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Elisabeth G. Stryker
Known today for a concise, inspiring biography of missionary pioneer Samuel J. Mills, this late-19th-century writer focused on lives shaped by Christian service and reform. Her surviving work suggests a clear, purposeful style aimed at encouraging readers through true stories.
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A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818
by Elisabeth G. Stryker
About the author
Elisabeth G. Stryker was an American writer born in 1856 and died in 1936. She is remembered for A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818, a short biography of Samuel J. Mills, first published in 1888 and later preserved by Project Gutenberg and LibriVox.
Her work centers on religious biography. A Story of One Short Life follows Mills, an important figure in early American missionary and Bible-society efforts, and another 1888 volume, Life of Henry Martyn, Missionary to India and Persia, 1781 to 1812, is also associated with her name.
While not much biographical detail about Stryker herself is easy to confirm from readily available sources, her books show a strong interest in faith, mission history, and telling energetic life stories for a broad audience. That makes her writing a window into both 19th-century devotional publishing and the way earlier generations introduced notable religious figures to new readers.