Last Civil War widow dies

[NovaKart]

https://people.com/human-interest/last-known-widow-of-civil-war-veteran-helen-jackson-dies/

Amazing, I had no idea there would be any widows of civil war veterans this century, or the last quarter of the last century.

 

[Zardnaar]

They had two, not sure when the other died.

 

[Farm Boy]

That seems a sweet story.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Prior to her coming forward with her story, Maudie Hopkins held the title of last surviving Civil War bride. Hopkins died in Arkansas in 2008 and historians believed there were no other Civil War widows left in the nation, the blog post stated.

 

[AmazonQueen]

Sad story.
He married her because he wanted her to receive his pension but she never did.

 

[Lohrenswald]

I think I've heard about this in that like, the man was really young during the civil war, then when he was really old many many decades later he married a woman like almost a lifetime younger

 

[Farm Boy]

Sad story.
He married her because he wanted her to receive his pension but she never did.

The pension may have formed an integral part of the story as it formed, but it's not the part that matters for it being sweet. Money is money. It's important, but really, not so much. The rest matter so much more. Money is just.. money? Who the fudge cares at the end of the day? People who reflexively need to take the piss out of compassion? People who need to reform the government? The latter are probably decent souls. Sucks if he didn't get to do what he wanted to do. True. That hurts. Still sweet for the parts that matter, no?

 

[amadeus]

Not all is lost! John Tyler, 10th President of the United States, has one living grandson.

 

[AmazonQueen]

The pension may have formed an integral part of the story as it formed, but it's not the part that matters for it being sweet. Money is money. It's important, but really, not so much. The rest matter so much more. Money is just.. money? Who the fudge cares at the end of the day? People who reflexively need to take the piss out of compassion? People who need to reform the government? The latter are probably decent souls. Sucks if he didn't get to do what he wanted to do. True. That hurts. Still sweet for the parts that matter, no?

Makes it a little bittersweet, but he and she were undoubtedly decent people.

 

[NovaKart]

My great grandmother was born in 1898 and she died in her late 90s so I knew her. She’s the only person I’ve known who was born in the 19th century. I guess her grandparents were alive during the civil war, I never heard about it.

 

[Aiken_Drumn]

Time marches on. Some horrors are best forgotten.

 

[stinkubus]

My great grandmother was born in 1898 and she died in her late 90s so I knew her. She’s the only person I’ve known who was born in the 19th century. I guess her grandparents were alive during the civil war, I never heard about it.

My maternal grandfather was also born in 1898, but he died in the 70s probably about 5 years or so before I was born. I could not imagine the culture shock of being raised in the early 20th century and living to see the late 20th. The country changed so much it must've been hardly recognizable at times.

 

[Aiken_Drumn]

If it happens around you, over your life, can it be really shocking?

I suppose if you are not connected it might (live in a village then go to the big city)

 

[amadeus]

A WWII vet and politician was talking before some young people and was pointedly asked how he could in his advanced age understand the world around him. His reply was that no, they didn’t have those technologies—they had to invent them. Took the wind out of that guy’s sails, eh!

I find it odd that I’m probably going to outlive every WWII veteran myself. Who would be the youngest? I forget the name, Volksstrum? That fought in Berlin in 1945. Assuming the youngest was say, 11, that means they were born at least in 1934, making them 87 today.

Vastly different from going to parades as a kid and seeing all the vets marching. What a world.

 

[Aiken_Drumn]

How old are you amadeus?