Obituary Charlotte Amelia Worth, Marlit, Brown, Ashmore
Mrs. Charles A. Ashmore March 8, 1923
Few indeed of the missionary body are permitted to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their arrival on their field of service, but Mrs. Charlotte A. Ashmore had that privilege on Feb 7, 1923. In a side-wheeler steamer, at a stormy time of year, she crossed the Pacific with her two little daughters and her husband. Dr. Nathan Brown, thirty years her senior, to start an American Baptist mission in Yokohama. It took courage of an enduring type to face the struggles of those early days; many a time did the community doctor call for her help because no trained nurses were to be had and her practical wisdom and sympathy were freely given to all classes. It was the contagion of her fearlessness which led our Yokohama Christians to volunteer for hospital work during one of the worst of the cholera epidemics of those days. House-keeping at that time was no easy matter, but many tired travelers from the ill-smelling boats of those years were refreshed by her hospitality. Many a lonely young man in business in this port city of Yokohama found a mother and a home in the Brown household. The scholarly Dr. Brown himself said that it was his wife who had enabled him to make his translation of the New Testament through her efficient care of all household details and by freeing him from all interruptions.
After her husband's death in 1886, Mrs. Brown opened a small Girls' School in her own home, later transferring it to a building next door. During her first furlough, in 1889, she secured in America appropriations for land and buildings and the services of Miss Clara A. Converse, thus becoming the founder of the successful and well-known Soshin Jo Gakko, now in the suburbs of Yokohama.
In 1890 Mrs. Brown was married to Dr. William Ashmore, pioneer missionary and prince of mission orators, working in Swatow, China. Subsequent summers were spent in Karuizawa, and many will recall those inspiring Bible classes taught by Dr. Ashmore. In 1903 they returned finally to America, later making their home with Mrs. Ashmore's son, Dr. Nathan Worth Brown, in Toledo, Ohio. Again, she was left a widow in 1909, but in five months she was on her way to the orient-this time accompanied by her son and his little family, enroute for medical work in Nanking, China. Mrs. Ashmore paid them yearly visits until their return to America in 1915. Her home has been with her daughter, Mrs. MacArthur, of 211 Bluff, Yokohama. Her other daughter, Mrs. A. W. Curtis, of Kobe, was also with her when on March 8, 1923 a close came to her long life of unselfish service for others in three great countries of the world.
Source: The Christian Movement in Japan, Korea and Formosa, A Yearbook of Christian Work, Published in 1923.
Mrs. Charles A. Ashmore March 8, 1923
Few indeed of the missionary body are permitted to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their arrival on their field of service, but Mrs. Charlotte A. Ashmore had that privilege on Feb 7, 1923. In a side-wheeler steamer, at a stormy time of year, she crossed the Pacific with her two little daughters and her husband. Dr. Nathan Brown, thirty years her senior, to start an American Baptist mission in Yokohama. It took courage of an enduring type to face the struggles of those early days; many a time did the community doctor call for her help because no trained nurses were to be had and her practical wisdom and sympathy were freely given to all classes. It was the contagion of her fearlessness which led our Yokohama Christians to volunteer for hospital work during one of the worst of the cholera epidemics of those days. House-keeping at that time was no easy matter, but many tired travelers from the ill-smelling boats of those years were refreshed by her hospitality. Many a lonely young man in business in this port city of Yokohama found a mother and a home in the Brown household. The scholarly Dr. Brown himself said that it was his wife who had enabled him to make his translation of the New Testament through her efficient care of all household details and by freeing him from all interruptions.
After her husband's death in 1886, Mrs. Brown opened a small Girls' School in her own home, later transferring it to a building next door. During her first furlough, in 1889, she secured in America appropriations for land and buildings and the services of Miss Clara A. Converse, thus becoming the founder of the successful and well-known Soshin Jo Gakko, now in the suburbs of Yokohama.
In 1890 Mrs. Brown was married to Dr. William Ashmore, pioneer missionary and prince of mission orators, working in Swatow, China. Subsequent summers were spent in Karuizawa, and many will recall those inspiring Bible classes taught by Dr. Ashmore. In 1903 they returned finally to America, later making their home with Mrs. Ashmore's son, Dr. Nathan Worth Brown, in Toledo, Ohio. Again, she was left a widow in 1909, but in five months she was on her way to the orient-this time accompanied by her son and his little family, enroute for medical work in Nanking, China. Mrs. Ashmore paid them yearly visits until their return to America in 1915. Her home has been with her daughter, Mrs. MacArthur, of 211 Bluff, Yokohama. Her other daughter, Mrs. A. W. Curtis, of Kobe, was also with her when on March 8, 1923 a close came to her long life of unselfish service for others in three great countries of the world.
Source: The Christian Movement in Japan, Korea and Formosa, A Yearbook of Christian Work, Published in 1923.
