https://www.wsj.com/articles/last-person-to-receive-a-civil-war-era-pension-dies-11591141193?mod=RSSMSN&fbclid=IwAR1WHuVEvVcMpOJTPunGIKytG_kBADgw76oI2Ymb2jm2ktj6BJILojRnSPY
Isn't it interesting to see how long these benefits can continue to be paid out? I'm sure Congress had no idea the benefits would last that long and did not plan for that when they budgeted funds!
Irene already has a profile on WikiTree at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Triplett-1372.
Star, a drop in the bucket compared to how Congress is spending now!
That generation and Era was special here is another g2g
Well deserved pension !
It’s interesting her father switched sides. Many southern states like a Tennessee had Union regiments
And here is another.
