re: Last widow of a civil war veteran dies

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It says in the letter that she never applied for the pension.

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that's worse than throwing the diamond overboard in titanic.

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That’s really insane to think about.

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The 10th president John Tyler’s last surviving grandson: A bridge to the nation’s complicated past

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Due to a series of mini-strokes starting in 2012, Harrison lives almost without time. It would be quite a change for anyone, but it’s particularly so for someone like him, who grew up steeped in family history. Harrison was raised in his grandfather’s hunting lodge; his grandfather — John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States — was born in 1790.

That is not a typo — 1790, as in, during George Washington’s first term.

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And yes:

"Why, Johnny Tyler! Madcap! Where ya goin' with that shotgun?"

Imagine being widowed at 20 years ago. And she never even remarried or took his pension. That was one strong independent woman.

I don't mean to sound like a dick, but man, that sounds like one incredibly sad life.

Married at 17, to a freaking 93 year old. Then she never cashed out on the only benefit from that marriage, and she proceeded to never even remarry, or really marry for the first time.