Native American Chief John Smith (likely born between 1822 and 1826, though allegedly as early as 1780; died February 6, 1922) was an American Ojibwe (Chippewa) Indian who lived in the area of Cass Lake, Minnesota (Photo from 1915) Was he the world's oldest man?

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