Rev. John Butler and Frances Elizabeth Harshberger
Husband Rev. John Butler 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1897 - Ningpo, China Cause of Death: Asiatic cholera Buried: - Ningpo, ChinaMarriage:
Wife Frances Elizabeth Harshberger 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1897 Buried:
Father: Dr. Abraham S. Harshberger (1810-1893) 1 3 4 Mother: Mary Ann McCoy (1819-1881) 1 3
Children
1 M John Butler 1
Born: Christened: Died: when about six years old - Ningpo, China Cause of Death: Asiatic cholera Buried: - Ningpo, ChinaSpouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Rev. John Butler
He was a Presbyterian missionary who was stricken down by Asiatic cholera at his post of duty at Ningpo, China; their son John, a child about six years old, fell a victim to the same fearful disease; their deaths were only about twelve hours apart.
General Notes: Wife - Frances Elizabeth Harshberger
After the deaths of her husband and older child, she, with her younger child, stayed a year longer at the mission station at Ningpo, China; she then visited her home for a year, and returning to Ningpo, continued missionary work for three years. Then, her health failing, she was obliged to return to America, after having spent in all eleven years in the mission field. She came back in 1894, and resided with her brother at Tacoma, Washington.
1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 421.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 405.
3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 162.
4
John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 404.
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