Boston Post Gold-Headed Cane

The Boston Post Cane was distributed to approximately 700 New England towns by the Boston Post Newspaper in 1909. It was understood that the town would give the cane to the oldest resident of the town. It was to be passed on to the next oldest resident when the holder died. Here is the list of Boston Post Golden Cane recipients as we know at the present time.

Name	Birth	Death	Cane awarded	Age at death
Ira Winn	1818	09/09/1916	1909	98y09m6d
John Alexander Pope Merrill	04/18/1823	08/24/1918	1915?	95y04m06d
Washington Skillin	09/14/1841	12/26/1930	1928	89y03m12d
Christian Friese	1855	06/05/1939	?	84y01m15d
Samuel D. Lincoln	1849?	07/19/1942	?	93y10m26d
Abigail Frances Merrill	02/10/1853	10/08/1944	?	92y07m28d
Fred Richards			?
Dorcas Merrill Winslow	01/15/1859	10/18/1962	1/15/1959?
Flora Cook Norton	08/14/1869	07/07/1969	3/27/1963	99y10m23d
Sarah J. Woodbury Cleaves	11/12/1871	01/13/1971	1967	99y2m1d
Mary Jane Payson Hammond	01/19/1874	01/02/1973	01/21/1972	98y11m17d
Reuben Merrill	03/28/1878	01/28/1979	1973
Henrietta R. Starling	1881	05/20/1981	1979	100
Clarissa Carson	12/09/1882	12/20/1984	10/14/1981	99y
Sadie Adelaide Purnell	09/04/1884	06/09/1993	11/25/1985	108y9m5d
Arthur B. Lawson	01/15/1886	06/01/1988	1986?	102y
Judith Benning	02/08/1890	06/20/1989	4/1989	99y
Arnt Schoning	08/23/1890	01/05/1991	1990	100y
Clara Jordan Anderson	05/18/1889	07/26/1993	1991	104y
Alma Fabricius Peterson	07/06/1896	05/20/2000	01/06/1995	103y
Margaret Deering Strout	08/22/1898	11/09/02	09/2000	104y
Barrett Nichols	12/14/1901		10/02/02
Mabel Crockett			03/03/2004 (99y)
Ruth White			08/08/2011
Herbert Hamilton			08/08/2011