Sarah Waldo Wetmore Story (1784–1855)
Wetmore's husband was a U.S. Supreme Court colleague of Bushrod Washington.
Sarah Waldo Wetmore, the daughter of a judge, was born on 24 May 1784 in Salem, Massachusetts. Her family soon after moved to Boston, where she married Joseph Story in 1808. Of the couple's seven children, only two reached adulthood. Sarah died at home in Boston on 22 August 1855, nearly ten years after the passing of her husband.
"Joseph Story." Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310002633/UHIC?u=viva_uva&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=0c7eec84. Accessed 25 Nov. 2023.
R. Kent Newmyer, "Story, Joseph," in Kermit L. Hall, ed., The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (Oxford University Press, 2005).
New-York Dispatch, 2 September 1855, page 5, column 6 (Chronicling America).
Newburyport Herald (MA), 2 September 1808 (America’s Historical Newspapers).
Sarah W. Story in Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626–2001 (FamilySearch).
Sarah Waldo Wetmore Story at Find a Grave.
Sarah Waldo Wetmore at FamilySearch.