The Republican journal., 1915-07-29
DEATH OF SARAH MARTHA DUNN
A Noted Maine Writer and Ever Foremost
in Good Works.

Mrs. Sarah Martha Dunn, wife of R. Wesley
Dunn of Waterville. died July 22nd, after a
long illness, death being caused by malignant
tumor. She was born in Hallowell, the dauph-
ter of Henry K. and Sara Lord Baker, CT years
ago She was educated in the common schools
Of Hallowell and at Kents Hill seminary. On
Sept. II. 1878, she married R. Wesley Dnnn of
Waterville and had made her home there ever
since. Two children were born of the marri-
age, Harry Wesley Dunn, practising LAWYER
of Boston, and Miss Florence Elizabeth Dunn
of Watervile.
Mrs. Dunn is also survived by four sisters
and one brother: Mrs. Frances Rice of Rock
land, Mrs Ellen Buck of Atlanta Mrs Anna
Ham of Hallowel Mrs. Harriet Dudley of
Augusta, and Sanford Baker of Chicago.
MRS. Dunn won deserved recognition by her
literary work. From her father she inherited
taste for writing and this found expression
IN number OF books, among them being 'Lias'
VINE cicero IN Maine.and Memory Street. She
has left completed volume which has not vet
been published. Mrs. Dunn contributed much
excellent work to the magazines and wrote
many poems of marked merit. Her writings
showed keen powers of observation and an
alysis and wide knowledge, especially of
classical literature. She was possessed of
lively sense of humor which found expression
in much of her work.
Many OF her essays were published in the
Atlantic Monthly and it was in this magazine
that Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt read the ESSAY
entitled Browning Tonic, with which she was
so favorably impressed that she called her
husbands attention to it and thus it was that
Mrs Dunn received from the President of the
United States an invitation to spend a week at
the White House, so highly did he think of her
work.
Mrs. Dunn was public-spirited WON an and
much interested in the welfare of her city,
Especially was she concerned for the good of
the schools, and it was her earnest wish that
women should have permanent place on the
board OF education. When the movement was
made by the Woman's club of Watervile to
place women on the school board, Mrs. Dunn
was chosen on the committee and but for the
state of her health would have given it her
undivided attention and have done her best to
prlng 1t to successful issue. She was for
many years member of the book committee
OF the public library and was at one time
member of the school board, on which she did
most efficient work.
In recognition of her splendid work the de
gree of Doctor of Literature was conferred on
MRS. Dunn by olby College in 1906.
Mrs. Dunn had many friends and it was her
many -sldedness of character which made her
equally charming to ALL She could be grave
or gay as the case demanded; she could be
girl or woman with advanced ideas and deep
convictions. which she could clearly express.
She will be much missed among the men,
bers of the Womans' club and especially the
library department, of which she men,
per. Her going also creates great vacancy in
the ". II. club which a small neighbor-
nood club to which she belonged and between
the members of which there has sprung up,
during the years they have met together, an
intimate affectionate feeling, far deeper than
a casual friendship