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Re: widows' pensions
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:09:31 -0500
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>At what date did Confederate widows become eligible for a pension?
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>Thank you,
>    Carole D. Bryant


-1888 was the first year for pensions to widows of men killed in action.  In 1900 and 1902 the law was expanded to include all
widows.

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