"In 1806, while attending Jefferson College at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Stephen Boyer married Sarah Ann Dunlap, daughter of Reverend James Dunlap, college president. The first of seven children, Sarah Ann Dunlap Boyer was born on September 18, 1807(3). From 1813 to 1823, Reverend Boyer was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Columbia. During this time, Sarah Ann Boyer began attending classes conducted by schoolmistress Sarah McCardell(4). In 1823, Reverend Boyer accepted a position at the York County Academy. After the death of his wife, he married Mary Turner in 1827(5). In 1829, Sarah Ann Boyer married Reverend Alexander McCahon (1794-1873). Born in Ireland, McCahon was considered a "Presbyterian divine of great power." Soon after their marriage, Sarah Ann began to write regularly for a number of religious publications and New York weeklies. They became the parents of four children(6). Sarah Ann Boyer McCahon died in Reading, Pennsylvania, on October 7, 1871, at the age of sixty-four(7).
[Excerpt of bio in Sotheby's Catalog for sampler;
www.antiquesamplers.com/edmonds/sampler-289.htm]

3. Donald Arthur Boyer, American Boyers, vol. 1 (York, P A: Association of American Boyers, Inc., 1984),641,642.
4. Ibid., 642. See also A History of the York County Academy (York, PA: Trustees ofthe York County Academy and the Historical Society of York County, 1952), 88, 89.
5. Ibid., 88, 89. See also York Recorder, May 8, 1827.
6. Boyer, American Boyers, 642. In 1869, Sarah Ann Boyer began writing an unpublished genealogy of Gabriel Beyer, her immigrant ancestor. In 1984, it was in the possession of Mrs. Mary Bridenbaugh of Tarkio, MO, according to Donald Boyer.
7. Ibid.
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Burial Record
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Name: Mrs. Sarah Ann McCahon
School Mistress
Died: Oct 7, 1871
Buried: Oct 8, 1871
Age: 64 years, 0 months, and 20 days
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