Helenor M. Davisson
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Helenor Alter Draper Davisson was an ordained minister in the Methodist church in Indiana.[1] Davisson was the first woman ordained in American Methodist Church.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Helenor Alter was born in 1823 to John and Charity VanAusdall Alter in Pennsylvania.[1]
Clergy
[edit | edit source]In 1842, Davisson joined her father in his ministry, riding with him on horseback as they worked in Indiana.[2]
Davisson was recommended for deacon's orders at the Quarterly Meeting of the Grand Prairie Circuit in 1865 and in 1866 became the first ordained woman in American Methodism.[1]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]In 1842, she married John Draper.[2]
References
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