Snow, Lydia Vose Buck, 1820-1887

Congregational missionary; wife of Rev. Benjamin Galen Snow; sailed from Boston to become missionaries of American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Micronesia; arrived in Hawaii Mar. 1852; left Honolulu on schooner Caroline in 1852 with fellow missionaries such as Luther Halsey Gulick and his wife Louisa Mitchell Lewis Gulick. The Snows started a mission on the Micronesian island of Kosrae (earlier known as Kusai, Kusaie, or Strong's Island) and were stationed at Ponape (later name: Pohnpei) from 1852-ca. 1877; following her husband's death in 1880, Snow resumed her missionary work in Kosrae; because of poor health, returned to U.S. in 1882.

From the description of Papers, 1851-[198-]. (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70978972