Mathilda L. Mahurin, was assistant principal at the seminary founded and presided over by her brother, Isaac Mahurin (August 16, 1814 - August 23, 1870), in Fort Wayne, Indiana.. The Methodist College opened in 1852 and closed in 1863 when the Union Army claimed most of its students. The old brick building was on West Street and US 24.[1][2]
Mathilda L. Mahurin (November 11, 1827 - April 16, 1916) was for many years a resident of Indianapolis, and taught in the public school there for many years. She was born in Miami County, Ohio, on November 11, 1827, and moved to Indiana with her parents when she was a girl. She began teaching when a young woman, being for a time connected with the Methodist College at Fort Wayne. She moved to Indianapolis in 1867 and lived with her sister, Mary Kilbun Robinson (1821-1909), whose home was at 603 North New Jersey Street. Mathilda Mahurin was an active member of Meridian Street M.E. Church and died at Elkhart, Indiana.[3]
Sources:
Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 (1893). A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. p. 789. Retrieved 8 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Federal Writers' Project (2013). The WPA Guide to Indiana: The Hoosier State. Trinity University Press. p. 324. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
"Matilda L. Mahurin Obituary". 1916.
Mathilda L. Mahurin (November 11, 1827 - April 16, 1916) was for many years a resident of Indianapolis, and taught in the public school there for many years. She was born in Miami County, Ohio, on November 11, 1827, and moved to Indiana with her parents when she was a girl. She began teaching when a young woman, being for a time connected with the Methodist College at Fort Wayne. She moved to Indianapolis in 1867 and lived with her sister, Mary Kilbun Robinson (1821-1909), whose home was at 603 North New Jersey Street. Mathilda Mahurin was an active member of Meridian Street M.E. Church and died at Elkhart, Indiana.[3]
Sources:
Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 (1893). A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. p. 789. Retrieved 8 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Federal Writers' Project (2013). The WPA Guide to Indiana: The Hoosier State. Trinity University Press. p. 324. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
"Matilda L. Mahurin Obituary". 1916.
Mathilda L. Mahurin, was assistant principal at the seminary founded and presided over by her brother, Isaac Mahurin (August 16, 1814 - August 23, 1870), in Fort Wayne, Indiana.. The Methodist College opened in 1852 and closed in 1863 when the Union Army claimed most of its students. The old brick building was on West Street and US 24.[1][2]
Mathilda L. Mahurin (November 11, 1827 - April 16, 1916) was for many years a resident of Indianapolis, and taught in the public school there for many years. She was born in Miami County, Ohio, on November 11, 1827, and moved to Indiana with her parents when she was a girl. She began teaching when a young woman, being for a time connected with the Methodist College at Fort Wayne. She moved to Indianapolis in 1867 and lived with her sister, Mary Kilbun Robinson (1821-1909), whose home was at 603 North New Jersey Street. Mathilda Mahurin was an active member of Meridian Street M.E. Church and died at Elkhart, Indiana.[3]
Sources:
Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 (1893). A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. p. 789. Retrieved 8 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Federal Writers' Project (2013). The WPA Guide to Indiana: The Hoosier State. Trinity University Press. p. 324. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
"Matilda L. Mahurin Obituary". 1916.
Mathilda L. Mahurin (November 11, 1827 - April 16, 1916) was for many years a resident of Indianapolis, and taught in the public school there for many years. She was born in Miami County, Ohio, on November 11, 1827, and moved to Indiana with her parents when she was a girl. She began teaching when a young woman, being for a time connected with the Methodist College at Fort Wayne. She moved to Indianapolis in 1867 and lived with her sister, Mary Kilbun Robinson (1821-1909), whose home was at 603 North New Jersey Street. Mathilda Mahurin was an active member of Meridian Street M.E. Church and died at Elkhart, Indiana.[3]
Sources:
Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 (1893). A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. p. 789. Retrieved 8 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Federal Writers' Project (2013). The WPA Guide to Indiana: The Hoosier State. Trinity University Press. p. 324. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
"Matilda L. Mahurin Obituary". 1916.
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