Item 104468 - Sarah Sullivan Richards, Gardiner, ca. 1853

Item 104468 - Sarah Sullivan Richards, Gardiner, ca. 1853
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Item 104468
Sarah Sullivan Richards, Gardiner, ca. 1853
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Sara Richards was the daughter of Francis and Anne Gardiner Richards, members of two of Gardiner’s most prominent families. Tragedy struck these families on September 4, 1855, when fifteen year old Sarah Richards drowned while swimming in the Kennebec River at Swan Island, oppisite the town of Richmond.

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