Typed transcription of Martha Byington Amadon's 1860 diary. Original diary is found in the Byington-Amadon Diaries Collection (Collection 12) at the Center for Adventist Research. Collection Description: The four persons whose diaries make up the Byington-Amadon Diaries Collection are from one family. • John Byington was the first president of ... and Martha D. Byington Amadon (1834-1937)
Daughter of John Byington, Martha is credited with teaching the first Adventist
elementary school in 1853. She was the first president of the Dorcas Society in 1874.
In 1860 she married George W. Amadon. For more, see articles in the Andrews University student newspaper, The ...