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The Last Surviving Widow of a Civil War Veteran Dies at 101
01-09-2021, 04:34 PM
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The Last Surviving Widow of a Civil War Veteran Dies at 101
Helen Viola Jackson married James Bolin in 1936, when she was 17 and he was 93.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-new...180976702/

Many thanks to Bob Cook for sending the above link.
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01-09-2021, 05:55 PM
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Thanks for posting Bob


Here is an article from the Daily Mail, with a few photo's

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...-away.html

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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01-10-2021, 01:14 PM
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Amazing! In the 1930s photo her face looks like in the "nowadays" one.
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01-20-2021, 05:31 AM
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If, as the article claims, she never lived with the man and the children objected - I don't think the pension office would've given her a pension if she applied.
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