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The last widow of the American Civil War dies, 81 years after her husband


The last widow of the American Civil War dies, 81 years after her husband
Helen Viola Jackson died at a nursing home in Missouri in December at the age of 101.
Ms Jackson married James Bolin in 1936 when he was 93 and she was just 17, according to a statement released by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
Her father had volunteered her to stop by his house each day and assist him with chores as she headed home from school, the statement from Commander-in-Chief Brian Pierson read.
Bolin did not believe in accepting charity and, after a period of time, asked Helen for her hand in marriage in order to provide for her future by leaving her his Union pension. ....

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Last documented widow of Civil War veteran dies at 101


By Zack Budryk - 01/05/21 09:56 PM EST
 
A woman believed to be the last living widow of a Civil War veteran has died at 101.
Helen Viola Jackson died Dec. 16 at Marshfield, Mo.’s Webco Manor Nursing Home, the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival said in a statement.
Jackson recently told a minister she had married James Bolin, a 93-year-old widower who served in the 14
th Missouri Cavalry, when she was 17, according to the statement. The Daughters of the Union Veterans were able to corroborate her account based on historical documents.
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Bolin, who “did not believe in accepting charity,” asked Jackson to marry him so that he could leave her his pension amid the Great Depression, she told a historian in 2018. The two were married Sept. 4, 1936. He died less than three years later. ....

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