PIONEER WOMAN PASSSED [sic]
MRS. M.L. BRYANT DIED LAST SATURDAY AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS.
Had Been a Resident of Calistoga for Over Forty Years, and Was One of the District's First School Teachers—Was a Highly Respected ant Beloved Woman.
Mrs. M.L. Bryant, a pioneer of 1861 died in Calistoga, on September 2, 1911 at the age of 78 years.
Martha Louisa Avery was born in Syracuse, N. Y., June 19, 1838 (o 1833. When she was but three or four years old her parents moved to Turkhannock [Tunkhannock], Penn where a brother and sister and other members of the family still reside. Mr. Avery was a machinist and foundryman and had a number of men working for him. These workmen, as was the common custom in those days, boarded with their employer. Martha, being the oldest daughter, had every opportunity to knit and sew and practice the culinary art, and became at a very early age her mother's right hand assistant. This early training stood her in good stead, for before she was ten years old her mother caught a severe cold which ended in quick consumption, and for several years until her father married again she managed the household affairs for the family, doing the housework and even making the clothes for herself and younger sisters and brother.
Being relieved of these household cares by the acquisition of a stepmother, Martha turned her attention to school duties, with the result that by the age of sixteen she secured a position as school teacher in a nearby district. That was in the days when school kept on Saturday as well as other week days, and the school teacher "boarded around" and got about $15 a month wages. After a few years at teaching Miss Avery finished her own schooling by taking a course at Wyoming seminary, where she took tip drawing and oil painting along 'with the regular English course of study.
On April 5, 1861, Martha L. Avery was married to Rev. Henry Doty Bryant, and after a few weeks spent in visiting relatives they embarked on a New York to Panama steamer bound for California. After a rough voyage and much sea sickness they landed in San Francisco and soon the young preacher and his wife were installed in their new charge near Stockton.
In the district between French Camp and Angels Camp, including Knights Ferry and San Andreas, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant spent their first five or six years in California. Mr. Bryant traveled by "bronco" from school house to school house and preached the gospel of salvation, while his school teacher wife was soon pressed into service to instruct the neighbors' children, there being a great demand for pedagogues in California at that time.
A daughter was born to them in 1862 and two sons in 1860, and in the fall of this last named year Mr. Bryant was transferred by the Methodist Episcopal conference to Kelseyville, Lake county. This trip was taken with horse and buggy by the way of Oakland, Napa and Calistoga. At Kelseyville another daughter was added to the family, yet such was the demand for school teachers still that Mrs. Bryant was as soon as possible installed in the Rincon district school.
After a couple of years spent in Kelseyville, Mr. Bryant was transferred to Calistoga and Mrs. Bryant was soon in harness again, assisting the principal of the Calistoga grammar school in a building on the rear of the lot on which is now located C. M. Hoover's store. This is the point from which the writer dates his early recollections, as, thought but four years of age at the time, he was forced to become a student because there was no one at home to take care of him. Among her scholars in that school building were. Fred and Irma Ayer, whose father was station agent in Calistoga at that time. Afterwards in the Methodist church, where Judge Rodney Hudson was principal, site taught, and then in the splendid school house that was erected for the Calistoga grammar school in 1871. Therefore, her services as teacher extended over several years in Calistoga, and during that time her youngest son was born.
It might be well to note that she spent one year 1870—in Guenoc, near Middletown, Lake county, when Mr. Bryant was appointed to that charge, and there Mrs. Bryant was teacher of the Guenoc school.
Space only forbids me mentioning the many friends and incidents of her life in these various places where she lived and labored, though they are well cherished in my memory still.
The home in which my mother died on Saturday morning, September 2nd, at 6 a.m., was the one built with her earnings in Calistoga in 1869, I think, she having been in continued possession of it from that time.
