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No. 604.
Albert Hazen Little, b. in Hampstead, June 17, 1852, a son of Tristram and Betsey ( Peaslee) Little (No. 605). He was educated in the common school of Hampstead, and at Atkinson and Pinkerton Academies. He mar., first, Flora
MRS. BETSEY P. LITTLE. NO. 605.
J. Harris (No. 593) : second, mar., Abbie I. Gale (No. 631). He was adm. to the church March 5, 1880, and is a present member. He is a farmer in Hampstead, and resides on the old homestead of his fathers.
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No. 605.
Betsey Peaslee, b. in Newton, N. H., Sept. 5, 1819, a daughter of Obediah and Hannah (Bartlett) Peaslee of Newton. She mar. Tristram Little, Oct. 10, 1839 (see p. 350, Vol. 1). She was adm. to the church March 5, 1880.
MRS. GRIFFIN. NO. 606.
She d. in Hampstead, Mar. 4, 1898, and was buried in the village cemetery. They had children :-
I. Moses Hazen, b. July 26, 1840; d. Jan. 16, 1841.
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II. John Tristram, b. Jan. 12, 1844; in. Emma Frances Colby (see No. 467), Nov. 20, 1866; she d. April 16, 1894. Their only child :-
1. Arthur Herbert, b. Oct. 10, 1867; m. Ruth A. Emerson (No. 680.)
III. Mary Jane, b. Jan. 6, 1848; m. Moulton D. Pressey of Haverhill (see No. 284), Jan. 20, 1869; they reside in llaverhill, Mass., and have had children :-
1. Wilbert Pressey, b. Sept. 16, 1870; resides in Haverhill.
2. Carl Forest, b. Sept. 28, 1878: d. in infancy.
IV. Albert II. (No. 604), m. Flora J. Harris (Nos. 593, 631).
No. 606.
Hannah Bartlett Little, b. in Hampstead, March 19, 1832, a daughter of David and Louisa ( Peaslee) Little, of Hamp- stead. (See No. 570.) She mar., first, Amos Clark of Hampstead, Nov. 25, 1858 ; she mar., second, Capt. William Griffin (see No. 554). She had no children. She was adm. to the church March 5, 1880, and is a present member.
No. 607.
Almira Johnson, b. in Newbury, Mass., daughter of Stephen Johnson of Newbury. She mar. Augustus Perley, and resided in Hampstead, where Orren V. Ranlett now re- sides : later moved to Ilaverhill, Mass. She was adm. to the church May 1, 1880, and dis. June 28, 1894. Children :- two sons and Nellie L. (No. 586).
No. 608.
Emeline Ela, b. in Derry, Feb. 3, 1822, a daughter of Dea. William Ela of Derry, and wife Mary Moores from Francestown. She mar. Edmund Brickett Mooers, by the Rev. E. L. Parker of Derry, May 4, 1847 (see No. 409). They resided at the " old Brickett place," and on the island, and built the house now known as the Matavey place near " Copp's Corner," which was in Atkinson until 1857. She was adm. to the church by letter from the First Church in
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Derry, May, 1880, and is a present member. They had children :-
I. Mary E. (No. 600).
II. Ella, d. August 15, 1858, aged 5 years and 11 mos.
No. 609.
George Washington Bragdon, b. in Milton, July 12. 1827, a son of Ivory and Zilphia ( Ricker) Bragdon, who was son of Amos Bragdon, of York, Me. He married, first, Laura A., daughter of Pardon and Roxanna (Colby) Tabor (No. 630). Ile married, second, Mary A. Tabor (No. 594). He was admitted to the church July 4, 1880, and d. in Hamp- stead, June 4, 1885.
No. 610.
Frederick Spollett, b. in Derry, Aug. 30, 1822, a son of Frederick and Hannah ( Nichols) Spollett, of Derry. He married Abbie Bartlett ( No. 611). A carpenter by trade, he built the house now occupied by Carlos W. Noves, and moved from Walnut Hill, in Chester, to Hampstead, in 1880, and later built the house where he now resides, in the Center village. He was admitted to the church by letter from the church at Chester, Sept. 2. 1880, and is a present member. He first united with the church in Derry. He served in the civil war three years, from Sept. 25, 1861, to Sept. 25, 1864, a member of the 1st N. H. Light Battery, which won a noble record for faithful and distinguished service to the nation. Mr. Spollett participated in the battles of Rappa- hannock Station, Sulphur Springs, Groveton, second Bull Run, Antietam, Upperville, Fredericksburg. Chancellorville, Gettysburg, Brandy Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spott- sylvania P. O .. North Anna River. Petersburg. Amelia Court House, Appomattox Court House, Lee's surrender, Sailor's Crest, Sheldon's Cross Road, Tolopotomy, Cold Harbor, Deep Bottom, White Oak Church, and Boynton Plank Road.
