Maria Hyde Hibbard
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| Born | Maria Hyde September 10, 1820 Oxford, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 30, 1913 (aged 92) |
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Maria Hyde Hibbard (née, Hyde; 1820–1913) was an American educator and an executive in two women's organizations. She served as President of the New York State Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)[1] and of the New York Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Early life and education
[edit]Maria Hyde was born in Oxford, Chenango County, New York, September 10, 1820.[2] Her parents were Asahel Johnson Hyde (1797–1880) and Mary Osborne (Hinckley) (1798–1884). Maria's siblings were Orimal, Henry, Ammi, John, Mary, Peter, and Laura.[3] The family home had a highly spiritual and intellectual atmosphere.[1]
She was educated at the Oxford Academy.[1]
Career
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After graduation and when only 18 years of age, she became the preceptress of in the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, at Lima, New York. While holding that position, she married Rev. Freeborn Garretson Hibbard, D.D., of the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC), in 1846.[2] She went on to serve as associate principal of the Seneca Collegiate Institute, also of the Binghamton Academy; and was afterward preceptress of Oxford Academy.[1]
Hibbard was elected as the second President of the New York State WCTU at Poughkeepsie in 1879, which office she filled for three years,[4] ending the service only because of responsibilities at home. It was during these busy years that she organized temperance work among the Native Americans on the reservation in Western New York.[1]
By 1877 and still in 1885, living in Clifton Springs, New York, Hibbard served as president of the New York Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the MEC, retaining the position for several years.[2][5][6]
She kept even pace with her husband (the author of several theological works) in both literary and spiritual accomplishments.[1]
Personal life
[edit]When her husband became ill, she was obliged to put aside her public work and devote herself to his care;[1] Rev. Hibbard died in 1895.
Maria Hyde Hibbard died in Clifton Springs, New York, April 30, 1913.[2][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Graham, Frances W.; Gardenier, Georgeanna M. Remington (1894). "MRS. MARIA HYDE HIBBARD.". Two Decades: A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York : 1874–1894. Press of R.J. Oliphant. p. 32. Retrieved 25 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d Gracey, Lilly R. (15 May 1913). "Mrs. Maria H. Hubbard". The Christian Advocate. 88 (20). T. Carlton & J. Porter: 683. Retrieved 25 January 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Maria Hyde Female 10 September 1820 – 30 April 1913". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ Durkee, Jacob Hilton (1908). History of the World's Temperance Centennial Congress and Memorial of Dr. Billy J. Clark: Held at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., June 14–23, 1908. Press of Spinning, Davis & Steele. p. 125. Retrieved 25 January 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Hubbard, Nella S. (July 1885). "New York Branch". The Heathen Woman's Friend. 17 (1). Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church: 15. Retrieved 25 January 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Methodist Episcopal Church". The Methodist Almanac. G. Lane: 31. 1877. Retrieved 25 January 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Mrs. Marie Hyde Hibbard". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 2 May 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 25 January 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
