Mattoon family.

Stephen Mattoon (1815-1889); Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. missionary to Siam with a particular interest in the translation and distribution of Christian literature in Siamese; his chief project was a complete Siamese New Testament; appointed the first United States Consul in Bangkok, from 1856 until 1859; left Siam in 1856 and, after a pastorate at Ballston Spa, N.Y., served as President of Biddle Institute (now Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary) in North Carolina until his death.

Mary Lourie Mattoon (d. 1885), Stephen's wife, taught English and took Siamese girls and young women into her home, instructing and training them as Christians. She returned to the United States in 1864, two years before her husband, because of ill health. The Matoons had three children: Lourie (1850-1851), Mary Lourie (b. 1854) and Emma Williams (b. 1857) and also adopted a Siamese child, whom they christened Esther.