Jerusha Eugenia Gentry

Born: April 2,1842

Age : 18

Description: Her eyes are blue-green, and his hair is blonde.

Actress: Melissa Sue Anderson

Summary: Jerusha is a sweet, young woman who is nearly a carbon copy of her mother had been when she had met and fell in love with her father eighteen years earlier. Although Jerusha takes after her mother in many ways, she has inherited her father's stubborn will and his quick temper. She readily helps her mother run the bakery, and earns extra money by sewing, but dreams of love and a life filled with adventure.

 Love interest: James Butler Hickok