Father, mother and thirteen-month-old daughter died at sea returning to their mission in Alaska.
"Sylvanus Gambell was a student at Ames, Iowa, during the early part of the decade of 1880-1890. He received his B.S. degree in 1886 from Iowa Agricultural College. R. L. Kirkpatrick, of the faculty, stated that he was considered one of the best botanists in the state. He took an active part in the religious activities of the college; was also interested in military drill, having taken extra work in that line, and at the time of graduation was captain of cadets.
Mr. Gambell was sent out accompanied by his wife in 1894 as a missionary to the native Eskimos at St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. This school was then the farthest west of any over which the American flag floated. The island lies almost within the Arctic Circle, and is nearly destitute of vegetation. In the fall of 1897 they returned to their home in Iowa. In January of 1898, Mr. Gambell was sent by the United States government to take charge of the school for white children at Juneau. Two months later came back to Iowa for his wife and child. They took passage on the Jane Grey, and sailed from Seattle, ninety miles off Cape Flattery, a heavy gale was encountered during which the schooner sprung a leak and sank early Sabbath morning May 22, 1898. Thirty-two of the passengers including Mr. and Mrs. Gambell and child were lost. The crew offered an opportunity to Mrs. Gambell to be rescued, but she preferred to share her husband's fate. The Youth's Companion published a series of articles in 1900 relating the adventures of these missionaries who were the first to carry the gospel to these far-away people."
"Sylvanus Gambell was a student at Ames, Iowa, during the early part of the decade of 1880-1890. He received his B.S. degree in 1886 from Iowa Agricultural College. R. L. Kirkpatrick, of the faculty, stated that he was considered one of the best botanists in the state. He took an active part in the religious activities of the college; was also interested in military drill, having taken extra work in that line, and at the time of graduation was captain of cadets.
Mr. Gambell was sent out accompanied by his wife in 1894 as a missionary to the native Eskimos at St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. This school was then the farthest west of any over which the American flag floated. The island lies almost within the Arctic Circle, and is nearly destitute of vegetation. In the fall of 1897 they returned to their home in Iowa. In January of 1898, Mr. Gambell was sent by the United States government to take charge of the school for white children at Juneau. Two months later came back to Iowa for his wife and child. They took passage on the Jane Grey, and sailed from Seattle, ninety miles off Cape Flattery, a heavy gale was encountered during which the schooner sprung a leak and sank early Sabbath morning May 22, 1898. Thirty-two of the passengers including Mr. and Mrs. Gambell and child were lost. The crew offered an opportunity to Mrs. Gambell to be rescued, but she preferred to share her husband's fate. The Youth's Companion published a series of articles in 1900 relating the adventures of these missionaries who were the first to carry the gospel to these far-away people."
Father, mother and thirteen-month-old daughter died at sea returning to their mission in Alaska.
"Sylvanus Gambell was a student at Ames, Iowa, during the early part of the decade of 1880-1890. He received his B.S. degree in 1886 from Iowa Agricultural College. R. L. Kirkpatrick, of the faculty, stated that he was considered one of the best botanists in the state. He took an active part in the religious activities of the college; was also interested in military drill, having taken extra work in that line, and at the time of graduation was captain of cadets.
Mr. Gambell was sent out accompanied by his wife in 1894 as a missionary to the native Eskimos at St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. This school was then the farthest west of any over which the American flag floated. The island lies almost within the Arctic Circle, and is nearly destitute of vegetation. In the fall of 1897 they returned to their home in Iowa. In January of 1898, Mr. Gambell was sent by the United States government to take charge of the school for white children at Juneau. Two months later came back to Iowa for his wife and child. They took passage on the Jane Grey, and sailed from Seattle, ninety miles off Cape Flattery, a heavy gale was encountered during which the schooner sprung a leak and sank early Sabbath morning May 22, 1898. Thirty-two of the passengers including Mr. and Mrs. Gambell and child were lost. The crew offered an opportunity to Mrs. Gambell to be rescued, but she preferred to share her husband's fate. The Youth's Companion published a series of articles in 1900 relating the adventures of these missionaries who were the first to carry the gospel to these far-away people."
"Sylvanus Gambell was a student at Ames, Iowa, during the early part of the decade of 1880-1890. He received his B.S. degree in 1886 from Iowa Agricultural College. R. L. Kirkpatrick, of the faculty, stated that he was considered one of the best botanists in the state. He took an active part in the religious activities of the college; was also interested in military drill, having taken extra work in that line, and at the time of graduation was captain of cadets.
Mr. Gambell was sent out accompanied by his wife in 1894 as a missionary to the native Eskimos at St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. This school was then the farthest west of any over which the American flag floated. The island lies almost within the Arctic Circle, and is nearly destitute of vegetation. In the fall of 1897 they returned to their home in Iowa. In January of 1898, Mr. Gambell was sent by the United States government to take charge of the school for white children at Juneau. Two months later came back to Iowa for his wife and child. They took passage on the Jane Grey, and sailed from Seattle, ninety miles off Cape Flattery, a heavy gale was encountered during which the schooner sprung a leak and sank early Sabbath morning May 22, 1898. Thirty-two of the passengers including Mr. and Mrs. Gambell and child were lost. The crew offered an opportunity to Mrs. Gambell to be rescued, but she preferred to share her husband's fate. The Youth's Companion published a series of articles in 1900 relating the adventures of these missionaries who were the first to carry the gospel to these far-away people."
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