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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.
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 🤮
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.
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.
Vermonter623 t1_j07jkss wrote
Now I have questions for great grandma or super nana as I called her
PortraitsofWar t1_j07jc4m wrote
Believe it or not, the oldest known civil war widow died in 2020...
Nutmegdog1959 t1_j07xv3d wrote
Oldest known child of Civil War Vet died in 2020.
Vermonter623 t1_j07ju7r wrote
Which side?
Unionforever1865 OP t1_j07m2f8 wrote
Union, she never claimed a pension. Partially because the vets adult daughter said she would ruin her if she did. https://www.historynet.com/the-widows-secret/
WhatTheCluck802 t1_j09trl0 wrote
Fascinating!
Nutmegdog1959 t1_j07x9b5 wrote
Those are some tough old birds.
truckingon t1_j09x2eq wrote
My grandmother lived her entire life in St. Johnsbury and Danville. At one Danville Fair late in her life, she remarked that the World War II veterans in the parade reminded her of seeing the Civil War veterans in a parade when she was young.
MatthewGeer t1_j07nbkc wrote
The way they're looking at Heyer as he's speaking, rather than into the camera, makes it feel like Accidental Renaissance material if it wasn't black & white.
ellusiveuser t1_j08ryc2 wrote
Is Noyes the guys Noyes pond is named after?
Unionforever1865 OP t1_j08uu3k wrote
Harry K Noyes from Boston bought the millpond which now bears his name
theghostofmrmxyzptlk t1_j0adqg7 wrote
Thank you.
~Veteran
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Unionforever1865 OP t1_j073hct wrote
George H. Nelson of Co. D, 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment; Amos Harvey Noyes of Co. C, 17th Vermont Infantry Regiment; Harvey S. Powers of Co. A, 9th Vermont Infantry Regiment; Winthrop T. Reed of Third Vermont Battery; Charles A. Heyer of Co. C, 8th Vermont Infantry Regiment; and Moody H. Evans of Co. B, 3rd Vermont Infantry Regiment.