SARAH SINFIELD
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NYS Historic
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- 1 Point Drive North, Dunkirk, NY
- 42.493663, -79.353894
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Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum
SARAH SINFIELD
Inscription
SARAH SINFIELDCIVIL WAR NURSE AWARDED
PENSION FOR DEVOTED SERVICE
LIVED HERE WITH HUSBAND
WILLIAM, VETERAN & ASST
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER 1874-1885
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2016
Sarah Sinfield received a Civil War pension for her service through a Special Act of Congress. Later, she assisted her husband William Sinfield, who was permanently disabled due to wounds received at the Battle of Gettsyburg, with his duties as an assistant lighthouse keeper.