Obituary Charlotte Amelia Worth, Marlit, Brown, Ashmore
Mrs. Charles A. Ashmore March 8, 1923
Few indeed of the missionary body are permitted to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their arrival on their field of service, but Mrs. Charlotte A. Ashmore had that privilege on Feb 7, 1923. In a side-wheeler steamer, at a stormy time of year, she crossed the Pacific with her two little daughters and her husband. Dr. Nathan Brown, thirty years her senior, to start an American Baptist mission in Yokohama. It took courage of an enduring type to face the struggles of those early days; many a time did the community doctor call for her help because no trained nurses were to be had and her practical wisdom and sympathy were freely given to all classes. It was the contagion of her fearlessness which led our Yokohama Christians to volunteer for hospital work during one of the worst of the cholera epidemics of those days. House-keeping at that time was no easy matter, but many tired travelers from the ill-smelling boats of those years were refreshed by her hospitality. Many a lonely young man in business in this port city of Yokohama found a mother and a home in the Brown household. The scholarly Dr. Brown himself said that it was his wife who had enabled him to make his translation of the New Testament through her efficient care of all household details and by freeing him from all interruptions.
After her husband's death in 1886, Mrs. Brown opened a small Girls' School in her own home, later transferring it to a building next door. During her first furlough, in 1889, she secured in America appropriations for land and buildings and the services of Miss Clara A. Converse, thus becoming the founder of the successful and well-known Soshin Jo Gakko, now in the suburbs of Yokohama.
In 1890 Mrs. Brown was married to Dr. William Ashmore, pioneer missionary and prince of mission orators, working in Swatow, China. Subsequent summers were spent in Karuizawa, and many will recall those inspiring Bible classes taught by Dr. Ashmore. In 1903 they returned finally to America, later making their home with Mrs. Ashmore's son, Dr. Nathan Worth Brown, in Toledo, Ohio. Again, she was left a widow in 1909, but in five months she was on her way to the orient-this time accompanied by her son and his little family, enroute for medical work in Nanking, China. Mrs. Ashmore paid them yearly visits until their return to America in 1915. Her home has been with her daughter, Mrs. MacArthur, of 211 Bluff, Yokohama. Her other daughter, Mrs. A. W. Curtis, of Kobe, was also with her when on March 8, 1923 a close came to her long life of unselfish service for others in three great countries of the world.
Source: The Christian Movement in Japan, Korea and Formosa, A Yearbook of Christian Work, Published in 1923.
Mrs. Charles A. Ashmore March 8, 1923
Few indeed of the missionary body are permitted to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their arrival on their field of service, but Mrs. Charlotte A. Ashmore had that privilege on Feb 7, 1923. In a side-wheeler steamer, at a stormy time of year, she crossed the Pacific with her two little daughters and her husband. Dr. Nathan Brown, thirty years her senior, to start an American Baptist mission in Yokohama. It took courage of an enduring type to face the struggles of those early days; many a time did the community doctor call for her help because no trained nurses were to be had and her practical wisdom and sympathy were freely given to all classes. It was the contagion of her fearlessness which led our Yokohama Christians to volunteer for hospital work during one of the worst of the cholera epidemics of those days. House-keeping at that time was no easy matter, but many tired travelers from the ill-smelling boats of those years were refreshed by her hospitality. Many a lonely young man in business in this port city of Yokohama found a mother and a home in the Brown household. The scholarly Dr. Brown himself said that it was his wife who had enabled him to make his translation of the New Testament through her efficient care of all household details and by freeing him from all interruptions.
After her husband's death in 1886, Mrs. Brown opened a small Girls' School in her own home, later transferring it to a building next door. During her first furlough, in 1889, she secured in America appropriations for land and buildings and the services of Miss Clara A. Converse, thus becoming the founder of the successful and well-known Soshin Jo Gakko, now in the suburbs of Yokohama.
In 1890 Mrs. Brown was married to Dr. William Ashmore, pioneer missionary and prince of mission orators, working in Swatow, China. Subsequent summers were spent in Karuizawa, and many will recall those inspiring Bible classes taught by Dr. Ashmore. In 1903 they returned finally to America, later making their home with Mrs. Ashmore's son, Dr. Nathan Worth Brown, in Toledo, Ohio. Again, she was left a widow in 1909, but in five months she was on her way to the orient-this time accompanied by her son and his little family, enroute for medical work in Nanking, China. Mrs. Ashmore paid them yearly visits until their return to America in 1915. Her home has been with her daughter, Mrs. MacArthur, of 211 Bluff, Yokohama. Her other daughter, Mrs. A. W. Curtis, of Kobe, was also with her when on March 8, 1923 a close came to her long life of unselfish service for others in three great countries of the world.
Source: The Christian Movement in Japan, Korea and Formosa, A Yearbook of Christian Work, Published in 1923.
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