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No. 611.
Abbie Bartlett, b. in Chester, May 6, 1819, a daughter of Peter and Mary (Dearborn ) Bartlett, of Chester. She mar- ried Frederick Spollett (No. 610), March 20, 1845. She united with the church in Chester in 1836, and from that church she was admitted to the church in Hampstead by letter, Sept. 2, 1880 : d. in Hampstead, Jan. 27, 1890, and was buried in the village cemetery. Their daughter : Mary E. (No. 612).
No. 612.
Mary Ella Spollett, b. in Chester, April 20, 1856, a daughter of Frederick and Abbie (Bartlett) Spollett (Nos. 610, 611). She was educated in the public schools of Ches- ter, Atkinson Academy, and the grammar schools of Haver- hill. Mass., and was graduated from the Chester Normal Institute. She commenced teaching at the age of fifteen years, and taught twelve years in the common schools of Chester, Hampstead, Atkinson, and Sandown, when she retired to care for her parents. She united with the church in Chester, Jan. 4, 1874, and was admitted to the church in Hampstead by letter, Sept. 2, 1880, and is a present mem- ber. She has served as president of the Ladies' Aid Society one year, ten years as secretary and treasurer of the same society, superintendent of the home department of the Sun- day school since its organization in 1898, secretary and treas- urer of the Rockingham County Sunday School Convention since 1898, and still holds the position. She has served as president of the Y. P. S. C. E., and president of the King's Daughters. In 1899 she was elected district secretary of the New Hampshire State Christian Endeavor Union, and was re-elected in 1901. In 1899 she was elected one of the sixteen delegates from New Hampshire to represent the State at the Sunday School International Convention at Atlanta, Ga.
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No. 613.
John William Tabor, b. in Dunbarton, March 22, 1836, a
MISS SPOLLETT. NO. 612.
son of Pardon and Roxanna (Colby) Tabor (No. 630), (p. 375, Vol. 1). He married Mary A. Little (No. 510), and d.
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in Hampstead, November, 1898. Buried in the village cem- etery. He was admitted to the church March 3, 1881. (See photo, Vol. 1.)
No. 614.
Wallace Bailey, b. in Salem, a son of Jesse Ordway Bailey, b. Dec. 26, 1810, in Salem, and wife Sarah, grandson of Phineas and Lydia Bailey, of Salem. He married Laura A. Tabor (No. 543), daughter of Eben and Lizzie (Roundy) Tabor (see No. 630). He was admitted to the church March 3, 1881, and was dismissed to unite with the Union Congre- gational Church, at Haverhill, Mass .. June 28, 1894. They reside at present in Haverhill.
No. 615.
Ebenezer Hoyt, b. in Hampstead, March 1, 1812. a son of Eliphalet and Lois ( Hunt) Hoyt. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812, stationed at Portsmouth Harbor. He married Eunice A. Shannon (No. 616). He was a shoemaker by trade. Admitted to the church by letter from the M. E. Church in Haverhill. Mass .. March 3, 1881. He died in Hampstead, May 16, 1896, and was buried in the village cemetery.
No. 616.
Eunice Ann Shannon, b. in Hampstead, Oct. 1, 1820, a daughter of Joseph P. and Alice ( Nichols ) Shannon. of West Hampstead. Eunice married Ebenezer Hoyt (No. 615), and was admitted to the church by letter from the M. E. Church of Haverhill, Mass., March 3, 1881, and is a present mem- ber. They had children :-
I. Mary Alice. b. in 1843; m. Rev. Calvin B. Griffin, of Danville. They had children :-
1. Annie L. (No. 664 ).
2. Edith S. (No. 709).
II. Porter H .. b. in 1845; mar .. first. Ida F. Hoyt; mar., second, Myra Gurley, of Haverhill, Mass.
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III.
