MARTHA BYINGTON MARTHA D. BYINGMN AU4DON Birth: 1834 Death: 1937 Family: Father - John Byington Siblings - Theresa, John, Laura Spouse - George Amadon Children - Grace, Katherine. Claude (adopted) Accomplishments : Teacher of the first Sevent h-dav Adventist school
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MARTHA BYINGTON MARTHA D. BYINGMN AU4DON B i r t h : 1834 Death: 1937 Family: Fa the r - John Byington
S i b l i n g s - Theresa , John, Laura Spouse - George Amadon Chi ldren - Grace, Kather ine. Claude
(adopted) Accomplishments : Teacher of t h e f i r s t Sevent h-dav
Advent i s t school
Martha was t h e e l d e s t d a u g h t e r o f John and C a t h e r i n e Byington. She was d e s c r i b e d by some a s having a f a r m e r ' s d a u g h t e r appea rance . She had red h a i r and a d i s p o s i t i o n t o ma tch . She was v e r y consc ious of l i v i n g a h e a l t h y l i f e s t y l e .
She a t t e n d e d a c o u n t r y s c h o o l and was home t a u g h t by h e r p a r e n t s . Her o t h e r q u a l i f i c a t i o n s f o r t e a c h i n g s e e m e d t o b e h e r a b i l i t y t o b e r e s o u r c e f u l , de te rmined and h e r wonderful s e n s e of humor. She could s i n g and p l a y t h e p iano we l l . I n a l l , s h e e n j o y e d l i f e a n d was c o m m i t t e d t o f o l l o w i n g t h e Lord.
A t t h e a g e of 1 9 , M a r t h a ' s s e r v i c e s a s t h e F i r s t Seventh-day Adven t i s t t e a c h e r was donated by h e r f a t h e r , John Byington.
M a r t h a ' s f i r s t c l a s s i n Bucks Bridge had a n enro l lment of 1 7 s t u d e n t s . The s c h o o l r e g i s t e r was a s f o l l o w s :
Cy n t h i a , S e y m o u r , S y d n e y , E d d i e ( A a r o n H i l l i a r d ' s c h i l d r e n )
C l a r k , C y r u s , P a r m e l i a (Henry H i l l i a r d ' s c h i l d r e n )
John , Orange, E l l e n , Ruth (Penoyer c h i l d r e n ) I s a b e l l a , Samuel, C a t h e r i n e , J u l i a , Henry (Sam
C r o s b i e ' s c h i l d r e n ) Frank Peck (nephew and adopted s o n of Alphonso
& L u c r e t i a Peck)
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The Adven t i s t s of Bucks Br idge , N e w York saw t h e need t o t r a i n t h e i r youth t o s e r v e t h e Lord . Of M a r t h a ' s 17 s t u d e n t s , two became m i s s i o n a r i e s . Eddie H i l l i a r d spen t 18 y e a r s i n t h e A u s t r a l a s i a D i v i s i o n , 15 y e a r s i n t h e U.S.A., and R y e a r s i n I n d i a where he d i e d and i s b u r i e d . H i s c o u s i n , P a r m e l i a H i l l i a r d , t r a v e l l e d , t o o , and m i n i s t e r e d th roughout t h e B r i t i s h I s l e s w i th h e r husband S. H. Lane .
I f t h e Bucks Bridge members were a l i v e today t h e y would s e e t h a t t h e i r s a c r i f i c e s r e s u l t e d i n w o r l d w i d e s c h o o l s . The S e v e n t h - d a y A d v e n t i s t s c h o o l s y s t e m i s c o n s i d e r e d t o be t h e l a r g e s t p r o t e s t a n t e d u c a t i o n a l e n t i t y i n t h e world.
M a r t h a B y i n g t o n m a r r i e d George Amadon i n Michigan. There s h e was a p u b l i s h i n g w o r k e r and w r o t e a r t i c l e s f o r t h e Review and Hera ld , w h i l s t r a i s i n g a f ami ly . She was p r e s i d e n t o f t h e f i r s t Dorcas Soc ie ty . She l i v e d t o be 103 y e a r s o ld !
. Advanced R e a d l o g Program Book 2 . Teacher's ;, Hanml, Washinpton , D.C.: Revlev end Herald P u b l l e h i n g A e s o c i a t i o n , 1976. pp. 66-68.
. Advanced Reedinp P r o ~ r e m Book 2 . "Behold t h e Stone ( 1 8 S m ' I B m . " Washington. D.C.: Review and Herald Publ i sh ing A s s o c i a t i o n , 1976, pp. 205-208t .
Younp., E t h e l . Behold The Stone. South Lancaater. MA: A t l s n t l c Union O f f i c e o f Education, 1979.
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MARTHA BYINQTON
Martha Byington was the oldest daughter of John and Catherine
Byington. Some people have described her as having a farmer's
daughter appearance. This probably means that she was a very
healthy-looking girl and somewhat plain. She had red hair and was
a bit feisty. Martha tried to eat only foods that were good for
her and tried to obey the laws of health.
When she was school-age she attended a country school and was also
home schooled by her parents. Martha had a good sense of what was
right and wrong. She possessed a sense of humor and was a fun-
loving person as well as a very determined person. She could sing
and play the piano very well, really enjoyed life, and loved the
Lord very much.
When Martha was nineteen years old her father, John Byington,
donated her services as a teacher. She became the first school
teacher of the Advent movement. Her first school was held in the
parlor of a home. In this room she had seventeen students. The
school in Bucks Bridge, New York was started so that the young
people could be trained to serve the Lord and prepare them to be
workers for Him.
Later, two of the seventeen students became missionaries to foreign
lands. If the Adventists in Bucks Bridge were alive today, they
would be able to see that the sacrifices they made to start this
start this school were really the beginning of a world-wide
system of schools run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Later Martha married George Amadon in Michigan. There she wrote
articles for the church paper, the Review and Herald. She was
also the first president of the Dorcas Society which we now call
the Community Services.
When Martha celebrated her 100th birthday, they asked her what
was the most important and the most useful of the modern
inventions. She felt that electricity was the most important and
the most useful. She told how when she was a little girl she
read by candle light, and her parents had to start their fires by
using flint stone. She also remembered the day when she saw the
first lamp being used in her home.
Martha lived to be 103 years old. She loved the Lord and served