Carmelite and the children returned to the Beloit for the period from 1888 to 1890 for the children 's education and then returned to Turkey . In 1893 the family moved to Tarsus to take up a post at St. Paul 's College . Carmelite by character and situation assumed non-traditional roles overseas . As part of his duties , Thomas left Turkey to raise money or went to surrounding mission stations to support them . In addition to her family responsibilities , she was involved in the activities of St. Paul 's College and the education of women and a supporter of suffrage for unmarried women . After the 1895 massacre at Marash , Carmelite wrote letters describing the events which were published in American newspapers . She reported on deaths , woundings , damage to the schools in Marash and threats to the missionary workers . Her reports were personal , having spent fifteen years among those who were living through the crisis and in one letter , she reported that she and her husband had been warned regarding violence which might spread to Tarsus . By August , the rioting had reached them , though the Christies were not at the school when it was looted . In the face of the ongoing violence , the family fled to Mersina , and eventually Carmelite returned with the children to the United States between 1897 and 1898 for their safety and schooling
massacre at Marash
Hamidian massacres
Carmelite Brewer Christie