Related commentaries – Widows

Who takes care of the widow? – I Timothy 5:5 – 5:16

General Philip Sheridan’s widow

In February, 1938, the widow of General Philip H. Sheridan died in Washington. But General Sheridan died in 1888. From then until her own death his widow lived quietly in a house filled with memories and mementos of her famous husband. When it was suggested in 1908 that she remarry, she declared: “I would rather be the widow of Phil Sheridan than the wife of any living man.” (Robert G. Lee).