Emma Moffett McMullen died 10 Aug 1972 in High Point, Guilford, NC, was buried at Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery on 13 Aug 1972, at 208 Vance St. She was a widower, aged 86, a homemaker, owned her home and was born 3 Mar 1886 in Ky, the daughter of Alexander Stuart Moffett and Carrie Lena Crawford.
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"McMULLEN, Rev. Robert Johnston, D.D. (1884-1962) & Mrs. Emma Hadassah Moffett.
Served in higher education in Hangchow 1911-1942. He was born in Blackstock, SC on May 18, 1884. Graduated Centre College, 1905 (awarded him a D.D. in 1920); served as assistant principal of Stanford, KY high school, 1905-1906; graduated Louisville Seminary 1909. Licensed and ordained by West Lexington Presbytery, Apr. 7, 1909. Represented the Forward Movement and the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions 1909-1911. Married Emma Moffett , Lebanon KY June 8, 1910. (She was born in Stanford, KY Mar. 3, 1883, one of six siblings who served in China.
Graduated Lewisburg Seminary, Lewisburg, WVa, then taught school for five years.) They were appointed to China in 1911. He served as an evangelistic missionary in Hangchow 1911-1932; in addition to his rural evangelistic work, he was largely influential in building the Stuart Memorial Church. He became professor at Hangchow Christian College 1932-1938, and president there 1938-1942. During the Japanese occupation in the late 1930s, Hangchow Christian College moved to the International Settlement of Shanghai, as did several other schools.
Returning to the US in 1942 on the repatriation ship Gripsholm, he became president of Centre College in Kentucky, 1944-1946; then Executive Secretary of the United Board for Christian Colleges in China, residing in New York 1946-1952. He served as temporary supply at First Church, Chapel Hill, NC 1953-1953. Honorably retired in 1953, he died Dec. 26, 1962. G.T. Brown, 242, 247, 277. Scott (1941), 483; (1951), 459; (1967), 372. Price, 94f."
Presbyterian Heritage Center Biographical Missionaries Index, China, 2010;
http://www.phcmontreat.org/bios/Bios-Missionaries-China-1900-1920-PCUS.htm
Info from: LSP (FAG# 46860931)
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"McMULLEN, Rev. Robert Johnston, D.D. (1884-1962) & Mrs. Emma Hadassah Moffett.
Served in higher education in Hangchow 1911-1942. He was born in Blackstock, SC on May 18, 1884. Graduated Centre College, 1905 (awarded him a D.D. in 1920); served as assistant principal of Stanford, KY high school, 1905-1906; graduated Louisville Seminary 1909. Licensed and ordained by West Lexington Presbytery, Apr. 7, 1909. Represented the Forward Movement and the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions 1909-1911. Married Emma Moffett , Lebanon KY June 8, 1910. (She was born in Stanford, KY Mar. 3, 1883, one of six siblings who served in China.
Graduated Lewisburg Seminary, Lewisburg, WVa, then taught school for five years.) They were appointed to China in 1911. He served as an evangelistic missionary in Hangchow 1911-1932; in addition to his rural evangelistic work, he was largely influential in building the Stuart Memorial Church. He became professor at Hangchow Christian College 1932-1938, and president there 1938-1942. During the Japanese occupation in the late 1930s, Hangchow Christian College moved to the International Settlement of Shanghai, as did several other schools.
Returning to the US in 1942 on the repatriation ship Gripsholm, he became president of Centre College in Kentucky, 1944-1946; then Executive Secretary of the United Board for Christian Colleges in China, residing in New York 1946-1952. He served as temporary supply at First Church, Chapel Hill, NC 1953-1953. Honorably retired in 1953, he died Dec. 26, 1962. G.T. Brown, 242, 247, 277. Scott (1941), 483; (1951), 459; (1967), 372. Price, 94f."
