Hester Slocum (c.1822-1886) was born in Pennsylvania and died in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. Her daughter, Mary C. Hulse, became interested in Christian Science in late 1884. There is no record of Slocum studying with Mary Baker Eddy or joining The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts.

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