JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Silas Dalphus Plummer Sr. was the last surviving Civil War veteran in Cambria County when he died Feb. 7, 1940, at age 92. He is buried at Mount Union Cemetery in Summerhill, the town ...
Helen Viola Jackson, the last known surviving widow of a Civil War veteran, has died at the age of 101. Her death was confirmed by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War on Monday. Jackson died ...
O'FALLON, Mo. — Helen Viola Jackson's 1936 marriage to James Bolin was unusual to say the least: He was 93 and in declining health, and she was a 17-year-old schoolgirl. Bolin was also a Civil War ...
An appeal has been launched to find the final resting place of a Hull man believed to be the last known American Civil War veteran in the region. The Sons of Union Veterans of the American Civil War ...
On a Veterans Day ceremony held 160 years after they served their country, four Civil War soldiers were finally honored Tuesday at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wyandanch. It was believed to be the first ...