• Harry S Truman National Historic Site

    Harry S Truman

    National Historic Site Missouri

Family Members - Gates

George and Stella Earnshaw

George and Stella Earnshaw

Earnshaw, Stella E. and George B.
Interviewed July 22, 1991

Stella Earnshaw worked for Dr. Charles Allen and as a nurse occasionally aided Bess W. and Margaret Truman. Mrs. Earnshaw, a native of Platte City, Missouri, provides information about the Gates and Wells families located in that area.

Interview (pdf - 137KB)
Appendix (pdf - 2.35MB)

 

Did You Know?

Truman and friends on a ride in his car. Credit: Truman Library

Harry Truman’s first car was a used 1911 Stafford he bought in 1914.  Terry Stafford of Topeka made only about three hundred of the cars.  Truman paid $600 for his.  New, the cars sold for $2,350.