Record Group 233: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789 - 2015 Series: Accompanying Papers, 1865 - 1903 File Unit: Accompanying Papers from the 49th Congress Item: Application of Sarah Emma Edmond Seelye, Discharged Soldier, for Arrears of Pay, 3/24/1882
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Edmonds, Sarah Emma, 1841-1898
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Born in 1841 in New Brunswick, then a British colony, Edmonds grew up with her sisters on their family's farm near Magaguadavic Lake, not far from the border with the State of Maine. Edmonds fled home at age fifteen to escape an arranged marriage and the abuse of her father, who wanted a son instead of a daughter. Aided by her mother, who herself married young, Edmonds escaped the marriage and ultimately adopted the guise of Franklin Thompson to travel easier. A male disguise allowed Edmonds to ...
