He was a well-to-do farmer of Oakland County, Michigan, having emigrated from New York at an early day.

[2] At fifteen she began teaching, adding to her regular work that of normal class instruction.

[2] She was a member of the Sunday-school normal class of the Chautauqua Circle, the Deaconess Board and various philanthropic and charity societies.

In addition to her extensive local work in Detroit, she held the office of State superintendent of the Young WCTU.

As a parliamentarian, there were but few presiding officers who out-performed her in maintaining harmony and expediting the business of meetings.

Her trained executive talents were manifested throughout the state in building up the organization and in harmonizing and unifying the work, since which time thousands of members and scores of new Hives were added.