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Friday, May 15, 2026

Can we identify this person to her first name?

 A paragraph from current SI 3 chapter. Note Mrs. William Le Claire. Her husband was an enrolled tribal member. I cannot find her in that record. Who, exactly was she?

As I did in volume three of this work, I’ll focus on a narrow geographical area, in this case the States of Kansas and Ohio, a choice driven by available records. There were several Watch Tower evangelists preaching there in the 1880-1886 period and whose ministry produced results. We noted some in volume two – an Advent Christian Clergyman, J. S. Lawver, an anonymous adherents. New to this research is Mrs. William Le Claire. We know little about her beyond a letter sent from her to the editor of the St. Paul, Minnesota, New Era Enterprise. She was, she wrote, one of the first Millennial Dawn colporteurs, evangelizing in Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas. For twelve years – approximately from 1887 to 1899 – she traveled by covered wagon promoting Watch Tower publications.[1]



[1]               Mrs. William Le Claire, “Old Timer” Longing for Home, New Era Enterprise¸


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