1789–1874

Introduction

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Born: Ju­ly 20, 1789, Wil­ton, New Hamp­shire.

Died: Ju­ly 3, 1874, Wil­ton, New Hamp­shire.

Buried: South Yard Ce­me­te­ry, Wilt­on, New Hamp­shire.

Biography

Sarah was the daugh­ter of min­is­ter Jo­na­than Li­ver­more and Eli­za­beth Kid­der, and aunt of hym­nist Ab­i­el Li­ver­more.

One bio­gra­phy stat­ed she was a teach­er for ma­ny years, and wrote ma­ny piec­es of fu­gi­tive po­et­ry and prose.

Sarah had a deep in­ter­est in re­li­gious teach­ing, and or­gan­ized one of the first Sun­day schools in Am­er­ica.

Sources

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