Margaret Catherine Alice Hyson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Margaret Catherine Alice Hyson

American missionary

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1861

Place of Birth: York County, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1915

Profession: missionary

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Margaret Catherine Alice Hyson

  • Margaret Catherine Alice Hyson (also known as M.C.
  • Alice Hyson; Alice Hyson) (Feb.
  • 22, 1861–March 8, 1915) was an American missionary.
  • She spent 31 years as a missionary in the Western territories at a time when few white women were traveling to the West, to the Taos, New Mexico and Santa Fe de Nuevo México regions.
  • Hyson would go on to build the John Hyson School in Chimayo, New Mexico, now the only remaining elementary Presbyterian mission school left in New Mexico.
  • The mission at Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico was named for her: the Alice Hyson Mission, for her service to the Presbyterian Church of America.
  • Aside from providing a religious and academic education, she also provided rudimentary health care.

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