To make up for a whole bunch of blog posts, I am publishing in post format the biographies I compiled for my world-famous “The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society for all articles relating to their Central Africa Mission from 1876-1905.” I appreciate your patience!
Rev. James Arthur Ross
Born: March 25, 1877, at Kipton
Died: 1958†
Rev. J.A. Ross studied at Nottingham Institute and was ordained on March 21, 1904 [May 1904]. He had been inspired by the death of his friend Rev. James Lawson [May 1904] and was also a skilled carpenter†. He departed England on April 21, 1904 [Jun 1904] slated for Kambole. On September 20, 1908, he married Maria Smith. He conducted training of evangelists and preachers and did work in experimental agriculture as well as industrial work.
Rev. Thomas Francis Shaw
Born: January 13, 1856, at Birmingham
Rev. T.F. Shaw studied at Glasgow and Spring Hill Colleges and was ordained May 4, 1882 [Jul 1882]. Slated to be stationed at Urambo, he departed England on May 17, 1882 [Jul 1882], reaching Zanzibar June 19 [Jul 1882]. He arrived at Urambo on October 31, 1882 [Jul 1883]. He returned to England on furlough April 23, 1887 [Jun 1887], and married Ada Stewart on June 12, 1888 [Jul 1888]. They departed England again June 29, 1888 [Aug 1888], and arrived at Urambo November 2 [Ninety-Fifth Report]. They had a daughter, Iris, on August 11, 1891, at Urambo [Jan 1892]. The family arrived back in England on November 21, 1895 [Jan 1896]. In 1898 Rev. Shaw resigned from the London Missionary Society on medical grounds.
Ada Shaw, née Stewart
Ms. Stewart married Rev. T.F. Shaw on June 12, 1888 [Jul 1888]. They departed England on June 29, 1888 [Aug 1888], and arrived at Urambo November 2 [Ninety-Fifth Report]. They had a daughter, Iris, on August 11, 1891, at Urambo [Jan 1892]. The family arrived back in England on November 21, 1895 [Jan 1896].
Dr. Ebenezer John Southon, M.D. (U.S.A.)
Born: August 23, 1850, at Gosport
Died: July 26, 1882, at Urambo [Oct 1882]
Dr. Southon studied medicine at Edinburgh and was appointed a medical missionary for the Central Africa Mission. He departed England on April 18, 1879 [May 1879], arrived in Zanzibar May 27 [Jul 1879], and set out for Lake Tanganyika on June 13 [Aug 1879]. He arrived at Ujiji on September 23, 1879 [Jan 1880], but departed again on October 10 to arrive in Urambo on October 26 and establish a station [Mar 1880]. He died of complications from a gunshot wound to his arm [Oct 1882].
Rev. James Phillips Southwell
Born: July 25, 1862, at Haverfordwest
Rev. J.P. Southwell studied at Memorial College in Brecon and was ordained on March 24, 1891 [May 1891]. He left England on May 29, 1891 [Jul 1891], but returned due to ill-health [Feb 1892], arriving back in England on October 18, 1891 [Dec 1891]. He then resigned from the London Missionary Society.
Notes:
Unless otherwise noted, missionary biographies are derived firstly from London Missionary Society: A Register of Missionaries, Deputations, Etc. From 1796 to 1923, prepared by James Sibree, D.D., Fourth Edition, published by the London Missionary Society, London, 1923. Brackets with [Month Year] indicate the issue of The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society which records the preceding event. Information denoted by a dagger (†) is from Christian Missionaries and the Creation of Northern Rhodesia 1880-1924, by Robert I. Rotberg, published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1965. Other sources are denoted by a footnote.
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