Monmouth, Sarah E. (1829-1887)

Name:

Monmouth, Sarah E. (1829-1887)

Other Names:

Harper, Sarah Elizabeth (a.k.a. Elizabeth)
Monmouth, Lizzie
Afton, Effie

Born:

10/09/1829

Birthplace:

Canterbury, NH

Died:

01/12/1887

Death Location:

Loudon, NH

Residence:

Canterbury, NH
Scituate, RI
Texas

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Author
Poet
Lecturer
Artist
Lay Preacher

Mrs. Monmouth delivered sermons at the Worsted Church in Canterbury, NH. She gave lectures to raise money for charities, homeless families, etc.

Father:

Harper, Joseph Morrill (1787-1865)

Mother:

Clough, Elizabeth (1787-1862)

Relations:

Brother: Col. Charles A. Harper (Texas)
Niece: Mason, Mabel

Spouse:

Jacques Eugene Monmouth

Notes:

Sarah Elizabeth's father was a physician and congressman for the state of NH.

Jacques Eugene Monmouth was a soldier in Confederate Army, Texas, who was killed during the Civil War, shortly after his marriage to Sarah Elizabeth. Sarah Elizabeth returned to her father's house in Canterbury, N.H.

1871 -- Sarah Elizabeth, using the Church, helps raise funds to assist victims of the Great Chicago fire of 1871. Some time after which, she began conducting services at the church. She created artistic works of paper, fiber, and textile that covered the walls of the church.

"The 'Worsted Church,'" Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 6, 1879.

"The Owner of Rest Valley," The New York Times, New York, NY, February 13, 1887.

James O. Lyford, History of the Town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1727-1912. Volume I. (Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1912), 344-349.

James O. Lyford, History of the Town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1727-1912. Volume II. (Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1912), 184.

Alice M. Pray, "The Worsted Church and Its Decorator," The Granite Monthly, 56(January, 1924)1, 553-558.

Nicole Chalfant, "Half a Dime a Day," Historic New England, 16(Summer 2015)1, 24-25.