NameSarah BAILY 2927
Birth Date22 Feb 1814
Death Dateaft 1881
OccupationMathematics Teacher
FatherJacob BAILY (1775-1854)
Misc. Notes
SARAH BAILY, eighth child of Jacob and Elizabeth, was born 2, 22, 1814. Entered Westtown Boarding-School 9th mo., 1832, and on 12, 15, 1834, became a teacher in the primary department of that institution. Her natural ability and scholarly accomplishments were such that she soon became the principal mathematical teacher of its female department, and "Teacher Sarah," as she was familiarly called, will be remembered by many. She labored in that seminary for a period of thirty-five years, retiring 10, 1, 1869.
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