Daughter of Horace Hale and Abigail Talcott.
Virginia Hale Hoffman was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, and following her marriage to the Rev. Cadwalader Colden Hoffman in 1850, sailed with him to Liberia, where he was a member of the Episcopal mission. In Cavalla, Liberia, she learned the local language, Grebo, and supported the mission by teaching and performing other duties. She died at the age of 23 soon after losing her only child.
Virginia Hale Hoffman was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, and following her marriage to the Rev. Cadwalader Colden Hoffman in 1850, sailed with him to Liberia, where he was a member of the Episcopal mission. In Cavalla, Liberia, she learned the local language, Grebo, and supported the mission by teaching and performing other duties. She died at the age of 23 soon after losing her only child.
Daughter of Horace Hale and Abigail Talcott.
Virginia Hale Hoffman was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, and following her marriage to the Rev. Cadwalader Colden Hoffman in 1850, sailed with him to Liberia, where he was a member of the Episcopal mission. In Cavalla, Liberia, she learned the local language, Grebo, and supported the mission by teaching and performing other duties. She died at the age of 23 soon after losing her only child.
Virginia Hale Hoffman was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, and following her marriage to the Rev. Cadwalader Colden Hoffman in 1850, sailed with him to Liberia, where he was a member of the Episcopal mission. In Cavalla, Liberia, she learned the local language, Grebo, and supported the mission by teaching and performing other duties. She died at the age of 23 soon after losing her only child.
Inscription
"SHE SLEEPS IN JESUS"
THE GRAVE OF VIRGINIA HAVISIDE HOFFMAN, WIFE OF REV. C.C. HOFFMAN, MISSIONARY OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE U.S. AMERICA
AFTER PATIENTLY AND JOYFULLY LABORING THREE YEARS AND SEVEN MONTHS IN THE MISSIONARY WORK
HER HAPPY SPIRIT ROSE ON EASTER MORNING, 23RD MARCH, 1856, TO HIM WHO CLOTHED HER WITH HIS SPOTLESS ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND IN WHOM
"ALONE SHE TRUSTED."
SHE WAS BORN IN GLASTONBURY, CONN., AND FINISHED HER WORK, AT THE AGE OF 23 YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS, AT THE ORPHAN ASYLUM, CAPE PALMAS.
DID SHE EVER REGRET LEAVING HER NATIVE LAND, TO LABOR FOR JESUS AMONG THE HEATHEN?
"O! NO! NEVER!" WAS HER DYING TESTIMONY.
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