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| Hannah Catherine Turpin Bell |
Hannah Catherine Turpin was the youngest child born to Sarah Elizabeth Lowery Turpin and Robert Newton Turpin.
We are so fortunate that Hannah left her story for others to read. She chronicled her pioneering adventures for the Williston Daily Herald and it is an amazing story. It reminds us that we need to write our own stories to share with others in the family. Of course Hannah’s example could intimidate us into wondering what anyone would find fascinating about our own lives. But don’t you think that Hannah was a bit like us though? She probably thought her own life was somewhat normal…until the newspaper wanted to do a story on her.
Hannah was born 25 December 1864 in Greene County, Iowa. She arrived in Nebraska with her father and step-mother. Her step-mother was almost the same age as she was. Soon after coming to Nebraska, she married Douglas Bell. I have the marriage date as Oct 12, 1880 and the marriage records should be in Holt County, Nebraska. I found Nancy and Joe’s marriage but not this one.
