Schlosser, George, 1875-1936.

George Donald Schlosser was born in Clinton County, Missouri in 1875. Maria Christina (Mary) Ogren was born in Jamestown, New York in 1885. They met while attending Greenville College in Illinois in 1905. George Schlosser left Greenville in 1906 to serve in South Africa under the Foreign Missionary Board of the Free Methodist Church. In 1908, he arrived in China and took responsibility for an orphanage in Kiangsu Province. After her graduation from Greenville College in 1909, Mary Ogren was stationed in Chengchow for Chinese language study. George and Mary Schlosser were married in 1911 and continued their work together in China until George's death in 1936. Mary returned to China twice after her husband's death, first from 1939-1940 and then from 1946-1949. In the years between her missionary work, she served as a pastor in North Dakota (1942-1944) and South Dakota (1951-1952). Mary Schlosser died in Kansas in 1955.

From the description of George and Mary Schlosser papers, 1906-1952 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702182064

• 1875: George Donald Schlosser born in Clinton County, Missouri, son of John and Drusilla Schlosser
• 1885: Maria Christina (Mary) Ogren born in Jamestown, New York, daughter of J. Peter and Anna Maria Ogren
• 1896 - 1898 : GDS attended South Dakota Agricultural College.
• 1898 - 1899 : GDS joined First South Dakota Infantry of U.S. Volunteers and saw action in the Philippines.
• 1905 Jan: GDS entered Greenville College, a Free Methodist college in Greenville, Illinois.
• 1905 Sep: MCO entered Greenville College, joined Student Volunteer Band, met GDS who was Band's leader.
• 1906 Nov: GDS left Greenville to serve in South Africa under the Foreign Missionary Board of the Free Methodist Church.
• 1907: GDS and MCO engaged
• 1907 fall: GDS received permission to switch his field from Africa to China, his first choice and MCO's strong preference.
• 1908 Mar: GDS arrived in China, took responsibility for an orphanage in Tsing Kiang P'u, Kiangsu Province. Orphanage was financed by Christian Herald magazine.
• 1909: MCO graduated from Greenville College.
• 1909 Dec - 1911 Jan : MCO stationed in Chengchow for language study.
• 1911 Jan 13: GDS and MCO married. Children: Frances, Mary Winifred, John, Anabel. Frances later served as a nurse for Yale-in-China.
• 1911: Civil war forced evacuation of missionaries to Shanghai; GDS returned to Tsing Kiang P'u for famine relief work.
• 1914 - 1918 : Schlossers stationed in Kaifeng and Kihsien, Honan Province; Mary was active in evangelistic work among women while George had administrative as well as evangelistic duties.
• 1918 - 1919 : Furlough in U.S.
• 1919 - 1927 : Stationed in Kihsien, summers spent in Chikungshan
• 1927 - 1928 : Furlough in U.S.
• 1928 - 1936 : Stationed in Kihsien for one year, then in Jungtseh, Honan Province
• 1936 Dec 9: GDS died in St. Louis, Missouri, while family was on furlough.
• 1939 - 1940 : MOS in China for one year before disruption of war caused her return to U.S.
• 1942 - 1944 : MOS served as pastor of Free Methodist Church in Valley City, North Dakota.
• 1946 - 1949 : MOS returned to China, stationed first in Kaifeng and then in Chungking.
• 1951 - 1952 : MOS served as pastor of church in Brookings, South Dakota.
• 1955 Apr 18: MOS died in Kansas.

For additional biographical information see: George and Mary Schlosser: Ambassadors for Christ in China by Frances Schlosser Scherer

From the guide to the George and Mary Schlosser Papers, 1901-1988, (Yale University Divinity School Library)