William, b. in 1847; m. Marie J. Cate, and had children :-
1. Carlton.
2. Harry.
3. Hazel.
IV. Etta L., b. in 1850; d., aged 12 years and 10 months.
No. 617.
Orren Hall, b. in Strafford, May 19, 1836, a son of Elisha and Betsey (('rickett) Hall, of Strafford. He married, first, Mary O. Bean, and had five children. He married, second, Marilla Badger, and had five children. He married, third, Melissa (McNiel) Marble (No. 512). He was admitted to the church Sept. 4, 1881, and was dis. and rec. to unite with the West Parish Congregational Church of Haverhill, Mass., June 28, 1894. He has been a deacon of the Union Evan- gelical Church, in Ayers Village, three years, where he now resides.
No. 618.
Martha Augusta Stevens, b. in Chester, June 11, 1843, a daughter of Calvin and Nancy Coffin ( Rogers ) Stevens (see No. 555). She was admitted to the church by letter from the Portland Street Baptist Church of Haverhill, Mass., March 4, 1882, and is a present member.
No. 619.
Russell Alexander Woodward, b. in East Townsend, Vt., son of Amassa and Mary Ann (Evans) Woodward. He married Barberie G. Harriman. He was admitted to the church May 5. 1882, and is a present member. Son :--
I. Ethelbert B. (No. 632).
No. 620.
Esther Sophia Morrill, b. in Epping, March 7, 1849, a daughter of John Morrill, b. in Centre Harbor, and Lydia Hall, his wife. b. in Nottingham. She married Charles Bas-
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sett. b. in Pittsfield. She was educated in the public schools of Epping and high school of Fremont, and was admitted to the church May 5, 1882, and is a present member. They had children :-
I. Cora M. (No. 621).
II. Grace M. (No. 703).
No. 621.
Cora Maybell Bassett, b. in Danville, Aug. 11, 1867, a daughter of Charles and Esther S. (Morrill ) Bassett (No. 620). She was educated in the public and high school of Hampstead and in music under private instruction. She was admitted to the church May 5, 1882, and is a present mem- ber.
No. 622.
Mary Carrie Lake, b. in Hampstead, Feb. 17, 1868, a daughter of Thorndyke P. and Martha E. (Marble) Lake (No. 507). She was educated in the public and high school of Hampstead and Boston Conservatory of Music, and has taught music for several years. She married Charles H. Sweet (No. 634). She was admitted to the church May 5, 1882, and was dis. and rec. to unite with the College Con- gregational Church at Hanover, March 2, 1899. They have children :-
I. Lillian Lake, b. April 18, 1890.
II. Marion Helen, b. July 19, 1892.
III. Roxanna Elizabeth. b. March, 1897.
IV. Charles Henry, b. March, 1900.
No. 623.
Minnie Copp Townsend, b. in Derry, a daughter of JJacob and Charlotte E. (Carr) Townsend (No. 595). She was educated in the common and high school of Hampstead, class of 1885, and at Plymouth Normal School, 1888 and
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1889 : taught school in Atkinson in 1889, and Hampstead two years, until her marriage to Dr. Minot A. Steele, Dec. 29, 1891. She was admitted to the church May 5, 1882, and was a member of the church choir ten years. They reside in Portsmouth, R. I. No children.
MRS. TABOR. NO. 624.
No. 624.
Abbie May Corson, b. in Hampstead, Dec. 18, 1864, a daughter of Avender and Laura A. ( Wheeler) Corson (see p. 369, Vol. 1). She was educated in the public and high school of Hampstead. She was admitted to the church May
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5, 1882, and is a present member. She married Henry W. Tabor (see Nos. 510, 613). They have children :-
MRS, GARLAND. NO. 625.
I. Forrest Harold, b. Sept. 25. 1890.
II. Flora Amanda, b. Ang. 20, 1893.
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No. 625.
Ada Eldesta Emerson, b. in Hampstead. Dec. 25, 1865, a daughter of Alfred P. and S. Francena (Diamond) Emerson of Hampstead (p. 368, Vol. 1, and No. 354). She was eda- cated in the public and high schools of Hampstead. She married Charles W. Garland (No. 544), April 21, 1885; was admitted to the church May 5, 1882, and is a present member. They have children :-
I. Leona C. (No. 759).
II. Mildred Ring, b. June 5, 1887.
III. John Alfred, b. June 6, 1889.
No. 626.
