BIOGRAPHY: According to family lore, was a Cherokee Indian and cooked for the soldiers while at Salem, MO.
BIOGRAPHY: Was a schoolteacher at the time of her marriage. Stayed in Kentucky to finish the school term while Nathaniel and his children headed West to Missouri. When school was out, she and an uncle made the move to Dent Co.
BIOGRAPHY: 1880 census Current, Dent Co, MO - head ofhousehold, keeping house.
BIOGRAPHY: Lived with son David and his wife, in the house he built near the old homestead, until her death.