Sarah was born at Williamston, NC. She graduated from Laville Semitnary in Halifax Co., NC in 1841 and moved to Alexandria Virginia in 1848. She was a novelist and a poet. Her most noted work is Bertha, the Beauty, a Story of the southern REvolution, 1872, whichi s reportedly an autobiographical novel. She died in Alexandria, 16 Feb, 1896.
Dianne Shapiro, from "Genealogy of the Whittelsey-Whittlesey family" by Charles Barney Whittelsey, Hartford, Conn., 1898 Go to person page >
Display Title: Our Loved One, Our Lost OnesFirst Line: They are safe in the harbor, the white sails are furledTune Title: [They are safe in the harbor, the white sails are furled]Author: Sarah C. WhittleseyDate: 1894