Chapter 2—The Early Years
- Chapter 1—Who Was Ellen G. White?
- Chapter 2—The Early Years
- Chapter 3—The Advent Message
- Chapter 4—Marriage of James White and Ellen Harmon
- Chapter 5—Beginning to Publish
- Chapter 6—The Move to Battle Creek
- Chapter 7—The “Great Controversy” Vision
- Chapter 8—The Home in Battle Creek
- Chapter 9—The Health Reform Vision
- Chapter 10—The Work Expands
- Chapter 11—Battle Creek College
- Chapter 12—Writing and Traveling
- Chapter 13—Death of James White
- Chapter 14—Ellen White Visits Europe
- Chapter 15—The Great Controversy and Patriarchs and Prophets
- Chapter 16—Called to Australia
- Chapter 17—The Avondale School
- Chapter 18—Medical Work Begun
- Chapter 19—African-American Outreach
- Chapter 20—Return to the United States
- Chapter 21—Busy Closing Years
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Chapter 2—The Early Years
Ellen, with her twin sister Elizabeth, was born November 26, 1827, to Robert and Eunice Harmon. With eight children in the family, home was an interesting and busy place. The family lived on a small farm near the village of Gorham, Maine, in the northeastern part of the United States. However, a few years after the birth of the twins, Robert Harmon gave up farming, and, with his family, moved into the city of Portland, about twelve miles east.EGWBB 2.1
During her childhood Ellen assisted about the home and helped her father in the manufacture of hats. At the age of nine, while returning home from school one afternoon, she was severely injured in the face by a stone thrown by a classmate. For three weeks she was unconscious, and in the years that followed she suffered greatly as a result of the serious injury to her nose. Ellen’s formal education ended abruptly, and it seemed to all that the formerly promising little girl could not live long. In the year 1840, Ellen, with her parents, attended a Methodist camp meeting at Buxton, Maine, and there, at the age of 12, she gave her heart to God. On June 26, 1842, at her request she was baptized by immersion in Casco Bay, Portland. That same day she was received as a member of the Methodist Church.EGWBB 2.2