In the spring of 1876 Mrs. Bryant was engaged to teach the Cobb valley school, her husband's poor health making it advisable to seek a higher altitude and change of climate. In the fall, at the close of the school term, she returned to Calistoga and the year of '77 was spent here proving to be a year of bereavement. In March her younger sister came to Calistoga to spend her last days; in May Mr. Bryant was stricken with a final stroke of paralysis, and in September the oldest daughter, aged fifteen, was laid low with typhoid. Christian courage and grace sustained her in her afflictions, and in the spring of '78 she accepted the Cobb valley school once more, where she remained as teacher for seven consecutive summers, usually spending the winters, however, at her home in Calistoga.
She had made up her mind to quit teaching at the age of fifty, therefore, in 1883, she settled down in Calistoga and became a permanent resident of this place to the day of her death.
"She bath fought a good fight, she hath finished her course, she bath kept the faith." Her children shall rise up and call her blessed." C. H. BRYANT.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Bryant was held from the Methodist church on Sunday afternoon and was largely attended. Remarks were made by her former pastors, Rev. H. C. Tallman of Napa and Rev. U. E. Partridge of St. Helena. A. special choir furnished the music. The remains were laid away in the Calistoga cemetery beside those of her husband, who was the first person buried there.
MRS. M.L. BRYANT DIED LAST SATURDAY AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS.
Had Been a Resident of Calistoga for Over Forty Years, and Was One of the District's First School Teachers—Was a Highly Respected ant Beloved Woman.
Mrs. M.L. Bryant, a pioneer of 1861 died in Calistoga, on September 2, 1911 at the age of 78 years.
Martha Louisa Avery was born in Syracuse, N. Y., June 19, 1838 (o 1833. When she was but three or four years old her parents moved to Turkhannock [Tunkhannock], Penn where a brother and sister and other members of the family still reside. Mr. Avery was a machinist and foundryman and had a number of men working for him. These workmen, as was the common custom in those days, boarded with their employer. Martha, being the oldest daughter, had every opportunity to knit and sew and practice the culinary art, and became at a very early age her mother's right hand assistant. This early training stood her in good stead, for before she was ten years old her mother caught a severe cold which ended in quick consumption, and for several years until her father married again she managed the household affairs for the family, doing the housework and even making the clothes for herself and younger sisters and brother.
Being relieved of these household cares by the acquisition of a stepmother, Martha turned her attention to school duties, with the result that by the age of sixteen she secured a position as school teacher in a nearby district. That was in the days when school kept on Saturday as well as other week days, and the school teacher "boarded around" and got about $15 a month wages. After a few years at teaching Miss Avery finished her own schooling by taking a course at Wyoming seminary, where she took tip drawing and oil painting along 'with the regular English course of study.
On April 5, 1861, Martha L. Avery was married to Rev. Henry Doty Bryant, and after a few weeks spent in visiting relatives they embarked on a New York to Panama steamer bound for California. After a rough voyage and much sea sickness they landed in San Francisco and soon the young preacher and his wife were installed in their new charge near Stockton.
In the district between French Camp and Angels Camp, including Knights Ferry and San Andreas, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant spent their first five or six years in California. Mr. Bryant traveled by "bronco" from school house to school house and preached the gospel of salvation, while his school teacher wife was soon pressed into service to instruct the neighbors' children, there being a great demand for pedagogues in California at that time.
A daughter was born to them in 1862 and two sons in 1860, and in the fall of this last named year Mr. Bryant was transferred by the Methodist Episcopal conference to Kelseyville, Lake county. This trip was taken with horse and buggy by the way of Oakland, Napa and Calistoga. At Kelseyville another daughter was added to the family, yet such was the demand for school teachers still that Mrs. Bryant was as soon as possible installed in the Rincon district school.
After a couple of years spent in Kelseyville, Mr. Bryant was transferred to Calistoga and Mrs. Bryant was soon in harness again, assisting the principal of the Calistoga grammar school in a building on the rear of the lot on which is now located C. M. Hoover's store. This is the point from which the writer dates his early recollections, as, thought but four years of age at the time, he was forced to become a student because there was no one at home to take care of him. Among her scholars in that school building were. Fred and Irma Ayer, whose father was station agent in Calistoga at that time. Afterwards in the Methodist church, where Judge Rodney Hudson was principal, site taught, and then in the splendid school house that was erected for the Calistoga grammar school in 1871. Therefore, her services as teacher extended over several years in Calistoga, and during that time her youngest son was born.
