Last Civil War widow died in 2020
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
February 25, 2021 4:22pm CST
It wasn't unheard of for a young girl to marry a civil war veteran for that man's pension. In Helen Viola Jackson's case, it was offered as means to repay her for the care she provided James Bolin
Helen Jackson died in 2020 at the age of 101 years old. She was the last remaining civil war widow. She was the youngest of the ladies at the time of marriage and lived an average of five years older than the other ladies.
Miss Jackson never petitioned for the inheritance she was owed, mainly because the man's daughters were not happy with the secret marriage.
For those curious, more info is :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War_widows_who_survived_into_the_21st_century
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
26 Feb 21
I see we got the "civil war widow" thing straightened out below. I heard about this. I can't imagine living to 100!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
26 Feb 21
Yes, I should have worded it differently myself, but I was using the same terminology as the sites I'd seen this on.
Right! All of that life lived and all the different things they've seen change.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
26 Feb 21
@LindaOHio Sometimes we hear stories of people in their 90's and still very active. I remember a dance video where a woman was dancing with her grandson at age 90 or so. She was moving around like a spring chicken and that amazed me. I doubt it would be me as I'm in my 30's and my joints talk to me!
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
26 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum I can barely move around at my age. I can't imagine all the aches and pains you'd/I'd have by 100!
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@Deepizzaguy (122238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
25 Feb 21
101 years of age is considered going the distance in life.
@LowRiderX (22901)
• Serbia
25 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum An interesting story, she lived to a beautiful age
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