Daughter of James Washington Jackson &
Thursa Arizona Shelby
One of ten children;
4 sisters & 5 brothers
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1904 Hubert Lee***see below
1906 Leo Mae (Thomas)***see below
1909 Homer Huston***see below
1911 Lena Jane (Tiede)***see below
1914 Geneva Pearl (Clark)***see below
1917 Woodrow***see below
1921 Thelma Arizona (Miekley)***see below
1924 James William***see below
1925 David Leonard***see below
Married James Bolin
04 Sep 1936 Webster Co, MO
No children were born of this union
When they married she was 17 and he was 93. Her father had volunteered his daughter's help with Bolin's household chores. unwilling to accept charity, Bolin, a widower who'd served in the U.S. Army's 14th Missouri Calvary, proposed a marriage of convenience. She later stated "the union wasn't exactly a love match, though she said she had great respect for her husband, who really cared for her and wanted her to have a good future."
***She never remarried
Note***
She is the last publicly documented widow of a Civil War soldier.
Obituary
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Helen Viola Jackson, 101, Marshfield, Missouri, was born August 3, 1919 to James W. and Thursa A. (Shelby) Jackson in Niangua, Missouri and departed this life December 16, 2020 at Webco Manor, Marshfield, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings, four sisters and five brothers.
Helen is survived by several nieces and nephews, family and friends.
Helen grew up in the Niangua, Missouri area and went to Niangua School through 8th grade. She received an honorary high school diploma from Niangua High School Class of 1937 at the 2018 Cherry Blossom Festival. Helen was a charter member of the Elkland Independent Methodist Church, Elkland, Missouri. She was also a charter member of the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival Auxiliary. Helen was a lifetime member of the Webster County Historical Society and volunteered at the Webster County Museum as long as her health permitted. She was also a longtime active member of the Harry S. Truman Democratic Club and served as the vice chairman of the Webster County Democrat Central Committee for many years. Helen was a devoted Rebekah's Lodge member for many years. Helen will certainly be missed by her family and friends.
Graveside services for Helen V. Jackson will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 21, 2020 at Marshfield Cemetery, Marshfield, Missouri. No visitation will be held due to Covid 19. Memorial donations may be made to The Cherry Blossom Festival Auxiliary of Marshfield or donor's choice.
Shares stone with her sister Lena Jane Jackson Tiede.
Helen Viola Jackson (born 3 August 1919) is an American centenarian who is the last publicly known surviving widow of a Civil War veteran.
Helen Viola Jackson, 101, Marshfield, Missouri, was born August 3, 1919 to James W. and Thursa A. (Shelby) Jackson in Niangua, Missouri and departed this life December 16, 2020 at Webco Manor, Marshfield, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings, four sisters and five brothers.
Helen is survived by several nieces and nephews, family and friends.
Helen grew up in the Niangua, Missouri area and went to Niangua School through 8th grade. She received an honorary high school diploma from Niangua High School Class of 1937 at the 2018 Cherry Blossom Festival. Helen was a charter member of the Elkland Independent Methodist Church, Elkland, Missouri. She was also a charter member of the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival Auxiliary. Helen was a lifetime member of the Webster County Historical Society and volunteered at the Webster County Museum as long as her health permitted. She was also a longtime active member of the Harry S. Truman Democratic Club and served as the vice chairman of the Webster County Democrat Central Committee for many years. Helen was a devoted Rebekah's Lodge member for many years. Helen will certainly be missed by her family and friends.
Graveside services for Helen V. Jackson will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 21, 2020 at Marshfield Cemetery, Marshfield, Missouri. No visitation will be held due to Covid 19. Memorial donations may be made to The Cherry Blossom Festival Auxiliary of Marshfield or donor's choice.
Contributor: Becky Pyland Davis (46480924) • becdavis.
A woman believed to be the last living widow of a Civil War veteran has died at 101. Helen Viola Jackson died Dec. 16 at Marshfield, Mo.'s Webco Manor Nursing Home, the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival said in a statement. Jackson recently told a minister she had married James Bolin, a 93-year-old widower who served in the 14th Missouri Cavalry, when she was 17, according to the statement. The Daughters of the Union Veterans were able to corroborate her account based on historical documents. Bolin, who "did not believe in accepting charity," asked Jackson to marry him so that he could leave her his pension amid the Great Depression, she told a historian in 2018. The two were married Sept. 4, 1936. He died less than three years later. Jackson said she did not make her marriage to Bolin public, saying she "did not want him to be hurt by the scorn of wagging tongues," and never applied for his pension due to tensions with one of Bolin's daughters. She never remarried. "All a woman had in 1939 was her reputation," she told the historian, according to the statement. "I didn't want them all to think that I was a young woman who had married an old man to take advantage of him.
