[apillar]

Her father, Mose Triplett, was 83 years old when his much younger wife, Elida, gave birth to Irene in 1930.

My man! Getting it done 65 years before Viagra, (assuming he was the real father, there was a lot of fraud with paternity claims, especially with pensions involved, in the days before DNA and blood tests. A much younger women would get pregnant and "marry" a much older elderly veteran, who was a family friend, to ensure a pension for herself and her child).

[rbg81]

My man! Getting it done 65 years before Viagra, (assuming he was the real father, there was a lot of fraud with paternity claims, especially with pensions involved, in the days before DNA and blood tests.

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Yes, if true, it was an impressive feat. But I had the same thought: perhaps he was not really the father. It is really hard to picture a 28 woman finding an 78 year old man attractive enough to marry. Unless she married him for the pension and had “side arrangements”.