Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1919 — Lost Three Husbands in War; Gets $172 a Month [ARTICLE]

Lost Three Husbands in War; Gets $172 a Month

A negro woman is drawing, three $57.50 checks, or $172.50 a month, from the government, for the loss of three husbands during the war, and will draw that amount for 20 years. Mrs. Atnanda Jones’ husband died- of spinal meningitis soon after entering the service and taking out a SIO,OOO Insurance policy. The widow Jones married a man named Smith. He took out a maximum life insurance policy in her favor, and was killed in action. Then Mrs. Amanda JonesSmith married Private Jackson, a returned soldier, who- also named her in a SIO,OOO policy. Influenza made her a widow a third time in less than two years.