tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post6691156523066578253..comments2023-11-03T07:23:30.909-05:00Comments on The Monarchist 2.0: Lloyd Clemett, A Soldier of the Great WarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-52633084254205792462007-02-27T23:04:00.000-05:002007-02-27T23:04:00.000-05:00Yes, this was common back in the day. A 20 year ol...Yes, this was common back in the day. A 20 year old girl would mary a civil war vet in his 70s or 80s. Not a bad deal, the vet got a nice looking girl to ease his final years and the woman got the pension for life.<BR/><BR/>It reminds be of that french woman who lived to be 127. Back in the 50s she had entered into an agreement with a chap in his 30s where by he paid a small sum in advance and got her appartment when she died. She out lived him.adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008404206373078859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-62230873216564062842007-02-27T12:59:00.000-05:002007-02-27T12:59:00.000-05:00The craziest longevity story I think I ever read w...The craziest longevity story I think I ever read was a widow who is still collecting an American Civil War pension!! I think she was 100 or so and had married an old civil war vet in the early 1920s. He's been dead since 1930 or so, and she's been collecting his pension ever since.The Monarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362198840081512460noreply@blogger.com