Alma S. Metcalf (b. Stone) (1828-1896) was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, and died in Chicago, Illinois. She married Thomas Metcalf, a professor, in Sherborn, Massachusetts, in 1851, and by 1870 they were living in Normal, Illinois. Alma Metcalf was healed using Christian Science treatment through prayer by Sarah F. Bickford, a student of Mary Baker Eddy, and first studied Christian Science with M. Bettie Bell, another student of Eddy, around 1887. Metcalf then became a student of Eddy herself, completing the Primary class in February 1889 and the Normal class in May 1889. She became a member of the Christian Scientist Association in March 1889, and she was also a member of the National Christian Scientist Association.
Metcalf joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 31, 1892. She was also a member of a Christian Science branch church in Bloomington, Illinois. Many of her family members were also members of the church, including her brother-in-law, Albert Metcalf, (who also served a term as president); his wife, Mary C. Metcalf, their daughter Mary M. Neal (b. Metcalf); and Mary's husband, James A. Neal, who had been in the same Primary class as Alma. Metcalf was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher in Normal from 1890 to 1894 and in Chicago in 1896.
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Alma S. Metcalf (b. Stone) (1828-1896) was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, and died in Chicago, Illinois. She married Thomas Metcalf, a professor, in Sherborn, Massachusetts, in 1851, and by 1870 they were living in Normal, Illinois. Alma Metcalf was healed using Christian Science treatment through prayer by Sarah F. Bickford, a student of Mary Baker Eddy, and first studied Christian Science with M. Bettie Bell, another student of Eddy, around 1887. Metcalf then became a student of Eddy herself, completing the Primary class in February 1889 and the Normal class in May 1889. She became a member of the Christian Scientist Association in March 1889, and she was also a member of the National Christian Scientist Association.
Metcalf joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 31, 1892. She was also a member of a Christian Science branch church in Bloomington, Illinois. Many of her family members were also members of the church, including her brother-in-law, Albert Metcalf, (who also served a term as president); his wife, Mary C. Metcalf, their daughter Mary M. Neal (b. Metcalf); and Mary's husband, James A. Neal, who had been in the same Primary class as Alma. Metcalf was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher in Normal from 1890 to 1894 and in Chicago in 1896.
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