Newspapers covering the story published several sketches of Sarah.
Sarah Mumford lived in a Rochester orphanage before the Tripp family took her in at age eleven. The family insisted they treated her as a daughter. Neighbors gave a different account. Sarah complained they treated her cruelly and she worked like a servant.
The only known photo of Sarah Mumford: back row, third from the left. Pendleton School photo about 1896. From The Tonawanda News
Sarah’s grave in Wheatfield Cemetery. Maintained and decorated by a caring volunteer.
Who Killed Sarah Mumford? 