It might be well to note that she spent one year 1870—in Guenoc, near Middletown, Lake county, when Mr. Bryant was appointed to that charge, and there Mrs. Bryant was teacher of the Guenoc school.
Space only forbids me mentioning the many friends and incidents of her life in these various places where she lived and labored, though they are well cherished in my memory still.
The home in which my mother died on Saturday morning, September 2nd, at 6 a.m., was the one built with her earnings in Calistoga in 1869, I think, she having been in continued possession of it from that time.
In the spring of 1876 Mrs. Bryant was engaged to teach the Cobb valley school, her husband's poor health making it advisable to seek a higher altitude and change of climate. In the fall, at the close of the school term, she returned to Calistoga and the year of '77 was spent here proving to be a year of bereavement. In March her younger sister came to Calistoga to spend her last days; in May Mr. Bryant was stricken with a final stroke of paralysis, and in September the oldest daughter, aged fifteen, was laid low with typhoid. Christian courage and grace sustained her in her afflictions, and in the spring of '78 she accepted the Cobb valley school once more, where she remained as teacher for seven consecutive summers, usually spending the winters, however, at her home in Calistoga.
She had made up her mind to quit teaching at the age of fifty, therefore, in 1883, she settled down in Calistoga and became a permanent resident of this place to the day of her death.
"She bath fought a good fight, she hath finished her course, she bath kept the faith." Her children shall rise up and call her blessed." C. H. BRYANT.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Bryant was held from the Methodist church on Sunday afternoon and was largely attended. Remarks were made by her former pastors, Rev. H. C. Tallman of Napa and Rev. U. E. Partridge of St. Helena. A. special choir furnished the music. The remains were laid away in the Calistoga cemetery beside those of her husband, who was the first person buried there.
PIONEER WOMAN PASSSED [sic]
MRS. M.L. BRYANT DIED LAST SATURDAY AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS.
Had Been a Resident of Calistoga for Over Forty Years, and Was One of the District's First School Teachers—Was a Highly Respected ant Beloved Woman.
Mrs. M.L. Bryant, a pioneer of 1861 died in Calistoga, on September 2, 1911 at the age of 78 years.
Martha Louisa Avery was born in Syracuse, N. Y., June 19, 1838 (o 1833. When she was but three or four years old her parents moved to Turkhannock [Tunkhannock], Penn where a brother and sister and other members of the family still reside. Mr. Avery was a machinist and foundryman and had a number of men working for him. These workmen, as was the common custom in those days, boarded with their employer. Martha, being the oldest daughter, had every opportunity to knit and sew and practice the culinary art, and became at a very early age her mother's right hand assistant. This early training stood her in good stead, for before she was ten years old her mother caught a severe cold which ended in quick consumption, and for several years until her father married again she managed the household affairs for the family, doing the housework and even making the clothes for herself and younger sisters and brother.
Being relieved of these household cares by the acquisition of a stepmother, Martha turned her attention to school duties, with the result that by the age of sixteen she secured a position as school teacher in a nearby district. That was in the days when school kept on Saturday as well as other week days, and the school teacher "boarded around" and got about $15 a month wages. After a few years at teaching Miss Avery finished her own schooling by taking a course at Wyoming seminary, where she took tip drawing and oil painting along 'with the regular English course of study.
On April 5, 1861, Martha L. Avery was married to Rev. Henry Doty Bryant, and after a few weeks spent in visiting relatives they embarked on a New York to Panama steamer bound for California. After a rough voyage and much sea sickness they landed in San Francisco and soon the young preacher and his wife were installed in their new charge near Stockton.
In the district between French Camp and Angels Camp, including Knights Ferry and San Andreas, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant spent their first five or six years in California. Mr. Bryant traveled by "bronco" from school house to school house and preached the gospel of salvation, while his school teacher wife was soon pressed into service to instruct the neighbors' children, there being a great demand for pedagogues in California at that time.
