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/ Sheboygan's Country B93 Jan 6, 2021 9:57 AM So I got to work this morning (no big deal), and did my usual ‘routine.’ Sat at my desk, got a cup of coffee, used some smelling salts, let out a heavy sigh, and started sifting through show prep. The first article that I came across had the following headline: ‘Last Documented Civil War Veteran Widow Dies at 101.’ I won’t lie, I think I had to read it 17 times in a row before I fully realized that it said what I thought it said. I even did that thing where you read something to yourself out loud and slowly, like you’re talking to a 3...

Last known Civil War widow has died Bruce Smith/ASSOCIATED PRESS This photo taken Feb. 25, 2011, in Aiken, S.C. shows a Civil War Union flag flying over a sutler's tent near the field where the Battle of Aiken is re-enacted each year. Sutlers were civilian merchants who sold goods to soldiers in their camps. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith) and last updated 2021-01-05 21:33:21-05 Helen Viola Jackson, the last known surviving widow of a Civil War veteran, has died at the age of 101. Her death was confirmed by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War on Monday. Jackson died last month at Webco Manor N...

(Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival) When Helen Viola Jackson was born, the year was 1919 and the United States had just finished fighting World War I. When her husband James Bolin was born, it was 1843 and the U.S. had yet to fight World War I. Or the Spanish-American War. Or the Plains Wars. Or the Civil War. Or the Mexican War. You get the idea. Jackson married Bolin in September 1936, when she was just 17 years old. Bolin, who fought in the Civil War, was 93. It's a situation akin to a Gen-Zer marrying a World War II veteran. The two met in her hometown of Niangua, Missouri. Jackson would g...

older sister were killed. we know that they were found alive. we know they were sent to a memphis hospital where they are being treated. in fact, we heard from a federal investigator who tells us "they are suffering from the experience of being out in the woods, from being kidnapped, they are suffering from dehydration and exhaustion but appear to be okay." that is first and foremost the condition of those girls. let's talk about adam mayes. he was found in a wooded area in union county, mississippi, in that guntown area that investigators had focused in on. and this was a task force...

accused of murdering the mother joann bain and daughter 14-year-old adrienne. the two girls, 12-year-old alexandria and sister khaliah are safe and unharmed. authorities say adam mayes believed he was the father of those two little girls. george holland is live in atlanta. if you could go over exactly xa what happened last night. >> let's talk about the two girls. both girls from what we've read from these affidavits very likely knew their mother and older sister were killed. we know that they were found alive. we know they were sent to a memphis hospital where they are being treated...