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Marshfield, Mo. woman, believed to be last Civil War widow, dies at 101 Helen Viola Jackson is shown this April 2017 photo. Jackson was believed to be the last surviving widow of a Civil War soldier when she died Dec. 16, 2020 in Marshfield, Mo. She was 101. In 1936, she was 17 when she married 93-year-old former Union soldier James Bolin. She had been his caregiver and he wanted to marry her so she would receive his soldier s pension. But after he died in 1939, Jackson never applied for the pension. (Photo courtesy Nicholas Inman via AP)(Nicholas Inman | AP) (Source: AP) By Associated Press | January 7, 2021 at 3:55 PM CST - Updated January 7 at 9:15 PM ....
2021/01/08 04:37 Helen Viola Jackson is shown this April 2017 photo. Jackson was believed to be the last surviving widow of a Civil War soldier when she died Dec. 16,. Helen Viola Jackson is shown this April 2017 photo. Jackson was believed to be the last surviving widow of a Civil War soldier when she died Dec. 16, 2020 in Marshfield, Mo. She was 101. In 1936, she was 17 when she married 93-year-old former Union soldier James Bolin. She had been his caregiver and he wanted to marry her so she would receive his soldier s pension. But after he died in 1939, Jackson never applied for the pension. (Photo courtesy Nicholas Inman via AP) ....
Helen Viola Jackson, last known Civil War widow, dead at 101 By JIM SALTER Helen Viola Jackson O FALLON, Mo. - Helen Viola Jackson s 1936 marriage to James Bolin was unusual to say the least: He was 93 and in declining health, and she was a 17-year-old schoolgirl. Bolin was also a Civil War veteran who fought for the Union in the border state of Missouri. Jackson was almost certainly the last remaining widow of a Civil War soldier when she died Dec. 16 at a nursing home in Marshfield, Missouri. She was 101. Several Civil War heritage organizations have recognized Jackson’s quiet role in history, one that she hid for all but the final three years of her life, said Nicholas Inman, her pastor and longtime friend. Yet in those final years, Inman said, Jackson embraced the recognition that included a spot on the Missouri Walk of Fame and countless cards and letters from well-wishers. ....
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