Daughter of James Washington Jackson &
Thursa Arizona Shelby
One of ten children;
4 sisters & 5 brothers
******************************
1904 Hubert Lee***see below
1906 Leo Mae (Thomas)***see below
1909 Homer Huston***see below
1911 Lena Jane (Tiede)***see below
1914 Geneva Pearl (Clark)***see below
1917 Woodrow***see below
1921 Thelma Arizona (Miekley)***see below
1924 James William***see below
1925 David Leonard***see below
Married James Bolin
04 Sep 1936 Webster Co, MO
No children were born of this union
When they married she was 17 and he was 93. Her father had volunteered his daughter's help with Bolin's household chores. unwilling to accept charity, Bolin, a widower who'd served in the U.S. Army's 14th Missouri Calvary, proposed a marriage of convenience. She later stated "the union wasn't exactly a love match, though she said she had great respect for her husband, who really cared for her and wanted her to have a good future."
***She never remarried
Note***
She is the last publicly documented widow of a Civil War soldier.
Obituary
***********
Helen Viola Jackson, 101, Marshfield, Missouri, was born August 3, 1919 to James W. and Thursa A. (Shelby) Jackson in Niangua, Missouri and departed this life December 16, 2020 at Webco Manor, Marshfield, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings, four sisters and five brothers.
Helen is survived by several nieces and nephews, family and friends.
Helen grew up in the Niangua, Missouri area and went to Niangua School through 8th grade. She received an honorary high school diploma from Niangua High School Class of 1937 at the 2018 Cherry Blossom Festival. Helen was a charter member of the Elkland Independent Methodist Church, Elkland, Missouri. She was also a charter member of the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival Auxiliary. Helen was a lifetime member of the Webster County Historical Society and volunteered at the Webster County Museum as long as her health permitted. She was also a longtime active member of the Harry S. Truman Democratic Club and served as the vice chairman of the Webster County Democrat Central Committee for many years. Helen was a devoted Rebekah's Lodge member for many years. Helen will certainly be missed by her family and friends.
Graveside services for Helen V. Jackson will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 21, 2020 at Marshfield Cemetery, Marshfield, Missouri. No visitation will be held due to Covid 19. Memorial donations may be made to The Cherry Blossom Festival Auxiliary of Marshfield or donor's choice.
Shares stone with her sister Lena Jane Jackson Tiede.
Helen Viola Jackson (born 3 August 1919) is an American centenarian who is the last publicly known surviving widow of a Civil War veteran.
Helen Viola Jackson, 101, Marshfield, Missouri, was born August 3, 1919 to James W. and Thursa A. (Shelby) Jackson in Niangua, Missouri and departed this life December 16, 2020 at Webco Manor, Marshfield, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings, four sisters and five brothers.
Helen is survived by several nieces and nephews, family and friends.
Helen grew up in the Niangua, Missouri area and went to Niangua School through 8th grade. She received an honorary high school diploma from Niangua High School Class of 1937 at the 2018 Cherry Blossom Festival. Helen was a charter member of the Elkland Independent Methodist Church, Elkland, Missouri. She was also a charter member of the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival Auxiliary. Helen was a lifetime member of the Webster County Historical Society and volunteered at the Webster County Museum as long as her health permitted. She was also a longtime active member of the Harry S. Truman Democratic Club and served as the vice chairman of the Webster County Democrat Central Committee for many years. Helen was a devoted Rebekah's Lodge member for many years. Helen will certainly be missed by her family and friends.
Graveside services for Helen V. Jackson will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 21, 2020 at Marshfield Cemetery, Marshfield, Missouri. No visitation will be held due to Covid 19. Memorial donations may be made to The Cherry Blossom Festival Auxiliary of Marshfield or donor's choice.
Contributor: Becky Pyland Davis (46480924) • becdavis.
A woman believed to be the last living widow of a Civil War veteran has died at 101. Helen Viola Jackson died Dec. 16 at Marshfield, Mo.'s Webco Manor Nursing Home, the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival said in a statement. Jackson recently told a minister she had married James Bolin, a 93-year-old widower who served in the 14th Missouri Cavalry, when she was 17, according to the statement. The Daughters of the Union Veterans were able to corroborate her account based on historical documents. Bolin, who "did not believe in accepting charity," asked Jackson to marry him so that he could leave her his pension amid the Great Depression, she told a historian in 2018. The two were married Sept. 4, 1936. He died less than three years later. Jackson said she did not make her marriage to Bolin public, saying she "did not want him to be hurt by the scorn of wagging tongues," and never applied for his pension due to tensions with one of Bolin's daughters. She never remarried. "All a woman had in 1939 was her reputation," she told the historian, according to the statement. "I didn't want them all to think that I was a young woman who had married an old man to take advantage of him.
