![]() ![]() ![]() Nearing and her family, planning to move to Florida, decided that they wished the quilt to remain in the North and offered it to the Sewickley Bicentennial Committee be used as a feature of the local celebration in 1976 the acquisitions of the Bicentennial Committee subsequently formed the foundation of the Sewickley Valley Historical Society's collection. Sarah Lea Nearing, Sara and Benjamin Lea's granddaughter, inherited the quilt. ![]() Sara Lea died January 27, 1918, and her husband died four weeks later. The quilt's design and symbols indicate that it was made in connection with a celebration or commemoration sponsored by the G. 162 in Allegheny City on January 19, 1889, and in the period 1890-1893 was active in the organization, serving as Post Surgeon in 1891 and being nominated for positions of Junior Vice Commander and Officer of the Day in 18, respectively. Lea, a substitute for an unknown draftee, was a private when he mustered out in 1865. Sarah Bright Anderson Lea was the wife of Benjamin Franklin Lea, some ten years her junior, who served in the Union Army between 18, as a guard and later as a cook at Camp Reynolds in Pittsburgh. This quilt was probably made in the Fineview section of Allegheny City, sometime between 18. Collection: Sewickley Valley Historical Society Quilt, cotton with embroidery and applique, attributed to Sarah Bright Anderson Lea, c. ![]()
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