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Village:New Lebanon, NY Source:bios:143

id 143
firstname Rosetta
lastname Hendrickson
birthyr 1844
deathyr 1912
bio Hendrickson, Rosetta (1844-1912), first arrived to Mount Lebanon's North F. in 1861, together with her brothers,
Nicholas and William, her mother, Susan, and a little sister. She went to Watervliet's South F. in February 1865,
together with Sr. Harriet Bullard, who was appointed to be the eldress there. In 1869 Rosetta went with others on a
missionary trip to Boston; in 1870 she was one of the singers in Albany, NY. In 1872 she became elder sister with
eldress Harriet. In 1873 she contributed a writing "Can we Live the Angel Life Here?" for a compendium edited by George Albert Lomas, Watervliet elder: Plain Talks upon Practical Religion. Being candid Answers to Earnest Inquirers... In 1881, when Eldress Harriet went to the Mt. Lebanon Central Ministry, Rosetta became the South F. eldress, with Anna Case as elder sister. Although her health was failing her in the mid1880s, she still managed to tend her own shop, take care of girls, run the engine for the shop, and run a sewing machine. In 1885, along with three others, she went to Albany to see President Grant's body. In 1886 she went with Eldress Harriet and others on an eastern trip. She became South F. deaconess, along with Isabella Graves, in July, 1895, and a receipt book kept by her exists.

	id	143
	firstname	Rosetta
	lastname	Hendrickson
	birthyr	1844
	deathyr	1912
	bio	Hendrickson, Rosetta (1844-1912), first arrived to Mount Lebanon's North F. in 1861, together with her brothers, Nicholas and William, her mother, Susan, and a little sister. She went to Watervliet's South F. in February 1865, together with Sr. Harriet Bullard, who was appointed to be the eldress there. In 1869 Rosetta went with others on a missionary trip to Boston; in 1870 she was one of the singers in Albany, NY. In 1872 she became elder sister with eldress Harriet. In 1873 she contributed a writing "Can we Live the Angel Life Here?" for a compendium edited by George Albert Lomas, Watervliet elder: Plain Talks upon Practical Religion. Being candid Answers to Earnest Inquirers... In 1881, when Eldress Harriet went to the Mt. Lebanon Central Ministry, Rosetta became the South F. eldress, with Anna Case as elder sister. Although her health was failing her in the mid1880s, she still managed to tend her own shop, take care of girls, run the engine for the shop, and run a sewing machine. In 1885, along with three others, she went to Albany to see President Grant's body. In 1886 she went with Eldress Harriet and others on an eastern trip. She became South F. deaconess, along with Isabella Graves, in July, 1895, and a receipt book kept by her exists.

Village:Watervliet, NY Source:whrsreel:006848