Last Civil War Widow Dies

And when he died, shortly thereafter, she married his grandson.

I heard a wonderful interview with her on NPR yesterday. It was recorded three years ago. She was 21 when she married him, and she had an illegitimate son. She and the old man struck up a friendship, and he asked her to marry him. She said she would. Then he asked her father, and her father was only too happy to say yes. They were dirt poor, and it would be a lot easier to feed two less mouths. The interviewer asked her if she loved him. She said, "That's a hard question. You don't love an old man the same way you love a young man. Old men don't require all that hugging and kissing and stuff. But," she said, quoting an old saying, "It's better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave."

Here's a link to an audio story.

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1917192

Whatever floats her Merrimac.

I'm going to have to Monitor your postings after that one Edgar

Can I help it if I'm a graduate of the Bob Hope school of joking?