US Still Paying a Civil War Pension
By Curt Mills | Staff Writer Aug. 8, 2016, at 8:00 a.m.
... Irene Triplett – the 86-year-old daughter of a Civil War veteran – collects $73.13 each month from her father's military pension ...
The U.S. government pays out veterans' benefits to spouses and dependents of former soldiers. A subsection of Title 38 of the United States Code spells out the rules and regulations for their allocation ...
... Mose Triplett ... joined the Confederate army in 1862, but later deserted and signed up with the Union ... He later married Elida Hall who was at least 50 years younger. They had five children, three of whom did not survive infancy. But Irene, and her younger brother Everette did. Mose Triplett was 83 when Irene was born, nearly 87 when her brother Everette came along.
Mose Triplett died a few days after returning from the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1938. His wife and daughter went to go live in public housing, and his son ran away. Elida Triplett died in 1967. Everette Triplett died in 1996.
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