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Plane

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Lincoln promised
« on: July 01, 2014, 06:30:16 PM »
The Department of Veterans Affairs still issues a monthly pension payment to 84-year-old Irene Triplett, for her father's service in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Triplett is "the last child of any Civil War veteran still on the VA benefits rolls."


http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/05/11/VA-Still-Paying-Civil-War-Pension-To-Last-Living-Union-Soldier-s-Daughter
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Re: Lincoln promised
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2014, 06:59:57 PM »
The Civil War ended in 1865. If we assume that this woman's father was 13 in 1865, that would make his birth date 1852.  This woman would have been born in 1930, when her father was 78. So I suppose that this is possible.
But just barely.
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Re: Lincoln promised
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2014, 07:47:59 PM »
Quote from: Xavier_Onassis on July 01, 2014, 06:59:57 PM
The Civil War ended in 1865. If we assume that this woman's father was 13 in 1865, that would make his birth date 1852.  This woman would have been born in 1930, when her father was 78. So I suppose that this is possible.
But just barely.


It is amazing , but with very large numbers , the margins can be wide.
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