Hannah's death certificate notes under Occupation:
In early years missionary among the Indians of the North West sent out by Presbyterian Board.
In 1833 Hannah appears in a list of teachers and assistants working at the Mackinaw Mission on Mackinac Island, Michigan, part of the old Northwest Territory (Vermont Chronicle, Bellows Falls, Vt, 8 Nov 1833 p 2). She served under the Rev William M. Ferry, who established a Christian mission of Native Americans on Mackinac Island in the 1820s, intent upon transforming all members of the fur-trade society into evangelical Protestant Christians. The Mission House built there in 1825 still stands.
Hannah converted to evangelical Christianity in 1811, but did not volunteer for the American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions until 1828, after "prayerfull consideration." In response to William Ferry's plea for additional help, his father-in-law recruited 41 year old Hannah to go to Mackinac to oversee the kitchen and to teach. Hannah spent 9 years working at the mission, from her arrival in 1828, till departing in 1837 (Battle for the Soul: Mètis Children Encounter Evangelical Protestants at Mackinaw Mission, 1823-1837, Keith R. Widder, 1999).
Hannah married the widowed Moses Blood on 17 Jan 1838 in Tazewell County, Illinois. In the 1840 census they lived in Belvidere, Boone Co, Illinois, and in 1850 and 1855 lived in Gratiot, La Fayette Co, Wisconsin. It is believed that Moses died in Wisconsin soon after.
In the 1860 and 1870 censuses Hannah had moved back to Illinois, living with William C Stevens and his wife Maria (Burr) Stevens in Princeville, Peoria Co, IL. William Chase Stevens was the founder of Princeville.
The 1880 morality schedule notes she lived in Mendota the last 5 years of her life.
No obituary was found in the Mendota Reporter per Graves-Hume Public Library. The local Methodist Church is reviewing their old record books for more information.
In early years missionary among the Indians of the North West sent out by Presbyterian Board.
In 1833 Hannah appears in a list of teachers and assistants working at the Mackinaw Mission on Mackinac Island, Michigan, part of the old Northwest Territory (Vermont Chronicle, Bellows Falls, Vt, 8 Nov 1833 p 2). She served under the Rev William M. Ferry, who established a Christian mission of Native Americans on Mackinac Island in the 1820s, intent upon transforming all members of the fur-trade society into evangelical Protestant Christians. The Mission House built there in 1825 still stands.
Hannah converted to evangelical Christianity in 1811, but did not volunteer for the American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions until 1828, after "prayerfull consideration." In response to William Ferry's plea for additional help, his father-in-law recruited 41 year old Hannah to go to Mackinac to oversee the kitchen and to teach. Hannah spent 9 years working at the mission, from her arrival in 1828, till departing in 1837 (Battle for the Soul: Mètis Children Encounter Evangelical Protestants at Mackinaw Mission, 1823-1837, Keith R. Widder, 1999).
Hannah married the widowed Moses Blood on 17 Jan 1838 in Tazewell County, Illinois. In the 1840 census they lived in Belvidere, Boone Co, Illinois, and in 1850 and 1855 lived in Gratiot, La Fayette Co, Wisconsin. It is believed that Moses died in Wisconsin soon after.
In the 1860 and 1870 censuses Hannah had moved back to Illinois, living with William C Stevens and his wife Maria (Burr) Stevens in Princeville, Peoria Co, IL. William Chase Stevens was the founder of Princeville.
The 1880 morality schedule notes she lived in Mendota the last 5 years of her life.
No obituary was found in the Mendota Reporter per Graves-Hume Public Library. The local Methodist Church is reviewing their old record books for more information.
Hannah's death certificate notes under Occupation:
In early years missionary among the Indians of the North West sent out by Presbyterian Board.
In 1833 Hannah appears in a list of teachers and assistants working at the Mackinaw Mission on Mackinac Island, Michigan, part of the old Northwest Territory (Vermont Chronicle, Bellows Falls, Vt, 8 Nov 1833 p 2). She served under the Rev William M. Ferry, who established a Christian mission of Native Americans on Mackinac Island in the 1820s, intent upon transforming all members of the fur-trade society into evangelical Protestant Christians. The Mission House built there in 1825 still stands.
Hannah converted to evangelical Christianity in 1811, but did not volunteer for the American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions until 1828, after "prayerfull consideration." In response to William Ferry's plea for additional help, his father-in-law recruited 41 year old Hannah to go to Mackinac to oversee the kitchen and to teach. Hannah spent 9 years working at the mission, from her arrival in 1828, till departing in 1837 (Battle for the Soul: Mètis Children Encounter Evangelical Protestants at Mackinaw Mission, 1823-1837, Keith R. Widder, 1999).
Hannah married the widowed Moses Blood on 17 Jan 1838 in Tazewell County, Illinois. In the 1840 census they lived in Belvidere, Boone Co, Illinois, and in 1850 and 1855 lived in Gratiot, La Fayette Co, Wisconsin. It is believed that Moses died in Wisconsin soon after.
In the 1860 and 1870 censuses Hannah had moved back to Illinois, living with William C Stevens and his wife Maria (Burr) Stevens in Princeville, Peoria Co, IL. William Chase Stevens was the founder of Princeville.
The 1880 morality schedule notes she lived in Mendota the last 5 years of her life.
No obituary was found in the Mendota Reporter per Graves-Hume Public Library. The local Methodist Church is reviewing their old record books for more information.
In early years missionary among the Indians of the North West sent out by Presbyterian Board.
In 1833 Hannah appears in a list of teachers and assistants working at the Mackinaw Mission on Mackinac Island, Michigan, part of the old Northwest Territory (Vermont Chronicle, Bellows Falls, Vt, 8 Nov 1833 p 2). She served under the Rev William M. Ferry, who established a Christian mission of Native Americans on Mackinac Island in the 1820s, intent upon transforming all members of the fur-trade society into evangelical Protestant Christians. The Mission House built there in 1825 still stands.
Hannah converted to evangelical Christianity in 1811, but did not volunteer for the American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions until 1828, after "prayerfull consideration." In response to William Ferry's plea for additional help, his father-in-law recruited 41 year old Hannah to go to Mackinac to oversee the kitchen and to teach. Hannah spent 9 years working at the mission, from her arrival in 1828, till departing in 1837 (Battle for the Soul: Mètis Children Encounter Evangelical Protestants at Mackinaw Mission, 1823-1837, Keith R. Widder, 1999).
Hannah married the widowed Moses Blood on 17 Jan 1838 in Tazewell County, Illinois. In the 1840 census they lived in Belvidere, Boone Co, Illinois, and in 1850 and 1855 lived in Gratiot, La Fayette Co, Wisconsin. It is believed that Moses died in Wisconsin soon after.
In the 1860 and 1870 censuses Hannah had moved back to Illinois, living with William C Stevens and his wife Maria (Burr) Stevens in Princeville, Peoria Co, IL. William Chase Stevens was the founder of Princeville.
The 1880 morality schedule notes she lived in Mendota the last 5 years of her life.
No obituary was found in the Mendota Reporter per Graves-Hume Public Library. The local Methodist Church is reviewing their old record books for more information.
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