She is the daughter of R.R. & Margaret Steele Houston, her father being a Presbyterian minister. It's said that she has "Valley Roots". Annie grew up in Fincastle, went to women's medical college in Baltimore, and upon graduation, volunteered immediatly as a medical missionary.
She and Brown Craig Patterson were on the same missionary ship that sailed out of San Francisco in 1891. They married in 1893 and set up a mission to Qingjiangpu, where she worked with and doctored the Chinese women. She and her husband stayed for about 40 years. They helped through many struggles, including famine, Malaria and bandits to share Christianity, education and medical care with the Chinese.
Anne & Craig had 5 children, four sons & a daughter, all born in China and all continued in Christian outreach in the medical, education and Christian missions work.
Before retiring, they accepted a position in Northern China, he to teach Bible at North China Theological Seminary. Anne taught English to indigent girls and shared her medical knowledge to them as well.
In 1939, they retired and came back to Augusta County and Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church and renewed their involvement with this congregation.
Annie wrote religious tracts geared towards children and taught them as well. She was also active with the women in the church.
She and her husband passed within a few months of each other. Anne passed in a nursing home in Staunton and her ususal residence was there as well. They rest in the cemetery at the church that supported them over the many years in China.
- "Reaching Into the Darkness" in the historiacl museum at Tinkling Spring Church.
She and Brown Craig Patterson were on the same missionary ship that sailed out of San Francisco in 1891. They married in 1893 and set up a mission to Qingjiangpu, where she worked with and doctored the Chinese women. She and her husband stayed for about 40 years. They helped through many struggles, including famine, Malaria and bandits to share Christianity, education and medical care with the Chinese.
Anne & Craig had 5 children, four sons & a daughter, all born in China and all continued in Christian outreach in the medical, education and Christian missions work.
Before retiring, they accepted a position in Northern China, he to teach Bible at North China Theological Seminary. Anne taught English to indigent girls and shared her medical knowledge to them as well.
In 1939, they retired and came back to Augusta County and Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church and renewed their involvement with this congregation.
Annie wrote religious tracts geared towards children and taught them as well. She was also active with the women in the church.
She and her husband passed within a few months of each other. Anne passed in a nursing home in Staunton and her ususal residence was there as well. They rest in the cemetery at the church that supported them over the many years in China.
- "Reaching Into the Darkness" in the historiacl museum at Tinkling Spring Church.
She is the daughter of R.R. & Margaret Steele Houston, her father being a Presbyterian minister. It's said that she has "Valley Roots". Annie grew up in Fincastle, went to women's medical college in Baltimore, and upon graduation, volunteered immediatly as a medical missionary.
She and Brown Craig Patterson were on the same missionary ship that sailed out of San Francisco in 1891. They married in 1893 and set up a mission to Qingjiangpu, where she worked with and doctored the Chinese women. She and her husband stayed for about 40 years. They helped through many struggles, including famine, Malaria and bandits to share Christianity, education and medical care with the Chinese.
Anne & Craig had 5 children, four sons & a daughter, all born in China and all continued in Christian outreach in the medical, education and Christian missions work.
Before retiring, they accepted a position in Northern China, he to teach Bible at North China Theological Seminary. Anne taught English to indigent girls and shared her medical knowledge to them as well.
In 1939, they retired and came back to Augusta County and Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church and renewed their involvement with this congregation.
Annie wrote religious tracts geared towards children and taught them as well. She was also active with the women in the church.
She and her husband passed within a few months of each other. Anne passed in a nursing home in Staunton and her ususal residence was there as well. They rest in the cemetery at the church that supported them over the many years in China.
- "Reaching Into the Darkness" in the historiacl museum at Tinkling Spring Church.
She and Brown Craig Patterson were on the same missionary ship that sailed out of San Francisco in 1891. They married in 1893 and set up a mission to Qingjiangpu, where she worked with and doctored the Chinese women. She and her husband stayed for about 40 years. They helped through many struggles, including famine, Malaria and bandits to share Christianity, education and medical care with the Chinese.
Anne & Craig had 5 children, four sons & a daughter, all born in China and all continued in Christian outreach in the medical, education and Christian missions work.
Before retiring, they accepted a position in Northern China, he to teach Bible at North China Theological Seminary. Anne taught English to indigent girls and shared her medical knowledge to them as well.
In 1939, they retired and came back to Augusta County and Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church and renewed their involvement with this congregation.
Annie wrote religious tracts geared towards children and taught them as well. She was also active with the women in the church.
She and her husband passed within a few months of each other. Anne passed in a nursing home in Staunton and her ususal residence was there as well. They rest in the cemetery at the church that supported them over the many years in China.
- "Reaching Into the Darkness" in the historiacl museum at Tinkling Spring Church.
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