Background
Mary Moss was born in Somercotes to a rich farmer. While she was still a child, her mother died. When her father remarried, she was sent to live with extended relatives.
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Career
In Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Mary met Samuel Booth, who soon proposed to her. She refused, possibly because he was sixteen years older than she was, but he was indignant and pursued her until she changed her mind. She took up work in a poor area in Nottingham at a small shop.
When he became an evangelist, Mary first opposed the idea completely.
lieutenant was many years before she yielded to her son"s convictions and became a Christian herself. At the age of 76, Mary Booth had a five-month attack of rheumatic fever.
Soon after, her side went limp and she fell down a staircase. This resulted in a broken leg that never healed.
Consequently, she was restricted to bed for the last seven years of her life.
Membership
Salvation Army.