George Edward Lake, b. in Hampstead, June 13, 1866, a son of Thorndike P. and Martha E. (Marble) Lake (No. 507). He married Laura F. Davenport, of New York city, Sept. 19. 1899. He was admitted to the church July 2, 1882, and was dismissed to unite with the Congregational Church at Patten, Me., as pastor, March 30, 1899. He was educated in the public and high school of Hampstead, 1875. In 1888 he entered Phillips Andover Academy, and gradn- ated in 1892. At Phillips he was president of the Y. M. C. A. ; also at Dartmouth College he held office in the Y. M. C. A. Was a graduate of the class of 1896. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and worked in several missionary enterprises near Hanover. In 1893 he spent the summer under the aid of the college Y. M. C. A. in New York city, in connection with St. Bartholomew's Parish House. In September, 1896, he entered the Bangor Theological School, from which he was graduated May, 1899. One week later he was installed as pastor over the Congre- gational church in Patten, Me. He is at present pastor of the churches in Newfields and Stratham, since Jan. 1, 1901, and president of the Exeter local union, Y. P. S. C. E. He
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sends a feeling tribute to Rev. R. P. Gardner, his pastor in
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REV. GEO. E. LAKE. NO. 626.
Hampstead, for the kindly encouragement, help and friend- ship during his preparatory years.
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No. 627.
Mary Elizabeth Blake, b. in Newton, a daughter of Charles II. and Angelina (Carlisle ) Blake (Nos. 628, 629). She married Fred S. Sargent in 1881, now of Loudon, and was admitted to the church, on her death bed of consump- tion, May 19, 1882, d. May 20, 1882, and was buried in the village cemetery.
No. 628.
Charles Henry Blake, b. in Kensington, son of Charles Blake. He married Angelina Carlisle (No. 629). Ile was admitted to the church July 2, 1882, and was dismissed to nnite with the Baptist church in Brentwood, June 28, 1894. He married a second time in Brentwood. Lived in Hamp- stead, at what is known as the " Isaac Heath place."
No. 629.
Angelina Carlisle, b. in Newton, Jan. 11, 1829, a daughter of Jacob Carlisle of Exeter. She married Charles II. Blake (No. 628). She was admitted to the church July 2, 1882. She died Dec. 12, 1888, and was buried in the village cenie- terv. They had children :-
I. Mary E. (No. 627).
II. Clara A .. b. in 1859; d. Sept. 22. 1895; buried in Hampstead vil- lage cemetery.
No. 630.
Roxanna Colby, b. in Dunbarton, Sept. 19, 1808, a daugh- ter of Clark and Susanna ( Morse) Colby, both of Methuen, Mass., who moved, soon after their first child was born, to Hooksett. (Some members of the family say Roxanna was born in Methuen, Mass. : town records of Dunbarton record her there.) She married Pardon Tabor. She was admitted to the church Nov. 2, 1882. She d. in Hampstead, July 5. 1900. Her funeral was attended by Rev. R. P. Gardner.
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She was buried in the village cemetery. They had six chil- dren and nearly a hundred descendants at the time of her death (see pp. 337, 375, Vol. 1). "(See photos, Vol. 1).
MRS. LITTLE. NO. 631.
No. 631.
Abbie Isadore Gale, b. in Kingston, June 19, 1859, a daughter of Franklin and Ann ( Rowell) Gale, of Kingston,
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both natives of Newton. She was educated in the publie schools of Kingston and at Kingston Academy. She taught school several years in Kingston, Danville, and Hampstead. She was educated in music under private teachers, Prof. Hartwell and others. She has been a member of the church choir nineteen years. Was elected chorister Dec. 31, 1902, and is a member of the various church societies. She mar- ried Albert H. Little (No. 604), July 18, 1882, and was admitted to the church Jan. 7, 1883. They have children :
I. Myrta A. (No. 758).
II. Edith Marion, b. Jan. 13, 1893.
No. 632.
Ethelbert B. Woodward, b. in Lowell, Mass., in 1861, a son of Russell A. and Barbary G. ( Harriman) Woodward (No. 619). He was admitted to the church July 2, 1883, and is a present member. He is a butcher, at present resid- ing in Hampstead.
No. 633.
