She was converted in early life, and united first with the church at Woodville, and, shortly after her marriage, with the Baptist church at Belleville, [She] was a mother to the sick and afficted for miles around her home. Her experience, s1849kill and good judgement in the sick-room caused her assistance to be in great demand, and in many a family will she be long remembered as a minstering angel.1849

Her son Myron was such a well loved educator that the town flew flags at half-mast when he died.1850