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Rev Horace Tracy Pitkin

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Rev Horace Tracy Pitkin

Birth
Death
1 Jul 1900 (aged 30)
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Buried north of Peking near his Mission Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Victim of the Boxer Rebellion, shot/beheaded. Missionary, Yale graduate.

Died protecting the women of the mission with a single revolver, against a mob.

Son of Horace Woodbridge Pitkin and Lucy Tracy (Yale) Pitkin. Husband of Letitia E Thomas who, with their 2-year-old son, had left China due to her ill health.

Buried in Pao-ting-fu.

Victim of the Boxer Rebellion, shot/beheaded. Missionary, Yale graduate.

Died protecting the women of the mission with a single revolver, against a mob.

Son of Horace Woodbridge Pitkin and Lucy Tracy (Yale) Pitkin. Husband of Letitia E Thomas who, with their 2-year-old son, had left China due to her ill health.

Buried in Pao-ting-fu.



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