. Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2 . n-nati Orphan Asylum, which has cared forthousands of orphan children the last fiftyyears. She was also active in church andSunday-school work, in improving churchmusic, and relieving the poor. In Philadel-phia she was prominent in Home for Magdalens, whi
. Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2 . n-nati Orphan Asylum, which has cared forthousands of orphan children the last fiftyyears. She was also active in church andSunday-school work, in improving churchmusic, and relieving the poor. In Philadel-phia she was prominent in Home for Magdalens, which stillcontinues its noble work. She devoted aroom in her house to a school of design for 100 HAMILTON COUNTY. women, and engaged a teacner to conduct this germ sprang the PhiladelphiaSchool of Design, which now has over 200pupils, and an institution of great also founded an institution there for theprotection of poor sewing women. Her accounts of her several journeys toEurope and the Holy Land are among thebest books of travel. When in Europe, urged the art-loving people of Cincin-nati to secure good copies of painting andsculpture. In this and other regards shemade a broad mark upon its art-history. It was in 1852, while visiting Jerusalem,that Mrs. Peter found herself tending toward. MRS. SARAH PETER. the Roman Catholic Church, and she wassoon in full communion with it. She was oneof the most active and powerful members ithas ever had in America. Her devotion tothe sisterhoods and the hospitals was untiringand most generous. She was one of the goodangels of the sick and wounded soldiers dur-ing the civil war. Her passion for charitywas so great that she lived herself a simpleconvent life. She went to the battle-field ofShiloh with a relief-boat, and her ministra-tions continued until the war ended. This good woman, of so many nobleachievements and of such commanding in-fluence, passed to her rest February 6, 1877. Another member of our circle w
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