[familyop]

So they married, when he was 78. And she was 28. Either he or she must have been very exceptional in some way.

[Leaning Right]

Either he or she must have been very exceptional in some way.

Old Civil War vet marries a much younger woman...I have read elsewhere that this was not uncommon back in the 1920s and 30s.

Those were hard times for many folks. I'm not saying it was the case here, but a Civil War pension (with rights of survivorship) could have looked mighty attractive to a desperate younger woman.

[Mark17]

So they married, when he was 78. And she was 28. Either he or she must have been very exceptional in some way.

78 year old dude, says to 65 year old dude, you want to know how I could do this? 65 year old dude says, no, I don't want to know how you can do this. I want to know how I can do it. 78 year old dude was probably telling everyone, eat your hearts out you old duffers.

:-)

I took the dude's advice.