Black plaque № 45160
Williamsburg, KY, United States
"Aunt Julia" Marcum. Only woman, as a fighter, to receive a U.S. pension: special Act of Congress, 1884. Marcum home in Tenn., a depot for southerners going north to Union army. She lost eye; badly wounded defending home against marauders; then the family came here. Unionist father killed in action.
Her life devoted to patriotic, religious work. Died in 1936, age 91, military funeral.
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