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I found a link for this some time ago, but now I cannot recover it. Any chance someone could do a write up on this also?
12.41.204.3 ( talk) 17:28, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
The article cites comments that there may have been two other Civil War widows living when Mrs Hopkins died:
"A spokeswoman for the UDC, Martha Boltz, has said that there may be two other widows, one in Tennessee and another in North Carolina, but if they are still alive, they choose to remain in anonymity"
This appears to be an error, based on the fact that two Civil War pensions were still being paid at that time; however, these payments were to children, not widows, of veterans -- see here:
The child living in Tennessee has apparently since died, but Miss Irene Triplett of North Carolina is still living, the last Civil War pensioner:
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She isn't the last Civil War Widow.
This women is still alive: http://marshfieldmail.com/community/special-exhibit-devoted-to-civil-war-widow/article_7c20aa76-1524-11e9-ae11-af297e14820b.html
-- Lord vom Ork ( talk) 12:18, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
What in the actual fuck is this shit? The government was making civil war pension payments until may of last year? What the fuck?! Craycraygoodway ( talk) 14:34, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
The title (at least to native English speakers) implies that the women were widowed because of the CIvil War. This is obviously not the case - otherwise, the last one would have to have been at least 170 at the time of death (and we clearly aren't living Biblical lifespans 🤣). It should be edited to say something along the lines of "Widows of Civil War veterans who survived into the 21st century" or something similar. It needs to clearly distinguish the fact that their being widows had nothing to do with the war itself. That is buried in the text of the article, but the title is so misleading as to be clickbait-ish. Seanr ( talk) 20:46, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
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I found a link for this some time ago, but now I cannot recover it. Any chance someone could do a write up on this also?
12.41.204.3 ( talk) 17:28, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
The article cites comments that there may have been two other Civil War widows living when Mrs Hopkins died:
"A spokeswoman for the UDC, Martha Boltz, has said that there may be two other widows, one in Tennessee and another in North Carolina, but if they are still alive, they choose to remain in anonymity"
This appears to be an error, based on the fact that two Civil War pensions were still being paid at that time; however, these payments were to children, not widows, of veterans -- see here:
The child living in Tennessee has apparently since died, but Miss Irene Triplett of North Carolina is still living, the last Civil War pensioner:
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She isn't the last Civil War Widow.
This women is still alive: http://marshfieldmail.com/community/special-exhibit-devoted-to-civil-war-widow/article_7c20aa76-1524-11e9-ae11-af297e14820b.html
-- Lord vom Ork ( talk) 12:18, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
What in the actual fuck is this shit? The government was making civil war pension payments until may of last year? What the fuck?! Craycraygoodway ( talk) 14:34, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
The title (at least to native English speakers) implies that the women were widowed because of the CIvil War. This is obviously not the case - otherwise, the last one would have to have been at least 170 at the time of death (and we clearly aren't living Biblical lifespans 🤣). It should be edited to say something along the lines of "Widows of Civil War veterans who survived into the 21st century" or something similar. It needs to clearly distinguish the fact that their being widows had nothing to do with the war itself. That is buried in the text of the article, but the title is so misleading as to be clickbait-ish. Seanr ( talk) 20:46, 9 February 2024 (UTC)