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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 services. This was during the Great Depression when many Americans were struggling. The young bride says ...

She hid the marriage, even from her own family, and never applied for his pension after he died.

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 Pr...

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, Ja...

By Chris and Rosie Helen Viola Jackson has died at the age of 101.  She passed at Webco Manor Nursing Home in Marshfield, Missouri, where she had been living for many years. What makes her death so significant is that Mrs. Jackson was the last known widow of a Civil War soldier. Though she kept details of her life mostly private, Ms. Jackson recently disclosed that she had married James Bolin, a 93-year-old Civil War veteran, when she was 17 years old. At the time, she had been providing daily care for Bolin, a widower who served as a private in the 14th Missouri Cavalry through the Ci...