North Carolina woman who was the last person to receive a Civil War-era pension dies at age 90, WSJ says

[tay1]

• Irene Triplett, daughter of Civil War veteran Mose Triplett, died Sunday in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, according to The Wall Street Journal.
• She received a pension of $73.13 a month from the Department of Veterans Affairs for her father's service, which began more than 155 years ago
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  North Carolina woman who was the last person to receive a Civil War-era pension dies at age 90, WSJ says

  Irene Triplett received a pension of $73.13 a month from the Department of Veterans Affairs for her father's service, which began more than 155 years ago.

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[tay1]

Just something I thought was a lil interesting

 

[RIP sleazyy]

In 1924, when he was 83 years old, he married 34-year-old Elida Hall and the two had Irene. Mose Triplett died at the age of 92 in 1938.

that is crazy

RIP Irene. It’s crazy she likely had more time left if it wasn’t for the surgery.

 

[tay1]

that is crazy

RIP Irene. It’s crazy she likely had more time left if it wasn’t for the surgery.

More crazy she was receiving a civil war pension

 

[finessence]

Unc was 85 years old when he had her. Wow. Its crazy that us men can technically have babies as long as we are alive

 

[mr z]

85? Nah bruh. Homeboy should have called in Maury