The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-05
THE AMERICANS IN PEKN.
Twenty-eIEhS Missionaries and Their
Families in the Colony.


Families In the Colony.
NEW YORK, July 5.-Twenty-eight
American missionaries sent oct by the
Presbyterian. Congregational, and Method
isl churches and the Christian Missionary
Alliance. and their families. stationed at
Pelin. are believed to have been there
when the Boxers and Chinese soldiers be-
gan their reign OF terror Their names
are as follows: The Rev. DR.. w A. P.
Martin. the Rev John wherry. the Rev.
]. L. Whiting. the Rev. AMI Mrs c. II.
Fem and two children. aged six and two;
the Rev. and Mrs Charles A. Killie. DIR.
John VI. Inglis and wife, Miss Eliza Z.
Leonard, Miss Grace Newton. Miss BESSIE
Mccoy. and Miss Jennie McHilliean. Pres
byterian; the Rev. William 5, Amsnr. the
Rev Charles Z. Ewing and wife, Mrs 81.
l.. Natter, Miss Ada Haven. Miss Nellie
y. Russell. Miss Elizabeth Sheffield. and
Miss Virginia Murdoch, Il D.. Congrega-
tional; the Rev. F. D. GameweH. Dr.
George d. y. Lowry. and N IS Alice Ter
reIl. Methodist. ana Miss d. W DOuW.
Miss Amy Brown. Miss II. Rutherford. and
Miss Annie Gowans, Christian Missionary
Alliance.
The American Board CCongregational)
also has a mission station at Kalgsn. a
city Of 20. 600 inhabitants. inland. l25 miles
northwest Of Pekin. at the ManchuTia gate
way in the Great Wall. IL IS supposed
that the missionaries withdrew frosa Kali
gan 10 Pedn. expecting to and sufficient
protection n the capital, and that they
were there when the city was cut o.. from
the outside world The missionaries sta
toned at Kalgan were the Rev. Mark Wiz
liams and the Rev William 2. SpTasus
and wife
The Rev. Dr. Martin has been in China
Probably longer than any other missiona-
" He went 70 Ning-Po in 1850 Be
sides doing missionary work. he has writ
ten several volumes upon Chinese subjects.
In 1865 be became president OF and pro-
fossOr Of international law In the Tong
Wsng College. When the present Impe
rial University OF China was established
he became its president, and has held the
office continuously since them In 1888
he acted as Interpreter for William B.
Reed. United States Minister TO China,
in the treaty negotiations.
He was born on April 10. 1927, il 1.-Two
MIA, Ind Aztec being graduated from the
Indiana State University he studied AT the
Presbyterian Seminary in New Albany
Ind. Lafayette College conferred upon him
in 1850 the degree Of d. D., and ten years
later the University Of the City Of New
York made him an IL. I. In 1919 he mar
ried Jane Vansant. Of Philadelphia His
wife died IN 1893. A son, Newell Martin,
Is in business IN this city He was man
DARN OF the second class
Tie Pew. John wherry was born in
SLipDensbu-g. Penn. May %. 1887. on De
ccmber 81. 1863. he married Miss Sarah Z.
Brandon. just prior 70 receiving his ap-
pojntmeut 10 the Chinese field He and
his wife went 10 china in 1861. -Four chill
Irea were born 20 them the youngest in
-S-6. Mrs Wherry is al present in this
country. They have son il Newark.
Y !.
The Rev. J. 7. Whiting was born in this
State January 80 1885. Before Ieaving for
the Chinese field in 1863 ne married Miss
Jackson Three children were born 10
them. Mrs Whiting is. and il is believed
the three children are also. in this country
Nr. Whiting has relatives in Rochester.
The Rev. c. n Fem is also a native Of
F. this State. He was born at Clyde April Il.
1850. He received his appointment in 1891
IL 1892 he married Miss Alice H May. who
was born in Bath. y Y. December 8. 1855.
Z They have two ckiIdren. AGED six and two
years Mr.. Feun's father. Samuel P. Fem.
lives in PittstoD. Pa
4
superintendent in January 1889. He was
born al Marshall H. May 8 1851 He
married Miss Louise Scott. a native Of
Iowa, January Is, 1879 They have no
children. The Rev Mr- EiIIie has friends
In Marshall. III, and Mrs. KiIlie has a sis
, tex Mrs Oliver 2 Llsfon. living in Be
atriCa. Neb-
Miss Eliza F. Leonard was born in Kos
suth. Iowa November Is. 1866. and received
I her appointment as a missionary in 1885.
She has relatives living at Tacoma. Wash
Miss Grace Newton is a native Of South
Orange, y. J. She was horn there May 10.
1850 She vent 10 China in 1857. A sister.
Mrs. Edward D. Shepard. lives in South
Orange.
Miss Bessie Mccoy was born in China.
Her father u. C. Mccoy. was a mission
ary. She received her appointment March
>. 1896
Miss Jennie McKiIlican Is a native OF
Canada She was born at Van Kleek Hi.
Ont. in 1850 She went TO China in Sep
temher 1855. She has relatives in Van
Kleek Hi.
The Rev. ". s. Ament was considered
by the officers Of the American board one
Of the most promising missionaries in
North China He was superintendent OF
the Congregational Mission at Pekin. He
WAS born in Owasso. Mich His wife is
row in Obcriin. Ohio. The Rev. Charles
E Ewing and his brother. the Rev. C.
Henry Ewing. Of the Congregational Mis-
sion AT Pao-Ting-Fu. went to China about
FIVE years ago. Their father is the Rev
Dr.. Ewing. for many years pastor of the
Congregational Church in Darvers. Mass.
The Rev. Charles f Ewing was about
thirty years old. He was a graduate of
Amherst College ard OF the Yale Divinity
School He was married before leaving
for China Mrs Ewing's father died AZ
his home near New Haven about a week
ago His death was due in q large meas
ure 10 worry about the safety Of his
daughter
Miss NJ Elizabeth Sheffield was born in
China. Her father was President ID.
Sheffield Of the North China College a wear
ago and entered upon her work in Pekir
Immediately. She had special charge Of
the training school for kindergartners.
So far as could be learned the missiona-
~ societies in this city received no des-
patches from China yesterday. Their Of
fees were closed
OUR INDIVIDUAL ANAToMIFS.