Family
Named after her grandmother, Sarah Logan Fisher, Sarah Logan Wister was born in Pierre County, Duncannon, near Philadelphia. Her father, John Wister, was descended from the wealthy Wisters of Philadelphia, while her mother was descended from James Logan, Secretary to William Penn during the early colonial period.
Sarah had three sisters. The first, Jane Boas, died in 1869 at age three before any of the others were born. Elizabeth was born next, followed by Sarah and the youngest, Margaret. Sarah was a figure admired by her sister Margaret, and was seen as the opposite of Elizabeth who was more wild and unpredictable. Even as a young woman, Sarah was dignified and proper and "held high the banner of family morality."
Read more about this topic: Sarah Logan Wister Starr
Famous quotes containing the word family:
“I swear ... to hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture.”
—Hippocrates (c. 460–c. 370 B.C.)
“Family values are a little like family vacations—subject to changeable weather and remembered more fondly with the passage of time. Though it rained all week at the beach, it’s often the momentary rainbows that we remember.”
—Leslie Dreyfous (20th century)
“... what a family is without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)