Maria Ogden
Maria Ogden | |
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 Maria Ogden (circa 1870) | |
| Born | February 17, 1792 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | April 13, 1874 (aged 82) |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, missionary, tract distributor |
Maria Ogden (1792 – 1874) was an teacher and missionary to Hawaii.
Born in Philadelphia on February 17, 1792 as an only child, in 1827, she took part in the third wave of missionaries to Hawaii,[1] arriving there on March 30 the next year.[2] She initially nursed sick Hawaiians, however, beginning in 1838, she was a teacher in a school for Hawaiian girls. After it was shut down sometime in the 1850s, she created a small private school in Wailuku. Due to her old age, in 1868, she retired from teaching, becoming a tract distributor and hospital visitor in Honolulu. She died there on April 3, 1874 as she sustained lethal injuries due to a fall, saying "take me home" as her last words.[1]
She never married, dying a widow.[3] However, she had four daughters, all of which were adopted. Two of these were Hawaiian while another two were adopted in 1853.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "The Friend, Or, Advocate of Truth". M.T.C. Gould. 1870. pp. 38, 57. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "Miss Maria Ogden - Missionary to Hawaii". Titus Coan Memorial Library. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ Centenary Number 1820-1920: Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of the First American Missionaries in Hawaii. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Limited. 1920. p. 43. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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