MRS. RUTH HARGROVE, BISHOP'S WIDOW, DIES
The telegram to Jos., D. Hamilton, treasurer of the board of missions and to Mrs. R. D. MacDonnell, secretary of the woman's missionary council of the M. E. Church, South, conveying the sad intelligence of the death of Mrs. Ruth Hargrove, widow of the late Bishop R. K. Hargrove, was a great shock to her many friends in Nashville. It will be a source of sorrow, throughout, the territory of Southern Methodism, which is filled with the impress of her lifework in so many lines.
Mrs. Hargrove was the daughter of Rev. Mr. Barker, a Baptist missionary, who was associated with Rev. Adoniram Judson, the pioneer in Baptist mission work in Birmah, India. Mrs. Hargrove, (Ruth Barker), and five other children were born in Birmah. Her father's failing health induced him to come back to America. But his hopes for restoration to health were never realized. He died on the Indian ocean and was buried at sea.
Mrs. Barker continued the journey with her little children and located at first in southern Illinois. She was a woman of remarkable mentality and executive ability and managed to educate her children well and prepare them for active usefulness.
Ruth Barker's first service was that of teaching, which enabled her to aid her widowed mother.
Her first marriage was to a young Methodist minister, a Rev. Mr. Scarritt of Kansas City, Mo. He lived but a short time and she later married his brother, Rev. Nathan Scarritt, also of Kansas City. The latter husband had been exceedingly prosperous in business and was in a position to carry out some great religious movements which Mrs. Scarritt very much desired. Together they planned and established the Scarritt Bible and training school for young missionary workers.
Mrs. Scarritt's first great Christian activity was done there in the interest of the foreign mission field, her heart clinging to the memories of her childhood in India.
She visited again those scenes in India and received a new inspiration on seeing the fruits of her father's great work among the natives there, and it was a great help to her in her work on her return. She was never blessed with children of her own, but a great mother's heart went out to motherless children. On the death of her husband, Rev. Nathan Scarritt, she came with his sons to Nashville and superintended their education at the Vanderbilt University.
She married Bishop Hargrove in 1806 and became interested in home mission work. At that time Bishop Hargrove was assisting in erecting homes for Methodist ministers on the frontier and in thinly settled localities. The movement was first called "Parsonage Aid Society" and proved a great blessing to many ministers and a great auxiliary to the advancement of the Methodist Church.
From this Mrs. Hargrove took on a broader scope in her activities. The movement drifted into the larger field of home missions and Mrs. Hargrove was its secretary for seven years. She founded the School for Cubans in Florida and the institution at Key West called the Ruth Hargrove School. The institution is supported by the Woman's Mission Board. She was greatly interested in the education of young preachers and educated a number herself.
During Bishop Hargrove's last illness, which lasted several years, the great strain from her devoted care and anxiety broke her health again and she spent some time abroad - not idly, however, in search of tourist pleasure. She was busy gathering data and suggestive plans for future usefulness on her return.
Her last work was in the interest of the Florence Crittenden Home in Nashville. The impress of her work there in building up its equipment and advancing its methods with her Christian influence over the inmates is a monument to her that will live. Her health broke down under this strain again and she went to Pasadena, Cal., where she has a sister, Mrs. George Baker.
But it was not to rest. Again, she built a beautiful home in Pasadena and was engaged in various branches of Christian work when the Master called her higher. The telegram which brought the news of her death stated that "she was doing for others to the last."
One of her beautiful interests there was the loving mother's care and plans for little Clifton Hargrove, grandson of Bishop Hargrove, who is now in Annapolis.
The end came Sunday afternoon in Pasadena, Cal. She will live in the monuments of service for others, whose influence will extend through many future years. One sister, Mrs. George Baker of Pasadena, Cal., survives her.
The Tennessean
Nashville, Tennessee
Tuesday, February 19, 1918 - Page 2
The telegram to Jos., D. Hamilton, treasurer of the board of missions and to Mrs. R. D. MacDonnell, secretary of the woman's missionary council of the M. E. Church, South, conveying the sad intelligence of the death of Mrs. Ruth Hargrove, widow of the late Bishop R. K. Hargrove, was a great shock to her many friends in Nashville. It will be a source of sorrow, throughout, the territory of Southern Methodism, which is filled with the impress of her lifework in so many lines.
Mrs. Hargrove was the daughter of Rev. Mr. Barker, a Baptist missionary, who was associated with Rev. Adoniram Judson, the pioneer in Baptist mission work in Birmah, India. Mrs. Hargrove, (Ruth Barker), and five other children were born in Birmah. Her father's failing health induced him to come back to America. But his hopes for restoration to health were never realized. He died on the Indian ocean and was buried at sea.
Mrs. Barker continued the journey with her little children and located at first in southern Illinois. She was a woman of remarkable mentality and executive ability and managed to educate her children well and prepare them for active usefulness.
Ruth Barker's first service was that of teaching, which enabled her to aid her widowed mother.