Seth Bruce. He married Mrs. Sarah K. Hoyt ( No. 575), and also married the widow of John Nichols, of Derry, in 1901. He was admitted to the church Feb. 24, 1884, and was dismissed to unite with the Congregational church in Chester, Dec. 18, 1884. Resides in Derry.
No. 634.
Charles Henry Sweet, b. in Derry, Ang. 16, 1862, son of Charles II. and Roxanna (Griffin ) Sweet. He married Mary C. Lake (No. 622). He was admitted to the church Feb. 24, 1884, and was dis. and rec. to unite with the College Church at Hanover, March 2, 1899.
No. 635.
Osman Cleander Baker Nason. He writes from Medway, Mass., Jan. 6, 1902 :- " I was born in Taunton, Mass., Sept.
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14, 1858. My father was Rev. Charles Nason, a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, and my mother Sarah (Nason) Nason. I was educated principally in the public and high schools of Providence, R. I., where I fitted for Brown University, from which I was graduated in 1882. After five years as a teacher in various public and private schools, among which was one year in the Hampstead High School, I entered upon the study of medicine at Boston University, graduating from its medical department in 1891. After practising medicine for ten years in Reading, Mass., I took a post-graduate course of medical study at Harvard University, passed the examinations of its under-graduate course, and received its degree of M. D. in 1901.
I am at present practising my profession in Medway, Mass. I married Medora Taggard Barber, who was born in Bellingham, Mass., Feb. 28, 1856, her parents being Adams J. and Elizabeth (Taggard) Barber. We are at present members of the Congregational Church, Medway."
Dr. and Mrs. Nason united with the church in Hampstead by letter from the M. E. Church at East Blackstone, R. I .. September, 1884, and were dis. and rec. to unite with the Church at Woonsocket, R. I., July 16, 1885.
No. 636.
Medora Taggard Barber (see No. 635).
No. 637.
Alice Harriet Spollett, b. in Derry, Sept. 16, 1860, a daughter of Hazen N. and Martha J. (Adolphus) Spollett, of Derry. She was educated in the public schools of Derry, Adams Female Academy, and later at Pinkerton Academy. She married Isaac Randall, Feb. 24, 1889 (p. 347, Vol. 1) She was admitted to the church by letter from Chester, July 18. 1884, and is a present member, and connected with the various societies of the church. They have children :-
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I. Eleanor True, b. May 5. 1893.
11. Maurice Isaac, b. Aug. 17, 1895.
III. Evelyn Worth, b. Nov. 5, 1899. (See cradle roll.)
No. 638.
Mary Jane Brickett, b. in Hampstead, March 31, 1835, a daughter of Richard E. and Nabby ( Kent) Brickett (Nos. 291, 263). She married, first, James Hamilton Hoyt, of Ilampstead, and, second, William Fellows, of Hampstead, as his second wife, who died in Hampstead, Dec. 12, 1902, aged 83 years. She was admitted to the church Jan. +, 1885, and d. in Hampstead, Aug. 19, 1901, after a long illness. Her funeral was attended by Rev. R. P. Gardner, and interment was in the village cemetery. She had no children.
No. 639.
Henry Choate Ordway, b. in Hampstead, Aug. 8, 1856, a son of Nelson and Elizabeth P. (Choate) Ordway (No. 454). He was educated in the common schools of Hamp- stead, and fitted for Yale College at Andover Phillips Acad- emy, graduating from Yale in 1880, Columbia Law School in 1882, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1882. He married Fannie Haines Scudder, Oct. 20, 1885. He was admitted to the church Jan. 4, 1885, and was dis. and rec. to unite with the First Congregational Church at Winches- ter, Mass., Dec. 17, 1885, and joined there in 1886. He has been a member of the church committee from January, 1901, to the present time. (See p. 337, Vol. 1.) (See photos, Vol. 1.) They have children :-
I. Philip Seudder, b. March 14, 1887; joined the Congregational church in Winchester, Nov. 3. 1891.
II. Elizabeth Irving, b. Dec. 30, 1888; joined the Congregational church in Winchester, Nov. 3. 1901.
III. Katherine Lewis, b. July 26. 1890.
IV. Helen Frances, b. Oct. 2, 1893.
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No. 640.
