http://www.metafilter.com/tags/albertamartin Posts tagged with 'albertamartin' at MetaFilter. Mon, 31 May 2004 15:20:10 -0800 Mon, 31 May 2004 15:20:10 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/33406/Albert%2DMartin%2DLast%2DKnown%2DWidow%2Dof%2Da%2DCivil%2DWar%2DVeteran <a href="http://lastconfederatewidow.com/">Alberta Martin</a>, the last known widow of a civil war veteran, has died at the age of 97. Alberta Martin married William Japser Martin, a Confederate veteran, in 1927, when she was 21 and he was 81. William Martin died less than four years later and Alberta Martin married his grandson two months after that. [Much of the news will cover it (i.e. <a href="http://us.cnn.com/2004/US/South/05/13/civil.war.widow.ap/">CNN</a>, <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/ID/4972487/">MSNBC</a>, et all, but the link above is for a site specifically about her.] tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.33406 Mon, 31 May 2004 15:20:10 -0800 albertamartin civilwar cnn obituary widow bluedaniel