Sarah P. Rollins (b. Davis) (1829-1905) was born in Northfield, Maine,
and died in Long Branch, California. In 1853 she married William A. Rollins, a carpenter
who later became a broker, in West Northfield, Maine. They moved to Des Moines, Iowa, in
about 1867. Rollins wrote to Mary Baker Eddy in 1887 saying that she had been greatly
benefited by reading
Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures and requesting to meet her in person. A note in Eddy's hand on the
letter indicates the meeting may, in fact, have taken place. Rollins served on the board
of the Home for Friendless Children in Des Moines. She passed away in Long Branch while
on a visit there.
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