Jessie Belle Hitchcock

JesseBelle spent much of her childhood in San Marcial before movingwith her family to Los Angeles and the San Bernardino area when shewas ten years old. When she was fifteen, the family moved to Winslow,AZ. Here, Jessse Belle finished school. Mary Ellen Howells (herdaughter) tells about her at this age. Insert story The"boyfriend" mentioned may have been Leo Edward Murphy whose father,Frank Murphy, was a conductor for the Santa Fe Railroad. Notes forLeo Edward Murphy: Leo had grown up in Albuquerque. He was bornin Newton, KS and had spent his boyhood there; the family wasCatholic. His father was a conductor for the Santa Fe Railroad. Leo,however, did not get involved with the railroads. More About LeoEdward Murphy: Burial: Pacific Grove Cemetery, Redondo BeachChristened: Nov 26, 1893, St. Mary's Church, Newton, KS