Individual Details

Mary Leaman, a missionary in China, continued to translate parts of the Bible into simplified Chinese. This project had been started by Mary's father, Charles Leaman. Mary had the assistance of Christiana Tsai, a Nanjiang local who enrolled at the missionary school to learn English. In 1949, Mary and Christiana returned to Pennsylvania and lived in the family home at Leaman Place. Christiana's book Queen of the Dark Chamber, about her life, was published in 1953.

Birth	Oct 1879	Shangai, , China
Death	Jan 1972	Leaman Place, Lancaster, PA
Burial		Leacock, Lancaster, PA

Father	Charles "China Charley" Leaman (1845 - 1920)
Mother	Lucy A. Crouch (1850 - 1910)
Sibling	Lucy A. Leaman (1881 - 1968)