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Last Known Civil War Widow Dies

Deja Tyla HansenDeja Tyla Hansen
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12th January 2021
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10:44 pm
29th March 2021
Last Known Civil War Widow Dies
Jackson married Bolin as a teenager (Getty Images).

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On January 8th, 2020, a Twitter user posted a tweet stating, “We lost a link to the past today. The last widow of a civil war veteran, Helen Jackson, died today, she was 101. They married when he was 93 and she was 17.”

Many people reacted with similar heartfelt reactions to the loss of Helen Jackson.  

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