Saturday Challenge- Oldest and Youngest Living Men Relatives

From Randy Seaver's Genea-Musings: Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):

1) Review your Pedigree Chart (either on paper or in your genealogy management software program) and determine the age at death of your Male ancestors back at least five generations (and more if you want to).

2)  Tell us the lifespan years for each of these ancestors.  Which of your male ancestors in this group lived the longest?  Which lived the shortest?  

Father

2 Gordon John Ward. (2 February 1919-10 December 1998) age 79.

Grandfathers

4 William J Ward. ( 27 November 1887-30 May 1962) age 74.

6 Marion James Wooster. (14 June 1896-1 April 1976) age 79.

Great-Grandfathers

8 John S Ward. (13 November 1854-26 January 1932) age 77.

10 Charles Joseph Ingalls. (3 April 1864-January 1939) age 74.

12 Verner Robert Wooster. (26 March 1867-30 May 1947) age 80.

14 William Jennings. (1849-13 November 1917) age 68.

2 Great Grandfathers

16 William Ward. (1 February 1830-31 August 1902) age 72.

18 Samuel H Titus. (13 October 1825-10 March 1874) age 48.

20 Joseph D Ingalls. (19 December 1834-21 August 1894) age 59.

22 John Robert Brown. (18 November 1835-24 October 1917) age 81.

24 Barclay Wooster. (29 August 1819-3 March 1895) age 75.

26 James Duff. (26 March 1836-26 February 1926) age 89.

28 Richard J Jennings. unknown dates

30 James “John” Damery. (1812-1896) age 84.

3 Great Grandfathers

32 Thomas Ward. (1804-16 February 1883) age 79.

34 Henry Winterburn. unknown dates

36 Daniel D Titus. (1796-5 March 1849) age 53.

38 John Tobias. (about 1802-??)

40 Samuel Ingalls. (26 July 1802-17 October 1873) age 71.

42 Ezekiel Edson Fay. (23 September 1802-17 January 1888) age 85.

44 Quartis Brown. (1795-24 November 1878) age 83.

46 Samuel Wright. (9 October 1802-1 April 1885) age 82.

48 Leverett Lyman Wooster. (1786-1855 and 1869) he was about 69.

50 Reuben Tifft. (bet 1791 and 1800-1855- 1859) he was about 64.

52 James Duff. (28 December 1809-6 February 1872) age 62.

54 William Homer Johnson. (February 1812-1892) age 79.

56 George Jennings.  unknown dates

60 John Damery. (1764-1844) age 80.

62 Richard Wolfe. (1787-15 April 1862) age 75.

The oldest living of my male ancestors would be James Duff at age 89. The youngest would go to Samuel H. Titus at age 48. There are a few unknowns that might change this, but I’ve yet to uncover their birth and death dates. I’m also not sure why Samuel died so young. I know his father, Daniel Titus died fairly young as well. That was an accident where either his horse was spooked by a train and ran in front of it or else he was racing to get across the tracks before the train arrived and lost. From the articles I’ve found about the accident, I doubt they ever knew for sure.