Category Archives: Agnes Johnson Hopkins Pond

Ann “Nancy” Margery Rankin Adams – Living Life with Moses

Posted on September 2, 2019 by lois

One of the challenges of writing about the “soul sisters” is that several of them are completely silent. They left behind no written record, no letters, no diary, no journal, and no memoir of their years with the Dakota mission. … Continue reading →

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Life of a Legend – The Story of Jane Smith Williamson – Part III

Posted on September 10, 2016 by lois

Jane Williamson didn’t come to the Dakota mission at Lac qui Parle as a missionary. Her intention was to stay one or two years to help Thomas and Margaret with their children and teach her nieces and nephews and the … Continue reading →

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Heartbroken Heroine – Agnes Carson Johnson [Hopkins] [Pond] – Part IV

Posted on March 12, 2014 by lois

After Robert’s tragic death, Agnes had little choice but to take her children and return to her family in Ohio. She couldn’t make the trip alone, however, and it wasn’t until September that arrangements were made for her to travel … Continue reading →

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Heartbroken Heroine – Agnes Carson Johnson [Hopkins] [Pond] – Part III

Posted on March 6, 2014 by lois

Agnes, Robert and the children returned to the Dakota mission at Traverse des Sioux after little Nancy’s death in November of 1849, and resumed their work with Alexander and Lydia Huggins. Despite their ongoing frustration at their lack of success … Continue reading →

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Heartbroken Heroine – Agnes Carson Johnson [Hopkins] [Pond] – Part II

Posted on February 27, 2014 by lois

On April 4, 1844, Agnes, Robert and 6-month-old Mary Frances, left the mission at Lac qui Parle to join Stephen and Mary Riggs at the new mission at Traverse des Sioux, 110 miles to the east on the Minnesota River. … Continue reading →

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Heartbroken Heroine – Agnes Carson Johnson [Hopkins] [Pond] – Part I

Posted on February 21, 2014 by lois

On July 19, 1838, Alexander Huggins and Dr. Thomas Williamson wrote a letter to their mutual cousin, Robert Hopkins. Alexander and Thomas were at the Dakota Mission at Lac qui Parle, Minnesota, where they had been working for three years. … Continue reading →

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