Presbyterian Heritage Center Biographical Missionaries Index, China, 2010;
http://www.phcmontreat.org/bios/Bios-Missionaries-China-1900-1920-PCUS.htm
Info from: LSP (FAG# 46860931)
Emma Moffett McMullen died 10 Aug 1972 in High Point, Guilford, NC, was buried at Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery on 13 Aug 1972, at 208 Vance St. She was a widower, aged 86, a homemaker, owned her home and was born 3 Mar 1886 in Ky, the daughter of Alexander Stuart Moffett and Carrie Lena Crawford.
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"McMULLEN, Rev. Robert Johnston, D.D. (1884-1962) & Mrs. Emma Hadassah Moffett.
Served in higher education in Hangchow 1911-1942. He was born in Blackstock, SC on May 18, 1884. Graduated Centre College, 1905 (awarded him a D.D. in 1920); served as assistant principal of Stanford, KY high school, 1905-1906; graduated Louisville Seminary 1909. Licensed and ordained by West Lexington Presbytery, Apr. 7, 1909. Represented the Forward Movement and the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions 1909-1911. Married Emma Moffett , Lebanon KY June 8, 1910. (She was born in Stanford, KY Mar. 3, 1883, one of six siblings who served in China.
Graduated Lewisburg Seminary, Lewisburg, WVa, then taught school for five years.) They were appointed to China in 1911. He served as an evangelistic missionary in Hangchow 1911-1932; in addition to his rural evangelistic work, he was largely influential in building the Stuart Memorial Church. He became professor at Hangchow Christian College 1932-1938, and president there 1938-1942. During the Japanese occupation in the late 1930s, Hangchow Christian College moved to the International Settlement of Shanghai, as did several other schools.
Returning to the US in 1942 on the repatriation ship Gripsholm, he became president of Centre College in Kentucky, 1944-1946; then Executive Secretary of the United Board for Christian Colleges in China, residing in New York 1946-1952. He served as temporary supply at First Church, Chapel Hill, NC 1953-1953. Honorably retired in 1953, he died Dec. 26, 1962. G.T. Brown, 242, 247, 277. Scott (1941), 483; (1951), 459; (1967), 372. Price, 94f."
Presbyterian Heritage Center Biographical Missionaries Index, China, 2010;
http://www.phcmontreat.org/bios/Bios-Missionaries-China-1900-1920-PCUS.htm
Info from: LSP (FAG# 46860931)
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"McMULLEN, Rev. Robert Johnston, D.D. (1884-1962) & Mrs. Emma Hadassah Moffett.
Served in higher education in Hangchow 1911-1942. He was born in Blackstock, SC on May 18, 1884. Graduated Centre College, 1905 (awarded him a D.D. in 1920); served as assistant principal of Stanford, KY high school, 1905-1906; graduated Louisville Seminary 1909. Licensed and ordained by West Lexington Presbytery, Apr. 7, 1909. Represented the Forward Movement and the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions 1909-1911. Married Emma Moffett , Lebanon KY June 8, 1910. (She was born in Stanford, KY Mar. 3, 1883, one of six siblings who served in China.
Graduated Lewisburg Seminary, Lewisburg, WVa, then taught school for five years.) They were appointed to China in 1911. He served as an evangelistic missionary in Hangchow 1911-1932; in addition to his rural evangelistic work, he was largely influential in building the Stuart Memorial Church. He became professor at Hangchow Christian College 1932-1938, and president there 1938-1942. During the Japanese occupation in the late 1930s, Hangchow Christian College moved to the International Settlement of Shanghai, as did several other schools.
Returning to the US in 1942 on the repatriation ship Gripsholm, he became president of Centre College in Kentucky, 1944-1946; then Executive Secretary of the United Board for Christian Colleges in China, residing in New York 1946-1952. He served as temporary supply at First Church, Chapel Hill, NC 1953-1953. Honorably retired in 1953, he died Dec. 26, 1962. G.T. Brown, 242, 247, 277. Scott (1941), 483; (1951), 459; (1967), 372. Price, 94f."
Presbyterian Heritage Center Biographical Missionaries Index, China, 2010;
http://www.phcmontreat.org/bios/Bios-Missionaries-China-1900-1920-PCUS.htm
Info from: LSP (FAG# 46860931)
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