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Temperance worker Sarah C. Acheson was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, on February 20, 1844.
Sarah, sometimes known as Sadie, married Dr. Alexander Wilson Acheson and became the mother to several children. The family moved to Denison, Texas, in the 1870s.
She served as the first president the Woman's Christian Temperance Unon of Texas and wrote for its publication, The White Ribbon. Sarah, along with Dr. Ellen Lawson Dabbs, Elizabeth Turner Fry, and several other women, was a charter member of the Texas Equal Rights Association. In addition, she was very involved with philanthropic work in Denison.
Sarah passed away in Denison on January 16, 1899, She was buried in Fairview Cemetery. On May 12 of that year, the Texas WCTU held a memorial service for Sarah at its convention in Denison.
Sarah, sometimes known as Sadie, married Dr. Alexander Wilson Acheson and became the mother to several children. The family moved to Denison, Texas, in the 1870s.
She served as the first president the Woman's Christian Temperance Unon of Texas and wrote for its publication, The White Ribbon. Sarah, along with Dr. Ellen Lawson Dabbs, Elizabeth Turner Fry, and several other women, was a charter member of the Texas Equal Rights Association. In addition, she was very involved with philanthropic work in Denison.
Sarah passed away in Denison on January 16, 1899, She was buried in Fairview Cemetery. On May 12 of that year, the Texas WCTU held a memorial service for Sarah at its convention in Denison.
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- Handbook of Texas Online, Judith N. McArthur, rev. by Jessica Brannon-Wranosky, "TEXAS EQUAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION," accessed August 15, 2020, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/vit02
- Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), 07 Sept. 1890. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86064205/1890-09-07/ed-1/seq-2/>
- The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.), 13 May 1899. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071197/1899-05-13/ed-1/seq-6/>
- Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), 12 Oct. 1890. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86064205/1890-10-12/ed-1/seq-5/>
- Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.), 20 Oct. 1888. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94053256/1888-10-20/ed-1/seq-1/>
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