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Ellen Stetson

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Ellen Stetson

Birth
Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
29 Dec 1848 (aged 65)
Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Marble City, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Plot
174
Memorial ID
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Ellen served as a Missionary to the Cherokee Indian children at the Brainerd Mission
School in Georgia for 25 years, and followed the tribe west to OK when they were
forced out of their ancestral territory and into a Reservation in OK. 1838-40. She paved the way for other single females to become teachers, helping the Cherokee to assimilate into
the world of white education and Christian values.
Ellen served as a Missionary to the Cherokee Indian children at the Brainerd Mission
School in Georgia for 25 years, and followed the tribe west to OK when they were
forced out of their ancestral territory and into a Reservation in OK. 1838-40. She paved the way for other single females to become teachers, helping the Cherokee to assimilate into
the world of white education and Christian values.


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