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Village:Hancock, MA Source:bios:22Search: Full Last First
id 22 firstname Hattie Emoretta lastname Belden birthyr 1862 deathyr 1918 bio Belden, Hattie Emoretta (1862-1918), of the Church F., Hancock, MA (Elizabeth Belden's older sister), was born July 15, 1862, in Whately, MA. She was at the Church F. in 1880; at age 17 she kept house, and signed the covenant in February, 1886. She was a school teacher in 1889-1892; wrote "Notes about home" to the MANIFESTO (1893-1896), and acrostics in 1894. She left the Shakers December 29, 1897, but returned January 14, 1898. In the June, 1910 US Census she was listed as a "fancy worker." villageplus the Church F.. Hancock