1831–1885
Mrs. M. M. B. Goodwin

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Born: 1831, Tomp­kins Coun­ty, New York.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 22, 1885, Cleve­land, Ohio.

Buried: Char­don Mu­ni­ci­pal Ce­me­te­ry, Char­don, Ohio.

Biography

Marcia was the daugh­ter of John A. Bas­sett and Eu­nice Back­us. She mar­ried twice, to Or­son Ro­dol­phus Col­grove (1826–1869) and Eli­jah Good­win (1869).

Marcia was a mem­ber of the Dis­ciples of Christ, and a lead­er of the Chris­tian Wo­men’s Board of Mis­sions.

She ed­it­ed the Chris­tian Mo­ni­tor for some time, as well as the Mo­ther’s Mo­ni­tor, Chris­tian Com­pan­ion (1863–88), The Am­er­ican House­wife (1869–72) and the Chris­tian Wo­man’s Board of Mis­sions’ month­ly Mis­sion­ary Tid­ings.

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