Background
Knowles, Ellin J. was born on October 21, 1834 in Camden, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Isaiah and Mary Anna (Wallace) Toy.
Knowles, Ellin J. was born on October 21, 1834 in Camden, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Isaiah and Mary Anna (Wallace) Toy.
Graduate Newark Wesleyan Institute, 1851.
Doctor Joseph H. Knowles, December 25, 1856 (died 1898). Writer for church publications from girlhood. Officer Woman’s Board Foreign Missions Methodist Episcopal Church more than 40 years.
President Newark Female Charitable Society.
Teacher of woman’s Bible class, 1890-1918. Public speaker. Author: Spirit and Life, 1899.
Heart Talks on Bible Themes, 1910. Was member original committee called to organize Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in America.
Delegate World Ecum. Conference Edinburgh, 1910.
Vice president Woman’s National Sabbath Alliance. Guest of honor at Woman’s Foreign Missionary National Jubilee, Methodist Episcopal Church, Boston, October-November 1919.
Member original committee
Married Review.