Her first marriage was to a young Methodist minister, a Rev. Mr. Scarritt of Kansas City, Mo. He lived but a short time and she later married his brother, Rev. Nathan Scarritt, also of Kansas City. The latter husband had been exceedingly prosperous in business and was in a position to carry out some great religious movements which Mrs. Scarritt very much desired. Together they planned and established the Scarritt Bible and training school for young missionary workers.
Mrs. Scarritt's first great Christian activity was done there in the interest of the foreign mission field, her heart clinging to the memories of her childhood in India.
She visited again those scenes in India and received a new inspiration on seeing the fruits of her father's great work among the natives there, and it was a great help to her in her work on her return. She was never blessed with children of her own, but a great mother's heart went out to motherless children. On the death of her husband, Rev. Nathan Scarritt, she came with his sons to Nashville and superintended their education at the Vanderbilt University.
She married Bishop Hargrove in 1806 and became interested in home mission work. At that time Bishop Hargrove was assisting in erecting homes for Methodist ministers on the frontier and in thinly settled localities. The movement was first called "Parsonage Aid Society" and proved a great blessing to many ministers and a great auxiliary to the advancement of the Methodist Church.
From this Mrs. Hargrove took on a broader scope in her activities. The movement drifted into the larger field of home missions and Mrs. Hargrove was its secretary for seven years. She founded the School for Cubans in Florida and the institution at Key West called the Ruth Hargrove School. The institution is supported by the Woman's Mission Board. She was greatly interested in the education of young preachers and educated a number herself.
During Bishop Hargrove's last illness, which lasted several years, the great strain from her devoted care and anxiety broke her health again and she spent some time abroad - not idly, however, in search of tourist pleasure. She was busy gathering data and suggestive plans for future usefulness on her return.
Her last work was in the interest of the Florence Crittenden Home in Nashville. The impress of her work there in building up its equipment and advancing its methods with her Christian influence over the inmates is a monument to her that will live. Her health broke down under this strain again and she went to Pasadena, Cal., where she has a sister, Mrs. George Baker.
But it was not to rest. Again, she built a beautiful home in Pasadena and was engaged in various branches of Christian work when the Master called her higher. The telegram which brought the news of her death stated that "she was doing for others to the last."
One of her beautiful interests there was the loving mother's care and plans for little Clifton Hargrove, grandson of Bishop Hargrove, who is now in Annapolis.
The end came Sunday afternoon in Pasadena, Cal. She will live in the monuments of service for others, whose influence will extend through many future years. One sister, Mrs. George Baker of Pasadena, Cal., survives her.
The Tennessean
Nashville, Tennessee
Tuesday, February 19, 1918 - Page 2
MRS. RUTH HARGROVE, BISHOP'S WIDOW, DIES
The telegram to Jos., D. Hamilton, treasurer of the board of missions and to Mrs. R. D. MacDonnell, secretary of the woman's missionary council of the M. E. Church, South, conveying the sad intelligence of the death of Mrs. Ruth Hargrove, widow of the late Bishop R. K. Hargrove, was a great shock to her many friends in Nashville. It will be a source of sorrow, throughout, the territory of Southern Methodism, which is filled with the impress of her lifework in so many lines.
Mrs. Hargrove was the daughter of Rev. Mr. Barker, a Baptist missionary, who was associated with Rev. Adoniram Judson, the pioneer in Baptist mission work in Birmah, India. Mrs. Hargrove, (Ruth Barker), and five other children were born in Birmah. Her father's failing health induced him to come back to America. But his hopes for restoration to health were never realized. He died on the Indian ocean and was buried at sea.
Mrs. Barker continued the journey with her little children and located at first in southern Illinois. She was a woman of remarkable mentality and executive ability and managed to educate her children well and prepare them for active usefulness.
Ruth Barker's first service was that of teaching, which enabled her to aid her widowed mother.
Her first marriage was to a young Methodist minister, a Rev. Mr. Scarritt of Kansas City, Mo. He lived but a short time and she later married his brother, Rev. Nathan Scarritt, also of Kansas City. The latter husband had been exceedingly prosperous in business and was in a position to carry out some great religious movements which Mrs. Scarritt very much desired. Together they planned and established the Scarritt Bible and training school for young missionary workers.
Mrs. Scarritt's first great Christian activity was done there in the interest of the foreign mission field, her heart clinging to the memories of her childhood in India.
She visited again those scenes in India and received a new inspiration on seeing the fruits of her father's great work among the natives there, and it was a great help to her in her work on her return. She was never blessed with children of her own, but a great mother's heart went out to motherless children. On the death of her husband, Rev. Nathan Scarritt, she came with his sons to Nashville and superintended their education at the Vanderbilt University.
She married Bishop Hargrove in 1806 and became interested in home mission work. At that time Bishop Hargrove was assisting in erecting homes for Methodist ministers on the frontier and in thinly settled localities. The movement was first called "Parsonage Aid Society" and proved a great blessing to many ministers and a great auxiliary to the advancement of the Methodist Church.
From this Mrs. Hargrove took on a broader scope in her activities. The movement drifted into the larger field of home missions and Mrs. Hargrove was its secretary for seven years. She founded the School for Cubans in Florida and the institution at Key West called the Ruth Hargrove School. The institution is supported by the Woman's Mission Board. She was greatly interested in the education of young preachers and educated a number herself.
