A San Francisco, Flora aiki a matsayin music malami da kuma spiritualist, iƙirarin zuwa tashar ruhun wani Sauk shugaban, Black Hawk. Biographer Clarice Stasz da sauransu yi imani da London mahaifinsa ya kasance astrologer William Chaney. Flora Wellman da aka zaune tare da Chaney a San Francisco a lokacin da ta zama da juna biyu. Ko Wellman da Chaney aka legally aure ne ba a sani ba.
Shekara ta 1876