Asa was educated in the school near his home. He was a weaver by trade, but like most men of the country districts he also worked on the farm. As his parents grew older he assumed all the management of his father's farm, which was given to him by them in 1859. He cared for his parents during their lives and then left the farm to work in East Boston where he was a salesman. Later he went to Lynn. Here he met Mrs. Mary (Baker) Glover and became one of the students in the classes to which she was explaining her new ideas of religion. He became one of her first converts to the new doctrine of Christian Science. Later, on New Year's day in 1877 he married her, and thus the name of Eddy has become known throughout the civilized world wherever he doctrines have spread. Asa was a man of methodical habits, of a kindly nature, and firm convictions, but quiet, gentle, unassuming and pleasing in his manner, refined in his tastes and esteemed and respected by his friends and acquaintances. In 1879 he and his wife removed to Boston to take up a broader field for her work. There Asa died on June 3, 1882. By his will dated August 22, 1878, he gave all his property to his beloved wife Mary Baker Glover Eddy. This will gave to her possession of the farm in Londonderry, VT where Asa's ancestors had lived. The farmhouse was just off the road which leads from Brattleboro along the river to Londonderry, VT. Upon his monument at Tilton, NH, Mrs. Eddy had the following inscription engraved: "Asa G. Eddy; Departed this Life; For a Higher and More; Glorious Sense of Being; June 3, 1882; A Devoted Husband; A True Philanthropist; A Christian Scientist." Asa Eddy had no children. His wife Mary had an only son, George W. Glover, by a previous marriage who died near Lead, SD on December 27, 1915 at age 72 years.

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