Rev. Dr. Nathan Sites was the son of Robert and Sarah (Fidler) Sites. He was the husband of Sarah Ann (Moore) Sites. They were married March 6, 1861. Sarah died December 18, 1912. Rev. Sites was a 19th century Methodist Episcopal Missionary stationed at Foo-Chow Mission from 1861 until his death.

Sites, Sarah Moore
Nathan Sites: An Epic Of The East, Revell, c1912
Rev. Dr. Nathan Sites served as a Methodist Episcopal Missionary in the Fukien/Fujian Province of China from 1861-1895. He argued and labored for the creation of a strong and independent Chinese Church. He ordained many of the earliest native Christian ministers, most famously a former Confucian scholar, Sia Sek Ong. After his ordination Rev. Sia toured the United States where he was feted with honorary degrees and an audience with President Grover Cleveland.

National Repository
edited by Daniel Curry
1880, Page 245
Rev. Nathan Sites is on board the ship "Kathay" with Rev. McClay and family. They are bound for Foo-Chow. The trip took 101 days. - June 1, 1861

Rev. Nathan Site - 1891
Dean of the School of Theology, Foochow University, member of Hok Ing Tong Quarterly Conference

Death Notice
The Christian Advocate
March 28, 1895
SITES.--Dr. Hugh Johnston, Pastor of Metropolitan Church, Washington, D. C., announced by telegram on Saturday to the Missionary Office that Nathan Sites, a veteran missionary of Foo-Chow Mission, is dead. We have no particulars. Let prayers ascend for the stricken family and for the bereaved Mission. Nathan Sites was a classmate of mine in Ohio Wesleyan University. He caught the missionary fire in our students' missionary prayer meeting thirty-seven years years ago. It burned on for a lifetime. He was a noble, patient, loving, generous, humble man, who counted not his life dear unto himself so that he might finish his course with joy in the ministry which he received from the Lord Jesus Christ. Mrs. Sites is residing at present with her son in Washington. Memorial services will be held on March 31 in Metropolitan Church, of that city. Recording Secretary Baldwin, formerly of Foo-Chow Mission, and Bishop William Xavier Ninde, recently returned from China, are expected to be present.
Written by C. C. McCabe

Wiley, Rev. Isaac William
The Mission Cemetery and the Fallen Missionaries of Fuh-Chau/Foochow China.
New York, Carlton & Porter, c1858

Bashford, Rev. James Whitford
China and Methodism.
Page 56
Rev. Nathan Sites is buried at Foo-Chow Mission Cemetery.

GCAH
The General Commission on Archives and History
The United Methodist Church
Mission Biographical Reference Files, 1880s-1969
Sites, Nathan and Mrs. Sites

Crouch, Archie E.
Christianity in China: a Scholars Guide to Resources in the Libraries and Archives of the United States, c1989, Page 268
No. 32 - Nathan Sites Papers, 1864-1869, 3 volumes
-Correspondence/Diaries: 2 volumes of Sites' journal and correspondence, 1864-1869
-Memorabilia: Scrapbook, 1864-1869