Irene Triplett of Wilkesboro, North Carolina, received her late father’s pension for serving in the Confederate Army until her death in 2020.

Lois Irene Triplett, age 95 of Columbus, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at Wesley Ridge Senior Living Center in Reynoldsburg. She was the daughter of Ralph and Hallie (Cline) Triplett.

Secondly, “temporary” should never be a word associated with the federal government. Consider the case of Irene Triplett. Born in 1930, Ms. Triplett was the daughter of Mose and Elida Triplett ...

In May 2020, Irene Triplett passed away. She was the last person to receive a pension from the Civil War. She received $877.56 a year.

The last person to be receiving a Civil War-era pension has died. Irene Triplett, of Wilkesboro, NC, died on May 31 at the age of 90 due to complications from having fallen a few days earlier, ...

Irene Triplett’s father, Mose Triplett, defected from the Confederate Army to fight for the Union in 1863. As with the Tylers, the Tripletts’ story involved a child born late in the father’s ...

Irene Triplett received monthly check for $73.13 from the Department of Veterans Affairs as the nation's last Civil War pensioner.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Irene Triplett died at a nursing home in Wilkesboro on May 31. She was 90. Triplett’s father, Moses "Mose" Triplett, was a confederate soldier who deserted ...

The Last Person to Receive a Civil War Pension Dies at Age 90 Irene Triplett, whose father defected from the Confederate Army and enlisted with the Union, collected $73.13 a month ...