Jessie Lewelling was born in 1873 in Salem, Henry County, Iowa. She was the first-born child of Lorenzo Dow Lewelling and Angeline M. Cook. As a baby, Jessie moved with her parents to Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa. Her mother died in 1885 when Jessie was 12 years old, and the following year her father remarried. In 1887 Jessie moved with her family to Wichita, Kansas, where she attended High School.
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Despondent over ill health, she took poison in her rooms in a hotel in Chicago.--Xenia Daily Gazette, April 20, 1908; dateline "Chicago. April 20"
Contributor: Ruth Tobias (47126653)
When her father was elected Governor of Kansas in 1893, Jessie accompanied her father to the state capitol in Topeka while the rest of the family remained at home in Wichita. Jessie served as the Governor's official hostess during his term in office.
Jessie later took a job as a newspaper writer in Chicago, Illinois, and on 23 Jul 1902, she married Henry L. Call there at age 29. The marriage soon ended in divorce. Jessie died in
Chicago on 19 Apr 1908 at age 35.
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Despondent over ill health, she took poison in her rooms in a hotel in Chicago.--Xenia Daily Gazette, April 20, 1908; dateline "Chicago. April 20"
Contributor: Ruth Tobias (47126653)
When her father was elected Governor of Kansas in 1893, Jessie accompanied her father to the state capitol in Topeka while the rest of the family remained at home in Wichita. Jessie served as the Governor's official hostess during his term in office.
Jessie later took a job as a newspaper writer in Chicago, Illinois, and on 23 Jul 1902, she married Henry L. Call there at age 29. The marriage soon ended in divorce. Jessie died in
Chicago on 19 Apr 1908 at age 35.
Jessie Lewelling was born in 1873 in Salem, Henry County, Iowa. She was the first-born child of Lorenzo Dow Lewelling and Angeline M. Cook. As a baby, Jessie moved with her parents to Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa. Her mother died in 1885 when Jessie was 12 years old, and the following year her father remarried. In 1887 Jessie moved with her family to Wichita, Kansas, where she attended High School.
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Despondent over ill health, she took poison in her rooms in a hotel in Chicago.--Xenia Daily Gazette, April 20, 1908; dateline "Chicago. April 20"
Contributor: Ruth Tobias (47126653)
When her father was elected Governor of Kansas in 1893, Jessie accompanied her father to the state capitol in Topeka while the rest of the family remained at home in Wichita. Jessie served as the Governor's official hostess during his term in office.
Jessie later took a job as a newspaper writer in Chicago, Illinois, and on 23 Jul 1902, she married Henry L. Call there at age 29. The marriage soon ended in divorce. Jessie died in
Chicago on 19 Apr 1908 at age 35.
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Despondent over ill health, she took poison in her rooms in a hotel in Chicago.--Xenia Daily Gazette, April 20, 1908; dateline "Chicago. April 20"
Contributor: Ruth Tobias (47126653)
When her father was elected Governor of Kansas in 1893, Jessie accompanied her father to the state capitol in Topeka while the rest of the family remained at home in Wichita. Jessie served as the Governor's official hostess during his term in office.
Jessie later took a job as a newspaper writer in Chicago, Illinois, and on 23 Jul 1902, she married Henry L. Call there at age 29. The marriage soon ended in divorce. Jessie died in
Chicago on 19 Apr 1908 at age 35.
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