Wilson Times, 7 May 1918.
John Pettiford was likely closer to 90 than 106.
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On 31 December 1885, John Pettiford, 50, married Dizey Stancil, 50, at the Wilson County Court House.
In the 1900 census of Springhill township, Wilson County: farmer John Pettifoot, 75; wife Diza A., 70; and niece Cassanda Aycock, 22, farm laborer.