Miss Harriet E., the third daughter of Putnam and Miranda Bishop, was born in Panton, Addison Co., Vt. Jan. 1, 1817.

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4h  · Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Post by Jim Curran Bishop, Miss Harriet E., the third daughter of Putnam and Miranda Bishop, was born in Panton, Addison Co., Vt. Jan. 1, 1817. At thirteen she was converted and baptized by Rev. John A. Dodge in Lake Champlain, and for several years was the youngest member of the church in her native town. She remained a mem- ber of that church until the organization of the First Baptist church of St. Paul, Minn. The read- ing of the memoirs of Harriet Newell and Ann IH. Judson awoke a missionary spirit which never slept. Where she should labor was a subject of serious consideration whilst the preparatory work of securing an education was going on. In 1840 the Board of National Popular Education called for its first class of female Christian teachers for destitute portions of the West. She entered this open door, and at once commenced her life-work. July 13, 1847, the teacher arrived at a govern- ment Indian trading town haying the unclassic name of “ Pig’s Eye,’’ A few rude homes stood on the bluff, but there was not a Christian man or Here the queenly city of St. Paul now flourishes. There was no meeting- or school-house within 500 miles. About two weeks after Miss Bishop arrived she organized a Sunday-school which is a mighty power ; at present the school of the First Baptist church. For several months she labored without a Christian helper in the school. At the close of the year a part of her school formed the nucleus of one organized by the Methodists, and another portion for one organized by the Presbyterians ; the larger number of scholars, however, remained in the original school. Mean- while, the log-cabin school had grown into a pio- neer seminary. Though the only Baptist at the Indian trading-post for one year, she ever remained true to her convictions of Bible truth. Feeble churches have been strengthened by her wise counsels. Missions, both home and foreign, have ever been cherished and efficiently aided by her labors. Nobly has she advocated the temperance reformation, visiting prisons and the homes of drunkards to rescue them from hopeless ruin. Though now in the evening of life, heart and hands are ever busy in gospel work.From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart photos from findagrave Cindy Coffin and Bob L