Several years ago there were still a couple of civil war veteran’s wives receiving survivor’s pensions. I wonder if any are left?
> Several years ago there were still a couple of civil war veterans wives receiving survivors pensions. I wonder if any are left? <
I believe there is only one person left who is stil receiving a Civil War pension: Irene Triplett. She was the daughter of a Union veteran and was still alive as of May 2017. I can’t find anything on the net about her after that. Here’s an article about her:
http://blog.theveteranssite.com/cs-irene-triplett-pension-nc/