Short Biography Of Bessie Vanburen

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As I begin to write the biography of Bessie Vanburen, I surmise she was cheated out of longevity of life itself. Bessie was born on April 29, 1816 to the very proud to be parents Benjiman and Amelia Collins. Her parents were excited with joy to finally hold and love a surviving sibling. It was a beautiful spring day in the woods near a refreshing stream, inside a wooden cabin where she was delivered by a midwife. The puffy, rosy cheeks and the cry of a beautiful baby girl was the best sound that the Collins have ever heard; the cry of a baby, alive and well. Bessie grew and was a very inquisitive child and began to ask many questions. Some questions of her asking were: Why don’t I have brothers or sisters? Why do other families have more than one child? Bessie loved asking questions of great maturity from such a young age. Her mother Amelia compiled her thoughts as she smiled to reassure Bessie that she should be happy and thankful to be alive. However, in the rear of Amelia’s mind were thoughts of sharing her mishaps of her four still born babies. There was a cool breeze settling in the afternoon where they resided in the North western town of Daleville, Indiana. Kathy and John, the neighbor 's children would join …show more content…
There were many days this young, vibrant, and beautiful mother cried crocodile tears about the curve balls that life had tossed her when all was just so perfect. She blurted out “I just can’t bear leaving my husdand and boys that I love so dearly”. Finally, Bessie’s health was on the verge of a quiet still transitioning, whereas she began to drift into long periods of rest. On July11, 1835 at the age of nineteen, as the morning dew fell upon the tall wheat plants, Bessie’s big beautiful blue eyes were closed forever as John cried tears of pain. A wonderful mother, cheated out of life itself and leaves a loving father and toddler twins to grieve the love and beauty of her

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