Flora akasiya Ohio uye akatamira kuPacific Coast apo baba vake vakaroora zvakare mushure mekufa kwaamai vake. MuSan Francisco, Flora akashanda semudzidzisi wemimhanzi uye wezvemweya, achiti anokwanisa kufambisa mweya wemukuru weSauk, Black Hawk. Biographer Clarice Stasz nevamwe vanotenda kuti baba vaLondon vaive nyanzvi yekuongorora nyeredzi William Chaney. Flora Wellman aigara naChaney muSan Francisco paakabata pamuviri.
Makore 1876