Harrington.
Under the A.M.A. I was Instructor of Mathematics in Tougaloo University, Mississippi. Here, I remained four years; and was transferred to Macon, Georgia, to take charge of the Lewis High School. Continued teaching for three yrs. and then entered the Home Missionary field in Missouri. Here, we started with a homeless church, and, after a five years' struggle, that cost the life of our [daughter] Mary, of three years, we were cheered by an earnest congregation, worshiping in the building, erected by the untiring efforts of every individual.
The many additions to the church, varied in age from the man of four score, to the child of twelve years.
A call from Kansas took us from this promising field to a church, founded by one who went out from Andover with the "Iowa Band." Here was a church home, but none for the Pastor. In that "booming" town was a rush of people to be housed. The church roof afforded a shelter, and there we stayed through the summer months. When the autumn winds became too severe, a home was ready for us, and the church continues, to this day, zealous for good works.
After graduation, I entered upon the work of the American Missionary Association. Continued teaching for severe [sic] years; then, as Pastor's wife, engaged in Home Missionary work in the West, where we have continued to the present day with four children and eight grand-children to help on the good work.
Our surviving children - Murray, Anna and John - were noble helpers in the hardest struggles until they branched out in their individual lines, to make their power felt in Kansas, Nebraska and Oregon.