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Description
Sarah Lovejoy was born in Sidney, Maine, around 1825. She was the daughter of Jacob Lovejoy, a fifer during the War of 1812, and a violinist and dancing master by trade.
In 1847, Sarah married Edwin Damon and had nine children. She later married Jonathan Adams. Sarah was known as "Aunt Sarah" to the local people, and worked as an herb doctor and midwife. She died in 1904 in Corinna.
About This Item
- Title: Sarah (Lovejoy) Damon Adams, Corinna, ca. 1860
- Creation Date: circa 1860
- Subject Date: circa 1860
- Location: Corinna, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Photographs--People--Adams
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Adams, Sarah (Lovejoy) Damon, 1825-1904--Portrait photographs
- Midwives--Maine--Corinna
- Nurses--Maine
- People associated with health & safety
- Women--Employment
People
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