A daughter was born to them in 1862 and two sons in 1860, and in the fall of this last named year Mr. Bryant was transferred by the Methodist Episcopal conference to Kelseyville, Lake county. This trip was taken with horse and buggy by the way of Oakland, Napa and Calistoga. At Kelseyville another daughter was added to the family, yet such was the demand for school teachers still that Mrs. Bryant was as soon as possible installed in the Rincon district school.
After a couple of years spent in Kelseyville, Mr. Bryant was transferred to Calistoga and Mrs. Bryant was soon in harness again, assisting the principal of the Calistoga grammar school in a building on the rear of the lot on which is now located C. M. Hoover's store. This is the point from which the writer dates his early recollections, as, thought but four years of age at the time, he was forced to become a student because there was no one at home to take care of him. Among her scholars in that school building were. Fred and Irma Ayer, whose father was station agent in Calistoga at that time. Afterwards in the Methodist church, where Judge Rodney Hudson was principal, site taught, and then in the splendid school house that was erected for the Calistoga grammar school in 1871. Therefore, her services as teacher extended over several years in Calistoga, and during that time her youngest son was born.
It might be well to note that she spent one year 1870—in Guenoc, near Middletown, Lake county, when Mr. Bryant was appointed to that charge, and there Mrs. Bryant was teacher of the Guenoc school.
Space only forbids me mentioning the many friends and incidents of her life in these various places where she lived and labored, though they are well cherished in my memory still.
The home in which my mother died on Saturday morning, September 2nd, at 6 a.m., was the one built with her earnings in Calistoga in 1869, I think, she having been in continued possession of it from that time.
In the spring of 1876 Mrs. Bryant was engaged to teach the Cobb valley school, her husband's poor health making it advisable to seek a higher altitude and change of climate. In the fall, at the close of the school term, she returned to Calistoga and the year of '77 was spent here proving to be a year of bereavement. In March her younger sister came to Calistoga to spend her last days; in May Mr. Bryant was stricken with a final stroke of paralysis, and in September the oldest daughter, aged fifteen, was laid low with typhoid. Christian courage and grace sustained her in her afflictions, and in the spring of '78 she accepted the Cobb valley school once more, where she remained as teacher for seven consecutive summers, usually spending the winters, however, at her home in Calistoga.
She had made up her mind to quit teaching at the age of fifty, therefore, in 1883, she settled down in Calistoga and became a permanent resident of this place to the day of her death.
"She bath fought a good fight, she hath finished her course, she bath kept the faith." Her children shall rise up and call her blessed." C. H. BRYANT.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Bryant was held from the Methodist church on Sunday afternoon and was largely attended. Remarks were made by her former pastors, Rev. H. C. Tallman of Napa and Rev. U. E. Partridge of St. Helena. A. special choir furnished the music. The remains were laid away in the Calistoga cemetery beside those of her husband, who was the first person buried there.
MRS. M.L. BRYANT DIED LAST SATURDAY AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS.
Had Been a Resident of Calistoga for Over Forty Years, and Was One of the District's First School Teachers—Was a Highly Respected ant Beloved Woman.
Mrs. M.L. Bryant, a pioneer of 1861 died in Calistoga, on September 2, 1911 at the age of 78 years.
Martha Louisa Avery was born in Syracuse, N. Y., June 19, 1838 (o 1833. When she was but three or four years old her parents moved to Turkhannock [Tunkhannock], Penn where a brother and sister and other members of the family still reside. Mr. Avery was a machinist and foundryman and had a number of men working for him. These workmen, as was the common custom in those days, boarded with their employer. Martha, being the oldest daughter, had every opportunity to knit and sew and practice the culinary art, and became at a very early age her mother's right hand assistant. This early training stood her in good stead, for before she was ten years old her mother caught a severe cold which ended in quick consumption, and for several years until her father married again she managed the household affairs for the family, doing the housework and even making the clothes for herself and younger sisters and brother.
