Veterans Day
2020
Honoring All Our Union Brothers
Without the veterans of the Civil War - who fought on either side for what they believed in - the strong, united America we know today might never have been possible.
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Veterans Day
2020
Honoring All Our Union Brothers
Without the veterans of the Civil War - who fought on either side for what they believed in - the strong, united America we know today might never have been possible.
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Mark Day, Past Commander in Chief |
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Ed Norris, Commander in Chief |
Brian C. Pierson Commander in Chief
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
PO Box 3394
Shawnee, OK 74802 CinC@SUVCW.org
General Order #9
Series 2020-2021
2 January 2021
It is my sad duty to report the death of Helen Viola
Jackson, the last documented widow of a Civil War soldier, on 16 December 2020,
at the age of 101 years. She had been a resident of Webco Manor Nursing Home in
Marshfield, Missouri for many years.
Helen Jackson married Private James Bolin, Company F, 14th Missouri Cavalry, on 4 September 1936. He was 93 years old; she was 17. Her father had volunteered her to stop by his house each day and assist him with chores as she headed home from school. Bolin did not believe in accepting charity and, after a period of time, asked Helen for her hand in marriage in order to provide for her future by leaving her his Union pension. She accepted and Bolin recorded the wedding in his personal Bible. Bolin died in June 1939 and Helen never remarried; she never applied for the pension.
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War’s social media platforms, and the Charters of all Departments and Camps will be draped in black. All Brothers will attach a black mourning ribbon to their membership badges in remembrance of her.
This order shall remain in effect for 30 days from this date. Ordered this 2nd day of January, 2021
Brian C. Pierson Commander-in-Chief
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Attest:
Jonathan C. Davis Jonathan C. Davis National Secretary
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War