Hope Hunter
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At a Glance
Hope was the daughter of Jane Willamette Bell Hunter. She was raised from two-years on by her maternal aunt, Emily Rowena Bell Norman.
Biographical Data
Relatives
- Aunt: Emily Rowena Bell (1843-1913)
[1]. Although Hope is not the biological daughter of Emily Rowena Bell, Emily raised her niece as her own daughter. After visiting her sister Jane in Halifax County in 1875, Emily became attached to her two-year-old neice. She took the little girl home with her, and Hope remained permanently with the Normans and became the daughter of the house [1].
References
- Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).