age 118 years 9 months 18 days
A soldier of the Revolution

He fought with General Washington at Braddocks Defeat, 1755 in the French & Indian War. He fought in the American Revolution, at the battle of Brandywine and Germantown flats. He was taken prisoner with six other men and held at White Church PA, but escaped from there. He married Elizabeth Gould, they had nine children. After the war he moved to Lycoming Co.PA, then NY and finally at 88 years of age to Ohio with his daughter and her family. He died in North Royalton at the age of 117 years. In June of 2010 the grave site was given a plaque indicating that when he died he was the oldest living Veteran of the American Revolution and the last living person to have fought at Braddock's Defeat.∼Veteran of Revolutionary War∼John Shepherd is believed to be the longest-lived veteran soldier of the American Revolution. He was born on March 16th, 1729, and he died on January 3rd, 1847. He was 117 years, 9 months, and 18 days old when he died. In 1755, John fought in the French and Indian War serving alongside George Washington, and was reunited with Washington once again in 1777 as they both survived the brutal winter at Valley Forge. In 1818, at the age of 89, Shepherd witnessed the founding of Royalton Township in Ohio (later re-named North Royalton). His daughter and son-in-law were two of the community's original settlers. His original headstone has two errors on it: Shepard is actually Shepherd and he did not live 118 years, but 117 years.