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Vermonter623 t1_j07c1gx wrote

I once read it was common for young women to marry civil war veterans to get their pension. Then I found out my great grandmother was married to a civil war veteran at a young age.

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Twombls t1_j07e1ql wrote

Same actually. My dad failed a school assignment when he was a kid because the teachers were like "there is no way your grandfather is a civil war vet" .

Little do they know his grandfather married a 20 year old when he was 80 🤮

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Vermonter623 t1_j07jdjj wrote

I’d get a dna test. Your great grandfather was not given the Privilege of being around when viagra was available.

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Unionforever1865 OP t1_j07fvmq wrote

Also used to set up a woman who may have been pregnant with no boyfriend. A marriage to keep their social standing in tact, a lifelong income from the pension and the elder vet is nursed and cared for in his dying days.

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Vermonter623 t1_j07jkss wrote

Now I have questions for great grandma or super nana as I called her

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PortraitsofWar t1_j07jc4m wrote

Believe it or not, the oldest known civil war widow died in 2020...

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