Sarah Seabrook Mitchell Wylie (1857-1899)
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Sarah Seabrook Mitchell, affectionately referred to as Sedie or Sede, was born in 1857 in Texas. At the age of twenty, she married Samuel Brown Wylie or Brown. From the time of their marriage until 1885, the couple lived in Wylie House. During this period, the couple had three children, Theophilus (or Theo) Andrew (March 10, 1878), Samuel Brown Wylie (March 2, 1882), and Rebecca (or Reba) (September 21, 1884). In 1885, the couple set up housekeeping nearby on North Walnut Street, where Lawrence Seabrook (May 17, 1887) was born. Shortly after this, the family moved to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, where they experienced quite a bit of financial difficulties. Seeing herself as a major cause of the couple’s debt, in 1890, Seabrook found employment as a domestic at St. Luke’s School in Bustleton, Pennsylvania. Brown and the youngest children returned to Bloomington, so that their grandmother, Rebecca, could care for Samuel, Reba, and Lawrence, while Brown sought out work. However, shortly after returning to Bloomington, Brown died of Bright’s disease. After this, Seabrook continued to work, but in Boston. Her son, Theo, stayed with her, while the rest of the children remained at the Wylie House.
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