Josephine Ham Zemmer Clover Ham Stevens Val Nerlin Hillers
In 1872, Malissa Hixson Gorrell left Ohio with her infant daughter to join Malissa's husband, Joseph Gorrell, on the homestead he had established on the Kansas frontier. After Joseph's death soon thereafter, Malissa remarries and discovers that Joe Hahn is a man always searching for riches, moving to the edge of the American frontier. Malissa lives a life of wandering with her second husband and her expanding family which eventually includes 6 sons and 7 daughters, with two dying as infants. Three Generations of Resilient Women tells the life stories of Malissa (1850-1927), her...
In 1872, Malissa Hixson Gorrell left Ohio with her infant daughter to join Malissa's husband, Joseph Gorrell, on the homestead he had established on t...
