Arizona republican., 1903-02-12
A NOBLE CHARACTER
Something of the Life Work of the
 Late Mrs. J. A. Nc cafee.

n the death Of Mrs John A. McAte2 Friday night in Colorado Springs, there passed away one of the most widely beloved women in the entire west, says the Gazette of that city. She was the widow of one of the great est educators that the west ever pro duccd, and was herself so closely asso- ciated with him in all his work as to have been equally prominent, if less widely known. Mrs. McAfee was in her Goth year, and her death, which "-as due to pulmonary consumption, followed an illness that covered many years.
 She was the mother of five minis ters of the gospel who were her own sons. and might well be called the mother of several hundred others, so strongly was the influence of her life impressed upon the students of the in stitution of which she was the real head, several hundred of whose graduates have, like her own sons, given their lives to the betterment and the redemption of the world. Her sons are Lowell M. McAfee, now president of Park college. Parkville, Mo-: How ard E. McAfee, who is a worker at Park Lapsley A. McAfee, pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Phoenix, Ariz-; Cleland B. McAfee, pastor of the For ty-frst street Presbyterian church of Chicago, and Joseph F. McAfee, also minister and a member of the Park college faculty at the present time. She is also survived by one daughter, Helen E. McAfee, who with Rev. L. A. McAfee and Mrs. Wilson. an adopted daughter, was with her at the time of her death.
 The family has had a home in this city, at 720 North Tejon street, for many years, some of it's members spending each summer here. pr. Gle land McAfee. TOW of Chicago, who has occupied the pulpit of the First Pres byterian church here many times, is probably the best known locally of the sons.
 Born in St. Charles county, Mo. in 1898, Anna Waddeli Bailey was edu- cated at the Elizabeth Aull seminary at Lexington, Mo, rom which she gradua ted. From her graduation she was teacher at Underwood college until 1859, when she became the wife of Dr. John A. McAfee at Fulton, Mo-, he being at that time president of the young ladies seminary at that place. The next year Dr. and Mrs. McAfee moved to Ashley, Mo, where he offici ated as president of Watson seminary for seven years. From 1867 to 1870 he was president of Pardee college Lou isiana, Mo-, the next five years. until 1875, being taken up with the duties of the presidency of Highland university in Kansas.
 Through all his work Mrs. McAfee was constant helper and adviser of her husband. More than ever import ant became her part of the work in lSI5, however. when Dr. McAiee be- came one of the two founders of Park college, at Parkville, Mo, the other be- ing George Park, an old time friend of Dr. McAfee. a man who. like Dr. Me Afee, wished to accomplish something during his lifetime of enduring benefit to the young men and women who were endowed with an appreciation of the value of life and a determination to make the most Of it. Park College Family, an institution founded upon Christian principles and maintained by Christian faith, was established sim ultaneously with the college and is still conducted on the same lines Through it's opportunities and under
 
 and women have received educations extending through the elementary work through the university courses parallel with the best in the country. ! Religious work of one kind or another has been entered by q very large per ccntage Of it's graduates, Park college graduates occupying pulpits in every section of this country today. and be- | ing found al work in almost every mis- sion field in the world.
 i Upon the death of Dr. John A. Me | Afee on June F, 1S90 his life helpmeet became the head of Park College Fam | fly and virtually the head Of Park col | lege. Her son, Lowell M. McAfee. be- | came chairman of the faculty of the college, but his father never had a successor as president until last Octo- Der, 1902, when this honor was con- ferred upon him. this being the wish of Mrs. McAfee, as well as of the college | faculty and trustees.
 Throughout her life Mrs. McAfee in- | terested herself as a mother in the welfare and in the everyday affairs of each student in the institution to