Elizabeth was a missionary for over 50 years. She died from Tuberculosis.
Miss Elizabeth McCahon, the sixth and youngest child of John and Sarah McCahon, was born at Canonsburg, Washington county, Pa., on the 9th of June, 1850. On the 7th of January, 1865, she made a public profession of her faith, and united with the Canonsburg congregation, under the pastorate of the Rev. J. W. Bain.
Her course of literary training was begun in the public schools, and continued in the academy of her native town, after which she devoted one year in the vicinity of Canonsburg to teaching school.
In the year 1870 Miss McCahon joined the Chartiers congregation, of which the late Rev. D. M. B. McLean was pastor. In Mr. McLean's church a missionary convention was held in August, 1875, at which were present two members of our Board of Foreign Missions. These brethren, on hearing that Miss McCahon had for some considerable time cherished the desire to devote her life to mission work in a heathen land, brought her name before the Board, the result of which was her appointment to our India Mission the following month.
In the American Line steamer Ohio, Miss Wilson and Miss McCahon sailed from Philadelphia on the 7th of October, 1875, in company with Revs. J. S. Barr and A. Gordon and their families, then returning to India—a missionary company in all, children included, of twelve persons. Re-embarking from London in the steamship Tartar, on the 3d of November, we reached Bombay on the 4th, and Gujranwa'la on the 10th of December, 1875.
Our India Mission, 1855-1885: A thirty years' history of the India mission ... By Andrew Gordon
Miss Elizabeth McCahon, the sixth and youngest child of John and Sarah McCahon, was born at Canonsburg, Washington county, Pa., on the 9th of June, 1850. On the 7th of January, 1865, she made a public profession of her faith, and united with the Canonsburg congregation, under the pastorate of the Rev. J. W. Bain.
Her course of literary training was begun in the public schools, and continued in the academy of her native town, after which she devoted one year in the vicinity of Canonsburg to teaching school.
In the year 1870 Miss McCahon joined the Chartiers congregation, of which the late Rev. D. M. B. McLean was pastor. In Mr. McLean's church a missionary convention was held in August, 1875, at which were present two members of our Board of Foreign Missions. These brethren, on hearing that Miss McCahon had for some considerable time cherished the desire to devote her life to mission work in a heathen land, brought her name before the Board, the result of which was her appointment to our India Mission the following month.
In the American Line steamer Ohio, Miss Wilson and Miss McCahon sailed from Philadelphia on the 7th of October, 1875, in company with Revs. J. S. Barr and A. Gordon and their families, then returning to India—a missionary company in all, children included, of twelve persons. Re-embarking from London in the steamship Tartar, on the 3d of November, we reached Bombay on the 4th, and Gujranwa'la on the 10th of December, 1875.
Our India Mission, 1855-1885: A thirty years' history of the India mission ... By Andrew Gordon
Elizabeth was a missionary for over 50 years. She died from Tuberculosis.
Miss Elizabeth McCahon, the sixth and youngest child of John and Sarah McCahon, was born at Canonsburg, Washington county, Pa., on the 9th of June, 1850. On the 7th of January, 1865, she made a public profession of her faith, and united with the Canonsburg congregation, under the pastorate of the Rev. J. W. Bain.
Her course of literary training was begun in the public schools, and continued in the academy of her native town, after which she devoted one year in the vicinity of Canonsburg to teaching school.
In the year 1870 Miss McCahon joined the Chartiers congregation, of which the late Rev. D. M. B. McLean was pastor. In Mr. McLean's church a missionary convention was held in August, 1875, at which were present two members of our Board of Foreign Missions. These brethren, on hearing that Miss McCahon had for some considerable time cherished the desire to devote her life to mission work in a heathen land, brought her name before the Board, the result of which was her appointment to our India Mission the following month.
In the American Line steamer Ohio, Miss Wilson and Miss McCahon sailed from Philadelphia on the 7th of October, 1875, in company with Revs. J. S. Barr and A. Gordon and their families, then returning to India—a missionary company in all, children included, of twelve persons. Re-embarking from London in the steamship Tartar, on the 3d of November, we reached Bombay on the 4th, and Gujranwa'la on the 10th of December, 1875.
Our India Mission, 1855-1885: A thirty years' history of the India mission ... By Andrew Gordon
Miss Elizabeth McCahon, the sixth and youngest child of John and Sarah McCahon, was born at Canonsburg, Washington county, Pa., on the 9th of June, 1850. On the 7th of January, 1865, she made a public profession of her faith, and united with the Canonsburg congregation, under the pastorate of the Rev. J. W. Bain.
Her course of literary training was begun in the public schools, and continued in the academy of her native town, after which she devoted one year in the vicinity of Canonsburg to teaching school.
In the year 1870 Miss McCahon joined the Chartiers congregation, of which the late Rev. D. M. B. McLean was pastor. In Mr. McLean's church a missionary convention was held in August, 1875, at which were present two members of our Board of Foreign Missions. These brethren, on hearing that Miss McCahon had for some considerable time cherished the desire to devote her life to mission work in a heathen land, brought her name before the Board, the result of which was her appointment to our India Mission the following month.
In the American Line steamer Ohio, Miss Wilson and Miss McCahon sailed from Philadelphia on the 7th of October, 1875, in company with Revs. J. S. Barr and A. Gordon and their families, then returning to India—a missionary company in all, children included, of twelve persons. Re-embarking from London in the steamship Tartar, on the 3d of November, we reached Bombay on the 4th, and Gujranwa'la on the 10th of December, 1875.
Our India Mission, 1855-1885: A thirty years' history of the India mission ... By Andrew Gordon
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