*Confederate Widows and Orphans' Records Form

Instructions and help about *Confederate Widows And Orphans' Records

TOILETRIES IT'S BECOMING A MORE COMMON OPTION AS ONLINE SALES SKYROCKET. A WOMAN WITH A UNIQUE CONNECTION TO AMERICA'S PAST IS HONORED AT A MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY WGN SEAN LEWIS HAS THE STORY OF THE COUNTRY'S LAST CIVIL WAR WIDOW. IN TODAY'S WORLD OF SMARTPHONES. AND DOMESTIC STRIFE. SHE WAS A WOMAN OF A DIFFERENT TIME WHO STORY DATES BACK TO AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR. THERE IS FAY TO 100 PEOPLE WOULDN'T AND AS REMARKABLE AS THAT IS IT'S OR OTHER STORY. ONE THAT HELEN KEPT A SECRET MOST OF ADULT LIFE THAT GIVES HER A WAS BY MOST EVERY ACCOUNT THE LAST SURVIVING WIDOW OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. SHE WAS JUST 19 WHEN IN 1936. SHE MARRIED 91 YEAR-OLD CIVIL WAR VETERAN JAMES BONE FOR WHOM SHE VOLUNTEERED IS A CARETAKER HE ASKED HER TO MARRY HIM. THAT IF THEY WERE TO MARRY THAT WHEN HE PASSED AWAY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE HIS PENSION. HELEN SAID, YES AND THE 2 LIVED THERE AND HELEN CONTINUE TO LIVE AT HER PARENTS HOME. 3 YEARS LATER JAMES BOWMAN DIED AND HIS DAUGHTER MUCH OLDER THAN HELEN. WE