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Last Civil War widow Alberta Martin dies at 97 in Alabama
Alberta Martin, the last widow of a Civil War veteran, died at 97 in an Enterprise nursing home from heart attack complications. Born Alberta Stewart in 1906, she rose from poverty to become a symbol for Confederate history buffs, paraded by the Sons of Confederate Veterans at events across the South. She married Civil War veteran William Jasper Martin in 1927 and later his grandson Charlie Martin, leaving two sons, with funeral plans set for June 12 in Elba.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alberta Martin
Martin
Enterprise
Kenneth Chancey
Gertrude Janeway
South
Tennessee
John Janeway
Wayne Flynt
Auburn University
Daisy Anderson
Gettysburg
Anderson
Denver
Janeway
Alberta Stewart Martin
Alberta Stewart
Danley’s Crossroads
Tallassee
Alabama
Howard Farrow
Farrow
Stewart
Opp
William Jasper Martin
Macon County
Andalusia
William
Charlie Martin
New Ebenezer Baptist Church
Elba
First Assembly of God
Chancey
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Sam Webb
University of Alabama At Birmingham
Tony Horwitz
William Jasper
William Martins
Alabama Infantry
Horwitz
Petersburg
Virginia
Harold Farrow
North Little Rock
Ark
Willie Martin