Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . A South Dakota Farmhouse. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OFEMMA HORNING. Emma Horn-ing is thedaughter of Samuel andHannah Horn-ing, and wasborn Sept. 9,1876, in White-side county,111., where herparents lived atthat time. In1883 the par-ents, with anumber ofother settlers, moved to South Dakotaand settled on a homestead in Browncounty, not far from the north line ofthe State. Emma was at this time seven yearsold, and has experienced all the joys andsorrows of a pioneer life. The country in that wild state of na-ture presented many difficult problemsto the settlers, which
Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . A South Dakota Farmhouse. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OFEMMA HORNING. Emma Horn-ing is thedaughter of Samuel andHannah Horn-ing, and wasborn Sept. 9,1876, in White-side county,111., where herparents lived atthat time. In1883 the par-ents, with anumber ofother settlers, moved to South Dakotaand settled on a homestead in Browncounty, not far from the north line ofthe State. Emma was at this time seven yearsold, and has experienced all the joys andsorrows of a pioneer life. The country in that wild state of na-ture presented many difficult problemsto the settlers, which were met withcourage and solved with patience. There being no schools or churches,the people early set about providingmeans for the betterment of the mentaland spiritual needs of the new homes. Aschool was soon organized and Emma. 98 was one of the first pupils in the firstschool of the new neighborhood. Here by hard study and real experi-ence, she laid the foundation for the edu-cational structure which is to be tried bythe storms of the foreign mission field. She continued to attend the homeschool until able to teach; this work shebegan at the age of sixteen, teaching inBrown and McPherson counties, SouthDakota. She attended school in Aberdeen, , and completed a normal course atMt. Morris, 111. She graduated fromthe Brethren College of McPherson,Kans., with the class of 1906, taking herea full course with a special preparationfor missionary work. The early settlers who came west tomake new homes on the frontier in thislocality were mostly members of theBrethren church and with the firstschoolhouse was established a church, inwhich Emma took an early and activepart, always doing her duty in society,school and church. Her struggle with the environments ofa new country to acquire high social andspiritual i
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