A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Mayo, Sarah C. Edgarton
MAYO, SARAH C. EDGARTON,
Was born in Shirley, Massachusetts, in 1819. She began to write when very young, and for nine years edited an annual called "The Rose of Sharon." She also edited "The Ladies' Repository," published in Boston; and wrote several works, both in prose and verse; "The Palfreys;" "Ellen Clifford;" "The Poetry of Women;" and "Memoir and Poems of Mrs. Julia II. Scott," etc. Her maiden name was Edgarton. She married, in 1846, the Rev. A. D. Mayo, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and continued her literary pursuits with increased advantages. Had her life been prolonged, she gave promise of being one of the most distinguished female writers of America; but death suddenly destroyed these bright hopes of earthly usefulness. She died, July 9th, 1848.