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Last widow of a Civil War veteran dies at 101: Woman who married 93-year-old aged 17 passes away


Helen Viola Jackson died on December 16 at her Missouri nursing home aged 101
She had married Civil War veteran James Bolin in 1936, when he was 93
Bolin asked her to marry him because he wanted her to have his Union pension 
Bolin died three years later, but Jackson never claimed his pension
Bolin s daughter threatened to ruin Jackson s reputation if she took the money
Jackson said that Bolin was a kindly man who wanted to help her financially
Jackson never remarried or had children, and devoted herself to her community  ....

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