Sara P. Whiting (b. Plumb) (1838-1921) was born in Lenox, Ohio, and died in Streator, Illinois. She married Otis S. Whiting, a farmer and soldier, in Lee, Iowa, in 1857. Otis passed away in 1863, and Whiting moved to Illinois sometime between 1870 and 1880. She studied Christian Science with Mary P. Nichols, a student of Mary Baker Eddy. Although Whiting expressed interest in studying with Eddy herself, there is no record of her doing so. Whiting joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 7, 1905.

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