• Born in 1833 in Lee Creek, Arkansas
• Rode mule back from Arkansas to California at age 10 with parents through country not yet mapped and explored
• Married John Hames in Monterey in 1846 at age 13. Ceremony performed by Thomas Larkin, US Consulate to Mexico and lumber baron
• Had twelve children
• Mother of first male born in California of American parents
• Lived in Soquel most of her life
• Died while living in Hihn's sugar mill on Soquel Creek in 1882
• Buried in Soquel IOOF cemetery