NEW MEXICO TERRITORY,RANCHOS DE TAOS 1885,NEW FREEDOM TO ALICE HYSON,MISSIONARY

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She traveled West and lived there for 31 years, at a time when few white women did so.   her bio. below.
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Margaret Catherine Alice Hyson
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Margaret Catherine Alice Hyson
Other names
M.C. Alice Hyson
Alice Hyson
Personal
Born
Margaret Catherine Alice Hyson
February 22, 1861
York County, Pennsylvania
,
U.S.
Died
8 March 1915 (aged 54)
Pennsylvania
Resting place
Round Hill Presbyterian Cemetery,
East Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania
,
U.S.
Religion
Presbyterian
Nationality
American
Parents
John Hyson
Margaret (Miller) Hyson
Alma mater
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Other names
M.C. Alice Hyson
Alice Hyson
Institute
Presbyterian Church of America
Senior posting
Period in office
1884–1915
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.
Family
Born on 22 February 1861, Alice was the daughter of John Hyson and Margaret (Miller) Hyson, of Hopewell Township in
York County
,
Pennsylvania
. Alice Hyson was the seventh child of 14 children. The family, devout Presbyterians of Scotch-Irish descent, attended the Round Hill Presbyterian Church in
Stewartstown, Pennsylvania
. Her siblings were:
Jane Ann Hyson, 1848-1913
John Miller Hyson, 1850-1931
Elizabeth Mary Hyson, 1852-1921
Robert Bortner Hyson, 1853-1930
Sarah Mariah Hyson, 1855-1920
Archibald Free Hyson, 1857-1945
David A. Hyson, 1859-1936
Cordelia Elwinda Hyson, 1863-1942
Hanna Emma Abby Hyson, 1864-1947
Clara Louisa Hyson, 1866-1889
Zelia Gertrude Hyson, 1867–1931
Pleasant C. Hyson, 1869–1967
Bertha Olivia Hyson, 1873–1960
Education
Alice Hyson and her thirteen siblings were educated at the Hyson School, a one-room school house located near their farm in rural
York County
. Alice attended
Millersville Normal School
, along with her sisters.
Missionary work
In 1884, at the age of 23, Alice was sent by
Faith Haines
of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church, to the territory of New Mexico to begin her missionary service. The first school was a dark, poorly ventilated room in the house of Doña Antonia Montaño. Although the school was initially for boys only, Alice Hyson was able to reach girls as well by establishing a sewing class. "Then the mothers began to take as much pride in the girls as in the boys." After two years, the school moved to a small church. Around 1888, a new school building was built, with two classrooms and teachers' quarters.
Alice Hyson devoted 31 years of services as a Presbyterian missionary teacher at the plaza schools in
Taos, New Mexico
. She is noted for her work at Ranchos de Taos, the Presbyterian funded school. Her sisters Bertha and Cordelia also worked with her at various times.
Death
Alice Hyson lived and worked in Ranchos de Taos until her health began to decline in 1915. Then she returned to her family in Pennsylvania. She died of cancer on March 8, 1915, and was buried in Round Hill Presbyterian Cemetery, East Hopewell Township, York, Pennsylvania. Her epitaph reads: "For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love which ye have shewed toward his name".