would there have been anyone over 100 years old alive in 1894?

Answer 1

Yes.  There's always a few.

I live in western North Carolina and there was a man lived here from 1797 to 1909, named "Uncle Fed" Messer.

Here's a list of centenarians:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cen...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centenarian