From Historical Rutland: an illustrated history of Rutland, Vermont, from the granting of the charter in 1761 to 1911 by Rev. F. E. Davison, Rutland, Vt.: P.H. Brehmer, 1911, page 36:
Rutland Missionary Association and Old Ladies' Home
In 1862 a few women interested in the wellfare of the poor banded themselves together as the Rutland Missionary Association, applied to the Legislature, and received a Charter. The first meeting was hId July 7, 1862. The first officers were: Mrs. A. M. Seaver, president; Mrs. J. B. Porter, vice-president; Miss Susan Pierpoint, treasurer; Miss. Ellen Barrett, secretary; Managers: Mrs. Silas Hodges, Mrs. J. B. Page, Mrs. Luther Daniels, Mrs. H. H. Baxter, Mrs. Southard, Mrs. Hooker.
The object of this society was to carry the gospel to the hearts of the inhabitants of this village, by tract distribution, by bringing children into the sunday schools, by mission school instruction, or by all such other means as the openings of Providence and the exercise of sound discretion may suggest. A sewing school has been carried on, meetings held for the benefit of the mothers whose children were taught in the mission school, and a city missionary employed for many years. At present, in addition to financial aid to the poor, this Society supports a District Nurse.
The Old Ladies' Home was opened by the Society in 1890, and has cared for twenty-five inmates. Miss Emma L. Perkins is at present the Matron of the Home.
Officers of the Rutland Missionary Association for 1911: president, Mrs. George P. Russell; vice-president, Mrs. A. D. Slack; secretary, Mrs. J. B. Needham; corresponding secretary, Miss Rena Thomson; treasurer, Miss Louisa M. Page; Officers of the Old Ladies' Home: Diirectors, Mrs. E. H. Wood. Mrs. C. O. Perkins, Mrs. W. F. Burditt, Mrs. Egbert C. Tuttle; secretary, Mrs. Louis W. Fuller; treasurer, Mrs. A. B. Engrem; assistant treasurer, Mrs. Geo. C. Thrall; auditor, Mr. Henry F. Field.