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Last known widow of a Civil War soldier dies at 101 Tim Balk Helen Viola Jackson, the one-time spouse of elderly Union soldier who wished to leave her his pension, died last month at 101 as the last known Civil War widow, according to Sons of Union Veterans. Jackson died Dec. 16. at the Webco Manor nursing home in Marshfield, Mo. She was 17 when she married James Bolin, a 93-year-old who had served in the 14th Missouri Cavalry, according to the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival, ...

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman who was believed to be the last remaining widow of a Civil War soldier has died. Helen Viola Jackson married James

She's believed to Jackson was almost certainly the last remaining widow of a Civil War soldier when she died Dec. 16

Secretly wed Civil War widow dies

KOAM Married the 93-year-old soldier in 1936 January 8, 2021 8:38 AM Kaden Milner MARSHFIELD, Mo. – The last surviving widow of a Civil War soldier has died. Helen Viola Jackson of Marshfield, Missouri was just 17- years-old when she married 93- year- old James Bolin in 1936. She was a caregiver for the Civil War veteran, who served in the Union army. Jackson claimed Bolin proposed to her so he could pass on his pension to her after he died, to repay her for her servi...

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 soldiers pension. But after he died in 1939, Jackson never applied for the pe...

Helen Viola Jackson, last known Civil War widow, dead at 101 By JIM SALTER Helen Viola Jackson OFALLON, Mo. - Helen Viola Jacksons 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. ...

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. "B...

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 Bolins daughter threatened to ruin Jacksons 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 devote...