My guess was right. "18 when she married 81-year-old Union Civil War veteran". Civil War vets had pretty good benefits, which would continue with their depende

My guess was right. "18 when she married 81-year-old Union Civil War veteran". Civil War vets had pretty good benefits, which would continue with their dependents. Some married for those benefits. A few spouses of Civil War vets lived until the 2000s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War_widows_who_survived_into_the_21st_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War_widows_who_... That link includes a picture of John and Gertrude Janeway.