Since your source is broken the math for this to work has to be pretty fucked.
The war ended in 1865 and let’s say the guy was only 15 at the end of the war thus born in 1850. If he married a 25 year old at the age of 70 in 1920, SHE would still have been 100 at her death.
gener4 t1_iwegu73 wrote
Reply to TIL the last Civil War widow died in 2020. by sturnus-vulgaris
Since your source is broken the math for this to work has to be pretty fucked.
The war ended in 1865 and let’s say the guy was only 15 at the end of the war thus born in 1850. If he married a 25 year old at the age of 70 in 1920, SHE would still have been 100 at her death.