VA Stops Paying Civil War Pensions
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:38 pmThe last person to receive a pension from the American Civil War of 1860-1865 has died.
Irene Triplett had collected a $73.13 check every month — a century and a half after the war ended — up until her death at the age of 90 on Sunday, according to her obituary in The Wall Street Journal.
There were several factors for the shocking payouts. Triplett’s father, Pvt. Mose Triplett, fathered her during his second marriage when he was just a few weeks away from turning 84 years old.
And Irene, who suffered from mental disabilities, qualified for the pension as a helpless adult child of a veteran, receiving $876 a year. She passed away due to complications with a surgery in a North Carolina nursing home where she resided.
https://nypost.com/2020/06/04/last-pers ... ead-at-90/