Eugene Leroy Spinney, b. in Londonderry, Nov. 19, 1849, a son of John D. and Zillah M. (Taylor) Spinney (both de- ceased), of Londonderry. He married Laura A. Merrill (No. 641). Ile was admitted to the church by letter from the M. E. Church of East Pepperell, Mass., March 1, 1885, and is a present member.
No. 641.
Laura Anna Merrill, b. in Chester, Jan. 6, 1856, a daugh- ter of George Washington Merrill, who was b. in Sandown, a son of Capt. Simon Merrill (No. 208), and received his name from the fact that his father, Capt. Merrill, shook hands with Gen. Washington on the battlefield in the Revo- lutionary war, and ever held him in great esteem. He married Mary A. Sleeper, a native of Derry. Laura A. married Eugene L. Spinney (No. 640). She was admitted to the church by letter from the Congregational Church in Chester, March 1, 1885, and is a present member. She was educated in the common schools of Chester and at the State Normal School at Salem, Mass. She taught school several terms. They have children :-
I. Ilelen Ethel (No. 700).
II. Alice Gertrude (No. 725).
III. Grace Marion, b. Jan. 25, 1885.
IV. Laura Merrill, b. June 25, 1887.
V. Gladys Lillian, b. Oct. 12, 1892.
VI Doris Madelene. b. July 31, 1897.
No. 642.
Fannie Belle Williams, b. in Hampstead, Sept. 14, 1872, a daughter of Dea. Caleb W. and Martha H. (Gordon) Wil- liams (Nos. 515, 490). She was admitted to the church March 1. 1885, and was dis. and rec. to unite with the Trin- itarian Congregational Church at Northfield, Mass .. Oct. 18, 1894. Miss Williams writes: "Carney, Lincoln County,
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Oklahoma, March 29, 1902: After teaching for five years subsequent to my graduation from the Hampstead High School, in 1889, I went to Northfield Seminary in 1894, where I studied for two years. Here a desire to do Chris- tian work was fostered and developed, and in December, 1896, the Lord thrust me forth to active service. At that time I went to Barrington, where I remained in evangelistic work until the following September, when I was permitted to extend my preparation for more active service by going to
MISS WILLIAMS. NO. 642.
the Bible Institute founded by D. L. Moody in Chicago. While in the Bible Institute I studied and had different forms of Christian work assigned to me for every week, such as house to house visitation, meetings for policemen at the police stations, cottage prayer meetings, women's meet- ings, children's meetings, Sunday school classes. From there I went at once into evangelistic effort, and was engaged in Bible teaching for some evangelists. In June, 1899, I went to Kansas to engage in missionary and evangelistic work. While in Kansas I supplied one church for three months and
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another for seven months in the capacity of pastor, or par- tially so. I worked in other churches, too, but in those oth- er's my work was more like that of an evangelist.
In May, of 1901, I came to Oklahoma, where my summer was spent in working in two small, weak churches, and teaching the day and Bible school. In October I began my duties as principal of the school here in Carney, which is a small town. One of the churches is located here, and I have been acting as pastor of it, as well as teaching this winter. I was called to the pastorate last fall, and was formally ap- probated in October, 1901.
I am glad of the help that the church in Hampstead gave me when I was younger. May God still use it in forming character and developing a Christian life for many another one."
Nov. 29, 1902, Miss Williams writes from Alvaretta, Okla., where she is stationed doing enjoyable work, and also is cor- responding secretary of the Y. P. S. C. E. of the Territorial Union of Oklahoma and Indian Territories, and sent the following original lines as " quite true to her life."
" THE MAGIC TOUCH.
The earth was dark. and dead, and cold, And bleak and desert the barren wold; No trace of life, no beauty fair, No charm of Nature to hold me there.
The soft rains fell, and soft winds blew,
The touch was gentle, but each root knew, A thrill of life came rushing then,
And earth burst forth into life again.
My life was dark, and dead, and cold,
While back on itself it inward rolled; No trace of love that brightens life,
No kindly action, but discord, strife.
My sont was swept by breath divine, And to that barren, cold heart of mine, A burst of love and kindness came,
And earth its sisterhood then could claim".
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No. 643.
Annie Graham, b. in Brooklyn, Prince Edwards Island, April 24, 1862, a daughter of John and Margaret (McClain) Graham (see No. 565). She married Clarence L. Sawyer (see Nos. 529 and 496). She was admitted to the church March 1, 1885, and is a present member. They have no children.
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