Samuel Munson

Samuel Munson (1804 in New Sharon, Maine – 28 June 1834 in Sacca, Lopu Pining, Tapanuli, Sumatra) was an American Baptist missionary who, together with his colleague Henry Lyman, was murdered and cannibalised in Sumatra.[1][2][3][4]

References

Andrew Causey Hard bargaining in Sumatra: western travelers and Toba Bataks in ... 2003 Page 80 "In that year, two American Baptist missionaties, Henry Lyman and Samuel Munson, went inland from Tapanooli (now called Sibolga), a port village on the west coast of Sumatra. Traveling with a retinue of porters and attendants, ..."
The United States in Asia: a historical dictionary - David Shavit - 1990 Page 312 "Lyman graduated from Harvard University and the Imperial School of Mines (Paris), and studied at the Royal Academy ... Murdered June 28, 1834, in Sacca, Sumatra. References: ACAB; AndoverTS; EM; LC; Hannah Lyman, The Martyr of Sumatra ..."
A biographical study of Ingwer Ludwig Nommensen, 1834-1918 Page 72 Martin E. Lehmann - 1996 "Leaving their wives behind in Batavia, Lyman and Munson set sail for the harbor of Padang on the west coast of Sumatra in April, 1834. At Padang they met Ward who approximately thirteen years before had visited the Bataks in the .."
Memorials of Protestant missionaries to the Chinese Alexander Wylie - 1967 -"Munson and Lyman, was a tour of observation and inquiry among the islands of the Indian Archipelago, ... surrounded by a large party of Battak cannibals and immediately dispatched ; Mr. Munson being run through the body with a spear, "

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[1] Andrew Causey Hard bargaining in Sumatra: western travelers and Toba Bataks in ... 2003 Page 80 "In that year, two American Baptist missionaties, Henry Lyman and Samuel Munson, went inland from Tapanooli (now called Sibolga), a port village on the west coast of Sumatra. Traveling with a retinue of porters and attendants, ..."

[2] The United States in Asia: a historical dictionary - David Shavit - 1990 Page 312 "Lyman graduated from Harvard University and the Imperial School of Mines (Paris), and studied at the Royal Academy ... Murdered June 28, 1834, in Sacca, Sumatra. References: ACAB; AndoverTS; EM; LC; Hannah Lyman, The Martyr of Sumatra ..."

[3] A biographical study of Ingwer Ludwig Nommensen, 1834-1918 Page 72 Martin E. Lehmann - 1996 "Leaving their wives behind in Batavia, Lyman and Munson set sail for the harbor of Padang on the west coast of Sumatra in April, 1834. At Padang they met Ward who approximately thirteen years before had visited the Bataks in the .."

[4] Memorials of Protestant missionaries to the Chinese Alexander Wylie - 1967 -"Munson and Lyman, was a tour of observation and inquiry among the islands of the Indian Archipelago, ... surrounded by a large party of Battak cannibals and immediately dispatched ; Mr. Munson being run through the body with a spear, "