Mossell

Rev. Mossell and his wife labored there for several years.

Fifty Years in the Gospel Ministry from 1864 to 1914. Twenty-seven Years in the Pastorate; Sixteen Years' Active Service as Chaplain in the U. S. Army; Seven Years Professor in Wilberforce University; Two Trips to Europe; A Trip in Mexico. Theophilus Gould 1866

Rev. Mossell, returning to the states on the death of his mother, brought back to the mission field another volunteer in the person of his sister, Miss Alveretta who contracted the dread yellow fever and thus untimely came to the end, the first to fall.

Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction Compiled and edited by Hallie Q. Brown 250 p., ill. Hallie Quinn 1864

Mossell had studied the Latin, Greek and German languages but the speech of the Haytians is French and a native patois both of which it was necessary for a successful missionary to master together with Spanish which one frequently needed in daily travels.

Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction Compiled and edited by Hallie Q. Brown 250 p., ill. Hallie Quinn 1864

Mossell and her husband succeeded in creating enough interest in Hayti and at the home base to send five young Haytian gentlemen to the States for higher education at Wilberforce.

Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction Compiled and edited by Hallie Q. Brown 250 p., ill. Hallie Quinn 1864

"He wanted to put a flower down for him," said Mossell, 46, who said she grew up listening to Jackson's music.

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"He wanted to put a flower down for him," said Mossell, 46, who said she grew up listening to Jackson's music.

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Mossell had seen every house, neighbor to her own go down in flames; the small American Flag on the gallery was of no avail for, "the moment made haste when her own house must go ... .. and the family was left to make their way as best they might against the fast devouring flames and the furious mob now forcing their way into the house with bloody intent.

Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction Compiled and edited by Hallie Q. Brown 250 p., ill. Hallie Quinn 1864