Manuscript Location

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Place of Origin

United States ➔ Wisconsin ➔ Juneau

Date of Composition

presumed begun by 1865

Description

Hannah Barber Billinghurst (1832-1900) was the wife Charles Billinghurst, (1818-1865), a lawyer who served as a Wisconsin Congressional Representative from 1854 to 1859. The couple lived in Juneau, Wisconsin, and had two sons, both of whom became bankers in South Dakota. Hannah Billinghurst's recipe book is part of the library's collection of Charles Billinghurst's papers. The collection also includes Hannah Billinghurst's diary and letters that she wrote to her sons.