Esther Sumner Damon of Vermont was the last Revolutionary War widow. She married Noah Damon on September 6, 1835. Upon his death, on July 2, 1853, she applied for a pension, and it was granted on October 25, 1855. This pension was increased by Congress on February 28, 1905. She died November 11, 1906. She is buried in the same Vermont cemetery as President Calvin Coolidge. She held the distinction of being the last pensioner of the American Revolution. A 1903 U.S. Pension report listed two Revolutionary War widows {Damon and a Rebecca Mayo of Virginia} and three "Real Daughters" of Revolutionary War veterans.