P01573Victoria H. Sargent (b. Adams) (1848-1930) was born in Bowdoin, Maine, and died in Newton, Massachusetts. Her family moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1856. Sargent married Henry Sargent in Oconto, Wisconsin, in 1866, and her younger sister, Laura E. Sargent (b. Adams), married Henry's brother James in 1876. The two brothers had migrated from New Brunswick, Canada, to engage in the lumber business in Oconto.
Sargent first heard of Christian Science when Laura was healed in 1883. The sisters attended Mary Baker Eddy's 1884 class in Chicago, Illinois, and Sargent experienced healing herself after reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. They introduced their mother, Minerva R. Adams (b. Randall), to Christian Science; Adams would later study with Laura and join The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. A student of Eddy, Sargent also completed the Primary class in December 1884, which was also attended by Laura, and the Normal class in October 1886. After completing the Normal class, Sargent devoted her life to Christian Science healing and teaching. Her husband was supportive of her work in Christian Science and donated land for the construction of a Christian Science branch church in Oconto, a branch that was organized in June 1886 by a small group that included the two sisters. Dedicated in February 1887, it was the first edifice in the world built for Christian Science services.
Sargent joined the Christian Scientist Association in September 1886 and was also a member of the National Christian Scientist Association. She joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 31, 1892. Sargent was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher in Oconto from 1888 to 1901, in Green Bay from 1902 to 1915, and in Chestnut Hill (a village of Newton, Massachusetts) through mail only from 1924 until her death. She also served as First Reader in the Christian Science branch church in Oconto and as Second Reader in the nearby Christian Science branch church in Green Bay. Sargent would occasionally be called to Eddy's Pleasant View home in Concord, New Hampshire, to visit and lend metaphysical support, including during the "Next Friends" lawsuit in 1907. When Laura passed away in 1915, Sargent and her daughter, Minnie S. McDonald (b. Sargent), took over as custodians of Eddy's Chestnut Hill home, a position previously held by Laura who had started working in Eddy's household in 1890. When Sargent passed away in 1930, Minnie remained custodian for the next twenty years until her passing in 1950.See more letters.
P01573Victoria H. Sargent (b. Adams) (1848-1930) was born in Bowdoin, Maine, and died in Newton, Massachusetts. Her family moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1856. Sargent married Henry Sargent in Oconto, Wisconsin, in 1866, and her younger sister, Laura E. Sargent (b. Adams), married Henry's brother James in 1876. The two brothers had migrated from New Brunswick, Canada, to engage in the lumber business in Oconto.
Sargent first heard of Christian Science when Laura was healed in 1883. The sisters attended Mary Baker Eddy's 1884 class in Chicago, Illinois, and Sargent experienced healing herself after reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. They introduced their mother, Minerva R. Adams (b. Randall), to Christian Science; Adams would later study with Laura and join The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. A student of Eddy, Sargent also completed the Primary class in December 1884, which was also attended by Laura, and the Normal class in October 1886. After completing the Normal class, Sargent devoted her life to Christian Science healing and teaching. Her husband was supportive of her work in Christian Science and donated land for the construction of a Christian Science branch church in Oconto, a branch that was organized in June 1886 by a small group that included the two sisters. Dedicated in February 1887, it was the first edifice in the world built for Christian Science services.
Sargent joined the Christian Scientist Association in September 1886 and was also a member of the National Christian Scientist Association. She joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 31, 1892. Sargent was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher in Oconto from 1888 to 1901, in Green Bay from 1902 to 1915, and in Chestnut Hill (a village of Newton, Massachusetts) through mail only from 1924 until her death. She also served as First Reader in the Christian Science branch church in Oconto and as Second Reader in the nearby Christian Science branch church in Green Bay. Sargent would occasionally be called to Eddy's Pleasant View home in Concord, New Hampshire, to visit and lend metaphysical support, including during the "Next Friends" lawsuit in 1907. When Laura passed away in 1915, Sargent and her daughter, Minnie S. McDonald (b. Sargent), took over as custodians of Eddy's Chestnut Hill home, a position previously held by Laura who had started working in Eddy's household in 1890. When Sargent passed away in 1930, Minnie remained custodian for the next twenty years until her passing in 1950.See more letters.