Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameCaroline Porter Armstrong 
Birth17 Jul 1832, Honolulu, Honolulu Co, HI
Death18 Jul 1905, Hamakuapoko, Maui Co, HI
BurialMakawao Cem, Makawao, Maui Co, HI
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Richard Armstong and Clarissa Chapman
[Obituary] Annual Report, Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society (1906), pg 31
At Hamakuapoko, Maui, July 18, 1905, Mrs. Caroline Armstrong Beckwith, aged seventy-three.
The beloved wife of our dear Dr. Beckwith has gone to the rest for which she had longed prayed. "For her it was a blessed release from weariness and suffering, and her dearest friends would not call her back even if they could. No sufferer ever made a braver struggle with infirmity than she. There was sunshine in her soul, and she had cheerful words and winning ways for all around her. She sent many letters full of sympathy, condolence, and encouragement, and her sweet patience and Christian faith and hope exerted a far greater influence for good on others than she herself was at all aware of. "They also serve who only stand and wait."
[Obituary] Annual Report, Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society (1906), pg 31
At Hamakuapoko, Maui, July 18, 1905, Mrs. Caroline Armstrong Beckwith, aged seventy-three.
The beloved wife of our dear Dr. Beckwith has gone to the rest for which she had longed prayed. "For her it was a blessed release from weariness and suffering, and her dearest friends would not call her back even if they could. No sufferer ever made a braver struggle with infirmity than she. There was sunshine in her soul, and she had cheerful words and winning ways for all around her. She sent many letters full of sympathy, condolence, and encouragement, and her sweet patience and Christian faith and hope exerted a far greater influence for good on others than she herself was at all aware of. "They also serve who only stand and wait."
Spouses
Birth16 Nov 1826, Great Barrington, Berkshire Co, MA
Death3 Mar 1909, Makawao, Maui Co, HI
BurialMakawao Cem, Makawao, Maui Co, HI
Misc. Notes
Son of Erastus Beckwith and Martha Wilcox
[Obituary]. The San Francisco Call - Sunday, March 21, 1909, pg 25
PIONEER PASTOR IN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS DIES
Rev. Edward G. Beckwith Succumbs at Old Age.
Rev. Edward Griffin Beckwith, D. D, who was at one time very prominent In Congregational cireles in San Francisco and vicinity, died March 3 on the island of Maul, one of the Hawaiian group.
Doctor Beckwith was born at Great Barrington, Mass. November 14, 1826.
After graduating from college he went to the Hawaiian islands, where he was the principal of the royal school from 1852 to 1855, and president of the Oahu college from 1855 to 1859.
While there he married Caroline P. Armstrong, daughter of Rev. R. B. Armstrong, one of the most prominent missionaries of the islands.
About 1860 he came to San Francisco with his family, and was for five years the pastor of the Congregational church, which was organized about 1862 at the Mission.
He then went to Oakland, where he was for some years a professor in the Brayton preparatory school. Then for 10 years he was pastor of a prominent Congregational church in Waterbury, Conn.
Returning to San Francisco he was for five years more pastor of the Third Congregational church.
Thereafter he went to Honolulu, where he was pastor of the Central Union church from 1887 to 1894.
About 1894 he resigned the pastorate of the Central Union church and went to the island of Maul, where he led a quiet and retired life.
He was a man of great personal attraction and devoted religious spirit and leaves a host of friends.
[Obituary]. The San Francisco Call - Sunday, March 21, 1909, pg 25
PIONEER PASTOR IN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS DIES
Rev. Edward G. Beckwith Succumbs at Old Age.
Rev. Edward Griffin Beckwith, D. D, who was at one time very prominent In Congregational cireles in San Francisco and vicinity, died March 3 on the island of Maul, one of the Hawaiian group.
Doctor Beckwith was born at Great Barrington, Mass. November 14, 1826.
After graduating from college he went to the Hawaiian islands, where he was the principal of the royal school from 1852 to 1855, and president of the Oahu college from 1855 to 1859.
While there he married Caroline P. Armstrong, daughter of Rev. R. B. Armstrong, one of the most prominent missionaries of the islands.
About 1860 he came to San Francisco with his family, and was for five years the pastor of the Congregational church, which was organized about 1862 at the Mission.
He then went to Oakland, where he was for some years a professor in the Brayton preparatory school. Then for 10 years he was pastor of a prominent Congregational church in Waterbury, Conn.
Returning to San Francisco he was for five years more pastor of the Third Congregational church.
Thereafter he went to Honolulu, where he was pastor of the Central Union church from 1887 to 1894.
About 1894 he resigned the pastorate of the Central Union church and went to the island of Maul, where he led a quiet and retired life.
He was a man of great personal attraction and devoted religious spirit and leaves a host of friends.
Marriage17 Apr 1853, Honolulu, Honolulu Co, HI
ChildrenCaroline Amelia “Carrie” (1865-1942)