Hut - born 1910 Kaimosi, at mission pioneered by her parents.

Was rumoured to speak 9 languages. At one stage ran Bethany Bookshop of Flamingo Feather fame at Nakuru.

Friends Journal 1996 Chilson--Rachel Edna Chilson, 85, on March 13, 1996 in Kenya. Rachel was born in Kaimosi, Kenya, in 1910. Her father was one of three missionaries from the U.S. who established the Friends African Mission at Ka im osi in 190 2. Rachel graduated from Wichita Friends College in Kansas in 1932 and returned to Kenya to work with her parents. During the 1940s she worked with the Kenyan government's Social Service Department, uplifting the welfare of indigenous Kenyan women. She was fluent in Luhya and Kiswahili language s, and she could communicate in other local dialects such as Kikuyu, Kalenjin, and Luo. Rachel never knew retirement in the traditional sense. Age moved her out of service with the Kenyan government, so she joined World Gospel's Bethany Book shop. Thirteen years later, she established Christian Video shows. Rachel was a tough, uncompromising authority on the sustenance of truth and justice. Many who met her admired her strong spiritual character. Rachel is survived by a sister, Esther Choate.