Her first 2 sons were burned to death in their house while she was at home alone. She had gone to the barn to get some twisted hay for the stove so they could keep warm. This was the only fuel they had to burn. She left one baby in the high chair and the other toddling in the house. When she came out of the barn she saw her house engulfed in flames. There was nothing she could do but watch it burn with her two sons inside. She could never forgive herself and it pried on her mind all her life. The two sons were buried on the farm where they were living. They were buried in the pasture.
She had a hard and lonely life. She committed suicide by shooting herself at the age of 34 year old. She always thought about her two sons who perished in the fire, plus the meanness of her husband. That was probably what led her to suicide.