Sarah Schofield was one of 10 children born to Joseph Schofield and Elizabeth Aikins Schofield.
Sarah’s father Joseph worked in the woolen factory on Anderson Creek, Lower Rockton. The family lived on a farm located nearby on Spruce Hill, along the Snow Shoe/Packerville Turnpike.
Sarah lived on the farm and, at the age of 25, taught at the Spruce Hill School in 1876. On June 5, 1876, Sarah opened school with 11 scholars.
Her diary states that the air was cold...