Being relieved of these household cares by the acquisition of a stepmother, Martha turned her attention to school duties, with the result that by the age of sixteen she secured a position as school teacher in a nearby district. That was in the days when school kept on Saturday as well as other week days, and the school teacher "boarded around" and got about $15 a month wages. After a few years at teaching Miss Avery finished her own schooling by taking a course at Wyoming seminary, where she took tip drawing and oil painting along 'with the regular English course of study.
On April 5, 1861, Martha L. Avery was married to Rev. Henry Doty Bryant, and after a few weeks spent in visiting relatives they embarked on a New York to Panama steamer bound for California. After a rough voyage and much sea sickness they landed in San Francisco and soon the young preacher and his wife were installed in their new charge near Stockton.
In the district between French Camp and Angels Camp, including Knights Ferry and San Andreas, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant spent their first five or six years in California. Mr. Bryant traveled by "bronco" from school house to school house and preached the gospel of salvation, while his school teacher wife was soon pressed into service to instruct the neighbors' children, there being a great demand for pedagogues in California at that time.
A daughter was born to them in 1862 and two sons in 1860, and in the fall of this last named year Mr. Bryant was transferred by the Methodist Episcopal conference to Kelseyville, Lake county. This trip was taken with horse and buggy by the way of Oakland, Napa and Calistoga. At Kelseyville another daughter was added to the family, yet such was the demand for school teachers still that Mrs. Bryant was as soon as possible installed in the Rincon district school.
After a couple of years spent in Kelseyville, Mr. Bryant was transferred to Calistoga and Mrs. Bryant was soon in harness again, assisting the principal of the Calistoga grammar school in a building on the rear of the lot on which is now located C. M. Hoover's store. This is the point from which the writer dates his early recollections, as, thought but four years of age at the time, he was forced to become a student because there was no one at home to take care of him. Among her scholars in that school building were. Fred and Irma Ayer, whose father was station agent in Calistoga at that time. Afterwards in the Methodist church, where Judge Rodney Hudson was principal, site taught, and then in the splendid school house that was erected for the Calistoga grammar school in 1871. Therefore, her services as teacher extended over several years in Calistoga, and during that time her youngest son was born.
It might be well to note that she spent one year 1870—in Guenoc, near Middletown, Lake county, when Mr. Bryant was appointed to that charge, and there Mrs. Bryant was teacher of the Guenoc school.
Space only forbids me mentioning the many friends and incidents of her life in these various places where she lived and labored, though they are well cherished in my memory still.
The home in which my mother died on Saturday morning, September 2nd, at 6 a.m., was the one built with her earnings in Calistoga in 1869, I think, she having been in continued possession of it from that time.
In the spring of 1876 Mrs. Bryant was engaged to teach the Cobb valley school, her husband's poor health making it advisable to seek a higher altitude and change of climate. In the fall, at the close of the school term, she returned to Calistoga and the year of '77 was spent here proving to be a year of bereavement. In March her younger sister came to Calistoga to spend her last days; in May Mr. Bryant was stricken with a final stroke of paralysis, and in September the oldest daughter, aged fifteen, was laid low with typhoid. Christian courage and grace sustained her in her afflictions, and in the spring of '78 she accepted the Cobb valley school once more, where she remained as teacher for seven consecutive summers, usually spending the winters, however, at her home in Calistoga.
She had made up her mind to quit teaching at the age of fifty, therefore, in 1883, she settled down in Calistoga and became a permanent resident of this place to the day of her death.
"She bath fought a good fight, she hath finished her course, she bath kept the faith." Her children shall rise up and call her blessed." C. H. BRYANT.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Bryant was held from the Methodist church on Sunday afternoon and was largely attended. Remarks were made by her former pastors, Rev. H. C. Tallman of Napa and Rev. U. E. Partridge of St. Helena. A. special choir furnished the music. The remains were laid away in the Calistoga cemetery beside those of her husband, who was the first person buried there.
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