Life and Times of Mrs. Lucy G. Thurston Wife of Rev Asa Thurston, Pioneer Missionary to the Sandwich Islands Gathered From Letters and Journals Extending Over A Period Of More Than Fifty Years. Selected and Arranged by Herself.
After her husband's death on March 11, 1868, Lucy started writing a memoir. She compiled her letters and other writings (completed by her daughter Persis Goodale Taylor and Walter Freer, and published under the title of Life and Times of Mrs. Lucy G. Thurston in Ann Arbor in 1876).[7] It is one of the most vivid accounts of the early mission days.
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![For reference only: In 1819, she applied to a newspaper advertisement seeking volunteers to missionize in Hawaii through the invitation of King Kamehameha II.[3] To be accepted, however, the applicants were required to be married beforehand. On October 12, 1819, she married Thurston, a scythe maker and minister from Fitchburg.[2] He was one of the theological graduates from Yale University who posted the mission announcement.[3] Lucy and Asa were complete strangers prior to their wedding. Several days later, she accompanied her husband on a five-month voyage on board the ship Thaddeus.[4] They reached Kawaihae, Hawaii, on March 30, 1820.[2]
The couple helped build churches and schools after securing permission for their ministry at Kailua-Kona from King Kamehameha and Queen Ka'ahumanu.[2] The Thurstons, unlike most missionary couples, spent most of the rest of their lives in the islands.[2]
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