During Bishop Hargrove's last illness, which lasted several years, the great strain from her devoted care and anxiety broke her health again and she spent some time abroad - not idly, however, in search of tourist pleasure. She was busy gathering data and suggestive plans for future usefulness on her return.
Her last work was in the interest of the Florence Crittenden Home in Nashville. The impress of her work there in building up its equipment and advancing its methods with her Christian influence over the inmates is a monument to her that will live. Her health broke down under this strain again and she went to Pasadena, Cal., where she has a sister, Mrs. George Baker.
But it was not to rest. Again, she built a beautiful home in Pasadena and was engaged in various branches of Christian work when the Master called her higher. The telegram which brought the news of her death stated that "she was doing for others to the last."
One of her beautiful interests there was the loving mother's care and plans for little Clifton Hargrove, grandson of Bishop Hargrove, who is now in Annapolis.
The end came Sunday afternoon in Pasadena, Cal. She will live in the monuments of service for others, whose influence will extend through many future years. One sister, Mrs. George Baker of Pasadena, Cal., survives her.
The Tennessean
Nashville, Tennessee
Tuesday, February 19, 1918 - Page 2
The telegram to Jos., D. Hamilton, treasurer of the board of missions and to Mrs. R. D. MacDonnell, secretary of the woman's missionary council of the M. E. Church, South, conveying the sad intelligence of the death of Mrs. Ruth Hargrove, widow of the late Bishop R. K. Hargrove, was a great shock to her many friends in Nashville. It will be a source of sorrow, throughout, the territory of Southern Methodism, which is filled with the impress of her lifework in so many lines.
Mrs. Hargrove was the daughter of Rev. Mr. Barker, a Baptist missionary, who was associated with Rev. Adoniram Judson, the pioneer in Baptist mission work in Birmah, India. Mrs. Hargrove, (Ruth Barker), and five other children were born in Birmah. Her father's failing health induced him to come back to America. But his hopes for restoration to health were never realized. He died on the Indian ocean and was buried at sea.
Mrs. Barker continued the journey with her little children and located at first in southern Illinois. She was a woman of remarkable mentality and executive ability and managed to educate her children well and prepare them for active usefulness.
Ruth Barker's first service was that of teaching, which enabled her to aid her widowed mother.
Her first marriage was to a young Methodist minister, a Rev. Mr. Scarritt of Kansas City, Mo. He lived but a short time and she later married his brother, Rev. Nathan Scarritt, also of Kansas City. The latter husband had been exceedingly prosperous in business and was in a position to carry out some great religious movements which Mrs. Scarritt very much desired. Together they planned and established the Scarritt Bible and training school for young missionary workers.
Mrs. Scarritt's first great Christian activity was done there in the interest of the foreign mission field, her heart clinging to the memories of her childhood in India.
She visited again those scenes in India and received a new inspiration on seeing the fruits of her father's great work among the natives there, and it was a great help to her in her work on her return. She was never blessed with children of her own, but a great mother's heart went out to motherless children. On the death of her husband, Rev. Nathan Scarritt, she came with his sons to Nashville and superintended their education at the Vanderbilt University.
She married Bishop Hargrove in 1806 and became interested in home mission work. At that time Bishop Hargrove was assisting in erecting homes for Methodist ministers on the frontier and in thinly settled localities. The movement was first called "Parsonage Aid Society" and proved a great blessing to many ministers and a great auxiliary to the advancement of the Methodist Church.
From this Mrs. Hargrove took on a broader scope in her activities. The movement drifted into the larger field of home missions and Mrs. Hargrove was its secretary for seven years. She founded the School for Cubans in Florida and the institution at Key West called the Ruth Hargrove School. The institution is supported by the Woman's Mission Board. She was greatly interested in the education of young preachers and educated a number herself.
During Bishop Hargrove's last illness, which lasted several years, the great strain from her devoted care and anxiety broke her health again and she spent some time abroad - not idly, however, in search of tourist pleasure. She was busy gathering data and suggestive plans for future usefulness on her return.
Her last work was in the interest of the Florence Crittenden Home in Nashville. The impress of her work there in building up its equipment and advancing its methods with her Christian influence over the inmates is a monument to her that will live. Her health broke down under this strain again and she went to Pasadena, Cal., where she has a sister, Mrs. George Baker.
But it was not to rest. Again, she built a beautiful home in Pasadena and was engaged in various branches of Christian work when the Master called her higher. The telegram which brought the news of her death stated that "she was doing for others to the last."
One of her beautiful interests there was the loving mother's care and plans for little Clifton Hargrove, grandson of Bishop Hargrove, who is now in Annapolis.
The end came Sunday afternoon in Pasadena, Cal. She will live in the monuments of service for others, whose influence will extend through many future years. One sister, Mrs. George Baker of Pasadena, Cal., survives her.
The Tennessean
Nashville, Tennessee
Tuesday, February 19, 1918 - Page 2
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