Auburn, N.Y. — The great-great-great grandniece of Harriet Tubman has died this week in Auburn, church officials said.
Pauline Copes Johnson was 98 years old when she died, the Harriet Tubman Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church announced Monday.
Johnson was the oldest member of the church and a longtime matriarch of the congregation, according to church officials. Church leaders said she served as a keeper of family history and a bridge to Tubman’s legacy of faith, freedom and resilience…