Helen P. Smith (1831-1919) was born in New York and died in Rochester, New York. She married Francis M. Smith, a farmer. Smith was a student of Mary Baker Eddy's, completing the Primary class in March 1888. She was a member of the Christian Scientist Association. Smith joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1894. She was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science teacher and practitioner in Rochester from 1899 until her death. Both of her younger sisters, Sarah A. Pine and Mary A. Pine, were also active in Christian Science.

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