Sarah Lanman (Huntington) Smith (1802 - 1836)

Born 18 Jun 1802 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut

Died 30 Sep 1836 at age 34 in Smyrna, Turkey

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Biography

Sarah (Huntington) Smith was a Connecticuter.

Sarah was a Protestant missionary.

Sarah Lanman Huntington was born on June 18, 1802 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut. On July 21, 1833, she married Rev. Eli Smith.

She sailed from Boston on September 21, 1833 and arrived in Beirut on January 28, 1834. She travelled to Smyrna, Turkey on June 11, 1836 and died there September 30, 1836.

Sarah was the daughter of Deacon Jabez Huntington and Mary Lanman. She had been engaged in missionary work for some years before her marriage. Two months after she and Eli Smith were married they left for Malta, on their way to Syria. They went to Smyrna in June 1836 because of her ill health. They were wrecked on the way. Six days of exposure aggravated her illness and she was unable to recover. She died in Boojah, a village about 5 miles from Smyrna.^[1]

Sources

Personnel Card for Sarah Lanman Huntington Smith of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.^[2]

American Board in Turkey, "Personnel records for Sarah L. Huntington Smith," in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #15621, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/15621 (accessed August 19, 2014).

Eli Smith Papers Guide at Houghton Library, Harvard University http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou00061

Link to bio on Boston University School of Theology Website http://www.bu.edu/missiology/missionary-biography/r-s/smith-sarah-lanman-huntington-1802-1836/

Note the contrast between Eli's first wife Sarah and his third wife Mehitible in their view of the role as missionary's wife. http://www.academia.edu/1412593/Making_a_way_into_the_heart_of_the_people_Women_of_the_Early_Protestant_Church_in_beirut

Footnotes

1. ↑ S. Whitney Phoenix, "The Whitney Family of Connecticut and its Affiliations," 1878, page 685, viewed on HeritageQuest.
2. ↑ Thank you to WikiTree user G.E. Gaffin for providing this link.

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