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[[File:SamanthaKnoxCondit1912.jpg|thumb|Samantha Knox Condit, from a 1912 publication.]]
'''Samantha Knox Condit''' (August 27, 1837 – August 18, 1912) was an American teacher and Presbyterian missionary, working in the Chinese community of [[San Francisco, California]] and surroundings.
==Early life==
Samantha Davis Knox (known as "Mansie") was born in [[Hollidays Cove, West Virginia]], the daughter of Andrew Knox and Elizabeth Knox.<ref name="Ferguson">Mary Ferguson and Mary Campbell Bowman, [https://ift.tt/2OYJbDa "The History of Hollidays Cove: A New Ferry Established in the Cove"] ''Weirton Daily Times'' (January 2, 1974): 6. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref> She trained as a teacher at [[Steubenville Female Seminary]] in Ohio.<ref name="Herald">[https://ift.tt/2ztGEMa "Samantha Knox Condit"] ''The Assembly Herald'' (October 1912): 541.</ref>
==Career==
Samantha Knox taught English at the Steubenville Female Seminary for fourteen years after her graduation from the same school. As Mrs. Condit, she worked with her husband as an American Presbyterian missionary in the Chinese community of [[San Francisco, California]] from 1872 until she died in 1912.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2P1ylvX Guide to the Condit Family Papers], Presbyterian Historical Society.</ref> She began and presided over the Occidental Board of Foreign Missions from her own home in its first months.<ref name="Herald" /><ref>[https://ift.tt/2znyaq0 "Missions; First Regular Meeting of the Pacific Branch"] '' Los Angeles Times'' (January 9, 1889): 2. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref> She helped to found a rescue home for Chinese women in San Francisco, later called the Cameron House after [[Donaldina Cameron]].<ref name="Noted">[https://ift.tt/2OZWvXP "Noted Mission Worker Dies After Long Career"] ''San Francisco Examiner'' (August 20, 1912): 3. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref> In 1888 she attended the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a delegate representing the Woman's Missionary Society.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2znybu4 "A Chinese Scholar"] ''The Record-Argus'' (March 19, 1900): 1. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref> She organized activities for women and children at the Chinese Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, where her husband was the pastor, and taught Bible classes. "Mrs. Condit has been engaged in the work in the Chinese quarter for the past twenty-six years, and makes a house-to-house visitation each week," explained a 1998 report.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2P1ygIF "King's Daughters Entertainment in the Chinese Church"] ''San Francisco Examiner'' (October 15, 1998): 3. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref>
Samantha Knox Condit was also involved in temperance work, as in 1882, when she presented a petition to the mayor of Oakland from the women of the city, demanding that saloons be kept closed on Sundays.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2znyc16 "The Women of Oakland"] ''Oakland Tribune'' (April 17, 1882): 3. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref>
==Personal life==
Samantha Knox traveled to California in 1871 to stay with her brother William.<ref>Mary Ferguson and Mary Campbell Bowman, [https://ift.tt/2P3hHft "The History of Hollidays Cove: Samantha Finds Romance in California"] ''Weirton Daily Times'' (January 11, 1974): 4. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref> She married an old friend,<ref name="Ferguson" /> the Rev. Ira Miller Condit (1833-1915), in 1872, and helped to raise his children from his first marriage. Samantha Knox Condit died in [[Oakland, California]] in 1912, after a long illness, aged 74 years.<ref name="Herald" /><ref>[https://ift.tt/2zpbwxz "Death of Mrs. Condit"] ''Woman's Work'' (November 1912): 254.</ref> [[Ng Poon Chew]] was one of the pastors assisting at her funeral service.<ref name="Noted"/>
==References==
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[[Category:People from Weirton, West Virginia]]
'''Samantha Knox Condit''' (August 27, 1837 – August 18, 1912) was an American teacher and Presbyterian missionary, working in the Chinese community of [[San Francisco, California]] and surroundings.
==Early life==
Samantha Davis Knox (known as "Mansie") was born in [[Hollidays Cove, West Virginia]], the daughter of Andrew Knox and Elizabeth Knox.<ref name="Ferguson">Mary Ferguson and Mary Campbell Bowman, [https://ift.tt/2OYJbDa "The History of Hollidays Cove: A New Ferry Established in the Cove"] ''Weirton Daily Times'' (January 2, 1974): 6. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref> She trained as a teacher at [[Steubenville Female Seminary]] in Ohio.<ref name="Herald">[https://ift.tt/2ztGEMa "Samantha Knox Condit"] ''The Assembly Herald'' (October 1912): 541.</ref>
==Career==
Samantha Knox taught English at the Steubenville Female Seminary for fourteen years after her graduation from the same school. As Mrs. Condit, she worked with her husband as an American Presbyterian missionary in the Chinese community of [[San Francisco, California]] from 1872 until she died in 1912.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2P1ylvX Guide to the Condit Family Papers], Presbyterian Historical Society.</ref> She began and presided over the Occidental Board of Foreign Missions from her own home in its first months.<ref name="Herald" /><ref>[https://ift.tt/2znyaq0 "Missions; First Regular Meeting of the Pacific Branch"] '' Los Angeles Times'' (January 9, 1889): 2. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref> She helped to found a rescue home for Chinese women in San Francisco, later called the Cameron House after [[Donaldina Cameron]].<ref name="Noted">[https://ift.tt/2OZWvXP "Noted Mission Worker Dies After Long Career"] ''San Francisco Examiner'' (August 20, 1912): 3. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref> In 1888 she attended the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a delegate representing the Woman's Missionary Society.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2znybu4 "A Chinese Scholar"] ''The Record-Argus'' (March 19, 1900): 1. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref> She organized activities for women and children at the Chinese Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, where her husband was the pastor, and taught Bible classes. "Mrs. Condit has been engaged in the work in the Chinese quarter for the past twenty-six years, and makes a house-to-house visitation each week," explained a 1998 report.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2P1ygIF "King's Daughters Entertainment in the Chinese Church"] ''San Francisco Examiner'' (October 15, 1998): 3. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref>
Samantha Knox Condit was also involved in temperance work, as in 1882, when she presented a petition to the mayor of Oakland from the women of the city, demanding that saloons be kept closed on Sundays.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2znyc16 "The Women of Oakland"] ''Oakland Tribune'' (April 17, 1882): 3. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref>
==Personal life==
Samantha Knox traveled to California in 1871 to stay with her brother William.<ref>Mary Ferguson and Mary Campbell Bowman, [https://ift.tt/2P3hHft "The History of Hollidays Cove: Samantha Finds Romance in California"] ''Weirton Daily Times'' (January 11, 1974): 4. via [[Newspapers.com]]</ref> She married an old friend,<ref name="Ferguson" /> the Rev. Ira Miller Condit (1833-1915), in 1872, and helped to raise his children from his first marriage. Samantha Knox Condit died in [[Oakland, California]] in 1912, after a long illness, aged 74 years.<ref name="Herald" /><ref>[https://ift.tt/2zpbwxz "Death of Mrs. Condit"] ''Woman's Work'' (November 1912): 254.</ref> [[Ng Poon Chew]] was one of the pastors assisting at her funeral service.<ref name="Noted"/>
==References==
==External links==
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[[Category:1837 births]]
[[Category:1912 deaths]]
[[Category:American Presbyterian missionaries]]
[[Category:People from Weirton, West Virginia]]
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