Abigail Willis Tenney Smith

Abigail Willis Tenney Smith
Abigail Willis Tenney Smith
	Smith in 1880
President, Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific Islands
Personal details
Born	Abigail Willis Tenney; December 4, 1809; Barre, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	January 31, 1885; Honolulu, Hawaiian Kingdom
Spouse	Rev. Lowell Smith (m. 1832)
Children	7, including
Relatives	Walter F. Dillingham (grandson); Mary Dillingham Frear (granddaughter); Benjamin Franklin Dillingham (son-in-law);
Alma mater	Ipswich Female Seminary
Occupation	missionary; teacher;
Committees	Strangers' Friend Society; Ladies Benevolent Society;
Nickname	Abba

Abigail Willis Tenney Smith (née Tenney; 1809–1885) was a Protestant missionary and teacher sent by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) to the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1833. There, she served as President of the Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific Islands.^[1]

^ Portraits of American Protestant missionaries to Hawaii;. Honolulu: Printed by the Hawaiian gazette co. 1901. p. 48. Retrieved 26 November 2024 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.