ISABELLA THOBURN
BORN AT ST. CLAIRSVILLE,
OHIO USA
29TH MARCH 1840
DIED AT LUCKNOW
1ST SEPTEMBER 1901.
FIRST MISSIONARY OF THE WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
FOUNDER OF THE WOMAN'S COLLEGE AT LUCKNOW
FOR THIRTY ONE YEARS A
MISSIONARY IN INDIA
SWIFT TO HEAR PROMPT TO OBEY DILIGENT TO SERVE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH SHE RESTS FROM HER LABOURS AND HER WORKS ALSO FOLLOW HER
David Lyle Thoburn who died in 1905 and is buried in this cemetery was Isabella's nephew.
(Pic: Monday May 27, 2013 Nishatganj Cemetery)
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