Lucy Coles

Lucy Ann Henry was born in 1865 in Richmond, Virginia. As a child, she had to care for her siblings and mother, who was disabled. She attended the Ebenezer Baptist Church. She became a teacher as an adult, where she met John J. Coles, a missionary to Africa. Henry attended Hartshorn Memorial College, where she completed the missionary training program. In January 1887, the couple went to Sierra Leone to work at Jundoo Mission Station. Coles ran the mission house and oversaw childcare. ==Further reading==