There are many age curiosities out there like the fact the grandson of John Tyler the 10th president who was born in 1790 is still alive, I.e his grandfather was born 235 years ago!
they are just that curiosities, not really fraud and even when it is one, it never significant just like voter fraud never turns out to be one .
The pension is claimed by the wife of the veteran , it was a practice to marry a very young girl very late in life partly because of the pension.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War_widows_wh...
The person you are referring to was eligible as a disabled child of veteran https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Triplett
There are many age curiosities out there like the fact the grandson of John Tyler the 10th president who was born in 1790 is still alive, I.e his grandfather was born 235 years ago!
they are just that curiosities, not really fraud and even when it is one, it never significant just like voter fraud never turns out to be one .