169:(LCC). While William supervised the Brewerville mission Cora taught at the Lott Carey Mission School. William became a Liberian citizen while Cora retain her American citizenship. The couple worked together for 33 years, until William's death in 1942. After the death of her husband, Cora took over as the superintendent of the Brewerville mission. In 1946 she left Liberia due to poor health, returning in 1951 with a pilgrimage group.
131:(1875–1952) was a Baptist missionary, serving in Liberia from 1909 until her death in 1952. She is the grandmother of playwright and author Cori Thomas and the mother of former Liberian Ambassador David M. Thomas Cori’s father.
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