The "China Martyrs of 1900" is a term used by some Protestant Christians to refer to American and European missionaries and converts who were murdered during the Boxer Rebellion, when Boxers carried o
Horace Tracy Pitkin was a missionary in China of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Chinese Boxers killed him during the Boxer Uprising in 1900. Yale China Mission,, was founded
China Martyrs of 1900
…Stonehouse, was killed in the aftermath of the siege, the last missionary to die in the Boxer Rebellion. The decapitation of missionary and Yale graduate Horace Tracy Pitkin in Baoding led to the founding of the Yale China Mission, the papers of which remain a significant research source concerning early 20th century Chinese…
Pitkin Family at "Eaglesnest" New Hartford Connecticut, 1884. Horace Tracy Pitkin 2nd from left lying down, Father Horice Wells Pitkin far right, Sister Mary Yale Pitkin 2nd from right, Mother Lucy Tracy Yale 3rd from right in back