Additional children:
Elizabeth H. born in 1855
Anna born in 1859
Sarah was born on Madison Barracks Army installation in Jefferson County, NY. Her early years were spent traveling to various army posts with her parents. In 1849 while visiting her uncle, James E. Heron, in Syracuse, she met William W. Teall. They were married shortly afterward and took up residence in the home that Teall had built on East Fayette Street. Sarah lived there for 60 years.
In 1861, her father was detailed to accompany President-elect Abraham Lincoln to Washing ton, D.C. for his inauguration on March 4. Sarah accompanied her father, and, while staying at the same hotel as Lincoln for a week, the 16-year-old formed the following opinion of Lincoln, "…I did not think much of the lean, lank and ugly looking man." When the Civil War broke out, her husband entered the service and was on his father-in-law's staff. Sarah remained in Syracuse and took up knitting socks and mittens to be sent to the soldiers, an activity she continued after the war on behalf of needy children.
Known for having a keen mind and remarkable memory, she was a lifetime member of the Onondaga Historical Association and was the author of "Onondaga's Part in the Civil War," published in 1915. She was a gifted speaker, championing women's issues. She once recounted, "A celebrated teacher of History once said to me, 'when women do anything worthy of record, they will get due recognition,' and I wondered if he had a mother." In 1928, Sarah Sumner Teall, blind (but still knitting) and 96 years-old, passed away at the Manlius home of Harriet Loomis.
Elizabeth H. born in 1855
Anna born in 1859
Sarah was born on Madison Barracks Army installation in Jefferson County, NY. Her early years were spent traveling to various army posts with her parents. In 1849 while visiting her uncle, James E. Heron, in Syracuse, she met William W. Teall. They were married shortly afterward and took up residence in the home that Teall had built on East Fayette Street. Sarah lived there for 60 years.
In 1861, her father was detailed to accompany President-elect Abraham Lincoln to Washing ton, D.C. for his inauguration on March 4. Sarah accompanied her father, and, while staying at the same hotel as Lincoln for a week, the 16-year-old formed the following opinion of Lincoln, "…I did not think much of the lean, lank and ugly looking man." When the Civil War broke out, her husband entered the service and was on his father-in-law's staff. Sarah remained in Syracuse and took up knitting socks and mittens to be sent to the soldiers, an activity she continued after the war on behalf of needy children.
Known for having a keen mind and remarkable memory, she was a lifetime member of the Onondaga Historical Association and was the author of "Onondaga's Part in the Civil War," published in 1915. She was a gifted speaker, championing women's issues. She once recounted, "A celebrated teacher of History once said to me, 'when women do anything worthy of record, they will get due recognition,' and I wondered if he had a mother." In 1928, Sarah Sumner Teall, blind (but still knitting) and 96 years-old, passed away at the Manlius home of Harriet Loomis.
Additional children:
Elizabeth H. born in 1855
Anna born in 1859
Sarah was born on Madison Barracks Army installation in Jefferson County, NY. Her early years were spent traveling to various army posts with her parents. In 1849 while visiting her uncle, James E. Heron, in Syracuse, she met William W. Teall. They were married shortly afterward and took up residence in the home that Teall had built on East Fayette Street. Sarah lived there for 60 years.
In 1861, her father was detailed to accompany President-elect Abraham Lincoln to Washing ton, D.C. for his inauguration on March 4. Sarah accompanied her father, and, while staying at the same hotel as Lincoln for a week, the 16-year-old formed the following opinion of Lincoln, "…I did not think much of the lean, lank and ugly looking man." When the Civil War broke out, her husband entered the service and was on his father-in-law's staff. Sarah remained in Syracuse and took up knitting socks and mittens to be sent to the soldiers, an activity she continued after the war on behalf of needy children.
Known for having a keen mind and remarkable memory, she was a lifetime member of the Onondaga Historical Association and was the author of "Onondaga's Part in the Civil War," published in 1915. She was a gifted speaker, championing women's issues. She once recounted, "A celebrated teacher of History once said to me, 'when women do anything worthy of record, they will get due recognition,' and I wondered if he had a mother." In 1928, Sarah Sumner Teall, blind (but still knitting) and 96 years-old, passed away at the Manlius home of Harriet Loomis.
Elizabeth H. born in 1855
Anna born in 1859
Sarah was born on Madison Barracks Army installation in Jefferson County, NY. Her early years were spent traveling to various army posts with her parents. In 1849 while visiting her uncle, James E. Heron, in Syracuse, she met William W. Teall. They were married shortly afterward and took up residence in the home that Teall had built on East Fayette Street. Sarah lived there for 60 years.
In 1861, her father was detailed to accompany President-elect Abraham Lincoln to Washing ton, D.C. for his inauguration on March 4. Sarah accompanied her father, and, while staying at the same hotel as Lincoln for a week, the 16-year-old formed the following opinion of Lincoln, "…I did not think much of the lean, lank and ugly looking man." When the Civil War broke out, her husband entered the service and was on his father-in-law's staff. Sarah remained in Syracuse and took up knitting socks and mittens to be sent to the soldiers, an activity she continued after the war on behalf of needy children.
Known for having a keen mind and remarkable memory, she was a lifetime member of the Onondaga Historical Association and was the author of "Onondaga's Part in the Civil War," published in 1915. She was a gifted speaker, championing women's issues. She once recounted, "A celebrated teacher of History once said to me, 'when women do anything worthy of record, they will get due recognition,' and I wondered if he had a mother." In 1928, Sarah Sumner Teall, blind (but still knitting) and 96 years-old, passed away at the Manlius home of Harriet Loomis.
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