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Sarah Ann Kelsey Boothman
1839-1923

Wife of John Boothman, daughter of Benjamin & Sarah Kelsey

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A Moment in Time

Sarah’s husband John died in 1876, at age 41. 
In the Randolph 1880 census, Sarah is listed as living at home (Mountain
View House), age 40, but at some point economics forced Sarah to leave her four
small children in the care of her parents and work in a ribbon mill in
Manchester, New Hampshire about 100 miles away.
 
She rarely made the journey home to be with her children and became very bitter
towards men, blaming her husband for dying and leaving her with four children to
bring up.  She was so bitter that she made her three daughters promise never to marry.
 
This story always stuck with me and was the inspiration for the Sarah Ann figure.  She is featured with her traveling coat and hat carrying her carpet bag for her long train trip back to Manchester.

There will be more stories and figures to come regarding the “Aunts” and their
family.
Sarah Ann Kelsey
SaraSally North Country Personalities
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115.00    
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