The Livonia Gazette
Livonia, Livingston County, New York.
Friday, July 28, 1893
DEATH OF MISS MARY BEECHER
Miss Mary Anna Beecher was born October 27, 1822 in the town of Livonia, Which she has always called home, and died in the city of New York last Friday. She received her education in the common schools and Lima Seminary, where she . In her early youth she became a Christian and has sought to example that character through life. in her younger womanhood she taught district school for which occupation she was peculiarly adapted. For many years she had charge of the infant class in the Sabbath school of the Presbyterian church at Livonia Center. At the close of the civil war she felt called upon to assist in the restoration and education of the emancipate slaves in the south. Here she taught school until driven out by the Ku Klux Kan. The later years of her life have been spent in mission work in New York City, among the neglected poor, especially the Chinese, in whose laundries she was always a welcome visitor.In her death they have lost a true friend. For many years her service was gratuitous, but latterly she has been in the employ of the city Bible society. She literally spent her life for others, and in her seventy-first year laid down hr armor worn out in her Master's causes.
Livonia, July 2.
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Livonia, Livingston County, New York.
Friday, July 28, 1893
DEATH OF MISS MARY BEECHER
Miss Mary Anna Beecher was born October 27, 1822 in the town of Livonia, Which she has always called home, and died in the city of New York last Friday. She received her education in the common schools and Lima Seminary, where she . In her early youth she became a Christian and has sought to example that character through life. in her younger womanhood she taught district school for which occupation she was peculiarly adapted. For many years she had charge of the infant class in the Sabbath school of the Presbyterian church at Livonia Center. At the close of the civil war she felt called upon to assist in the restoration and education of the emancipate slaves in the south. Here she taught school until driven out by the Ku Klux Kan. The later years of her life have been spent in mission work in New York City, among the neglected poor, especially the Chinese, in whose laundries she was always a welcome visitor.In her death they have lost a true friend. For many years her service was gratuitous, but latterly she has been in the employ of the city Bible society. She literally spent her life for others, and in her seventy-first year laid down hr armor worn out in her Master's causes.
Livonia, July 2.
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The Livonia Gazette
Livonia, Livingston County, New York.
Friday, July 28, 1893
DEATH OF MISS MARY BEECHER
Miss Mary Anna Beecher was born October 27, 1822 in the town of Livonia, Which she has always called home, and died in the city of New York last Friday. She received her education in the common schools and Lima Seminary, where she . In her early youth she became a Christian and has sought to example that character through life. in her younger womanhood she taught district school for which occupation she was peculiarly adapted. For many years she had charge of the infant class in the Sabbath school of the Presbyterian church at Livonia Center. At the close of the civil war she felt called upon to assist in the restoration and education of the emancipate slaves in the south. Here she taught school until driven out by the Ku Klux Kan. The later years of her life have been spent in mission work in New York City, among the neglected poor, especially the Chinese, in whose laundries she was always a welcome visitor.In her death they have lost a true friend. For many years her service was gratuitous, but latterly she has been in the employ of the city Bible society. She literally spent her life for others, and in her seventy-first year laid down hr armor worn out in her Master's causes.
Livonia, July 2.
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Livonia, Livingston County, New York.
Friday, July 28, 1893
DEATH OF MISS MARY BEECHER
Miss Mary Anna Beecher was born October 27, 1822 in the town of Livonia, Which she has always called home, and died in the city of New York last Friday. She received her education in the common schools and Lima Seminary, where she . In her early youth she became a Christian and has sought to example that character through life. in her younger womanhood she taught district school for which occupation she was peculiarly adapted. For many years she had charge of the infant class in the Sabbath school of the Presbyterian church at Livonia Center. At the close of the civil war she felt called upon to assist in the restoration and education of the emancipate slaves in the south. Here she taught school until driven out by the Ku Klux Kan. The later years of her life have been spent in mission work in New York City, among the neglected poor, especially the Chinese, in whose laundries she was always a welcome visitor.In her death they have lost a true friend. For many years her service was gratuitous, but latterly she has been in the employ of the city Bible society. She literally spent her life for others, and in her seventy-first year laid down hr armor worn out in her Master's causes.
Livonia, July 2.
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